For the very first Reason Versus debate this week, Reason was joined by The Bulwark for a lively, thought-provoking discussion. The resolution: "You Don't Have To Pick a Side in Politics."  

Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch argued for the affirmative, while The Bulwark's Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell argued for the negative. The debate was moderated by Reason's Peter Suderman.

Whether you've made up your mind about the necessity of choosing sides or are questioning the whole premise, this debate will challenge your assumptions and broaden your perspective. The discussion was recorded in front of a live audience at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. A full video of the event can be found here.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome special guest Jacob Sullum to discuss President Joe Biden's latest batch of pardons and clemency grants, as well as President-elect Donald Trump's plans to pardon January 6 Capitol rioters.

01:01—Biden's clemency grants and pardons

14:13—Trump intends to pardon January 6 rioters

37:57—Weekly listener question

50:36—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Biden Issues More Pardons and Commutations Under Pressure From Criminal Justice Groups," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Biden Shouldn't Have Commuted the Sentence of a Judge in the 'Kids for Cash' Kickback Scandal," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Clear Federal Death Row and Issue More Commutations After Pardoning His Son," by C.J. Ciaramella

"The President Still Has Time To Show His Mercy Extends Beyond His Own Son," by Jacob Sullum

"What Happened to Biden's Ambitious Criminal Justice Reform Plans?" by C.J. Ciaramella

"Trump Decries Disproportionate Drug Penalties While Threatening Dealers With Death," by Jacob Sullum

"It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Vivek Ramaswamy Really, Really Wants You To Know He Thinks January 6 Was an 'Inside Job,'" by Matt Welch

"With 22-Year Sentence, Ex-Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Pays Hefty 'Trial Penalty,'" by Christian Britschgi

"Stewart Rhodes Gets 18 Years After the DOJ Reiterates a Conspiracy Claim That Jurors Rejected," by Jacob Sullum

"Kash Patel's QAnon Dalliances Reflect an Outlook That Pits Trump Against Evil Conspirators," by Jacob Sullum

"When Deciding Whether To Investigate His Opponents, Trump Says, He Will Defer to 'Very Fair' Kash Patel," by Jacob Sullum

"Kash Patel's Threats Against Journalists Make Him an Alarming Choice To Run the FBI," by Jacob Sullum

"Jordan Neely Needed to Be Institutionalized," by Josh Barro

"Debate: Mentally Ill Homeless People Must Be Locked Up for Public Safety," by Jared Meyer and Mike Riggs

"Eric Adams' Plan To Involuntarily Hospitalize Mentally Ill Homeless People Will Face Legal Challenges," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Curing the Therapeutic State: Thomas Szasz interviewed by Jacob Sullum," by Jacob Sullum

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the situation in Syria after Bashar al-Assad flees the country and dig into the health care policy debate in the wake of the recent assassination of United Healthcare's CEO, Brian Thompson.

02:58 - Bashsar al-Assad ousted in Syria
15:36 - Murdered United Healthcare CEO's death stirs debate
34:42 - Weekly listener question
48:56 - This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:
"Assad Gone at Last," by Liz Wolfe
"Outlaws on Pickup Trucks Accomplish What $1 Billion in CIA Money Couldn't," by Matthew Petti
"Why Is America Still In Syria?" by Matthew Petti
"Constantly Shifting Alliances in Syrian Civil War Are Orwell on Steroids," by Nick Gillespie
"Obama Explains His Syria Failure on 60 Minutes," by Nick Gillespie
"There Are No Good Reasons for the U.S. To Wage War in Syria," by Nick Gillespie
"John Kerry's Morally, Linguistically, and Historically Obscene Case for War in Syria," by Matt Welch
"Wacko Birds vs. Angry Birds: This Time it's War," by Matt Welch
"Delay Deny Depose," by Liz Wolfe
"Hit on a CEO," by Liz Wolfe
"You're Either With Us, Or With the Insurance Companies," by Matt Welch
"5 Major Reasons Why VA Disability Claims Get Denied," by Turley Redmond & Rosasco, L.L.P.
"No one knows how often health insurers deny claims. Here's why," by Bruce Gil
"How Doctors Broke Health Care," by Christy Ford Chapin
"The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions," by Elaine K. Howley
"If You Want More Doctors, Maybe Depending on the Feds Is a Bad Idea," by J.D. Tuccille
"Remy: People Will Die!" by Remy
"This Just In: Conspiracy Theorists Not Quite as Kooky as Previously Reported," by Jesse Walker
"How the Political Spectrum Turned Inside Out," by Jesse Walker
"Ron Paul Slams 'Cultural Marxism' with a Quickly Deleted Bigoted Cartoon," by Brian Doherty
"Going Protectionist Over a Fantasy Highway," by Shikha Dalmia and Leonard Gilroy
"Ron Paul's Rally," by David Weigel
"Tucker Carlson, Jesse Ventura, and the Ron Paul Rally," by Dan Hayes and David Weigel
"A Tale of Two Libertarianisms," by Brian Doherty
"Hunter Biden's Pardon Is Unprecedented," by Robby Soave
"After Hunter's Pardon, Joe Biden Should Support De-Weaponizing Government Power," by J.D. Tuccille
"Errol Morris Is Fascinated by and Terrified of Steve Bannon," by Nick Gillespie
"Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism," by Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein
"Still Fab: Why We Keep Listening To the Beatles," by Charles Paul Freund
"Long and Whining Road: The Beatles, the Boomers, and Boredom," by Nick Gillespie

