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Our cherished listeners of The Reason Roundtable delivered yet another batch of both thoughtful and off-the-wall questions for editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie to consider during this special ask-me-anything-style podcast episode.

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie discuss the latest protests against "zero-Covid" policies in China as well as other examples of lingering public health authoritarianism.

0:57: China's protests against harsh "zero-Covid" policies

14:20: Lingering COVID restrictionism in the U.S.

33:10: Weekly Listener Question:

I have found, what is for me, a paradox. I want to hear what y'all think of it, but I am primarily interested in hearing from Katherine, since she is a woman and women account for some 51 percent of the population. My personal paradox is this: How is it that women are 51 percent of the market and yet cannot find women's pants with pockets? Free minds. Free markets. No Potemkin pockets.

40:54: World Cup controversies

49:18: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"'We Want Freedom': Chinese Protests Reflect Frustration With Country's Continuing COVID Restrictions," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"The Pandemic Is Over, Except When Politicians Need It To Justify Their Plans," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"California's COVID-19 'Misinformation' Law Chills Constitutionally Protected Speech," by Jacob Sullum

"Hong Kong Is a 'Wake-Up Call for the World'," by Zach Weissmueller

"Never Lock Down Again? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund," by Gene Epstein

"'A Pretty Scary Moment': Dissident Chinese Students Say George Washington University Is Failing Them," by Sarah McLaughlin

"Can The Iran Protests Do Better Than Uprisings of the Past?" by J.D. Tuccille

"The Qatar World Cup Is a Celebration of Authoritarianism," by Eric Boehm

"5 Cities That Got F*cked by Hosting the Olympics," by Nick Gillespie

"Assimilating Soccer," by Nick Gillespie

"The Power Broker," by Howard McConnell

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, Matt Welch is back alongside editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie as they wade through the missteps of our modern gerontocracy.

0:32: Nancy Pelosi's countless failures

23:23: President Joe Biden turns 80 years old

36:30: Weekly Listener Question:

Hi Friends! I like weed. Marijuana is a wonderful drug (I don't know why we keep looking for female Viagra when it already exists), and I celebrate recent expansions of legalization. There are risks, just as there are with any drug, and there is a potential for abuse. Nonetheless, if you compare the damage done by weed with the damage done by the war on drugs, it's not even close. Unsurprisingly, I have noted an uptick in news items describing the dangers of marijuana. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal declared, "Marijuana May Hurt Smokers More Than Cigarettes Alone." The conclusion was based on a study of a whopping six marijuana-only smokers. This news trend makes me nervous. What attacks can we expect now that legalization is spreading? I'm thinking flimsy studies to convince everyone it's a major health risk (from the left) and stories about psychosis (from the right). What do you think is the next move against legal marijuana, and how can we anticipate it?

46:53: Donald Trump returns

52:51: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Nancy Pelosi Embodied America's Gerontocracy Problem," by Eric Boehm

"After House Democrats' Midterm Defeat, Nancy Pelosi Says She'll Step Down From Congressional Leadership," by Christian Britschgi

"Dianne Feinstein and the Dangers of Gerontocracy," by Peter Suderman

"Joe Biden: 'Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?…Are You a Junkie?'" by Nick Gillespie

"Pot Prohibition Continues Collapsing, and Psychedelic Bans Could Be Next," by Jacob Sullum

"Republicans Contemplate a Post-Trump World," by J.D. Tuccille

"Donald Trump Announces He Will Run for President in 2024," by Joe Lancaster

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 Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Eric Boehm examine initial takeaways from last week's midterm elections.

0:42: Midterms post-mortem

34:59: Weekly Listener Question:

Brazil is a country with over 200 million people, and they counted all of their presidential election votes on election night. U.S. democrats, however, need weeks to count all the votes. What other explanation is there for this than cheating?

41:31: More on Elon Musk and Twitter

54:21: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Maybe Republicans Need a Policy Agenda After All?" by Eric Boehm

"A Potted Plant Could Beat a Trump Republican," by J.D. Tuccille

"Jared Polis' Success Shows That Democrats Can Win Without Embracing Big Government," by Emma Camp

"Blake Masters' Defeat Should End the GOP's Fealty to Trump and the Big Lie," by Robby Soave

"Chase Oliver, Georgia Senate Race Spoiler: 'You Can't Spoil What's Already Rotten'," by Joe Lancaster

"J.D. Vance Seized His Chance, but the New Right Had a Bad Night," by Stephanie Slade

"Worries About Inflation Didn't Stop Voters From Approving Minimum Wage Increases," by Eric Boehm

"Colorado Voters Approve Decriminalization of 5 Natural Psychedelics," by Jacob Sullum

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Is Ambitious but Disappointing," by Peter Suderman

"The Election Betting Markets Fell Short. They're Still the Most Flexible Predictor." by John Stossel

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, Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie survey the political landscape ahead of the midterm elections.

