Why We Can't Get Anywhere on Immigration
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Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “free minds and free markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.
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How Biden's Vaccine Mandates Degrade Social Trust
Plus, how his tax hikes won't actually help anyone, either.
How 9/11 Actually Changed Everything
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
Learning To Live With Coronavirus
How the past two years of COVID-19 can better inform how we go about the next two
Eviction Moratorium Madness
The Reason Roundtable discusses property rights, vaccine passports, and media ethics.
No, Biden, Facebook Isn't Killing People
Also, regulation is (still) not the answer to online misinformation.
Space Liberation!
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
How the Critical Race Theory Debate Misses the Mark
Plus, what's going down in the Libertarian Party?
Big Government Is Back, Baby!
And hope for the future (still) lies outside of the state.
Has Our Criminal Justice System Gotten Better Since George Floyd's Death?
Plus: critical race theory and ideal libertarian political appointees
The Red Flags in Biden's State of the Union Address
Plus: Is the coronavirus vaccine the most libertarian vaccine yet?
How To Navigate Through Virtue Signaling and Disinformation
Also: Should D.C. be a state?
The Government Loves To Grab New Powers in the Name of Your Safety
From protests to the coronavirus, it thinks it can protect you from anything.
Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
Immigration, Trade, and Narrative-Warping
Why border activity doesn't look that much different under the Biden administration, and how the media framed the Atlanta shootings
Let's Talk About Our Relationship with the State
The Reason Roundtable tackles COVID, Cuomo, and more.
What Have We Done?
On the largest spending bill in U.S. history and the one year anniversary of life under coronavirus.
Punish Politicians for the Right Reasons
The Reason Roundtable takes on the FDA, Andrew Cuomo, and more.
The Dark Underbelly of Equity Based Thinking
Also: What we learned from impeachment.
Calling Out the COVID-19 Relief Bill
After critiquing the COVID-19 relief bill and denouncing the latest Biden policies, the Roundtabler's find some reprieve in imagining legalized opioids for all.
Don't Wait For (Any More) Disasters To Adopt Libertarian Values
We literally can't afford it.
How COVID-19 Made School Choice a Priority
Out with the CDC and teachers unions, in with school choice for everyone.
The GOP's Authoritarian Sickness
Impeachment, 25th Amendment, or censure? Deplatforming, Section 230, or inclusion? The Reason Roundtable debates.
While Trump Clings to Power, Justin Amash Has Left the Building
You won't have the first Libertarian congressman to kick around anymore.
What Did We Learn in 2020?
Pandemics are like margin calls, exposing in a moment the pre-existing weakness of various positions and institutions.
Government by 'Harrison Bergeron'
From pandemic relief to public schools, wealth taxes to COVID vaccines, politicians are finding bad ways to redistribute the pie.
The GOP's Great Self-Beclownment
What to say to a political party that keeps trying to overturn the results of an election?
Why Thomas Massie Is Wrong About the Pot Legalization Bill
Yes, taxes and regulation are bad. No, they're not worse than locking people up.
The Reason Roundtable Takes Your Questions!
From COVID-19 to "cocktail parties," anarchism to A.I., baseball to D&D, the podcast tackles your queries in a special webathon video episode!
Lockdowns and Leviathan
How pandemics joined war, terrorism, crime, and economic depression in the toolbox for ratcheting up government
What Does Trump's Post-Election Behavior Tell Us About American Politics?
Also: Thanksgiving tips and reasons for gratitude, from The Reason Roundtable
Is There Hope for Libertarianism Within a Post-Election GOP?
This is not your older brother's "Libertarian Moment," caution Reason Roundtable podcasters.
Maybe the Election Results Were Kinda Good for Libertarians?
Also, maybe not! Previewing divided government and incoming vaccines on the Reason Roundtable podcast.
What Are the Best and Worst Things About Donald Trump and Joe Biden?
An election-eve primer on The Reason Roundtable