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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, entrepreneurs, newsmakers, and politicians who are defining the 21st century.

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How Capitalism Quietly Revolutionized Everyday Life

04 Nov 2026
53m
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Technological progress is driven by human discontent and the persistent desire for improvement rather than a static, predefined goal. Everyday activities—such as grocery shopping, washing clothes, and exercising—rely on complex, often overlooked technologies that have fundamentally reshaped social structures and indivi...

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The Untold Story Behind the Race for the Atomic Bomb

28 Oct 2026
1h 7m
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Could a Libertarian Swing the Texas Senate Race?

23 Oct 2026
42m
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Are Prediction Markets Just Gambling? Kalshi CEO Responds

21 Oct 2026
49m
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Bitcoin Is a Threat to Government-Controlled Money

16 Oct 2026
49m
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Mark Cuban: 'I'd Get Rid of All Political Parties'

14 Oct 2026
58m
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Are Economists Measuring the Wrong Things?

07 Oct 2026
1h 4m
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Can Nebraska's Dan Osborn Win Over Libertarians?

05 Oct 2026
29m
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How Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets School Choice All Wrong

01 Oct 2026
51m
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Axel Kaiser Explains the Javier Milei Effect

30 Sep 2026
1h 15m
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Anthony Scaramucci: How America Got Trump

23 Sep 2026
1h 6m
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Why Kids Need More Freedom

16 Sep 2026
1h 22m
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Childhood development relies on independent, self-directed play, yet decades of over-protection and rigid, adult-controlled schooling have systematically stripped children of this autonomy. Developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that the current youth mental health crisis stems primarily from the professionalizat...

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Why So Many Men Feel Lost

09 Sep 2026
1h 3m
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Why America's Prisons Keep Failing

08 Sep 2026
1h 1m
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Why the Right Is Embracing State Power

02 Sep 2026
1h 7m
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Fusionism posits that both liberty and virtue are essential for human flourishing, requiring a limited government to protect rights while civil society cultivates moral habits. This philosophy, rooted in the American founding, faces a significant challenge as the American Right shifts away from this consensus toward po...

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Vinay Prasad: Public Health in This Country Is So Broken

26 Aug 2026
1h 10m
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Public health policy suffers from systemic failures, political capture, and a lack of humility, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic response. Anthony Fauci’s legacy remains marred by his promotion of ineffective policies like school closures and masking for toddlers, alongside his efforts to suppress the lab-l...

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Can America Survive Its Political Divide?

19 Aug 2026
59m
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What if the Future Is Actually Good?

12 Aug 2026
1h 1m
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How a Top Democratic Operative Lost Faith in Her Party

05 Aug 2026
41m
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How Jailhouse Snitches Send Innocent People to Death Row

29 Jul 2026
1h 3m
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