In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the spate of anti-Israel campus protests at universities across the country, followed by another look at the trials of both Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump in New York.

00:37—Campus protests across the country

31:35—Weekly Listener Question

38:01—Harvey Weinstein rape conviction overturned in New York

44:01—Trump trials continue apace

48:57—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Why Are College Kids Terrified?" a Q&A with Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott by Nick Gillespie

"'Is College 'The Incubator of the Nanny State'? Nick Gillespie Talks with FIRE"

"Animal Farm 1970," by Lanny Friedlander

"Seriousness Crisis," by Liz Wolfe

"School's Out," by Christian Britschgi

"Texas Public Colleges Crack Down on Peaceful Anti-Israel Protests," by Emma Camp

"The Morningside Heights Tent City," by Liz Wolfe

"USC Cancels Valedictorian's Speech Over Bogus 'Safety Concerns,'" by Emma Camp

"There's Nothing Modern About MMT," by Alexander William Salter

"The Fiscal Hawks Were Right About Debt and Interest Rates," by Veronique de Rugy

"Why We Need To Shrink the National Debt, and Fast!" by Nick Gillespie

"Want To Boost Economic Growth? Tell the Government To Spend Less," by Veronique de Rugy

"Thanks for Democracy, Greece, but Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out of 1st World!" by Nick Gillespie

"The Court Was Right To Overturn Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction," by Billy Binion

"Alvin Bragg's 'Election Interference' Narrative Is Nonsensical," by Jacob Sullum

"The Alarming Implications of Trump's Immunity Claim," by Jacob Sullum

"At Trump's Trial, a Window Into the Golden Era of Tabloids," by Michael Rothfeld

"Challengers Is the Horny Tennis Movie Hollywood Needs," by Peter Suderman

"Anarchy, State and Utopia," by Eric Mack

Nick Gillespie's upcoming interview with Students for Sensible Drug Policy's Kat Murti on May 8 in New York City

Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Eric Boehm lament a horrible weekend for freedom, as Congress passed a collection of bad bills concerning military spending for Ukraine and Israel, a TikTok ban, and a reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

00:53—House of Representatives passes substantial bipartisan military spending aid package that includes Ukraine and Israel

22:50—New Title IX rules

34:00—Weekly Listener Question

41:03—House votes to reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA

48:29—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Democrats and Republicans Unite To Give Weapons Manufacturers $59 Billion," by Matthew Petti

"Ukraine Crisis: U.S. Must Use Restraint," by Nick Gillespie

"Should America keep funding Ukraine?" by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller

"Why Sanctioning Russia Will Fail," by Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor

"Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse," by Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor

"Steven Pinker: What Went Wrong at Harvard," by Nick Gillespie

"Should America stop funding Israel's war?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"How much aid does the U.S. owe Israel?" by Robby Soave

"Hamas, Israel, and what it means for the U.S.," by Nick Gillespie

"New Title IX Rules Erase Campus Due Process Protections," by Emma Camp

"Laura Kipnis: How Colleges Criminalized Sex," by Nick Gillespie

"The Guardians of Free Speech," by Nick Gillespie

"If They Ban TikTok, Is Apple Next?" by Rand Paul

"TikTok Measure Passed by House Is Unconstitutional in Multiple Ways," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Campus Rape Expert Can't Answer Basic Questions About His Sources," by Linda LeFauve

"How an Influential Campus Rape Study Skewed the Debate," by Robby Soave

"The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault," by Cathy Young

"Guilty Until Proven Innocent," by Cathy Young

"Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Jones Act Traffic Jam," by Eric Boehm

"Remy: Cabotage (Beastie Boys Jones Act Parody)," by Remy, Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and John Carter

"Let's Scrap the Jones Act," by Andrew Heaton

"Appeals Court Rules That Cops Can Physically Make You Unlock Your Phone," by Joe Lancaster

"How the FISA Reauthorization Bill Could Force Maintenance Workers and Custodians To Become Government Spies," by Eric Boehm

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman contextualize Iran's retaliatory strike against Israel before bemoaning the recent vote in Congress on the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

02:20—Iran's retaliatory strike on Israel

13:05—House votes to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA.

29:21—Weekly Listener Question

42:00—Arizona Supreme Court rules on law that would ban nearly all abortions.