0:31: Key midterm issues

11:50: Most laughable major party pre-election pitches

29:28: Weekly listener question:

"How small, of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Still to ourselves in every place consign'd,
Our own felicity we make or find:" —Samuel Johnson

My pithy query is this: do you think candidates would attract the 8–15 percent of independents by refreshingly stating their actions in office will have little to no effect on individualized happiness? For example, Democrats and Republicans have squabbled over tax cuts—a somewhat nominal 39.6 to 37 percent for the top rate, while federal spending on every single mandatory and discretionary program has remained relatively unscathed, but the tax cuts are held up as an Us vs. Them when discussing policy. Will cynicism ever prevail?! Are there any real-life Bulworth examples? Thank you!

49:45: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Have a Clear Advantage Going Into Election Day," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"'Election Fraud' Can Become Our Awful New Hyperbole," by Bonnie Kristian

"California's Anti-Vaping Ballot Question Isn't About 'Protecting Children,'" by Steven Greenhut

"Herschel Walker's Unseriousness Overshadowed What Should Have Been a Serious Race," by Joe Lancaster

"A GOP-Led Congress May Focus on Owning the Libs. Instead, It Should Focus on Owning Inflation," By Veronique de Rugy

"Turning 'Saving Democracy' Into a Campaign Slogan Isn't Helping Save Democracy," by Eric Boehm

"The Death of Social Security: Debating Bush's plan for private retirement accounts," by James Glassman and Tyler Cowen

"How Georgia's Outlandish Ballot Access Law Is Protecting Marjorie Taylor Greene (and the Two-Party System)," by Eric Boehm

"Morris P. Fiorina: Why 'Electoral Chaos' Is Here To Stay," by Nick Gillespie

"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

"Has the Libertarian Moment finally arrived?" by Robert Draper

Bulworth raps

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie celebrate the triumphant return of Katherine Mangu-Ward with a conversation about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and the chatter around political violence in the U.S.

1:36: Elon Musk takes over Twitter

11:19: The Paul Pelosi attack and political violence

29:00: Weekly Listener Question:

I was pretty horrified by the $2,500 fines PayPal was handing out. They retracted them, sure, but it was no accident. They targeted a few of my favorite websites. I consider myself libertarian-leaning and agree with you guys on a host of issues. But I always get confused when you defend PayPal as NOT being a monopoly. I mean, forget about a dictionary definition and just think in terms of utility: What viable alternatives do I have in the digital marketplace right now? Let's say I'm horrified by what they're doing and want to vote with my dollars. Because I really really do. What service should I use instead? Venmo? I think they're also owned by PayPal.

40:10: What's currently scariest in government and politics?

48:03: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Musk Says He Bought Twitter 'To Help Humanity,' Pledges Not To Let It Become a 'Free-for-All Hellscape,'" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Twitter Sucks Because We Suck. Don't Blame @Jack," by Mike Godwin

"Why Is Twitter a For-Profit Platform, Anyway?" by Andrea O'Sullivan

"Political Violence Escalates in a Fracturing U.S.," by J.D. Tuccille

"The Dangerous Lure of Political Violence," by Katherine Mangu-Ward

"To Curb Political Violence, Make Government Less Important," by J.D. Tuccille

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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This week on The Reason Roundtable, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Fiona Harrigan, filling in for Katherine Mangu-Ward, discuss the heated rhetoric surrounding the upcoming midterm elections, theorize what a GOP-controlled House would entail, and answer a listener's question about how libertarians can avoid being labeled "jihadists."

0:48: Discourse over the midterms

19:54: The GOP's anti-immigration ads

32:15: Weekly Listener Question:

"Please see the following comment from British Conservative Party MP Robert Halfon: 'The government has looked like libertarian jihadists and treated the whole country as kind of laboratory mice on which to carry out ultra, ultra free-market experiments,' he told Sky News. How can we prevent libertarians from being slandered as such? If, as the U.K. markets suggested, freer economic policy requires short-term suffering to achieve longer-term gains, do Americans have the stomach required to approach such policies?"

48:21: What have we been consuming?

