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Reason Interviews

Q&A-march-2021

Walter Williams

Walter Williams, RIP

The free market economist and iconoclast died in December at the age of 84.

Nick Gillespie | 2.8.2021 6:00 AM

Q&A

Ajit Pai

Ajit Pai on What the FCC Has Done Right

Pai has focused on taking a market-based approach to regulating the nation's always-evolving telecommunications industry, with great success.

Nick Gillespie | 1.25.2021 6:00 AM

Q&A-january-2021

Portland Protests

Nancy Rommelmann Reports From the Portland Protests

What's next for Portland?

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2020 6:00 AM

Q&A

Reason Interviews

Taghi Amirani on the Legacy of the U.S.-Backed Coup in Iran  

Amirani argues that the 1953 coup became the "playbook" for future U.S. covert actions in countries such as Guatemala, Vietnam, and Chile.

Nick Gillespie | 11.21.2020 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

The New York Times' Jia Lynn Yang on the Ebb and Flow of Immigration 

From the founding up until 1882, U.S. immigration policy was quite open. In her new book, Yang details how that changed over time.

Nick Gillespie | 10.15.2020 6:00 AM

Q&A

Reason Interviews

Steven Pinker Survives Attempted Cancellation 

Ronald Bailey | 9.6.2020 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

Jo Jorgensen Is the 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee

What can libertarianism offer America in the midst of the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Brian Doherty | 8.24.2020 6:00 AM

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Capitalism

Rory Sutherland on How Red Bull Explains Why Capitalism Is Great

The Ogilvy ad man and Alchemy author says Ludwig von Mises is his hero and that efficiency has nothing to do with free markets.

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2020 3:53 PM

Q&A

Reason Interviews

Michael Munger Says 'Price Gouging' Gives Us Information We Need

Such laws end up causing more shortages than they solve, especially during a crisis.

Nick Gillespie | 6.1.2020 6:00 AM

Q&A

Reason Interviews

Vermin Supreme Says This Time, He's Serious

"The political duopoly electioneering of the presidential system has indeed risen to the level of a joke."

Matt Welch | 5.18.2020 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

Michael Strain Wants You To Believe in the American Dream  

The economy is broadly healthy and that it's benefiting nearly everyone—including the lower-income households who need it most.

Peter Suderman | 4.28.2020 6:00 AM

Q&A

Reason Interviews

Christopher Preble Says Killing Soleimani Didn't Make America Safer

"Does this advance American safety and security? Does it make Americans freer and more prosperous? The answer is no."

Nick Gillespie | 3.29.2020 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

Judge Napolitano on the Politics of Impeachment

"Each president has more authority than his predecessors."

Nick Gillespie | 2.15.2020 6:00 AM

Q&A

Reason Interviews

Economist Russ Roberts Isn't Worried About the Middle Class

John Osterhoudt | 1.21.2020 6:00 AM

Q&A

Entrepreneurship

Kevin O'Leary Puts His Money Where the Profits Are

"There was a time when the majority of people on Earth were illiterate and starving, and capitalism changed all of that."

Nick Gillespie | 12.14.2019 6:00 AM

Q&A

Conservatism

George Will Still Believes in Classical Liberalism 

The erudite author and television commentator is not ready to give up on conservatism just yet.

Matt Welch | 11.10.2019 6:00 AM

Q&A

Panic

Pessimists Archive Podcaster Jason Feifer Debunks Past Panics About Elevators, Novels, and Bicycles 

Why do new things reliably freak us out?

Nick Gillespie | 10.27.2019 6:00 AM

Q&A

Crimes

Meet Mike Chase, the Lawyer Behind @CrimeADay 

Todd Krainin | 9.29.2019 6:00 AM

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Pension Crisis

Illinois Is the Canary in the Pension Coal Mine, Says Adam Schuster 

Mike Riggs talks with Illinois Policy Institute's Adam Schuster about how to fix the state's pension debt crisis.