47:23—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Iran Attacks Israel," by Liz Wolfe

"Biden Sends U.S. Forces To Protect Israel's Borders for the First Time Ever," by Matthew Petti

"What's the Root Cause of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?" by Eli Lake and Jeremy Hammond

"After Hamas Attack, There Are No Good Options in the Middle East," by Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman

"The Iranian Coup that Led to 67 Years of Reckless Intervention," by Nick Gillespie

"Come Back With a Warrant," by Eric Boehm

"Biden Hints at Freedom for Julian Assange," by J.D. Tuccille

"Edward Snowden: The Individual Is More Powerful Today Than Ever Before," by Nick Gillespie

"'Selective Surveillance Outrage' and 'Situational Libertarianism' Isn't Good Enough, Congress!" by Nick Gillespie

"Why We Get the Police State We Deserve—and What We Can Do to Fix That," by Nick Gillespie

"Supreme Court Says Officials Who Block Critics on Social Media Might Be Violating the First Amendment," by Jacob Sullum

"Everyone Agrees Government Is a Hot Mess. So Why Does It Keep Getting Bigger Anyway?" by Nick Gillespie

"In Defense of Roe" by Nick Gillespie

"Abortion & Libertarianism: Nick Gillespie, Ronald Bailey, Mollie Hemingway, & Katherine Mangu-Ward"

"Trump's Abortion Stance Is Convenient, but That Does Not Mean He's Wrong," by Jacob Sullum

"What Leaving Abortion Up to the States Really Means," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"William F. Buckley, RIP," by Jacob Sullum

"Radical Squares," by Nick Gillespie

"FDR: A One-Man Show," by Chris Elliott

"The Big Guy's Last Drink," by Peter Suderman

The Libertarian Moment, UFC300 edition (Renato Moicano invokes Mises)

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman consider President Joe Biden's updated response to the war in Gaza following a strike by Israeli military forces that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers. And with tax day on the horizon, the editors reflect on how Biden's plan to hire new IRS agents is resulting in more audits of the middle class.

03:02—Biden's response to Israeli military forces killing seven aid workers in Gaza

27:04—The IRS hires more workers, and more middle-class audits result.

36:16—Weekly Listener Question

47:56—Eclipse day!

53:25—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Biden Says Arab States Ready To Recognize Israel in Future Deal," by Jordan Fabian

"Should pro-Hamas students be blacklisted?" by Nick Gillespie

"The West Bank Comes to New Jersey," by Matthew Petti

Nancy Rommelman's dispatches from Israel

"Russ Roberts on October 7 and the Future of U.S.-Israel Relations," by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Throwing Money at the IRS Won't Fix Its Problems," by Katherine Mangu-Ward

"Promise-Breaking IRS," by Liz Wolfe

"In 2022, the IRS Went After the Very Poorest Taxpayers," by Liz Wolfe

"Massive Scale of Improper Payments Show Govt is Too Big NOT to Fail," by Veronique de Rugy

"3 More Reasons To Fear the IRS," by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg

"Remy: What Are the Chances? (An IRS Love Song)," by Remy, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg

"Remy: Best Song Ever! (One Direction Parody—Tax Code Edition)," by Remy, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg

"W-2 WTF?!?!: Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode!" by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"The New Philosophers Rock France," by William Bonner

"Velvet President," by Matt Welch

"Was Foucault a Libertarian? Nick Gillespie Explains Why Philosopher's Greatest Protégé Was the Free Market," by Davis Richardson

"Libertarian Postmodernism: A Reply to Jordan Peterson and the Intellectual Dark Web," by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie

"Goodbye True World," by Nick Gillespie

"'We Are as Gods and Might as Well Get Good at It,'" by Nick Gillespie

"Václav Havel's Funeral: Why Truth Needs Love," by Matt Welch

"Curb This, Mofo," by Nick Gillespie

"Enthusiasm, Curbed," by Nick Gillespie

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman discuss Donald Trump's horrible tariff proposal, reactions to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, and the late Joe Lieberman.

