The Reason Roundtable

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the state of the 2024 presidential race one day after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection.

01:41—President Joe Biden drops out of the presidential race and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris.

32:52—Weekly Listener Question

41:44—Republican National Convention reactions

52:06—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Fellow Democrats Force Joe Biden Out of His Reelection Bid," by Eric Boehm

"Biden's Final Flip-Flop," by Jacob Sullum

"BYEden," by Liz Wolfe

"Why Kamala Harris should never be president," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Kamala Harris Hopes You'll Forget Her Record as a Drug Warrior & Draconian Prosecutor," by Katherine Mangu-Ward and Justin Monticello

"Trump's Acceptance Speech Was Too Long—and Very Effective," Nick Gillespie

"Republicans Say Joe Biden Should Quit the Presidency Right Now," by Robby Soave

"It's Been Easy To Forget How Bad Kamala Harris Is," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Could Kamala Harris Be an Anti-War Candidate?" by Matthew Petti

"Getting a Home Depot Employee Fired for Calling for Trump's Assassination Is Still Cancel Culture," by Billy Binion

"Have Republicans Abandoned Free Markets?" by Emma Camp

"Trump Wishes Americans Stayed in Afghanistan To Fight China," by Matthew Petti

"Does MAGA Want Unity and Peace—or Vengeance?" by Zach Weissmueller

"Republicans Don't Even Pretend To Want To Cut Government Anymore," by Eric Boehm

"We Showed Trump Voters the National Debt," by Zach Weissmueller

"Libertarians Are More Politically Homeless Than Ever," by J.D. Tuccille

"Can Trump Unite by Going Light on Policy?" by Christian Britschgi

"MAGA Voters Try To Convince a Libertarian To Vote Trump," by Emma Camp

"Why the New Republican Platform Is Moderate on Abortion," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Republicans Have Completely Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform," by Joe Lancaster

"Vivek's Vision," by Liz Wolfe

"RNC Speakers Give Exaggerated Impression of Immigrant Crime," by Fiona Harrigan

"Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis Bend the Knee to Donald Trump," by Robby Soave

"At the Republican National Convention, War Is Peace," by Matthew Petti

"Trump and Vance's Foreign Policy Is More War Disguised As Anti-War," by Matthew Petti

"Teamsters Boss Sean O'Brien Put Political Spectacle Ahead of His Job," by Eric Boehm

"J.D. Vance Is a Bridge to Trumpism Beyond Trump," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"What the Media Hate About J.D. Vance," by Robby Soave

"J.D. Vance Turned an Inspiring Personal Story Into an Unsatisfying Political Sales Pitch," by Eric Boehm

"J.D. Vance Thinks Lina Khan Is Doing a Great Job," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

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

"Grand Old Populists," by Liz Wolfe

"Republicans Hammer Biden on Inflation. But Do They Have a Better Plan?" by Billy Binion

"It's Not Racist to Hate the Government," Nick Gillespie

"3 Policies That Are More Racist Than Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy," Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg

"Should NBA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Be Fired for Racist Remarks?" by Nick Gillespie

"Does Mozilla Dumping Its CEO Over Prop. 8/Anti-Gay-Marriage Stance = McCarthyism?" by Nick Gillespie

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

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday, July 23: New York City premiere of Reason's Backpage documentary and panel discussion. Was the federal prosecution of online classified ad site Backpage.com a win for opponents of sex trafficking or a loss for First Amendment rights? View a new documentary by Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Paul Detrick and participate in a panel with Brown and Old Pros' Kaytlin Bailey about the case moderated by Nick Gillespie. Tickets are $10 and include beer, wine, soft drinks, and a light buffet. Seats are limited. Details here.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman grapple with the current political climate in the U.S. after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump over the weekend.