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In this special live episode of The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman will respond to your burning questions. Tune in at 1 p.m. (EST) on December 4 on YouTube, X, or wherever you watch your podcasts.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman react to President Joe Biden's blanket pardon of his son Hunter Biden and President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Kash Patel for the role of FBI Director.

04:47—President Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden
23:14—Kash Patel nominated to lead the FBI
38:13—Weekly listener question
47:33—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Joe Pardons Hunter," by Robby Soave
"Comparing Trump's Pardon of Arpaio and Biden's Pardon of Biden," by Josh Blackman
"Can the Just-Pardoned Hunter Biden Claim Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, if Questioned About His Crimes?" by Eugene Volokh
"Trump Pardons 26 More, Including Paul Manafort and Roger Stone," by C.J. Ciaramella
"Trump's Pattern of Self-Serving Pardons Continues," by Jonathan H. Adler
"Ross Ulbricht Is Serving a Double Life Sentence," by Katherine Mangu-Ward
"The Most Important Trial in America," by Nick Gillespie
"Did Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Deserve Life in Prison? Deep Web Director Alex Winter Speaks," by Zach Weissmueller
"Silk Road Trial: Read Ross Ulbricht's Haunting Sentencing Letter to Judge," by Nick Gillespie
"How Government Stifled Reason's Free Speech," by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
"They Lied," by Peter Suderman
"Everyone Knows Government Is a Hot Mess. So Why Does It Keep Getting Bigger Anyway?" by Nick Gillespie
"The Death of Obama's 'Noble Lie,'" by Matt Welch
"Two Years To Slow the Spread," by Matt Welch
"When Biden's 'Bubble Wrap' Burst," by Matt Welch
"Some Canadian Health Care Patients Say They're Being Encouraged To Just Die Already," by Scott Shackford
"Who Decides How You Die? Inside Montana's Assisted Suicide Fight," by Zach Weissmueller
"A Good Death?" by Jacob Sullum
"Camus at 100: Rock On!" by Nick Gillespie
"Review: Elvis," by Kurt Loder

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman chime in on the latest developments in Donald Trump's cabinet appointments and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

00:28 - Fred Smith tribute

04:58 - Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takes shape

18:58 - Trump's FCC pick and free speech

31:38 - Weekly listener question

38:54 - Tulsi Gabbard vs. the Deep State

49:31 - This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Thank You, Fred Smith," by Ryan Young

"Fred Smith: 'The Alternative To Innovation Is Not Stability. It's Stagnation,'" by Nick Gillespie

"Bullish on DOGE," by Liz Wolfe

"DOGE Can Succeed by Scaling Back Its Ambitions," by Brian Riedl

"Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's Beef With NewsGuard Is Legally Dubious and Empirically Shaky," by Jacob Sullum

"The New FCC Chairman's Agenda Contradicts Conservative Principles," by Jacob Sullum

"Trump's Pick To Run the FCC Wants To Restrict the Editorial Discretion of Social Media Platforms," by Jacob Sullum

"We Don't Need RFK Jr. To 'Make America Healthy Again,'" by Kelvey Vander Hart

"Five Phony Public Health Scares," by Ronald Bailey

"'Impurifying our precious bodily fluids': Fear of fluoridation takes a left turn," by Ronald Bailey

"No, DOJ Shouldn't Investigate Tulsi Gabbard for 'False Russian Propaganda,'" by Robby Soave

"It Will Be a Beautiful Day When the Air Force Bombs All the Schools Having Bake Sales," by Nick Gillespie

"Tulsi Gabbard Conspiracy Theories Go Mainstream as Hillary Clinton Accuses the Candidate of Being Groomed by Russia," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Hillary Clinton Says Donald Trump Is an Illegitimate President and Tulsi Gabbard Is a Russian Tool," by Robby Soave

"Tulsi Gabbard's Great Moment From Last Night's Democratic Debate," by Nick Gillespie by Robby Soave

"Gladiator II* Is a Lavish, Empty Spectacle," by Peter Suderman

"Dispatch From Trump World: The Spirit of '24," by Nancy Rommelmann

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the current shape of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks and policy priorities.

