The Reason Roundtable

Biden's Final Insult to Our Intelligence

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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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