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Why Socialism Won't Deliver Government Efficiency

Plus: the Democratic Party's candidate problem, property tax breaks for seniors, and the UFC on the White House lawn

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'Shoot and Kill'

Plus: California fails to unmask ICE agents, the illogic of medical-only marijuana rescheduling, driverless cars in D.C., and more...

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Trump's Pro-Union Labor Secretary Out

Plus: Scandal at the Department of Labor, the real reasons people use psychedelics, more problems with Trump's triumphal arch, and more...

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Will the War in Iran Crash the Global Economy?

Plus: Kristi Noem is fired as DHS secretary, a listener asks about libertarian drug use, and new polling reveals Americans distrust AI and each other.

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Is America Really Going to War for Greenland?

Plus: Threats of new tariffs on NATO allies, masked federal agents stir unrest in Minnesota, and Trump’s new health care proposal.

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Renee Good Was a Casualty of Trump's Order Against 'Political Violence'

The administration's written policies make it likely that more people like Renee Good will be targets, and victims, of ICE.

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End the Fed? Or Turn It Over to Trump?

Plus: ICE shootings divide the country, the Iran uprising intensifies, and California targets billionaires with a wealth tax

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Should Libertarians Support Federal AI Regulation?

Plus: reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug, mass shootings at Bondi Beach and Brown University, and the U.S. seizes a Venezuelan oil tanker

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Will a Shutdown Finally Shrink Government?

Plus: the Comey indictment, Trump deploys the National Guard to Portland, Eric Adams exits New York City's mayoral race, and a listener asks about cyclical theories of history

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Free Speech Means You Can Criticize Anyone

Plus: Fallout from the Tom Homan bribery probe, U.S. forces strike Venezuelan drug boats, and Trump considers sending troops back to Afghanistan

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Why Banning Drugs and Guns Never Works

Reason’s Jacob Sullum traces the shared failures of drug prohibition and gun laws, showing how both undermine civil liberties, racial justice, and commonsense safety.

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Trump Says Tariffs Make Us Richer. So, Why Are Most Countries With High Tariffs So Poor?

The U.S. is risking its liberty and its prosperity with such high tariffs.

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RFK Jr.'s Wild Week

Plus: The National Guard standoff in Chicago, navigating debates when you’re outnumbered, and a court ruling that could upend Trump’s tariff agenda.

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South Park Is Saving Free Speech!

Plus: Trump’s "woke AI" order, Gawker’s cultural legacy, and a listener question on deregulation and the BBB.

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Legalize All Drugs! Reason Versus City Journal

City Journal's Rafael Mangual and Charles Fain Lehman debate Reason's Billy Binion and Jacob Sullum on legalizing all drugs.

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The GOP Budget Is Big, Bloated, B.S.

Plus: A listener asks if the economic inequality data is bad.

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What Did We Learn From DOGE?

Plus: A listener asks which domestic policy changes could realistically boost U.S. manufacturing without raising costs for consumers.

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Trump's Independent Voter Problem

Plus: A listener asks about possible book club books that are "subtly libertarian."

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Why Due Process Matters

Plus: A listener asks who was the better president: Trump or Obama?

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Trump's War With the Courts

Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.

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Montana 'Abortion Trafficking' Bill Could Criminalize Crossing State Lines for an Abortion

Transporting "an unborn child" from Montana to another state "with the intent to obtain an abortion that is illegal" in Montana, or assisting anyone in doing so, would be illegal under House Bill 609.

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Trump's Dumb Trade War

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the implications of Trump personally suing CBS to obtain transcripts from an interview with Kamala Harris.

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Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Doesn't Just Apply to Undocumented Immigrants

Children could be denied citizenship even if their parents are here completely legally.

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Let Freedom Zyn

Plus: TikTok bans, weak cigarettes, and more...

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