00:27 - New Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

14:48 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz nominated for Trump cabinet positions

31:37 - Weekly listener question

41:46 - Trump's foreign policy cabinet picks

48:22 - This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"DOGE's Chances Are Slim, but It Might Be Our Only Hope," by J.D. Tuccille

"The National Debt Just Hit $36 Trillion. Does Trump Have a Plan To Control It?" by Eric Boehm

"To Cut Wasteful Spending, Start With Energy Subsidies," by Jeff Luse

"The Impact of Trump's Cost-Cutting Initiative Hinges on What He Means by 'Government Efficiency,'" by Jacob Sullum

"To Succeed at Cutting Government, Musk and Ramaswamy Must Take on Entitlements," by Eric Boehm

"The 19 Percent Solution: How to balance the budget without raising taxes," by Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy

"How Donald Trump and Elon Musk Could Cut $2 Trillion in Government Spending," by Veronique de Rugy

"The Math Does Not Favor Avoiding Senate Scrutiny of Trump's Bizarre Cabinet Picks," by Jacob Sullum

"Will Donald Trump and RFK Jr. Psychedelicize America?" by Nick Gillespie

"Can RFK Jr. Fix Our Dysfunctional Public Health Agencies?" by Ronald Bailey

"Matt Gaetz's Personality Irked His GOP Colleagues. There Are Better Reasons To Oppose His Nomination." by Jacob Sullum

"Trump Nominates Matt Gaetz as Attorney General," by C.J. Ciaramella

"One Brainworm To Rule Them All," by Liz Wolfe

"Abolish the FDA," by Jeffrey A. Singer

"Abolish Antitrust Law," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Trump's Immigration Picks Are Terrible," by Fiona Harrigan

"Abolish the TSA," by Robby Soave

"Abolish Borders," by Christopher Freiman

"Abolish the National Park Service," by Eric Boehm

"Abolish ICE," by Fiona Harrigan

"Get in Line! Now, Stay Out!" by Mike Flynn, Shikha Dalmia, and Terry Colon

"Infographic: How Republicans and Democrats View Federal Agencies"

"Meet Trump's Incredibly Confusing New National Security Cabinet," by Matthew Petti

"Abolish the NSA and CIA," by Ronald Bailey

"Abolish the Army," by Matthew Petti

"What is the Future of Immigration?" by Shane Smith

"'I've got a bad feeling about this,'" 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 react to last week's presidential election and forecast what might come next.

01:55—"Big picture" election reaction

27:02—"Little picture" election reaction

38:27—Weekly listener question

48:58—Trump's ideas on anti-censorship

52:59—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Patrick Ruffini: Why Did Trump Win?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Live on Election Night with Nick Gillespie!" by Nick Gillespie, Coleman Hughes, Kmele Foster, Peter Meijer, Allison Schrager, and Peter Suderman

"A Red-District Conqueror Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror" by Annie Karni

"How Trump Won in Maps and Charts" by Financial Times

"How the GOP Became a (More) Multicultural Party" by Jesse Walker

"Was 2024 the Gender Gap Election?" by Emma Camp

"What, If Anything, Will Democrats Learn From This Election?" by Joe Lancaster

"Throw the Bums Out" by Eric Boehm

"Did Trump Run an Actually Good Campaign?" by Liz Wolfe

"Donald Trump Won Because Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden but Worse" by Robby Soave

"Voters Didn't Reject Women, They Rejected Kamala Harris" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"How Donald Trump and Elon Musk Could Cut $2 Trillion in Government Spending" by Veronique de Rugy

"Want To Lower the Political Temperature? Make the Presidency Less Important" by C.J. Ciaramella

"How Much Will Trump's Tariffs Cost?" by Eric Boehm

"Study: Mass Deportation Could Put 28 Million People at Risk of Family Separation" by Kevin Garcia-Galindo

