BIZARRE: 3 - What They Never Told You

Will a Mamdani Victory Push the Democrats Further Left?

Plus: Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, a court ruling extending SNAP funding during the shutdown, and Trump’s tariff fight reaches the Supreme Court

Reason · Nov 4, 2025

Jake Tapper on Censorship, Media Failings, and Presidential Power

Jake Tapper examines the growing pressure on the news media to serve political interests, Donald Trump’s attacks on the press and peaceful protesters, as well as the lasting damage Joe Biden may have done to the Democratic Party.

Reason · Oct 29, 2025

Does Bari Weiss Prove Woke Media Is Collapsing?

Plus: the legality of Trump’s National Guard deployments, Democrat A.G. nominee’s leaked texts about shooting GOP rival, and what Argentina’s crisis means for libertarians.

Reason · Oct 6, 2025

Charlie Kirk and America's History With Political Violence

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk and how political violence is reshaping the national climate.

Reason · Sep 11, 2025

Chip Roy on Why He Backed Trump's Spending Bill

Texas Rep. Chip Roy joins Nick Gillespie to talk about runaway spending, the uphill battle for health care reform, and where immigration fits into the liberty vs. sovereignty debate.

Reason · Aug 20, 2025

Did MAGA Kill the Tea Party?

Former Rep. Justin Amash and Fox News’ Kennedy join Nick Gillespie to examine how MAGA populism reshaped the Tea Party’s limited-government mission, why Congress no longer acts as a check on power, and what it will take to spark a new libertarian revival.

Reason · Aug 13, 2025

The Libertarian Case for Postmodernism

Political economist Mark Pennington draws on the ideas of Hayek and Foucault to show how expert rule and government surveillance are making it harder for people to think freely and live on their own terms.

Reason · Aug 6, 2025

What Should Libertarians Make of the Epstein Files?

Plus: Tulsi Gabbard accuses Obama of treason, Congress slashes NPR funding, and a listener asks if we actually like each other.

Reason · Jul 21, 2025

How a Government Mind Control Experiment Backfired

Historian John Lisle uncovers how Cold War paranoia, LSD, and unchecked power led the CIA to fund torture, deception, and mind control experiments on unwitting Americans.

Reason · Jul 16, 2025

Bill Kristol Is Alarmed That a President Would Ship Accused Foreign Enemies to an Overseas Prison

The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.

Reason · Jul 11, 2025