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The Surprising Origins of Modern Freedom

09.07.2025 7

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From Big Gulps to Raw Milk: The Rise of MAHA

02.07.2025 7

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How LSD Helped Launch a Radical Libertarian Counterculture

25.06.2025 10

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Did Bombing Iran Make America Safer?

25.06.2025 7

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Obama Adviser Jason Furman on Biden, Neoliberalism, and Keynesian Economics

21.06.2025 9

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Scott Barry Kaufman: Incels, Narcissists, and the Victim Mindset

18.06.2025 2

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Kennedy: A Gen X Rebel's Journey From MTV to Fox News

11.06.2025 4

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Helen Lewis: The Dark Side of Genius

04.06.2025 10

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Lawrence Wright: America's Misadventures in Wars, Cults, and Panics

28.05.2025 3

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Trump's War on Harvard

28.05.2025 7

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C. Bradley Thompson and Jeremiah Johnson: Rise of the 'MAGA Manosphere'

23.05.2025 1

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Brian Brushwood: Why We Fall for Scams

21.05.2025 7

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Alton Brown on Cultural Appropriation, Ozempic, and the USDA

17.05.2025 20

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Robert Rosenkranz: How To Use Stoicism To Build a Meaningful Life

16.05.2025 4

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Richard Dawkins: Why Atheism Is Winning

14.05.2025 5

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Billionaire Cliff Asness: Can Technology Outrun 'Stupider and Stupider' Government?

Economics Nick Gillespie | 5.9.2025 11:00 AM HD Video Download "I feel fear… because they're somewhat vindictive people. I don't care who you are,...

09.05.2025 1

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Steven Pinker: Can Harvard Be Saved?

07.05.2025 2

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John Arnold: Government Can't Be Trusted To Fix Any Problems

30.04.2025 3

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Jeffrey Singer: Get Government Out of Health Care

23.04.2025 4

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Jason Furman: Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Economy

16.04.2025 2

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'Libertarian' Gov. Jared Polis Signs 'Restrictive' Gun Law and Booze Ban

15.04.2025 6

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Leigh Stein and Julius Taranto: Did Wokeness and Trump Kill Literary Satire?

02.04.2025 2

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James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber: Psychedelics Legalization Will Continue No Matter Who Is President

26.03.2025 8

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Brain Doherty: The Fascinating Women and Weirdos Who Founded Libertarianism

19.03.2025 4

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Alton Brown: A TV Chef Offers Food for Thought

05.03.2025 5

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John McWhorter: Is 'Wokeness' Finally Dead?

26.02.2025 5

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Jim O'Shaughnessy: Don't Squander This Age of Innovation

19.02.2025 3

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Sean McMeekin: Don't Whitewash the History of Communism

12.02.2025 3

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CIA Analyst Martin Gurri on Trump, Chaos, and Optimism

06.02.2025 2

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Nico Perrino: What the Trump-Musk Alliance Means for Free Speech

05.02.2025 3

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Alex Nowrasteh and Bryan Caplan: The Case for More Immigration

29.01.2025 4

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Penny Lane on Effective Altruism and Donating a Kidney to a Stranger

26.01.2025 10

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Michael Shermer: Conspiracy Thinking, Wokeness, and the Future of Free Thought

22.01.2025 2

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Reminder: Donald Trump Promised To Free Ross Ulbricht on 'Day One'

15.01.2025 30

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Douglas Irwin: Why Trump's Tariff Plans Are Dangerous

Free Trade Nick Gillespie | 1.8.2025 11:00 AM HD Video Download "Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary," says Donald Trump, who made...

08.01.2025 7

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Jimmy Carter, 'The Great Deregulator,' 1924–2024

Jimmy Carter Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2024 4:55 PM Jimmy Carter was perhaps the most successful ex-president in American history, winning the Nobel...

30.12.2024 30

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Jeffrey Edward Green: Why Bob Dylan's Prophecies Continue To Fascinate

Music Nick Gillespie | 12.25.2024 10:30 AM Few figures have literally and figuratively electrified American culture the way Bob Dylan has. He...

25.12.2024 10

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Penny Lane: Why I Gave a Kidney to a Total Stranger

Organ transplants Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2024 10:45 AM HD Video Download Today's guest is Penny Lane, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker whose...

18.12.2024 10

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Errol Morris and Jacob Soboroff: Trump's Immigration Policies Are Indefensible

Immigration Nick Gillespie | 12.11.2024 10:30 AM HD Video Download In late 2017, in the name of "zero tolerance," President Donald Trump introduced...

11.12.2024 5

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If You Support the Right To Own and Trade Bitcoin, Support Reason!

Webathon Nick Gillespie | 12.9.2024 8:00 AM There are just two days left in Reason 's annual Webathon, the one week a year when we ask our online...

09.12.2024 4

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If You Like Reason's Videos and Podcasts, Donate Today! Next $50,000 in Donations Will Be Matched!

Politics Nick Gillespie | 12.6.2024 8:12 AM We're halfway through Reason's annual Webathon , the one week a year when we ask our online readers to...

06.12.2024 5

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Brendan O'Neill: The West Went Insane After October 7

Israel Nick Gillespie | 12.4.2024 10:15 AM HD Video Download Reason's annual Webathon is underway. Please considering donating here. Today's guest...

04.12.2024 9

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Martin Gurri: Political Chaos Brings Colossal Transformation

Politics Nick Gillespie | 11.27.2024 11:35 AM HD Video Download Today's guest is Martin Gurri, a former CIA analyst who is a visiting fellow at the...

27.11.2024 6

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Hyrum and Verlan Lewis: Stop Buying the 'Left v. Right' Myth

Election 2024 Nick Gillespie | 11.13.2024 11:00 AM HD Video Download In the wake of massive victories by Donald Trump and Republicans, here's a...

13.11.2024 3

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Live on Election Night! The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

Election 2024 Nick Gillespie | 11.5.2024 11:51 AM Join Reason's Nick Gillespie live on election night at YouTube, X, and Reason.com, starting at 10...

06.11.2024 4

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Don't Blame Me for Not Voting for Your Unbelievably Rotten Candidate

Election 2024 Nick Gillespie | 11.4.2024 2:30 PM With a day left before the 2024 polls close, I'd like to say something to the Republicans and the...

04.11.2024 2

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Live on Election Night! The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

Election 2024 Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2024 11:35 AM Join Reason's Nick Gillespie live on election night at YouTube, X, and Reason.com, starting at 10...

01.11.2024 2

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Musa al-Gharbi: How Woke Elites Became Out of Touch

Free Speech Nick Gillespie | 10.30.2024 2:20 PM HD Video Download Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist at Stony Brook University and the author of the...

30.10.2024 3

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Faisal Saeed Al Mutar: Peace In The Middle East Through Capitalism

Middle East Nick Gillespie | 10.23.2024 12:00 PM HD Video Download Today's guest is Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, the co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders...

23.10.2024 3

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Chase Oliver on Budget Cuts, War, and Immigration

Libertarian Party Nick Gillespie | From the November 2024 issue A self-described political junkie since birth, Libertarian presidential nominee...

10.10.2024 9

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