02:05—Trump vs. Biden on trade

19:39—Reactions to the Baltimore bridge collapse

31:17—Weekly Listener Question

39:22—R.I.P. Joe Lieberman

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Mentioned in this podcast:

"Trump's Tariff Would Cost the Typical American Household Roughly $1,500 Each Year," by the Center for American Progress Action Fund

"The Post-Neoliberalism Moment," by Daniel W. Drezner

"The Obscure Protectionist Law That Will Slow Clean-Up of the Baltimore Bridge Disaster," by Eric Boehm

"The Immigrant Workers Who Died on the Baltimore Bridge Were Hardworking Heroes," by Fiona Hartigan

"No Labels, With No Candidate, Says Yes to a 2024 Presidential Campaign," by Matt Welch

"In Search of Joe Lieberman's Conscience," by Jacob Sullum

"Biden and Trump Try To Wish Away the Looming Entitlement Crisis," by Jacob Sullum

"Friday A/V Club: Joe Lieberman Battles Digital Demons," by Jesse Walker

"Goodbye, Globalization?" by Daniel W. Drezner

"Johan Norberg: Why We Need a Capitalist Manifesto," by Nick Gillespie

"Sharply Fewer in U.S. View Foreign Trade as Opportunity," by Mohamed Younis

"3 Things To Know About the 'New NAFTA' That Begins Today," by Eric Boehm

"Free Trade Would Boost the Economy, But It's Not on the Ballot," by J.D. Tuccille

"Biden and Europe remove Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, but it's not free trade," by Chad P. Bown and Katheryn (Kadee) Russ

"Managing Trade's History," by John V.C. Nye

"Trump, Reagan, and Why Republicans Flip-Flopped on Free Trade," by Todd Krainin

"The Obscure Protectionist Law That Will Slow Clean-up of the Baltimore Bridge Disaster," by Eric Boehm

"The Immigrant Workers Who Died on the Baltimore Bridge Were Hardworking Heroes," by Fiona Harrigan

"Fox News host slammed for linking Baltimore Key bridge disaster to immigration: 'Reprehensible stupidity,'" by Martha McHardy

"Maria Bartiromo: Money honey who stirred Ramone's hormones," by David Teather

"Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked," by Jacob Sullum

David Simon on Francis Scott Key bridge collapse

"Reaping the Whirlwind," by Glenn Garvin

"The Problem with Hurricane Sandy Relief," by Joshua Swain, Jim Epstein, and Nick Gillespie

"Adios, Vinegar Joe," by Tim Cavanaugh

"Are You an "Electronic Child Molester?" by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"Get Yer Ya-Yas Out," by Nick GillespieListener Question:

"The Movie 'Miss Virginia' Powerfully Dramatizes the Urgent Need for School Choice," by Nick Gillespie

"Donald Trump Supports School Choice. Here's Why You Should Too." by Nick Gillespie

"Biden Expands Pardons for Low-Level Federal Marijuana Offenders," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Biden Administration Endorses Legislation to End Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity," by C.J. Ciaramella

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the Justice Department's nonsensical antitrust case against Apple before turning their attention to Donald Trump's $464 million bond payment deadline in his New York civil fraud case.

00:41—Bonkers antitrust suit against Apple

20:27—Congress passes $1.2 trillion spending package

29:54—Weekly Listener Question

42:20—Trump contests $464 million bond payment in New York civil fraud case

50:52—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"The Absurd Apple Antitrust Lawsuit," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"European Union's AI Law Will Heavily Regulate a Technology Lawmakers Don't Understand," by Varad Raigaonkar

"Antitrust's Greatest Hits," by David B. Kopel and Joseph Bast

"Competition, Not Antitrust, Is Humbling the Tech Giants," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech," by Jennifer Huddleston

"Joe Biden's Endless River of Debt and Regulation," by Nick Gillespie

"Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Measure To Oust Mike Johnson as House Speaker," by Joe Lancaster

"A GOP Plan To Raise the Retirement Age Reveals How Unserious Washington Is About Social Security," by Eric Boehm

"The National Debt Is a National Security Issue," by Eric Boehm

"'Emergency' Spending Is Out of Control," by Eric Boehm

"3 Reasons To Abolish Social Security Now!" by Nick Gillespie

"3 Reasons to Fix Social Security Now!" by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg

"Brian Riedl: Who Bankrupted Us More—Trump or Biden?" by Nick Gillespie

"Science Fiction Fans Are Fighting About Politics. It's Not the End of the Universe." by Peter Suderman

Nick Gillespie's take on X on Trump's latest award:

And yet I continue to place out of the money in the annual NICK GILLESPIE AWARDS held at the Nick Gillespie Apartment and voted on by Nick Gillespie. Kudos, Donald, kudos. pic.twitter.com/nF0tB1vac6

— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) March 25, 2024

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman weigh in on the approved House bill that could potentially usher in a ban on popular social media app TikTok in the United States.

