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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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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.

    Abigail Shrier: Stop Obsessing Over Our Children's Happiness

    Abigail Shrier: Stop Obsessing Over Our Children's Happiness

    Abigail Shrier is author of the best-selling new book Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up. She argues that…

    • 54 min
    Why Palantir Cofounder Joe Lonsdale Left California for Texas

    Why Palantir Cofounder Joe Lonsdale Left California for Texas

    Joe Lonsdale is a co-founder of the data analytics firm Palantir; OpenGov, which provides cloud software services for governments; and…

    • 55 min
    Steven Pinker: What Went Wrong at Harvard

    Steven Pinker: What Went Wrong at Harvard

    Psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker is one of the leading defenders of academic freedom and liberal values of limited…

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Hardcore History's Dan Carlin: 'History Is Not Like Math'

    Hardcore History's Dan Carlin: 'History Is Not Like Math'

    Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great pioneers of podcasting, Dan Carlin, the host of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.…

    • 1 hr
    David Boaz: Libertarianism Is the Intellectual Core of Liberalism

    David Boaz: Libertarianism Is the Intellectual Core of Liberalism

    Few individuals have had a bigger impact on the libertarian movement than David Boaz, the longtime executive vice president of the…

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Pano Kanelos: 'Ideology Is the Death of Ideas'

    Pano Kanelos: 'Ideology Is the Death of Ideas'

    Pano Kanelos is the president of the University of Austin, which will be admitting its first class of 100 students this fall.…

    • 1 hr 8 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
658 Ratings

658 Ratings

Harryschill25 ,

Open Minded, but philosophical and pragmatic

Nick Gillespie is a great interviewer. His conversation with Wesley Yang a few years ago will be perennially relevant.

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Panos Kanelos

Outstanding interview. If I were 18, I’d have U Austin as my top choice. What an education those kids will get

Rememberist ,

Sometimes you get what you want

For some reason, when I finish listening to one of these interviews, I get another older podcast that I’ve already listened to and really like hearing again. Is Reason using AI to make me more libertarian?

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