01:44—Trump's Assassination attempt

27:06—President Joe Biden's press conference

43:07—Republican National Convention begins today

52:08—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Donald Trump Bloodied in Assassination Attempt," by Eric Boehm

"Assassination Attempt," by Liz Wolfe

"Trump's Defiance of an Assassin's Bullet Reaffirmed Populist Appeal," by J.D. Tuccille

"The 2024 GOP Platform Barely Mentions Gun Rights," by Jacob Sullum

"Against 'Incitement,'" by Matt Welch

"In Defense of Inflamed Rhetoric," by Jack Shafer

"Blaming assassination on overheated commentary: No new tactic," by W. Joseph Campbell

'The #1 thing that you need to do is…to make it harder to hire illegal aliens in the first place.' In calling for 'large-scale deportations,' @JDVance1 calls for targeting businesses, which is a shift from traditional GOP priorities. pic.twitter.com/h840L24G6r

— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) June 18, 2024

2023 American Values Survey on support for political violence

"Ukrainian President…Putin?" by Liz Wolfe

"Dave Weigel: What If Biden Quits?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Biden Can't Shake This," by Liz Wolfe

"Biden's BFFs Knew the Cognitive Decline Was Real," by Robby Soave

"Biden Blames the Elites," by Liz Wolfe

"The 2024 GOP Platform Promises To 'Make America Affordable Again.' So Why Are They Embracing Fiscal Insanity?" by Veronique de Rugy

"Republicans Confirm Their Plan To Let Social Security Go Insolvent," by Eric Boehm

"Trump's Veep: Better Burgum Than Vance or Rubio," by Robby Soave

"Bad Therapist," by Nancy Rommelmann

"'Migrant invasion,' mass deportations top 2024 GOP platform," by Rafael Bernal

Jesus Fucking Christ. The @OhioState University should be deeply embarrassed by this alum. https://t.co/cEUYVDUo18

— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) July 14, 2024

"Trump's Morally Retarded Plan to 'Make America Great Again' Through Operation Wetback and the Trump Wall," by Shikha Dalmia

"Operation Wetback (1953-54)," by Immigration History

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

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday, July 23: New York City premiere of Reason's Backpage documentary and panel discussion. Was the federal prosecution of online classified ad site Backpage.com a win for opponents of sex trafficking or a loss for First Amendment rights? View a new documentary by Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Paul Detrick and participate in a panel with Brown and Old Pros' Kaytlin Bailey about the case moderated by Nick Gillespie. Tickets are $10 and include beer, wine, soft drinks, and a light buffet. Seats are limited. Details here.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Elizabeth Nolan Brown size up the fallout from the mainstream media's lag in coverage of Joe Biden's cognitive decline, despite evidence existing well before his seismic debate performance on June 27.

01:50—Media fallout after Biden's debate performance

28:13—The Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity.

37:06—Weekly Listener Question

42:46— The Supreme Court's ruling on social media moderation

50:39—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Ticket Change?" by Liz Wolfe

"Biden Insists Beyond All Reason That He's the Most Qualified Person To Be President," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Why Didn't the Media Notice Joe Biden's 'Jet Lag' Sooner?" by Robby Soave

"Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be President," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Kamala Harris Was the Real Winner of Last Night's Debate," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Biden's Litany of Excuses," by Liz Wolfe

"Presidential Debate Debacle Was a Great Argument for Smaller Government," by J.D. Tuccille

"Biden, Trump, and RFK Jr. Are All Anti-Freedom," by John Stossel

"Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Could Shield Outrageous Abuses of Power," by Jacob Sullum

"Social Media Moderation Is Speech, Says Supreme Court," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Stop Using My Song: 35 Artists Who Fought Politicians Over Their Music," by Eveline Chao

"Boss Talk: Why celebrities should never shut up—but stop complaining," by Nick Gillespie

"Bye-Bye American Pie," Nick Gillespie

"Why Superman and Wyatt Earp Left Kansas but Still Loved the Place," by Nick Gillespie

"Stephen Colbert Finds the Focus on Biden's Age to Be Old News," by Trish Bendix

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

Upcoming events:

