Episodes
Stephen Wolfram is, strictly speaking, a high school and college dropout: He left both Eton and Oxford early, citing boredom.…
Published 05/03/24
Today's guest is comedy writer Rob Long, who served as a writer for and producer of the great sitcom Cheers for years, writes…
Published 05/01/24
You've probably seen footage and images of the January 6 riot at the Capitol captured by today's guest, videographer Ford…
Published 04/24/24
Today's guest is Jonathan Haidt, whose new book is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an…
Published 04/17/24
Abigail Shrier is author of the best-selling new book Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up. She argues that…
Published 04/10/24
Joe Lonsdale is a co-founder of the data analytics firm Palantir; OpenGov, which provides cloud software services for governments; and…
Published 04/03/24
Psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker is one of the leading defenders of academic freedom and liberal values of limited…
Published 03/27/24
Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great pioneers of podcasting, Dan Carlin, the host of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.…
Published 03/22/24
Few individuals have had a bigger impact on the libertarian movement than David Boaz, the longtime executive vice president of the…
Published 03/20/24
Pano Kanelos is the president of the University of Austin, which will be admitting its first class of 100 students this fall.…
Published 03/15/24
Did you know that a mere 44,000 votes spread across Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin kept Joe Biden and Donald Trump…
Published 03/13/24
Journalist Nate Silver burst onto the national scene in 2008, when he correctly predicted 49 out of 50 states in…
Published 03/06/24
You probably already know that the national debt is bigger than our whole economy. But relax, because things can always…
Published 02/28/24
Just 15 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. But why is it broken and how do we…
Published 02/21/24
In January, the Senate Judiciary Committee dragged the heads of Meta, TikTok, and X, formally known as Twitter, to Washington…
Published 02/14/24
Reason's Nick Gillespie interviews Rachel Nuwer, author of I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World.…
Published 02/07/24
As Ronald Reagan's first budget director, former Michigan congressman David Stockman led the charge to cut the size, scope, and…
Published 01/31/24
While some of us went a little nuts during the COVID-19 lockdowns, others—including many of our country's leaders and people…
Published 01/24/24
"If the problem with campus speech codes is the selectivity with which universities penalize various forms of bigotry," wrote James…
Published 01/17/24
Did you know that by 2050, a quarter of the planet's population will reside in Africa? Yet despite abundant natural resources…
Published 01/10/24
This week's episode of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie is hosted by Reason Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward. She sat…
Published 01/03/24
William D. Eggers is co-author, with Donald F. Kettl, of Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries To Solve Big Problems.…
Published 12/27/23
Was Milton Friedman the most important libertarian of them all? That's part of the conversation I had with today's guest,…
Published 12/20/23
Quitting is massively underrated, says Annie Duke, an author, psychologist, and former professional poker player who holds a bracelet from…
Published 12/13/23