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Plus: Does the government own too much land in Utah? And the latest response to Friends star Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death.
Plus: Special guest Ben Dreyfuss joins the editors this week.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about tariffs and subsidies in the manufacture of electric vehicles.
A very special Reason Roundtable crossover episode with two guests from The Dispatch!
Plus: A listener asks the editors about Project 2025.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if employers should be held responsible for the speech and actions of employees outside of the workplace.
Plus: Is Biden fit to be president today, let alone stand for reelection?
Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
Plus: The editors reflect on the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Plus: A listener asks if there are any libertarian solutions to rising obesity rates.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service.
Plus: A single-issue voter asks the editors for some voting advice in the 2024 presidential election.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for voting advice and commiseration in a predominantly democratic state.
Plus: Who are the editors' favorite vice presidents of all time?
Plus: A listener asks the editors about President Joe Biden holding up arms shipments to Israel.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about cancelling student loan debt.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.
Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.
Plus: A listener asks about the absurdity of Social Security entitlements.
Plus: A listener asks about Republicans and Democrats monopolizing political power in the United States.
Plus: A listener asks the editors a question about progressive taxation in the United States.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for big picture thoughts on United States foreign policy interventions in other nation states.
Plus: A listener asks if the editors have criteria for what constitutes a good law.
Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.
Plus: A listener asks if it should become the norm for all news outlets to require journalists to disclose their voting records.
Plus: A listener asks if libertarians are too obsessed with economic growth.
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Plus: Javier Milei’s powerful speech on economic prosperity in Davos
Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are any bad laws that might discourage people from having kids.
Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Dave Smith joins Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe for the first episode of Just Asking Questions.
Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.
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Plus: A listener asks the editors about libertarians and "reflexive contrarianism."
Plus: Is Veep more realistic than House of Cards?
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.