• Monday, July 15: Matt Ridley and Stephen Goldstein debate the lab leak theory at the Soho Forum in New York City. Use the discount code REASON for 25 percent off all tickets. Details here.
• Tuesday, July 23: New York City premiere of Reason's Backpage documentary and panel discussion. Was the federal prosecution of online classified ad site Backpage.com a win for opponents of sex trafficking or a loss for First Amendment rights? View a new documentary by Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Paul Detrick and participate in a panel with Brown and Old Pros' Kaytlin Bailey about the case moderated by Nick Gillespie. Tickets are $10 and include beer, wine, soft drinks, and a light buffet. Seats are limited. Details here.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman stare ever deeper into the abyss while recapping the hapless display at last week's first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

01:50—Reactions to the Biden vs. Trump debate

21:43—Were any concrete policies discussed during the debate?

33:46—Weekly Listener Question

41:02—Supreme Court rules on Chevron deference

48:39—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Sad Thoughts About American Politics," by Eugene Volokh

"Joe Biden, Hot Mess," by Liz Wolfe

"Joe Biden: The Latest Elderly Politician Who Refuses To Retire," by Joe Lancaster

"Kamala Harris Was the Real Winner of Last Night's Debate," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Why a Disastrous Biden-Trump Debate Could Be the Best Outcome for America," by Eric Boehm

"Joe Biden Should Drop Out," by Nate Silver

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

"Presidential Debate Debacle Was a Great Argument for Smaller Government," by J.D. Tuccille

"Liberals in Biden Panic Mode Should Learn To Love Limits on Executive Power," by Christian Britschgi

"Trump Is More Like Recent Presidents Than Anyone Wants To Admit," by Nick Gillespie

"Biden Fumbled the Ball on Abortion," by Emma Camp

"Why Can't Americans Have an Honest Foreign Policy Discussion?" by Matthew Petti

"Trump Blames Biden for Never Removing the Tariffs Trump Imposed," by Eric Boehm

"At the Presidential Debate, Biden Says He 'Beat Medicare,'" by Christian Britschgi

"No One Defended Immigration at the First Presidential Debate," by Fiona Harrigan

"If Trump Is Going To Start Deporting Immigrants Who Broke the Law, Will He Start with Melania?" by Nick Gillespie

"Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Is Anti-American," by Fiona Harrigan

"Julian Assange's Freedom Came at a Steep Price," by Zach Weissmueller

"Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Deserve Our Thanks for Making Governments More Transparent," by Nick Gillespie

"The Legacy of Assange's Prosecution," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Julian Assange, a Free Man," by Liz Wolfe

"Review: Documenting Julian Assange's Legal Battles," by Brian Doherty

"SCOTUS Repudiates Doctrine That Gave Agencies a License To Invent Their Own Authority," by Jacob Sullum

"Understanding Chevron's Death," by Will Baude

"'Administrative State Is THE Leading Threat to Civil Liberties of Our Era.'" by Nick Gillespie, Ian Keyser, and Todd Krainin

"The Stare Decisis Analyses in Dobbs and Loper Bright," by Josh Blackman

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

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday, July 23: New York City premiere of Reason's Backpage documentary and panel discussion. Was the federal prosecution of online classified ad site Backpage.com a win for opponents of sex trafficking or a loss for First Amendment rights? View a new documentary by Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Paul Detrick and participate in a panel with Brown and Old Pro's Kaytlin Bailey about the case moderated by Nick Gillespie. Tickets are $10 and include beer, wine, soft drinks, and a light buffet. Seats are limited. Details here.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman lament the latest dire forecast from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week forecasting a $2 trillion budget deficit in 2024.

