Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything on Seeking Truth in the Post-Truth Era
The host of TruTV's hit show has lost some faith in the power of rational discourse. And he has some ideas for how to fix the problem.
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The host of TruTV's hit show has lost some faith in the power of rational discourse. And he has some ideas for how to fix the problem.
One of Reason's founding editors, attorney Manny Klausner, tells tales from the early days of the magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets."
Hosts will be required to get a license, report their activities, and only rent properties where they reside.
So far, the world is kind of listening. Q&A with the co-host of The Fifth Column and co-founder of Freethink Media.
LSD, psilocybin, and other hallucinogenics are gaining new acceptance as serious medicine. But what if you want to do them just for fun, asks Jacob Sullum.
Q&A with Alex Winter, whose new documentary, Trust Machine, explores the radical potential of blockchain to decentralize just about everything.
The prolific George Mason University economist outlines his unabashedly libertarian argument for a government that does less and individuals who do more.
David Harsanyi's First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History with the Gun documents the unique presence of firearms in U.S. life.
In a bold new book about Hayek, the George Mason economist says "too much time and effort has been put into repackaging and marketing a fixed doctrine of eternal truths."
Reason's Matt Welch sat down with the popular libertarian writer and podcaster to discuss his ideological journey, his LP plans, and controversial past associations.
Economist Mark J. Perry talks about rising incomes, flattening inequality, low unemployment, and why none of it seems to make us feel better.
The libertarian humorist talks about his new book, how to drink in war zones, and why the Chinese are more American than most U.S. citizens.
Journalist and Soho Forum co-founder Gene Epstein on economists' romance with strongmen and his upcoming debate with Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara.
The head of Ideas Beyond Borders is translating books by Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and others into Arabic and distributing them for free.
Members are moving to New Hampshire and running for office in record numbers. Will they bring "liberty in our lifetime"?
Johan Norberg's new documentary shows how the Nordic nation traded stagnant socialism for a modern mixed economy
SCOTUS scholar Damon Root says Trump's nominee still hasn't answered pressing questions about government snooping and unchecked executive power.
Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff explain how "good intentions and bad ideas" have made young people super-fragile-and how to make things better.
Uncensored author and new college grad Zachary R. Wood explains why his generation is so scared of viewpoint diversity.
Cody Wilson's attorney talks guns, speech, and "Lochner-izing the First Amendment."
The host of The Greg Gutfeld Show, co-host of The Five, and creator of the late Red Eye is having a hell of a time watching his media peers wet themselves.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown exposes the flimsy case against the alt-weekly pioneers accused of facilitating sex trafficking through Backpage.com.
The novelist talks about film, #MeToo, Hollywood hypocrisy, the savviness of Kim Kardashian, and the longevity of American Psycho and Less Than Zero.
The tech visionary makes the case that today's online giants will be massively disrupted because we'll tire of their walled gardens.
The Whole Foods magnate and his nonprofit colleague Alexander McCobin want to "elevate humanity through business" and make us all smarter, kinder...and richer.
A conversation with Nancy Rommelmann about her new true crime book, To the Bridge
Daniele Struppa says progressives who would deny money simply because of who gives it pose "a grave threat to academic freedom."
The idea that "free speech is a conservative value and censorship is a liberal value" is "historically completely illiterate."
One of the world's top skeptics of religion casts a cold eye on secular attempts to create utopia and immortality.
Nick Gillespie talks about the end of the cultural mainstream, the rise of DIY everything, and the quaint, unacknowledged power of $6 DVD players.
Writer Gustavo Arellano talks about food slurs, the late Jonathan Gold, and why Donald Trump's taco salad is a step in the right direction.
She's pro-Israel, #NeverTrumper who has chronicled (and criticized) the "intellectual Dark Web." Prefabricated ideological boxes need not apply.
The libertarian legal scholar explains the post-Bork landscape and what might derail Trump's high-court pick.
Americans are recoiling "against the churning of an open society, against the spontaneous order that is the alternative to statism." That ain't gonna end well.
"I didn't come to Washington to make friends."
Reason's Robby Soave and Mike Riggs debate whether Mark Zuckerberg's should de-platform haters such as Alex Jones and Infowars to improve the user experience.
The way Congress crafts spending bills has "effectively disenfranchised almost 300 million Americans."
The former governor cut government's size, scope, and spending in Massachusetts. Now he says he wants to shrink the federal government too.
The Peruvian economist says blockchain technologies and social media will transform the planet by securing property rights.
Jonathan Adler says he's "supremely qualified," an originalist, and a critic of the administrative state. But he's a cipher when it comes to defendants' rights.
The Suicide of the West author explains his anti-Trumpism, evolution on culture-war issues, and growing attraction to libertarianism.
Deb Mashek explains why intellectual diversity can't be optional if we're serious about higher education.
Economist Michael C. Munger argues the sharing economy is the next great economic revolution—and it's already underway.
William F. Buckley Jr.'s "Firing Line" returns to PBS to elevate political discourse about the important policy issues facing the nation.
Damon Root explains what libertarians will lose and might gain from a SCOTUS shakeup.
Today's Supreme Court ruling is a win for freedom of association and free speech, but don't expect it to change statehouse politics overnight.
Play On author Jeff Bercovici explains how to get stronger, faster, smarter in middle age and beyond.