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The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

Want to know what comes next in politics, culture, and libertarian ideas? Reason’s Nick Gillespie hosts relentlessly interesting interviews with the activists, artists, authors, entrepreneur...

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How Statistics Become Propaganda

Aaron Brown discusses how research gets distorted, why sensational claims spread so quickly, and how to think more critically about the numb...

52:36Jul 1, 2026

The Right Way To Fight a Trade War

Economist Soumaya Keynes discusses Trump’s tariff policies, how China changed the global economy, and why trade wars require restraint.

43:18Jun 26, 2026

What 1976 Got Right About America

Matt Welch discusses the forgotten reality of the bicentennial, the cultural impact of Roots, and why America doesn't need a single national...

1:07:59Jun 17, 2026

Why So Many People Feel Lost

Rebecca Goldstein discusses the search for meaning, the roots of modern discontent, and how people build purpose in a secular age.

58:05Jun 10, 2026

Was Lincoln More Radical Than We Remember?

Damon Root discusses the path to emancipation, the struggle to secure freedom after the Civil War, and the constitutional changes that remad...

52:44Jun 3, 2026

How Moral Panic Creates Black Markets

Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth discusses the moral limits of markets, how bans create black markets, and why harm reduction oft...

1:20:48May 27, 2026

Why Populism Leads to Decline

Johan Norberg discusses what makes societies prosperous, why protectionism and nostalgia keep returning, and how populism feeds cultural dec...

49:27May 20, 2026

The Global War on Free Speech

Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff discuss the global decline of free speech, why democracies are embracing censorship, and what can be done t...

1:02:27May 15, 2026

Prison Doesn't Work the Way You Think

Economist Jennifer Doleac discusses why long sentences don’t reduce crime, how first-time defendants benefit from leniency, and why clearanc...

1:08:14Apr 22, 2026

How the Iran War Could Backfire

Emma Ashford discusses Trump’s incoherent Iran strategy, the failures of post–Cold War foreign policy, and why a multipolar world limits Ame...

33:26Apr 15, 2026

The Rise of the Information State

Jacob Siegel discusses how the internet reshaped political power, the rise of technocratic rule, and why information control keeps failing.

1:18:19Apr 8, 2026

Ro Khanna: Congress Has Surrendered on War

The California congressman discusses the Iran war, unchecked executive power, California’s wealth tax debate, and the search for a shared Am...

55:08Apr 6, 2026