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Republican House Majority Will Try to Melt Down Global Economy," by Jonathan Chait

"Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare and Social Security," by Jonathan Chait

"McCarthy Suggests a G.O.P.-Led House Would Question Aid to Ukraine," by Catie Edmondson

"Rishi Sunak to become Britain's next prime minister," by Jill Lawless

"'If you focus on the deficit, then tax increases are on the table.'" by Peter Suderman

"Why is everyone picking on the Bush 'tax cuts' rather than the Bush 'spending increases'?" by Nick Gillespie

"The 19 Percent Solution," by Nick Gillespie and Veronique De Rugy

"Is Libertarianism a 'Stealth Plan' To Destroy America?" by Nick Gillespie

"Grover Norquist: The GOP Tax Bill Is Good Enough For Now (He's Planning to 'Whine Later')" by Nick Gillespie

"The Grover Norquist of Spending Cuts: Jonathan Bydlak and the Coalition to Reduce Spending," by 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 Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie unpack results from a recent Harvard-Harris poll that highlight the mismatch between voter concerns and party interests ahead of the midterm elections.

4:20: Harvard-Harris poll results ahead of midterm elections

20:14: PayPal's fines for "misinformation"

33:25: Weekly Listener Question:

Noah Smith makes an interesting case (below) that the TARP bailouts avoided a second Great Depression. What say you, Roundtable?

"An Econ Nobel for research that saved the world," by Noah Smith

45:30: The 20th anniversary of Authorized Use for Military Force (AUMF) for Iraq

46:52: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"What the 1970s Can Teach Us About Today's Inflationary Politics," by Peter Suderman

"Inflation Hits 8.2 Percent After Another Month of Sharply Rising Prices," by Eric Boehm

"Should Anyone Be Offended by Ye? Live with Eli Lake," by Nick Gillespie and Natalie Dowzicky

"Social Media Interaction Does Not Improve Political Knowledge, but It Does Polarize Us," by Ronald Bailey

"Welcome to the Post-Post-9/11 Era," by Bonnie Kristian

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 Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie ruminate on President Joe Biden's sudden announcement regarding federal marijuana convictions and examine the current kooky economy.

1:41: Biden's weed announcement

16:56: The weird economy watch

33:22: Weekly Listener Question:

What's the take on the classic car warranty "renewal" junk mail or life insurance upsells, often employing phrases like FINAL NOTICE? Addressed mail that attempts to fool the recipient into taking out a new service by using personal information (e.g., full legal name, vehicle details) to imply an existing commercial relationship. Bonus: These senders depend on using government data like DMV records and are typically delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Free market/free speech/consumer (?) beware, or state-enabled spear phishing that defrauds the elderly?

44:20: A masculinity crisis?

57:50: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Better Late Than Never on Weed, Kamala," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Biden's Marijuana Reforms Are Long Overdue but Will Have Just a Modest Impact," by Jacob Sullum

"Biden Is Still Seeking Potential Life Sentences for Distributing Weed, Even As He Pardons for Possession," by Billy Binion

"What Biden's Weed Plan Really Means," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

"Tom Cotton Says Biden's Marijuana Pardon Recipients Pleaded Down From More Serious Charges," by C.J. Ciaramella

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

"Kamala Harris Got So High Smoking Weed in College She Thought She Was Listening To Snoop Dogg and Tupac," by Nick Gillespie

"All Drug Offenders Should Be Treated Like Hunter Biden: Leniently," by Nick Gillespie

"Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic," by Matt Welch

"Star-Studded Amsterdam Is a Tedious, Terrible Warning About the Rise of Fascism," by Peter Suderman

"The Political Class Has Consistently Ignored Warnings of Fiscal Doom. Now Americans Are Paying the Price."  by Peter Suderman

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 Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, and Peter Suderman and special guest C.J. Ciaramella talk about the aftermath of Hurricane Ian and the current political discourse surrounding criminal justice reform.

2:05: Hurricane Ian's aftermath

21:38: The Jones Act is still terrible.

25:37: Weekly Listener Question:

Dearly beloved Roundtable,

When considering foreign policy issues, shouldn't libertarians worry not only about acts of commission but also acts of omission? It seems that libertarians are reflexively worried about acts of commission but seldom focus on the consequences that derive from lack of action (i.e., acts of omission). Isn't it at least possible that failure to act can lead to a less-libertarian preferred outcome? If so, how should one balance action vs. inaction?

36:20: The current discourse on criminal justice reform

47:54: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"A Reason Reading List on Hurricane-Related Public Policy," by Matt Welch

"UnFAIR," by Matt Welch

"In the Aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, the Jones Act Is Screwing Over Puerto Rico Again," by Scott Shackford

"Natural Disasters and the Case for Big Government," by John Stossel

"Let's Scrap the Jones Act," by Andrew Heaton

"Should Libertarians Root for the Abolition of Police and Prisons?" by C.J. Ciaramella

"Bill Introduced To Bring Independent Oversight to Federal Prison System," by C.J. Ciaramella

"Netflix's Athena Is a Masterpiece About Police Violence and Social Unrest," by Peter Suderman

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