Can Free Speech Flourish in the Age of Trump? Nick Gillespie, Flemming Rose at Cato (New Reason Podcast)
The publisher of the "Mohammed cartoons" and the editor of Reason.com talk about threats to free expression in America and beyond.
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This LA Musician Built $1,200 Tiny Houses for the Homeless
Elvis Summers crowdfunded $100,000 to build dozens of tiny homes. City officials looking to pass a $2 billion housing plan tried to shut him down.
Are E-Cigs the Market Solution that Can Save a Billion Lives?
Q&A with "A Billion Lives" director Aaron Biebert.
Sorry, Elon Musk! Driverless Cars Will Take Longer Than You Think.
Skepticism coming from researchers at UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon and MIT.
Trump on Energy: 'The Best of Any President Since Reagan'? Q/A With Alex Epstein
The author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels on global warming, fracking, Ayn Rand, and the president-elect.
Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Save The World From Zika?
A look at several mosquito-modification projects and the political and cultural pushback they're facing.
How Bitcoin Is Undermining Socialism in Latin America
Rodrigo Souza on why technology is the clearest path to freedom.
3 Ways Bitcoin Is Promoting Freedom in Latin America
Cryptocurrency vs. tariffs, monetary controls, and red tape.
Thanksgiving: A Day For Thumbing Your Nose at Those Haughty Elites!
Food historian Rachel Laudan on why we never add truffles to our turkeys.
An AR-15 in Every Home: 3D Gun Printer Cody Wilson on the Right to Resistance, Hacking the Media, and Trump
Wilson sat down with Reason TV to discuss his new memoir "Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free."
Will Trump Make Infrastructure Great Again?
Reason's Bob Poole discusses why he's encouraged by Trump's early moves on transportation policy.
Donald Trump and the End of Free Trade
The 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act was a policy disaster never to be repeated, says Dan Griswold of the Mercatus Center. Until now.
The World Health Organization's Tough Tactics Against Tobacco and E-Cigs
The United Nations' public health agency achieves consensus through mass detentions and media censorship.
Donald Trump and the Coming Battle Over Legal and Illegal Immigration
The billionaire president-elect may even seek to keep high-skilled foreigners out of the country.
Trump's War on Immigration Will Reprise the War on Drugs
Reason policy analyst Shikha Dalmia on how the president-elect will make good on his worst threats.
Biting the Hands that Feed Us: Food Laws vs. Culinary Reality
"Food Freedom" advocate Baylen Linnekin says fewer, smarter laws would make our food system more sustainable.
Rep. Thomas Massie: Trump Wasn't Elected King. Congress Must Retake Power From the President.
"I'm very concerned about the combination of Donald Trump and Paul Ryan and the implications for our national debt."
Donald Trump, Peacenik President?
Historian Thaddeus Russell on Trump's libertarian foreign policy.
Will President Trump Prosecute His Political Enemies? Q&A with Popehat's Ken White
Hopefully, federal "dysfunction and incompetence" will undermine any attempts at vengeance.
'Your Tears Are Delicious and Your Parties Will Die,' says Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark
Sarwark sat down with Reason's Matt Welch to discuss the post-election fallout and the future of the LP.
Democrats Abandoned the Rule of Law. Under President Trump, Will They Help Restore It?
Libertarian legal scholar Randy Barnett on what Trump's victory means for the Supreme Court and our constitutional rights.
The Four Things President-Elect Trump Could Do to Dismantle Obamacare
Q&A with the Cato Institute's Michael Cannon
Gary Johnson Voters Explain Why They're Not To Blame for President Trump
Reason TV traveled to Albuquerque to get Johnson supporters' take on this election and their role in it, and to find out what's next for the Libertarian Party after an historic showing in the popular vote.
Economic Growth, Coherent Foreign Policy, Trust in Govt: What WON'T Be Settled Today
Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins the election, massive challenges face the next president of the United States.
Will Libertarian Gary Johnson Break 5 Percent? Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch Talk Election Day
How the Clinton/Trump race to the bottom prove the thesis of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America.
The Green Party's Jill Stein: Why Choose Between a 'Fascist' and a 'Warmonger'?
Q&A with the Green Party presidential candidate.
The US Is Already Broke!: Economist (and Presidential Candidate) Laurence Kotlikoff
Says real national debt is north of $200 trillion and screwing younger Americans from now til Doomsday.
Pot, Death, and Minimum Wage: 6 Things to Pay Attention to This Election
There's more to this election than Trump and Clinton.
Did Libertarian Gary Johnson Totally Blow it in 2016? Or Will He Quintuple His Party's Best-Ever Finish?
And will he drag the LP across the 5 percent threshold on Election Day? Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and David Weigel talk it out.
Has President Obama Been Good or Bad for Criminal Justice Reform?
Washington Post columnist Radley Balko talks progress on criminal justice reform, the state of crime in America, and ways to reform policing.
Why Clinton Cash: The Graphic Novel Topped the Charts and Got Millennials' Attention
Comics artist Brett Smith (Avengers, Hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy) says Hillary and Bill Clinton's corruption needs to be seen to be fully appreciated.
Johan Norberg: 10 Reasons To Look Forward To the Future (New Reason Podcast)
From increased life expectancy to reduced levels of violence to greater personal freedom, things are going in the right direction.
Conservatarian Novelist Brad Thor: ISIS Exemplifies Islam, Trump and Clinton are Terrible
The 'Foreign Agent' author flirts with a "Salman Rushdie moment," doubles down on his #NeverTrump, #NeverHillary stance, and explains how America has "cancer."
Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump: Who Will Be *Worse*? Is Gary Johnson a "Buffoon"? New Reason Podcast
Podcast: Election 2016, Americans should be proud of the free speech laws that gave rise to Donald Trump and how Tom Wolfe is "America's greatest living essayist."
The Harsh Reality of Obamacare's Premium Hikes
Subsidies will rise as well
Meet the Utah State Senator Who Switched from the Republican to Libertarian Party
Q&A with Senator Mark Madsen.
The Fight for Free Speech on College Campuses
Interview with Young Americans for Liberty executive director Cliff Maloney Jr.
King Dork Speaks! Frank Portman on High School, Individualism, and the War on Free Speech
Sorry kids, life "doesn't get better" after high school, says best-selling novelist. You just get better at navigating it.
Mike Rowe Wears Trump's Robe, Fights a Drone, and Solves the Labor Shortage
The former 'Dirty Jobs' host makes a successful leap from cable television to social media stardom.
Forget Trump Not Accepting Election Results; Real Problem Is Neither Candidate Will Stop Debt
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Andrew Heaton hash out the stakes of the final presidential debate.
The Final Presidential Debate Covered Much We'd Already Heard and One Thing We Hadn't
It's the debt, stupid.
Running "Someone Sane and Honest Is *Different*": LP Head on Gary Johnson's Appeal
Nicholas Sarwark lays out Libertarian Party strategy through end of election and post-November 8.
No Child Left Alone: Getting the Government Out of Parenting
Interview with Author Abby Schachter
Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour of The Self
Reason's Nick Gillespie & Brian Doherty, and The Daily Beast's Andrew Kirell discuss the Nobel laureate's anarchic individualism and cultural influence.
