Who Do You Want to Lose the Midterms Most?: Podcast
If hatred is the country's main political motivator these days, you might as well lean into it.
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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If hatred is the country's main political motivator these days, you might as well lean into it.
It's bad when U.S. presidents think of weapons sales to dictatorships as jobs programs, but should we remove political constraints on arms dealing altogether?
On the market for political combat and the lack of interest in the Afghanistan War
Lying about the Devil's Triangle may or may not be disqualifying for the Supreme Court, but this whole process is a reminder that the federal government's power makes politics too important.
Reason's editors discuss the latest Brett Kavanaugh revelations, Rod Rosentein's fate, and how to recover basic norms of political discourse.
Reason's editors debate whether a single-source allegation from 35 years ago should be enough to derail a Supreme Court pick.
Critiquing an ex-president's warnings about anti-media rhetoric, non-voting, and unelected bureaucrats
Before demanding censure or intervention, take a step back from the Twitter machine and ask yourself whether anyone really cares about this stuff.
What the reaction to John McCain's death tells us about the values of Washington's political class
What could go wrong with federalizing the corporate charter process and putting bureaucrats in charge of long-term business thinking?
Should libertarians cheer, boo, or do a shrug-emoji when a private social media platform bans the likes of Alex Jones?
The podcast crew takes on the The New York Times' controversial new hire, Trump's trade war escalations, Medicare-for-all, and 3D-printed guns.
The Reason Podcast crew takes on Trump's lawyers, trade wars, plastic straw bans, and the rise of socialism.
The Reason Podcast crew covers deficits, tariffs, Russians, gender, and more.
Trump freaks out Democrats with second SCOTUS pick; the Libertarian Party comes of age; how Steve Ditko created the modern action movie
Marty Zupan talks about editing Reason in the 1980s, meeting Hayek before it was cool, moving to IHS, and life in the liberty movement.
The short answer is no. The longer answer is maybe, a little at a time, and that's a problem. Plus, is 2018 turning into 1968, a year of high-profile violence?
Reason editors grapple with disassociation etiquette, family separation, third-party legal doctrine, health association plans, and the existential despair of Fozzie Bear
Reason editors discuss what anti-immigration fantasy looks like when translated into policy, and how education diversity goals lead to discrimination.
Trump disrupts the status quo on trade, diplomacy, North Korea, and pot.
After oral arguments last year, Stephanie Slade correctly observed that "justices might have found a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card." Also on the Reason Podcast: Bill Clinton, Roseanne, Samantha Bee, Kim Kardashian, and maybe the worst celebrity of the week, Larry Kudlow.
The president and his detractors both bungle scare stories in the outrage-politics contest that passes for our immigration policy debate.
Civil debate, whether on Trump/Russia, gun policy, or fungible abortion funding, begins in the workplace.
From ripping families apart to nominating a torture-enabler as CIA director, the administration is calling the GOP's bluff, Reason editors argue.
Reason editors assess Rudy Giuliani's media tour, make bets about Iran policy, and gently suggest that some economic policies in Seattle may be suboptimal.
Reason editors rate the White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump's nuclear politics, the optics of political summits, and the resuscitation of Zora Neale Hurston.
Reason editors share notes on the end of the political war against marijuana, plus the latest on Trump/Russia and the "undocumented" Andrew Cuomo.
A special all-female edition of the Reason Podcast
From Syria to spending, the legislative branch has lost all interest in performing its basic constitutional functions.
How will Trump and new national security adviser John Bolton respond to a reported chemical attack in a war-ravaged country?
The greatest conflict of our time enters a new phase.
Plus: Facebook goes after Trump's social media firm, and Trump tiptoes toward a trade war.
From emulating China to opening up with North Korea, what to do when the president says the damndest things?
Reason editors dispute presidential notion that "trade wars are good, and easy to win," and also argue over the Oscars.
On today's podcast: Mona Charen gets booed, the gun control debate reignites, public sector unions suck, and Olympic curling is surprisingly awesome.
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, Robby Soave and Nick Gillespie talk gun violence, immigration politics, Russian electoral interference, and Black Panther.
An autopsy for the brief limited-government era of conservatism that ended on Friday
Working toward a de-presidentified future while trying to imagine an immigration deal that isn't awful
Probing uncomfortable gender and generational splits on the latest Reason podcast.
Like millions of Americans but with more emojis, the convicted/commuted leaker and would-be senator has views that don't fit neatly into our two-party mold.
What the Golden Globes #MeToo protests and Dave Chappelle's latest specials tell us about the current political moment.
Instead of arguing about media coverage and posturing about partisan reactions, maybe focus on sanctions and refugee policy?
Reason editors point to the good stuff in tax reform, and the bad everything else
Also on the Reason Podcast: Is abortion a good reason to vote for Roy Moore? Did Al Franken get a raw deal? Can the feds smother bitcoin?
Reason Podcast tackles tax reform, Trump's Roy Moore endorsement, the Flynn flip, and more.
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman and Matt Welch discuss sex scandals and net neutrality.
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman and Matt Welch discuss what's wrong with the GOP tax bill, Roy Moore, Al Franken, and Aquaman.