The State of the Union Is Shouty
Plus: A listener asks the editors a question about progressive taxation in the United States.
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 7 min
The Reason Roundtable
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.
Episodes
Rank Choices
Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Nikki Haley's Primary Math Isn't Mathing
Plus: A listener asks the editors for big picture thoughts on United States foreign policy interventions in other nation states.
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Goodbye, Navalny
Plus: A listener asks if the editors have criteria for what constitutes a good law.
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Biden's Cognitive Shrinkflation
Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Trump's Terrible, Popular Tariffs
Plus: A listener asks if it should become the norm for all news outlets to require journalists to disclose their voting records.
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Politics Created the Border Crisis
Plus: A listener asks if libertarians are too obsessed with economic growth.
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 2 min
DeSantis Down and Out
Plus: Javier Milei’s powerful speech on economic prosperity in Davos
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 10 min
The Trump Train Rolls Through Iowa
Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are any bad laws that might discourage people from having kids.
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Nikki Haley's Last Stand?
Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?
Jan 08, 2024•58 min
In 2024, Teens Will Get Pregnant in Driverless Cars
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Jan 02, 2024•57 min
2023's Most Under-Covered Stories
So long, 2023! What fresh hell awaits us all in 2024?
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to the Hyperbole Factory
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Campus Speech Restrictions Come Back To Bite Universities
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 6 min
A New Reason Podcast Is Just Asking Questions
Dave Smith joins Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe for the first episode of Just Asking Questions.
Dec 11, 2023•2 hr 50 min
Goodbye to George Santos and Henry Kissinger
Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Ask Reason Magazine's Editors Anything: Webathon 2023!
Please enjoy our special webathon video episode, where we answer a wide-ranging batch of listener questions!
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 16 min
A Bonus Reason Roundtable Featuring Four 'Florida Men' of Our Own
Plus: The Reason webathon is happening right now. Donate so we can make more fun podcasts like this one!
Nov 30, 2023•58 min
Florida vs. California
Plus: Send your questions for the editors to [email protected] ahead of this week’s special webathon episode!
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min
The World's First Libertarian President
Plus: A listener asks the editors about libertarians and "reflexive contrarianism."
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min
A Bonus Reason Roundtable. Live From Washington, D.C.!
Plus: Is Veep more realistic than House of Cards?
Nov 16, 2023•56 min
The Two-Party System Abides
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
Nov 13, 2023•59 min
No Malarkey: Even Democrats Think Biden Is Too Old
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Don't Believe Janet Yellen's Shoddy Wartime 'Girl Math'
Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 4 min
What Joe Biden Got Right—and Wrong—Last Week in the Middle East
Plus: A listener asks the editors about mandatory maternity leave.
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Does It Matter What College Kids Say About Israel?
Plus: The search for a new speaker of the House continues to be a ludicrous mess.
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min
After Hamas Attack, There Are No Good Options in the Middle East
Plus: Chaos in Congress, and bums in the parks
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min
The 'Whack Jobs' Were Right
Plus: A listener asks the editors to weigh in on a hypothetical executive order to establish an American Climate Corps.
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Are Government Shutdowns Good for Limited Government?
Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Hunter Biden Gets Caught in America's Double War on Drugs and Guns
Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.
Sep 18, 2023•59 min