01:49—Legislation to ban TikTok

16:39—California's continued high-speed rail boondoggle

33:48—Weekly Listener Question

43:25—Elon Musk launches Starship rocket

46:31—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Banning TikTok Would Give the Feds Way Too Much Power," by Robby Soave

"Algorithm Not for Sale," by Liz Wolfe

"TikTok's Opponents Want Chinese-Style Censorship in America," by Matthew Petti

"The U.S. Steel/Nippon Deal Should Be None of Joe Biden's Business," by Eric Boehm

"Hey look a new scientific book abt how TikTok is addicting kids like 'narcotics'!" writes Nick Gillespie on X, formerly Twitter

"California's High-Speed Rail Needs Another $100 Billion. That's a Great Reason Not To Build It." by Eric Boehm

"Annie Duke: Quitting Is Totally Underrated," by Nick Gillespie

"America Is Taking a High-Speed Train to Bankruptcy," by David Ditch

"How Florida Beat California to High-Speed Rail," by Natalie Dowzicky

"The Problem With the 'Abundance Agenda,'" by Christian Britschgi

"We Told You Why and How California's High-Speed Rail Wouldn't Work. You Chose Not To Listen." by Matt Welch

"The Political Class Knew California High-Speed Rail Was B.S., and Supported it Anyway," by Matt Welch

"3 Reasons Obama's High-Speed Rail Will Go Nowhere Fast," by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

"On the Passing of a Liberal Deregulator," by Matt Welch

"Learning From Kodak's Demise," by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch

"Milton Friedman Was No Conservative," by Brian Doherty

"Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman's Legacy," by Nick Gillespie

"Oscar-Nominated Robot Dreams Is a Gentle Animated Love Story About Dogs, Robots, and 1980s New York," by Peter Suderman

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome back sudden special guest (and former Roundtable host) Andrew Heaton! The editors reflect on President Biden's recent State of the Union address and look ahead to the unavoidable slog of eight more months of election coverage.

04:11—President Biden's feisty, yet empty, State of the Union address

24:27—Third party election outlook

46:43—Weekly Listener Question

55:49—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"State of the Union (on Stimulants)" by Liz Wolfe

"The State of Our Biden Is Historically Frail" by Matt Welch

"Remarks by the President in the State of the Union Address" by Joe Biden

"No Labels, With No Candidate, Says Yes to a 2024 Presidential Campaign" by Matt Welch

"Biden's Inaccurate and Inadequate Lip Service to Marijuana Reform Ignores Today's Central Cannabis Issue" by Jacob Sullum

"Biden Touts More Forever Wars, Breaking His 2021 Promises" by Matthew Petti

"Third Party Candidates Widening Trump's Lead Over Biden" by Matt Welch

"Biden's Plan To Subsidize Homebuyers Won't Work" by Christian Britschgi

"Biden Says He'll Make the Wealthy Pay More To Fix Social Security. Here's Why That Won't Work." by Eric Boehm

"Biden Is Wrong About Student Debt Forgiveness" by Emma Camp

"Not Again With the 'Shrinkflation,' Please" by Eric Boehm

"RFK Jr.: The Reason Interview" by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller

"The Limits of Taxing the Rich" by Brian Riedl

"How Long Could Billionaires Fund the Government" by Nick Gillespie  and John Osterhoudt

Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman debate the pros and cons of various ideas for electoral reform ahead of this week's Super Tuesday primary contests.

00:27—The Supreme Court rules Colorado can't remove Donald Trump from the ballot.

06:19—Electoral dysfunction, incentives, plus pros and cons of various proposed reforms

36:40—Weekly Listener Question

45:48—Sen. Mitch McConnell (R–Ky.) announces his retirement.

56:06—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That States May Not Disqualify Trump As an Insurrectionist," by Jacob Sullum

"Does Ranked Choice Voting Disenfranchise Minorities?" by Joe Lancaster

"The Modern Supreme Court Agrees With Chief Justice Chase: Trump Cannot Be Removed From the Presidential Ballot," by Josh Blackman

"Supreme Court Rules for Trump in Section 3 Disqualification Case," by Ilya Somin

"'Super' Week," by Eric Boehm

"How Ranked Choice Voting Would Sort the Republican Primary Field," by Eric Boehm