02:31—$2 trillion federal budget deficit

21:17— Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump on immigration

37:02—Weekly Listener Question

46:23—Revisiting Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 origins

55:18—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Federal Budget Deficit Forecast Jumps $400 Billion, Fueled by Student Debt Forgiveness," by Emma Camp

"The National Debt Is Now So High That Every American Essentially Owes $100,000," by John Stossel

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

"The Golden Age of Groupon Government," by Nick Gillespie

"Trump Suddenly Loves Immigration," by Liz Wolfe

"Protections for the Undocumented," by Liz Wolfe

"There Is No Party of Immigration in American Politics," by Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie

"Should the U.S. Shut Its Borders? A Free Press Debate," featuring Nick Gillespie

"The Five Best Arguments Against Immigration—and Why They're Wrong," by Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin

"The End of Obesity?" by Ronald Bailey

"Whole Foods' John Mackey: We Must Change How We Think About Capitalism," by Nick Gillespie

"Government Subsidies Keep Your Food Boring," by C. Jarrett Dieterle

"Mandatory GMO Disclosure Doesn't Sway Shopping Habits (But Will Drive Up Costs)," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"The War on Fat," by Jacob Sullum

"American Slender," by Nick Gillespie

"Maybe Brian Williams Just Needs to Write a Book Denouncing the Drug War?" by Matt Welch

"Anthony Fauci's Inner Circle Initially Thought COVID Came From a Lab," by Rand Paul

"In Congress, Debate Rages About How To Prevent the Next Lab Leak," by Christian Britschgi

"COVID-19 Misinformation: Brought to You by the U.S. Government," by Robby Soave

"'Vast Majority' of Pandemic Employee Retention Credit Claims Are Likely Scams, Says IRS," by J.D. Tuccille

"Make the CDC an Infectious Disease Epidemic Fighter Again," by Ronald Bailey

"Presidential Screen Test," by Nick Gillespie

"Based on a True Story: Bill Clinton and the New Court Culture," by Nick Gillespie

"Is Rob Lowe a Libertarian?: 'I want the government out of almost everything,'" by Nick Gillespie

Upcoming Events:

• FreedomFest, July 10–13. Use REASON50 to get $50 off registration.
• Open To Debate: Presidential Debate Watch Party, featuring Nick Gillespie.

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 pore over recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the abortion pill mifepristone and the Trump administration's ban on gun bump stocks.

02:01—Supreme Court rulings on abortion pill and bump stocks

16:45—Secret recording of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

27:45—Weekly Listener Question

37:11—Hunter Biden's conviction

44:30—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"The Ignored Aesthetic Standing Argument In FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine," by Josh Blackman

"Justice Thomas Takes Aim at Associational Standing," by Jonathan H. Adler

"The Standing Analysis in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine," by Josh Blackman

"In Defense of Roe," by Nick Gillespie

"Trump's Abortion Dilemma," by Jacob Sullum

"Supreme Court Upholds the Rule of Law by Rejecting the Trump Administration's Bump Stock Ban," by Jacob Sullum

"Justice Thomas Reverses President Trump's Executive Overreach in Cargill v. Garland," by Josh Blackman

"Second Amendment Roundup: Bump Stocks are not Machineguns," by Stephen Halbrook

"Justice Kavanaugh Denies Standing For Docs Against Glocks," by Josh Blackman

"Supreme Court OT2023 at the Middle of June," by Jonathan H. Adler

"Republicans Upset by Trump's Conviction Should Embrace Criminal Justice Reform," by Steven Greenhut

"The 'Bombshell' Secret Alito Recording Was Not a Bombshell," by Billy Binion

"Federally Funded Dad Jokes," by Eric Boehm

"House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Dizzy Gillespie (No Relation) on World War II Service," by Nick Gillespie

"Best of Both Worlds: An Interview with Milton Friedman," by Brian Doherty

"Mandatory National Military Service Is a Bad Idea," by Joe Lancaster

"Hunter Biden's Gun Conviction Does Not Resolve a Constitutional Dispute That Pits Him Against His Father," by Jacob Sullum

"The Mainstream Media Is Still in Denial About Hunter Biden's Laptop," by Robby Soave

"Netflix's Fake Assassin Movie, Hit Man, Is So Enjoyable It's Almost Criminal," by Peter Suderman

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

"WARNING: You Won't Like This New Label," by Liz Wolfe

"Where Culture Trumps Politics," by Nick Gillespie

"The Horrible Truth about Super-Science," by Dave Weigel

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on Broken Record with Rick Rubin

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 scrutinize President Joe Biden's executive order updating asylum restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to illegal border crossings.

