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Why Trump made a deal to free Ross Ulbricht
- Title
- Why Trump made a deal to free Ross Ulbricht
- Runtime
- 15:48
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A second chance for the creator of the dark web drug site the Silk Road might be coming…from an unlikely savior.
https://reason.com/video/2025/01/17/trump-promised-to-free-ross-ulbricht-heres-why-he-should/
Zach's full interview with Angela McArdle is available here: https://youtu.be/uG3spGgzPAI
0:00 - Intro
1:30 - The Arrest of Ross Ulbricht
2:06 - The Philosophy of Ross and the Silk Road
3:55 - Why Ross is a libertarian icon
4:43 - Did Ross "Break Bad" and hire a hitman?
9:00 - The failures of the drug war exposed
9:52 - Trump makes a deal with the Libertarian Party
14:07 - The case for freeing Ross
Correction:
14:01 This piece includes a line that "[Ulbricht would] already be out if he'd accepted the 10-year plea deal the government offered him."
This assertion, originally made in reporting by Vanity Fair, has been disputed by Ulbricht's defense and the prosecuting U.S...
- Title
- Jennifer Rubin LEAVES WaPo, MOCKED for launching ‘Contrarian’ substack | Free Media
- Runtime
- 6:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to former WaPo contributor Jen Rubin starting a new platform.
Subscribe to our new channel: @reasonFreeMedia, you'll be glad you did.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- The evangelical Christian fighting to end the drug war | Christina Dent | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 1:26:05
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Christina Dent, an evangelical Christian, argues that drug legalization is the conservative thing to do.
0:00—Introduction
4:45—The foster experience that changed Dent
11:43—What causes addiction?
16:55—Addiction and recovery are not one-size-fits-all.
25:57—Drug criminalization is anti-Christian conservative values
33:14—Helping families struggling with addiction
41:34—Decriminalization efforts in the U.S.
46:52—The costs and tradeoffs of legalization
59:43—Is Dent conservative or Republican?
1:02:15—Dent's law enforcement outreach
1:17:26—Effective treatment is not cold turkey or zero-sum.
This week's guest is Christina Dent, whose organization, End It For Good, seeks to change the approach to addiction from a criminal justice issue to a health-centered one. But Dent is not your typical anti–drug war activist. She's an evangelical Christian who believes legalizing drugs is t...
- Title
- Why is American health care so expensive?
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Sen. Bernie Sanders says we need to talk about how America spends twice as much per capita on health care than most other rich countries, even though our life expectancy is lower. So, why is that?
The problem is that, in many parts of the American health care system, spending more money doesn’t automatically create better outcomes. #healthcare #health #medical #doctor #doctors
- Title
- What's this mass surveillance program?
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Have you heard about this mass surveillance program? Flock Safety cameras are artificial intelligence automatic license plate readers, and unlike others, Flock cameras are connected to a nationwide database. #technology #tech #car #cars
- Title
- Why Trump's tariff plans are dangerous | Douglas Irwin | The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
- Runtime
- 1:00:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The trade economist, Douglas Irwin, details the most alarming protectionist policies proposed by the incoming Trump administration.
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/01/08/douglas-irwin-why-trumps-tariff-plans-are-dangerous/
0:00—Introduction
1:13—The fight for free trade
3:06—Donald Trump: "Tariff Man"
5:44—How tariffs affect consumers
9:03—Trump's political motivations behind tariffs
12:33—U.S. steel industry
15:15—The effect of protectionism on jobs
18:39—Automation, industry, and agriculture
25:40—China's protectionist policies
26:58—Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
33:59—Free trade debates of the Ronald Regan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton eras
38:41—China's impact on markets
40:24—Populist arguments against free trade
44:49—The narrative about the baby formula shortage is wrong.
51:29—"Made in China" vs. "assembled in China"
52:41—The "Bu...
- Title
- Why did the U.S. plan to nuke Israel?
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In 1957, the Atomic Energy Commission launched Project Plowshare to study how nuclear explosions might be used for peaceful purposes. #Israel #history #historyfacts
- Title
- Why this nun is fighting to end the death penalty | Helen Prejean | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 1:00:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Billy Binion speaks to Sister Helen Prejean about her activism to end the death penalty, as depicted in her book "Dead Man Walking".
0:00— Introduction
1:15—Dead Man Walking and being a spiritual advisor
4:40— Sister Prejean's death row counseling
11:52— Robert Lee Willie and Faith Hathaway
18:45— Advocating for 'unpopular' people
29:20— Marcellus Williams
33:09— Would Prejean support the death penalty even if absolute certainty was possible?
34:48— Faith-based activism and 'loving your enemy'
40:07— Being truly 'pro-life'
42:29— Navigating tribalism
44:29— Calling on the church to embrace feminism and LGBTQ inclusivity
47:07— Prejean's personal history & Vatican II reforms
51:40— Falling in love with a priest despite a vow of celibacy
56:42— The biggest threat in the world now
Today's guest is Sister Helen Prejean, a Catholic nun famous for her activism ...
- Title
- Mainstream media DYING OFF? Morning Joe, Jen Psaki, and the EPIC FAILS of 2024
- Runtime
- 7:32
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke review the year's biggest media fails.
Subscribe to Free Media's new channel: @reasonFreeMedia
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- CBS ADMITS Biden’s cognitive decline was ‘UNDER-REPORTED’; You THINK?! | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to the Wall Street Journal's coverage of President Biden's cognitive decline since the beginning of his term and why it was just reported on now.