"Most People Support School Choice. Why Won't They Vote For It?" by Emma Camp

"This Week's Election Results Are a Discouraging Sign for Drug Policy Reformers" by Jacob Sullum

"California's Rent Control Initiative Goes Down in Flames" by Christian Britschgi

"The Classic Neocons Are Out, but They Might Still Get What They Want" by Matthew Petti

"Trump Has Many Grudges. Now He Has a Chance To Act on Them." by Jacob Sullum

"Will Trump Make Good on His Campaign Promises?" Spectator Americano podcast with Nick Gillespie

"Why Trump Won" Spiked Online's post-election podcast with Nick Gillespie

"St. Martha: Why Martha Stewart should go to heaven and the SEC should go to hell" by Michael McMenamin

"It's Too Bad We Can't Fire More Governors" by Matt Welch

"Sean Baker's Anora Is a Riotous Celebration of Working-Class Life" by Peter Suderman

"If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country." by @realDonaldTrump

"One thing you have to say about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr…is that he doesn't miss a beat when he says I will legalize psychedelics" by Nick Gillespie

"Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is one of very few Democrats who won in a heavily red district."

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Will Election 2024 result in an orderly transfer of power—or will the results unleash controversy and chaos that threatens the foundations of our democracy? Before America goes to the polls on November 5, you're invited to join the four hosts of The Reason Roundtable—Reason Magazine's own Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch—live from New York City for a no-holds-barred discussion of what this election means for the future of America.

The Reason Roundtable is a rollicking contretemps between these four opinionated journalists as they put their personal "free minds and free markets" filter on the biggest stories of today. During this hour-long live taping of the popular weekly podcast, expect lively roasting and incisive analysis.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman convene one week ahead of the election to highlight a few issues where the major-party presidential candidates have significant differences.

01:53—The presidential candidates on tariffs, debt, foreign policy, and education

35:01—Weekly listener question

43:38—Election integrity ahead of next week's election

52:43—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"How To Avoid Paying Tariffs? Have a Friend in Washington," by Eric Boehm

"Perils of Broad Presidential Power Over Tariffs," by Ilya Somin

"Trump's Destructive Tariff Proposals Will Make Us All Poorer," by J.D. Tuccille

"Where Is Trump's Plan To Cut Spending?" by Eric Boehm

"Trump, Harris Ads Make Clear They Won't Be Cutting Government," by Christian Britschgi

"Democratic Platform Attacks Trump for Not Going to War," by Matthew Petti

"Party of COVID-19 Authoritarianism Improbably Rebrands as 'Party of Freedom'," by Matt Welch

"Show Us Your Votes, Cowards!" by Matt Welch

"How Are Reason Staffers Voting in 2024?"

"American Elections Are a Mess, and They Always Have Been," by Eric Boehm

"Placing Harris and Trump Tax Plans in Historical Context," by Erica York and Nicolo Pastrone

"Why Americans are worried about voter fraud but have faith in their own elections," by Matt Loffman

"Spending is the best measure of the size and scope of government," by Nick Gillespie

"How the World Works Podcast with Nick Gillespie," by Kevin Williamson

"New York abstains, courteously," 1776

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman welcome back special guest Stephanie Slade to chat about the latest in polling results and the shape of the electorate two weeks ahead of the presidential election.

02:16—Latest in polling data two weeks out from the presidential election

33:04—Weekly listener question

44:15—Takeaways from Vice President Kamala Harris' interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.

51:23—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"End Times" by Liz Wolfe

"To Get Through This Election, Get Some Fresh Air" by Joe Lancaster

"How Are Reason Staffers Voting in 2024?"

"Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Keep Making Economically Illiterate Promises" by John Stossel

"Mark Robinson Files Frivolous Lawsuit Against CNN and a Local Musician" by Joe Lancaster

"Will Trump or Harris Win the Working-Class Vote?" by Nick Gillespie

"J.D. Vance Completes Trump's Ideological Takeover of the Republican Party" by Matt Welch

"Patrick Ruffini: Why Blacks and Hispanics Are Turning to Trump" by Nick Gillespie

"Must Libertarians Care About More Than the State?" by Stephanie Slade

"Can Free Markets Win Votes in the New GOP?" by Stephanie Slade

"Is There a Future for Fusionism?" by Stephanie Slade

"Foxy Kamala" by Liz Wolfe

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Audio production by Ian Keyser

Assistant production by Hunt Beaty

Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve

• Video Editor: Ian Keyser
• Producer: Hunt Beaty

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