01:32—Biden's new asylum restrictions

21:38—The prosecution of political opponents: former President Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, and Steve Bannon

33:25—Weekly Listener Question

39:56—No one is reading The Washington Post

48:09—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Biden Announces Sweeping Asylum Restrictions at U.S.-Mexico Border" by Fiona Harrigan

"Biden's New Asylum Policy is Both Harmful and Illegal" by Ilya Somin

"Travel Ban, Redux" by Josh Blackman

"Immigration Fueled America's Stunning Cricket Upset Over Pakistan" by Eric Boehm

"Libertarian Candidate Chase Oliver Wants To Bring Back 'Ellis Island Style' Immigration Processing" by Fiona Harrigan

"Donald Trump and Hunter Biden Face the Illogical Consequences of an Arbitrary Gun Law" by Jacob Sullum

"Hunter Biden's Trial Highlights a Widely Flouted, Haphazardly Enforced, and Constitutionally Dubious Gun Law" by Jacob Sullum

"Hunter Biden's Multiplying Charges Exemplify a Profound Threat to Trial by Jury" by Jacob Sullum

"The Conviction Effect" by Liz Wolfe

"Laurence Tribe Bizarrely Claims Trump Won the 2016 Election by Falsifying Business Records in 2017" by Jacob Sullum

"A Jumble of Legal Theories Failed To Give Trump 'Fair Notice' of the New York Charges Against Him" by Jacob Sullum

"Does Donald Trump's Conviction in New York Make Us Banana Republicans?" by J.D. Tuccille

"The Myth of the Federal Private Nondelegation Doctrine, Part 1" by Sasha Volokh

"Federal Court Condemns Congress for Giving Unconstitutional Regulatory Powers to Amtrak" by Damon Root

"Make Amtrak Safer and Privatize It" by Ira Stoll

"Biden Threatens To Veto GOP Spending Bill That Would 'Cut' Amtrak Funding to Double Pre-Pandemic Levels" by Christian Britschgi

"This Company Is Running a High-Speed Train in Florida—Without Subsidies" by Natalie Dowzicky

"Do Not Under Any Circumstances Nationalize Greyhound" by Christian Britschgi

"With Ride or Die, the Bad Boys Movies Become Referendums on Masculinity" by Peter Suderman

"D.C. Water Spent Nearly $4,000 On Its Wendy the Water Drop Mascot" by Christian Britschgi

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman debrief in the wake of former President Donald Trump's conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records last week in New York City.

00:33—Donald Trump's conviction

27:37—Weekly Listener Question

42:11—Recent undercovered stories

50:48—This week's cultural recommendations

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

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Does Donald Trump's Conviction in New York Make Us Banana Republicans?" by J.D. Tuccille

"Trump's Conviction Requires Him To Surrender His Guns. Civil Libertarians Should Be Troubled." by Jacob Sullum

"The Prosecution's Story About Trump Featured Several Logically Impossible Claims," by Jacob Sullum

"First Felon," by Liz Wolfe

"Trump's Conviction Suggests Jurors Bought the Prosecution's Dubious 'Election Fraud' Narrative," by Jacob Sullum

"Trump Jury Instructions Invite Conviction Based on a Hodgepodge of Dubious Theories," by Jacob Sullum

"Prosecutors Say Trump Tried To 'Hoodwink the American Voter,' Which Is Not a Crime," by Jacob Sullum

"The Felon," by Matt Labash

"Chase Oliver: What Does the Libertarian Presidential Candidate Really Believe?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Chase Oliver Is the Libertarian Party's Presidential Pick," by Eric Boehm

