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.

How Elon Musk and DOGE Can Deliver on Smaller Government

Plus: a listener asks the editors why it is acceptable to allow unrestricted border crossings into the United States without penalty.

11-18
01:00:17

Trump Won. What's Next?

Plus: A listener asks about Trump's early picks for cabinet positions.

11-11
01:07:28

Live On Election Eve With The Reason Roundtable!

Tune in on November 4 at 6:30 p.m. (EST) on YouTube to hear the four co-hosts' unflinching critiques of the latest in politics, culture, and whatever fresh hell awaits us all.

11-05
01:09:09

How Trump and Harris Meaningfully Differ

Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are closet Trump voters within the halls of Reason.

10-28
01:05:09

Should We Trust the 2024 Election Polls?

Plus: A listener asks the editors if the prospect of Supreme Court nominations is reason enough to favor Trump over Harris in this year’s presidential election?

10-21
01:04:14

Harris and Trump's Terrible Tax Ideas

Plus: How will the editors vote in the presidential election?

10-14
01:07:49

Why Federal Disaster Relief Is a Disaster

Plus: October 7, one year later.

10-07
01:05:21

Eric Adams and New York City's Corruption Problem

Plus: A listener asks the editors what a “conservatarian” presidential candidate and agenda might look like.

09-30
01:06:29

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again?

Special interests and government prevent the free market from working the way it should in the healthcare industry, making many Americans poorer and sicker.

09-27
37:21

Get Your Gross Sex Out of My Sick Politics!

Plus: "Black Nazi,” Oprah interviews Kamala, and yet another looming government shutdown.

09-23
01:10:01

Why Do They Keep Shooting at Donald Trump?

Plus: A listener asks the editors to ponder which election was the most important one in their lifetimes.

09-16
01:06:59

What Libertarians Would Ask Trump and Harris at the Debate

Plus: A listener asks if rebranding tariffs as taxes would make any difference in reducing their appeal to politicians and voters.

09-09
01:00:33

How Should the U.S. Respond to Hamas Executing Americans?

Plus: A listener asks the editors, when it is right to revolt to stop repeated miscarriages of justice?

09-03
01:10:00

Wait, Democrats Now Say They Love Freedom?

Plus: Does the government own too much land in Utah? And the latest response to Friends star Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death.

08-26
01:12:03

Why Libertarians Hate Kamala Harris' Economic Platform

Plus: Special guest Ben Dreyfuss joins the editors this week.

08-19
01:17:18

Tim Walz Is Another Big-Government Liberal

Plus: A listener asks the editors about tariffs and subsidies in the manufacture of electric vehicles.

08-12
01:06:33

Weighing Kamala Harris' Veep Options

A very special Reason Roundtable crossover episode with two guests from The Dispatch!

08-05
01:05:45

What Kamala Harris' Coronation Says About the Democratic Party

Plus: A listener asks the editors about Project 2025.

07-29
01:08:33

Biden's Out. Harris Is In. Everyone Else Is Screwed.

Plus: A listener asks the editors if employers should be held responsible for the speech and actions of employees outside of the workplace.

07-22
01:06:59

Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?

Plus: Is Biden fit to be president today, let alone stand for reelection?

07-15
01:06:06

Alan Coffey

I think they made using AV.P n illegal as well.

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Corey Grissam

Nikki is a neo-con... pass.

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Nat Doggett

Reason is so lost. Jesus when the LP is more libertarian than you you really realise how far up the Dee states arse you really are...

07-07 Reply

Lloyd Higley

Nobody is saying we shouldn't get out, it's how Biden did it...

08-24 Reply

Nat Doggett

You people are such snakes

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