Ask a Libertarian

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Just Asking Questions

Just Answering Questions: Live Q&A

Reply to this post with questions for Reason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe, who will address listener comments.

Zach Weissmueller, Liz Wolfe, and John Osterhoudt | 3.14.2025 9:20 AM

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Donald Trump

Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?

Plus: A single-issue voter asks the editors for some voting advice in the 2024 presidential election.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 6.3.2024 5:18 PM

Iran

Death of an Authoritarian

Plus: The editors field a question from a Gen Z libertarian.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 5.20.2024 5:00 PM

Taxes

The White House Lied About Its IRS Funding Only Targeting the Rich

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 4.8.2024 4:55 PM

Webathon

$100,000 Matching Grant Announced for Reason's Annual Webathon!

Donors at the $1,000 level get to join a special private Zoom-chat with The Reason Roundtable!

Matt Welch | 11.29.2023 8:00 AM

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Student Loans

Student Debt Forgiveness Folly

Plus: The editors field a listener question on abortion.

Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Liz Wolfe | 8.29.2022 4:52 PM

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Joe Biden

Biden Falls Off the Metaphorical Bike

Plus: The editors unveil their wish list for a hypothetical Libertarian president.

Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie | 6.20.2022 3:11 PM

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Iraq

Did Prohibition Teach Us Nothing?

Plus, what to keep in mind through the AUMF repeal.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 6.21.2021 5:00 PM

Webathon

You Asked Reason Editors Anything. Watch How We Answered!

Or, in how many ways does Reason Roundtable resemble Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 12.6.2019 3:15 PM

Politics

Donate to Reason, Because We Lead the League in Defending Against Cuckoo-Bananas Attacks on Libertarianism!

Matt Welch | 12.5.2013 10:37 AM

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Ask a Libertarian: What Did We Learn?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 6:10 PM

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Ask a Libertarian Lightening Round: Recalls, Libertarian Paternalism, & Tea Party v. Libertarians

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 6:05 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: How do we argue with our conservative friends without them screaming?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 5:39 PM

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Ask a Libertarian Lightning Round: Libertarianism in Pop Culture & Pop Culture in Politics

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 5:29 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: How Can Libertarians Effect Political Change?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 4:51 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: Is a Vote for Gary Johnson a Vote for Obama?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 4:43 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: Where are the Black Libertarians?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 4:35 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: What About Sweden, Which Seems Like a Great Place to Live?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 4:26 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: What Do Libertarians Think About Gay Marriage?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 4:17 PM

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Ask Libertarian: What About Roads?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 4:02 PM

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Ask a Libertarian Lightning Round!: Death Penalty, Space Travel, & Grover Cleveland

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie | 6.12.2012 3:44 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: How do you plan on uniting various libertarians?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 3:15 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: With Ron Paul retiring, who will pick up the mantle of the libertarian movement?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 3:10 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: How should I respond to liberals and conservatives who say I'll "grow out of" libertarianism?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 2:38 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: What happens to those too young to count on social security and too old to start saving?

Reason Staff | 6.12.2012 2:33 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Do We Have More to Fear From an Unrestrained Majority or Narrow Special Interests?

Reason Staff | 6.12.2012 2:14 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: How Can I Talk Politics With My Earnest Lefty Friends Without Them Screaming at Me?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 2:02 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: What Happened to the "Libertarian Moment"?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 1:53 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Why would any sensible Libertarian Support Abandoning Afghanistan to the Taliban?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 1:44 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Is There a Growing Income Gap? If So, is it a Problem?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 1:10 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: How Would School Choice Work With Special Needs Kids?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 1:07 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Did Rand Paul compromise his principles by endorsing Mitt Romney?

Reason Staff | 6.12.2012 1:05 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Drone strikes in Yemen--yay or nay?

Reason Staff | 6.12.2012 12:43 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Is it possible for a libertarian to support things like a safety net?

Reason Staff | 6.12.2012 12:23 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: What's the difference between socially liberal conservatives and real libertarians?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 12:02 PM

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Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: Has there ever been a libertarian government?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.12.2012 11:37 AM

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One Hour to Ask a Libertarian 2012!

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 6.12.2012 10:02 AM

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Ask A Libertarian is Back

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 6.9.2012 2:40 PM

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What Would Libertarians Do?: A Conversation with Matt Welch & Nick Gillespie at SF's Commonwealth Club

Nick Gillespie | 8.15.2011 9:27 AM

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Attn, Cincinnati-Dayton-Oxford (Ohio) Reasonoids: Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch Talking Declaration of Independents Saturday July August 13!

Nick Gillespie | 8.6.2011 11:00 AM

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This Independence Day…Ask a Libertarian!

Reason Staff | 7.2.2011 11:36 AM

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Welch and Gillespie X Two Thursday Night: On Stossel and in NYC, Reading From The Declaration of Independents

Nick Gillespie | 6.22.2011 10:51 AM

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ATTN, NYC Reasonoids: Get Stossel Tix for Wed. Taping w Gillespie & Welch Talking Independents! Plus, Book Talk!

Nick Gillespie | 6.21.2011 12:59 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: The Compleat Questions & Answers

Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Meredith Bragg, Joshua Swain, and Jim Epstein | 6.16.2011 10:30 AM

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Ask a Libertarian: The Compleat Questions & Answers

Nick Gillespie | 6.15.2011 7:56 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: What's a "liberaltarian" & how is it different from a libertarian?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.15.2011 7:20 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: Final Question - Why is it different this time?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.15.2011 7:17 PM

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Ask a Libertarian: "Could we hunt and eat endangered animals in a libertarian world?"

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.15.2011 7:13 PM

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