"$7.5 Billion in Government Cash Only Built 8 E.V. Chargers in 2.5 Years," by Joe Lancaster

"Biden's Tariffs Are a Bad Idea," by Eric Boehm

"Fauci to Congress: 6-Foot Social Distancing Guidance Likely Not Based on Data," by Christian Britschgi

"'15 Days To Slow the Spread': On the Fourth Anniversary, a Reminder to Never Give Politicians That Power Again," by John Stossel

"The CDC Made America's Pandemic Worse," by Peter Suderman

"The CDC's Guidance for Summer Camps Is Insane," by Robby Soave

"CDC's New 'Reopening' Guidance Will Keep Schools Closed in the Fall," by Matt Welch

"What Ken Burns' New Film Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Roosevelts," by Damon Root

Upcoming Reason Events:

• The Reason Roundtable LIVE! on June 6 in Washington, D.C.
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Zach Weissmueller rehash the events that took place this past weekend in Washington, D.C., during the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, where former President Donald Trump addressed the crowd ahead of the Libertarian presidential candidate selection process.

01:20—Libertarian Party convention recap

38:14—Weekly Listener Question

44:22—Some Memorial Day memorializing

58:40—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"WATCH: Libertarians React to Donald Trump's Speech at Their Convention," by Zach Weissmueller

"Chase Oliver Is the Libertarian Party's Presidential Pick," by Eric Boehm

"Trump, Who Wants To Execute Drug Dealers, Promises To Free Ross Ulbricht," by Billy Binion

"Libertarians Booed Donald Trump Because He Isn't Libertarian," by Robby Soave

"No, Vivek Ramaswamy, a Libertarian-Nationalist Alliance Doesn't Make Sense," by Eric Boehm

"Cato Institute President Peter Goettler on Why Trump is no Libertarian," by Ilya Somin

"Inside the Libertarian Party's Decision To Host a Trump Speech," by Brian Doherty

"Dave Smith: What Is a Libertarian?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe

"Debate: It's Time for a National Divorce," by Angela McArdle and Zach Weissmueller

"What Does the Mises Caucus Really Want?" by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie

"What's Next for Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Who Forced a Runoff in the Georgia Senate Race?" by Eric Boehm

"How's the New Libertarian Party Doing? Live With Angela McArdle" by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller

"The Libertarian Party's Internal Strife Is as Old as the Party Itself," by Brian Doherty

"Zach Weissmueller: Will the Mises Caucus Save or Kill the Libertarian Party?" by Nick Gillespie

"Ron Paul Revolution 2.0: Angela McArdle's Plan for the Libertarian Party," by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie

"'By Our Fruits, You'll Know Us': The Mises Caucus Mastermind," by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie

"Inside the Mises Caucus Takeover of the Libertarian Party," by Zach Weissmueller, Nick Gillespie, and Danielle Thompson

"Can a Post-'Takeover' Libertarian Party Improve on Its Historical Run of 2012–20?" by Matt Welch

"Super Size Me Was Not Groundbreaking Journalism," by Billy Binion

"South Park Libertarians," by Nick Gillespie and Jesse Walker

"It's Time for Over-the-Counter Ozempic," by Charles M. Silver, Jeffrey A. Singer, and Michael F. Cannon

Upcoming Reason Events:

• The Reason Roundtable LIVE! on June 6 in Washington, D.C.
• Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis on June 11 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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Last weekend, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman recorded an episode of The Reason Roundtable in front of a live audience at Reason Weekend in Boston, Massachusetts, with topics centered on both past and future U.S. vice presidents.

1:23—President Joe Biden proposes new tariffs on China

11:42—Potential Donald Trump V.P. picks

27:06—Kamala Harris

35:35—Favorite vice presidents of American history

42:49—This week's cultural recommendations

54:06—Audience Q&A

Upcoming Reason Events:

The Reason Roundtable LIVE!, June 6 in Washington, D.C.

Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis, June 11 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.

Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.

Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve

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