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

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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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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman parse the presidential candidates' latest batch of confounding ideas on tax policy before lamenting their various cringe media appearances over the past week.

05:21—Tax policy proposals

31:44—Weekly listener question

43:38—Candidate cringe media hits

54:18—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Trump Panders to Auto Industry, Proposes Making Car Loan Interest Tax Deductible" by Joe Lancaster

"Instead of Vote-Buying Tax Promises, Let's Have Real Plans for Tax Relief" by J.D. Tuccille

"How Much Will the Major Presidential Candidates Steal From You?" by J.D. Tuccille

"Carving Out a Tax Cut Just for Tips Doesn't Make More Sense When Kamala Harris Does It" by Eric Boehm

"Kamala Harris' Plan To Hike Corporate Income Taxes Would Fall on All Americans" by Eric Boehm

"Harris: "Not a thing" she'd have done differently than Biden" by Erin Doherty

"The U.S. Can't Afford To Cut Taxes on Social Security Benefits" by Veronique de Rugy

"Biden and Harris' Record on Spending and Debt Is a Tragedy of Epic Proportion" by Veronique de Rugy

"Where They Stand: The Presidential Candidates on Issues That Matter to Older Americans" by AARP

"Sources of Federal Revenue" by Fiscal Data/Treasury Department

"Vivek Ramaswamy Is Wrong about National Debt: We Can't Grow Our Way Out of Its Ruinous Economic Impact" by Nick Gillespie

"Budget Deficit Hit $1.8 Trillion After Huge Increase in Borrowing Costs" by Eric Boehm

"Trump's Proposals Would Add $5.8 Trillion to the Deficit" by Eric Boehm

"Free the Art! Sell the Art!" by Crispin Sartwell

"How Will Reason Staffers Vote in 2020?"

"Show Us Your Vote!" by Matt Welch

"Neal Stephenson's Past, Present, and Future" by Mike Godwin

"Neal Stephenson Wants To Tell Big Stories" by Tyler Cowen

"Tyler Cowen's Stubborn Attachments To Freedom and Prosperity" by Nick Gillespie

"My biggest concern remains the carburetor-eating" by IowaHawkBlog

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman reflect on last year's October 7 terrorist attack in Israel and the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Helene across the southeastern United States.

02:27—October 7, one year on

20:07—Hurricane Helene aftermath

35:41—Weekly listener question

43:25—Last week's vice presidential debate

53:08—This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"A Year Since the Massacre" by Liz Wolfe

"October 7 Offered a Stark Choice Between Good and Evil" by J.D. Tuccille

"Ayatollah's Antagonism" by Liz Wolfe

"U.S.-Funded Armies Fight Each Other In Lebanon" by Matthew Petti

"What If the U.S. Cuts Off Aid to Israel?" by Matt Welch

"Washington Worsened Hurricane Helene's Destruction" by Jack Nicastro

"After the War" by Matt Welch

"Contra J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, Housing Should Be a 'Commodity,'" by Christian Britscghi

"At V.P. Debate, J.D. Vance and Tim Walz Scapegoat Immigrants, 'Corporate Speculators' for High Housing Costs" by Christian Britschgi

"The Coming Vindication of the Double-Haters" by Katherine Mangu-Ward

"Joker: Folie à Deux* Is a Miserable Musical Slog" by Peter Suderman

"The Government Monopoly on Donated Kidneys Is Killing Americans" by Eric Boehm

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