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It's Trump's Economy Now

Plus: A listener asks the editors to discuss the pros and cons of homeownership.

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Trump vs. Zelenskyy: Democracy Dies in Drama?

Plus: A listener asks the editors how to best determine whether Trump’s second term is good or bad for individual freedom.

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Trump's Dumb Trade War

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the implications of Trump personally suing CBS to obtain transcripts from an interview with Kamala Harris.

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Donald Trump's Chaotic and Contradictory Day 1

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the validity of using emergency measures to restrict movement during the L.A. wildfires.

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How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

Plus: A listener asks the editors if Donald Trump is the most libertarian president ever.

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Why MAGA Is Fighting Over High-Skilled Immigration

Plus: A listener asks the editors about subsidies for trains, planes, and roads.

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2024's Most Undercovered Stories

Surely 2025 will be a freewheeling romp, right?…Right? Happy New Year!

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Do You Have To Choose a Side in Politics? Reason Versus The Bulwark

The Bulwark's Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell debate Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch on choosing a side in politics.

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Biden's Messy Mercy

Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the tradeoffs of involuntary commitments to mental institutions.

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Why Socialists Are Cheering the Death of an Insurance CEO

Plus: A listener asks the editors if libertarians are more prone to believing in conspiracy theories.

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Biden's Final Insult to Our Intelligence

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the libertarian position on doctor-assisted suicide.

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Trump Won. What's Next?

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

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How Trump and Harris Meaningfully Differ

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

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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?

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Harris and Trump's Terrible Tax Ideas

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

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Why Federal Disaster Relief Is a Disaster

Plus: October 7, one year later.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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What Kamala Harris' Coronation Says About the Democratic Party

Plus: A listener asks the editors about Project 2025.

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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.

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Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?

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

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Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire

Plus: The editors reflect on the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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