The Best of Reason Magazine

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A weekly selection from Reason—the magazine of free minds and free markets—read by AI.

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The Best of Reason Magazine episodes:

05.28.2024
The Best of Reason: Not Even Artificial Intelligence Can Make Central Planning Work
This week's featured article is "Not Even Artificial Intelligence Can Make Central Planning Work" by Arnold Kling. This audio was…
05.21.2024
The Best of Reason: 'AI Bullshit' Makes Poets Mad
This week's featured article is "'AI Bullshit' Makes Poets Mad" by Leigh Stein. This audio was generated using AI trained…
05.14.2024
The Best of Reason: The Future of Porn Is Consensual Deepfakes
This week's featured article is "The Future of Porn Is Consensual Deepfakes" by Jessica Stoya. This audio was generated using…
05.07.2024
The Best of Reason: The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past
This week's featured article is "The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past" by Virginia Postrel. This audio…
05.01.2024
The Best of Reason: In the AI Economy, There Will Be Zero Percent Unemployment
This week's featured article is "In the AI Economy, There Will Be Zero Percent Unemployment" by Andrew Mayne. This audio…
04.23.2024
The Best of Reason: A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics
This week's featured article is "A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics" by Mike Pesca. This audio was generated using AI…
04.16.2024
The Best of Reason: Anti-Chinese Xenophobia Fueled America's First Drug War
This week's featured article is "Anti-Chinese Xenophobia Fueled America's First Drug War" by Jacob Sullum. This audio was generated using…
04.09.2024
The Best of Reason: Culture Warrior in Chief
This week's featured article is "Culture Warrior in Chief" by Gene Healy. This audio was generated using AI trained on…
04.02.2024
The Best of Reason: What if America Runs Out of Bombs?
This week's featured article is "What if America Runs Out of Bombs?" by Matthew Petti. This audio was generated using…
03.26.2024
The Best of Reason: Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech
This week's featured article is "Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech" by Jennifer Huddleston. This audio was generated using…
03.19.2024
The Best of Reason: After a Century, the Federal Tea Board Is Finally Dead
This week's featured article is "After a Century, the Federal Tea Board Is Finally Dead" by Eric Boehm. This audio…
03.13.2024
The Best of Reason: The Future of Immigration Is Privatization
This week's featured article is "The Future of Immigration Is Privatization" by Fiona Harrigan. This audio was generated using AI…
03.05.2024
The Best of Reason: Commander in Chains: 7 Scenarios If Trump Is Jailed and Wins the Election
This week's featured article is "Commander in Chains: 7 Scenarios If Trump Is Jailed and Wins the Election" by Keith…
02.27.2024
The Best of Reason: Why Are Teens Depressed? It's Not Social Media.
This week's featured article is "Why Are Teens Depressed? It's Not Social Media" by Laura Vanderkam. This audio was generated…
02.21.2024
The Best of Reason: The Real Student Loan Crisis Isn't From Undergraduate Degrees
This week's featured article is "The Real Student Loan Crisis Isn't From Undergraduate Degrees" by Emma Camp. This audio was…
02.13.2024
The Best of Reason: The Bankruptcy of Bidenomics
This week's featured article is "The Bankruptcy of Bidenomics" by Peter Suderman. This audio was generated using AI trained on…
02.06.2024
The Best of Reason: Can Free Markets Win Votes in the New GOP?
This week's featured article is "Can Free Markets Win Votes in the New GOP?" by Stephanie Slade. This audio was…
01.30.2024
The Best of Reason: Comedy's Truthiness Problem
This week's featured article is "Comedy's Truthiness Option" by Peter Suderman. This audio was generated using AI trained on the…
01.23.2024
The Best of Reason: Is ESG Already Over?
This week's featured article is "Is ESG Already Over?" by Russ Greene. This audio was generated using AI trained on…
01.16.2024
The Best of Reason: The Fiscal Hawks Were Right About Debt and Interest Rates
This week's featured article is "The Fiscal Hawks Were Right About Debt and Interest Rates" by Veronique de Rugy. This…
01.09.2024
The Best of Reason: The Post-Neoliberalism Moment
This week's featured article is "The Post-Neoliberalism Moment" by Daniel W. Drezner. This audio was generated using AI trained on…
01.02.2024
The Best of Reason: Long Live the Conch Republic
This week's featured article is "Long Live the Conch Republic" by Stephanie Slade. This audio was generated using AI trained…
12.26.2023
The Best of Reason: How Florida Fixed Its Vote-Counting Problem After the 2000 Election
This week's featured article is "How Florida Fixed Its Vote-Counting Problem After the 2000 Election" by Ronald Bailey. This audio…
12.19.2023
The Best of Reason: Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters
This week's featured article is "Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters" by Ronald Bailey. This audio was generated using AI trained…
12.12.2023
The Best of Reason: Monkey Herpes, Face Eating, and the Pork Chop Gang: The Origins of Florida Man
This week's featured article is "Monkey Herpes, Face Eating, and the Pork Chop Gang: How Public Records Laws Created the…
12.05.2023
The Best of Reason: Will Russia Ever Be Free?
This week's featured article is "Will Russia Ever Be Free?" by Cathy Young. This audio was generated using AI trained…
11.29.2023
The Best of Reason: The Endangered Species Act at 50
This week's featured article is "The Endangered Species Act at 50" by Tate Watkins. This audio was generated using AI…
11.21.2023
The Best of Reason: Milton Friedman Was No Conservative
This week's featured article is "Milton Friedman Was No Conservative" by Brian Doherty. This audio was generated using AI trained…
11.15.2023
The Best of Reason: The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once
This week's featured article is "The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once" by Christian Britschgi. This audio…
11.07.2023
The Best of Reason Magazine: Love, Trade, and Force: The Machinery of Freedom at 50
This week's featured article is "Love, Trade, and Force: The Machinery of Freedom at 50" by Katherine Mangu-Ward. This audio was…
10.31.2023
The Best of Reason: Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?
This week's featured article is "Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?" by Ronald Bailey. This audio was generated using AI…
10.24.2023
The Best of Reason: True Crime Distorts the Truth About Crime
This week's featured article is "True Crime Distorts the Truth About Crime" by Kat Rosenfield. This audio was generated using…
10.17.2023
The Best of Reason: Take Nutrition Studies With a Grain of Salt
This week's featured article is "Take Nutrition Studies With a Grain of Salt" by Ronald Bailey. This audio was generated…
10.10.2023
The Best of Reason: Competition, Not Antitrust, Is Humbling the Tech Giants
This week's featured article is "Competition, Not Antitrust, Is Humbling the Tech Giants" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. Audio was generated…
09.26.2023
The Best of Reason: Power and Progress Is a Wrongheaded Critique of Tech Progress
This week's featured article is "Power and Progress is a Wrongheaded Critique of Tech Progress" by Corbin Barthold Audio generated…
09.19.2023
The Best of Reason: The Pirate Preservationists
This week's featured article is "The Pirate Preservationists" by Jesse Walker. Audio generated using AI. Music Credits: "Deep in Thought,"…
09.12.2023
The Best of Reason: The DEA at 50
This week's featured article is "After 50 Years, the DEA Is Still Losing the War on Drugs," by C.J. Ciaramella.…