"Morris P. Fiorina: Why 'Electoral Chaos' Is Here To Stay," by Nick Gillespie

"In Alaska, Ranked Choice Voting Worked," by Eric Boehm

"Gerrymandering Is Making Elections Less Competitive," by Eric Boehm

"The Commission on Presidential Debate's 15 Percent Polling Criterion Must Go, Argues Lawsuit from Gary Johnson," by Brian Doherty

"How GOP Fiscal Sanity Died, in 7 Easy Steps," by Matt Welch

"Dune: Part Two Is a Glorious Sci-Fi Spectacle," by Peter Suderman

"The Great Gatsby's Creative Destruction," by Nick Gillespie

"Comic: Robert A. Heinlein in 'The Moon Is a Hot Babe,'" by Peter Bagge

"Robert Heinlein at 100," by Brian Doherty

"The Parables of Octavia Butler," by Amy H. Sturgis

"Science Fiction Is for Socialists?" by Katherine Mangu-Ward

"Sandra Newman: Reimagining 1984 From Julia's Perspective," by Nick Gillespie

"Science Fiction: Created Worlds," by John Pierce

"Review: Dune and The Velvet Underground," by Kurt Loder

"Herbert's Dune It Again," by Patrick Cox

"Giant Douche and Turd Sandwich Debate," by South Park Studios

"Episode 77: Nick Gillespie / The Byrds," by Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar

Nick Gillespie's Q&A on C-SPAN

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, Matt Welch is back, alongside Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman. The editors talk about Nikki Haley's primary defeat in her home state of South Carolina and President Joe Biden's plan to attack "corporate greed."

00:36—Nikki Haley loses in South Carolina.

15:42—Biden's plan to attack "corporate greed"

29:06—Weekly Listener Question

46:41—This week's cultural recommendations

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Mentioned in this podcast:

"Donald Trump Defeats Nikki Haley in South Carolina Primary," by Joe Lancaster

"Losing the Home State," by Liz Wolfe

Reason Foundation Pension Reform

"In 2020, Teachers Unions and Police Unions Showed Their True Colors," by Peter Suderman

"Want To Challenge Your Speed Camera Ticket? That'll Be $100." by Daryl James and Bobbi Taylor

"After the War," by Matt Welch

"Sovereignty Is Such a Lonely Word," by Matt Welch

"We Are Going to the Moon," by Eric Berger

"Kevin Costner Goes Back to the Well of Westerns in Yellowstone," by Glenn Garvin

"Saturday Night Live Fires New Cast Member Shane Gillis for Using Offensive Language," by Robby Soave

"Biden's Job Approval Edges Down to 38%," by Megan Brenan

"2024 General Election: Trump vs. Biden vs. Kennedy vs. West" in RealClearPolling

"Comparison of opinion polling during the Trump and Biden administrations" in Ballotpedia

Party of the People by Patrick Ruffini

"Narrow Wins In These Key States Powered Biden To The Presidency" by Benjamin Swasey and Connie Hanzhang Jin

Trump and Milei Hug at CPAC

"How Americans View the Conflicts Between Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, and China and Taiwan" by Jordan Lippert

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, Katherine Mangu-Ward is in the driver's seat, alongside Nick Gillespie and special guests Zach Weissmueller and Eric Boehm. The editors react to the latest plot twists in Donald Trump's various legal proceedings and the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

00:41—The trials of Donald Trump in Georgia and New York

25:04—Weekly Listener Question

33:23—Sora, a new AI video tool

43:55—The death of Alexei Navalny

49:58—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"How a New York Judge Arrived at a Staggering 'Disgorgement' Order Against Trump," by Jacob Sullum

"Prosecutor Fani Willis Touts the Value of Cash, but What About the Rest of Us?" by J.D. Tuccille

"Trump Ordered To Pay $364 Million for Inflating His Assets in Civil Fraud Trial," by Joe Lancaster

"Alvin Bragg Is Trying To Punish Trump for Something That Is Not a Crime," by Jacob Sullum

"Alexei Navalny's Death Is a Timely Reminder of How Much Russia Sucks," by Eric Boehm

"Why Is Nike Stomping on Independent Creators?" by Kevin P. Alexander

"Bury My Sneakers at Wounded Knee," by Nick Gillespie

"Creation Myth: Does innovation require intellectual property rights?" by Douglas Clement

"A Private Libertarian City in Honduras," by Zach Weissmueller

"The Real Reasons Africa Is Poor—and Why It Matters," by Nick Gillespie

Bono's Ukraine Speech

"Justice or persecution? The Trump dilemma"

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