Mike Riggs | 8.11.2019 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

Paul Krassner: The Lost Interview

A previously unpublished conversation with “investigative satirist” Paul Krassner, who just died at age 87.

Jesse Walker | 7.22.2019 4:55 PM

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Psychedelics

Psychonaut Hamilton Morris on Drugs After Prohibition 

Nick Gillespie speaks with Viceland's Hamilton Morris about why he's so interested in drugs.

Nick Gillespie | 7.21.2019 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

Goodbye and Thank You to Brickbats Cartoonist Terry Colon 

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.1.2019 12:00 PM

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Video Games

Why Jordan Shapiro Plays Video Games With His Kids

Nick Gillespie speaks with author Jordan Shapiro about his book The New Childhood

Nick Gillespie | 5.8.2019 6:00 AM

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Reason Interviews

Hail Satan? A New Documentary Depicts Devil Worshipers as Unlikely Defenders of the First Amendment

Director Penny Lane chronicles the rise of the Satanic Temple, a group that combines theatrical stunts with political activism.

Todd Krainin | 4.26.2019 2:06 PM

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Rand Paul

Matt Welch Interviews Rand Paul About Afghanistan Withdrawal on Sirius XM

Also: Listen to Daniel Drezner talk World War III, and Nomiki Konst, Ben Dreyfuss, and Harry Enten discuss Joe Biden.

Matt Welch | 4.24.2019 7:30 AM

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How I Became a Libertarian

On the magazine's 50th birthday, Reason staffers share their philosophical origin stories.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Scott Shackford, Jesse Walker, C.J. Ciaramella, Zuri Davis, Jacob Sullum, Ronald Bailey, Joe Setyon, Peter Suderman, Todd Krainin, Shikha Dalmia, Brian Doherty, Robby Soave, and Stephanie Slade | 10.25.2018 8:30 AM

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Reason Interviews

Hernando de Soto Knows How To Make the Third World Richer than the First

The Peruvian economist says blockchain technologies and social media will transform the planet by securing property rights.

Nick Gillespie, Todd Krainin, and Ian Keyser | 7.13.2018 4:37 PM

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Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Talks Shop

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2017 12:00 PM

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GMO Food

Interview with 'Food Evolution' Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy

An extraordinary new documentary on genetically modified foods, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, pushes back against GMO fearmongering.

Baylen Linnekin | 7.15.2017 10:25 AM

Reason Interviews

Video Q/A with Gamer-Congressman Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

Scott Shackford | 5.7.2014 10:00 AM

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Education

Diplomas vs. Dirty Jobs

TV host Mike Rowe on the educational bias against unglamorous, good-paying work

Nick Gillespie | 3.20.2014 9:00 AM

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George Will

George Will's Libertarian Evolution

The nation's most syndicated columnist talks about political philosophy, drugs, isolationism, optimism, and his political development over four decades in Washington.

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 11.13.2013 1:30 PM

Rand Paul

#Randchat: Reason's Twitter Q&A with Rand Paul

Nick Gillespie | 6.3.2013 4:30 PM

Stewart Brand

The Visionary

Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand on the future, the environment, libertarianism, and the Merry Pranksters

Brian Doherty | 9.10.2010 12:00 PM

History

REASON Interview: Eldridge Cleaver

He used to plot how to kill Ronald Reagan. Today he worries about how to get blacks off welfare and into the economy. The ex-Black Panther revolutionary talks to REASON.

Lynn Scarlett and Bill Kauffman | 2.1.1986 12:00 AM

Anarchism

Interview with Murray Bookchin

A controversial anarchist talks about government, the Libertarian Party, Ayn Rand, and the evolution of his own ideas.

Jeff Riggenbach | 10.1.1979 12:00 PM

Crime

Inside Ronald Reagan

A REASON Interview

Manuel Klausner | 7.1.1975 12:00 AM

Milton Friedman

An Interview with Milton Friedman

A REASON interview

Tibor Machan, Joe Cobb, and Ralph Raico | 12.1.1974 12:00 PM

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