What's The Best of Reason Magazine about?

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The Best of Reason Magazine episodes:

The Best of Reason: Not Even Artificial Intelligence Can Make Central Planning Work

The Best of Reason: 'AI Bullshit' Makes Poets Mad

The Best of Reason: The Future of Porn Is Consensual Deepfakes

The Best of Reason: The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past

The Best of Reason: In the AI Economy, There Will Be Zero Percent Unemployment

The Best of Reason: A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics

The Best of Reason: Anti-Chinese Xenophobia Fueled America's First Drug War

The Best of Reason: Culture Warrior in Chief

The Best of Reason: What if America Runs Out of Bombs?

The Best of Reason: Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech

The Best of Reason: After a Century, the Federal Tea Board Is Finally Dead

The Best of Reason: The Future of Immigration Is Privatization

The Best of Reason: Commander in Chains: 7 Scenarios If Trump Is Jailed and Wins the Election

The Best of Reason: Why Are Teens Depressed? It's Not Social Media.

The Best of Reason: The Real Student Loan Crisis Isn't From Undergraduate Degrees

The Best of Reason: The Bankruptcy of Bidenomics

The Best of Reason: Can Free Markets Win Votes in the New GOP?

The Best of Reason: Comedy's Truthiness Problem

The Best of Reason: Is ESG Already Over?

The Best of Reason: The Fiscal Hawks Were Right About Debt and Interest Rates

The Best of Reason: The Post-Neoliberalism Moment

The Best of Reason: Long Live the Conch Republic

The Best of Reason: How Florida Fixed Its Vote-Counting Problem After the 2000 Election

The Best of Reason: Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters

The Best of Reason: Monkey Herpes, Face Eating, and the Pork Chop Gang: The Origins of Florida Man

The Best of Reason: Will Russia Ever Be Free?

The Best of Reason: The Endangered Species Act at 50

The Best of Reason: Milton Friedman Was No Conservative

The Best of Reason: The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once

The Best of Reason Magazine: Love, Trade, and Force: The Machinery of Freedom at 50

The Best of Reason: Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?

The Best of Reason: True Crime Distorts the Truth About Crime

The Best of Reason: Take Nutrition Studies With a Grain of Salt

The Best of Reason: Competition, Not Antitrust, Is Humbling the Tech Giants

The Best of Reason: Power and Progress Is a Wrongheaded Critique of Tech Progress

The Best of Reason: The Pirate Preservationists

The Best of Reason: The DEA at 50

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