Subscribe to Free Media's new channel: @reasonFreeMedia
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: CNP/AdMedia/SIPA/Newscom
- Title
- MAGA EXPLODES after Elon Musk supports EXPANDING H1-B visa program | Free Media
- Runtime
- 14:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the MAGA infighting after Elon Musk endorsed the expansion of the H1-B visa program.
Subscribe to Free Media's new channel: @reasonFreeMedia
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: Amar524, Frédéric Legrand | Dreamstime.com
- Title
- Argentina's bachelor tax backfired
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In 1900, Argentinian bachelors were sucking up valuable resources without producing more citizens. The solution? A bachelor tax, a strangely popular feature of the time, but with a special waiver for gentlemen whose proposals got turned turn. #Argentina #history #historyfacts
- Title
- Craft breweries should thank Jimmy Carter
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Jimmy Carter barred liquor from the White House, but he was also a hero of the American craft beer revolution. #president #history #historyfacts #beer #craftbeer
- Title
- RIP Jimmy Carter, 'The Great Deregulator,' 1924-2024
- Runtime
- 5:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Nobel-Winning Economist Vernon Smith says the 39th president radically improved air travel, freight rail, and trucking in ways that still benefit us immensely.
reason.com/video
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Jimmy Carter was perhaps the most successful ex-president in American history, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work promoting human rights and economic and social development.
But his single term as president (1977–1981) is largely remembered as a series of failures and missteps, sometimes literally. Gas lines, a record-high combination of unemployment and inflation on the "misery index," and Americans being held hostage by Iranian revolutionaries for over a year all fueled the perception that Carter was a weak and ineffective leader. When he collapsed during a six-mile run, it personified for many the exhaustion of the country under his leadership.
But there was at least one way in which Carter excelled as president. He was, in t...
- Title
- Does more school spending mean better results?
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- This is Carmel High School in Indiana and it looks fancy. It’s got a nice pool, computer lab, all this extravagant equipment. And yes, it’s in a wealthy area
But, it might surprise you that this school district spends less per student than nearby Indianapolis Public Schools by around $7,000. That’s about 40% less, and yet Indianapolis’s student outcomes are a lot worse than Carmel’s. Why? #school #education #highschool
- Title
- Why Bob Dylan’s prophecies continue to fascinate | Jeffrey Edward Green | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 1:04:08
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Jeffrey Edward Green, author of "Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God", discusses Dylan’s fraught relationship with political activism, Christianity, and self-mythology.
0:00- Introduction
1:45- ‘A Complete Unknown’ & Bob Dylan’s cultural longevity
3:32- Green’s book ‘Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God’
8:00- The folk revival movement
10:10- Bob Dylan’s ‘bourgeois appropriation’ of folk tradition
11:34- Pete Seeger
20:10 Dylan’s mercurial transformations
25:11- Bob Dylan in the lineage of Emerson & Thoreau
29:14- The folk community’s social justice expectations
32:43- Bob Dylan’s relationship with religion
42:42- Green’s introduction to Dylan
45:35- Dylan’s sense of tradition
50:00- Bob Dylan’s politics
58:27- Bob Dylan’s broad cultural appeal
Few figures have literally and figuratively electrified American culture the way Bob Dylan has. He released his first...
- Title
- Most Americans CAN’T afford a $400 emergency!?
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Have you heard that stat about people not being able to afford a $400 emergency? Is it true? #money #finance #savings
- Title
- Boeing charged HOW MUCH for a soap dispenser!?
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A whistleblower called to report a tip that Boeing massively overcharged the Air Force for soap dispensers on their C-17 cargo plane. So the government did an investigation and it turns out Boeing charged an 8,000 percent markup on 44 generic looking soap dispensers costing taxpayers an extra $150,000. #Boeing #AirForce #government
- Title
- How a plastic water bottle ban backfired
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In 2013, the University of Vermont eliminated plastic water bottles from vending machines on campus. They gave out reusable containers and spent $100,000 on filling stations around campus. Instead of reduce plastic bottle use, it increased. #history #historyfacts #college #plastic
- Title
- Did California's minimum wage hike really CREATE jobs?
- Runtime
- 6:16
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A University of California, Berkeley, study trumpeted in the media doesn't say what the press release claims.
https://reason.com/video/2024/12/19/no-californias-20-minimum-wage-for-fast-food-workers-did-not-create-jobs/
After California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect in April, some economists expected affected restaurants to cut jobs. So what actually happened? They not only added workers but did so at a faster pace than fast-food restaurants in the nation as a whole—or at least that was the claim of a research paper by two labor economists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis.
If you actually read it, you'll find that the results celebrated in the press release and echoed by the media aren't in the paper. In fact, it barely addresses the effect of the minimum wage increase on fast-food employment in California. It offers no numbers and no models. There's no evidence that f...
- Title
- Feds DISMISS mystery drones story DESPITE new evidence | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the public's frustration over the mysterious drone sightings in northeast U.S.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: Michael Reynolds Pool via CNP NewscomRSSIL
- Title
- CNN’s Syrian prisoner story COLLAPSES; Clarissa Ward admits HUMILIATING mistake
- Runtime
- 6:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss CNN's recent correction of initially reporting to have freed a Syrian prisoner when the identity of the individual was actually Salama Mohammad Salama — a first lieutenant in Syrian air force intelligence with a long history of alleged war crimes.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- Privatize the U.S. Postal Service?! Trump FLOATS cost-saving plan | Free Media
- Runtime
- 7:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss President-elect Donald Trump's potential plans to privatize USPS.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- Should human organs be for sale? | Penny Lane | The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
- Runtime
- 49:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Penny Lane, the "Confessions of a Good Samaritan" filmmaker explores the dysfunctional world of kidney transplants.
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/12/18/penny-lane-why-i-gave-a-kidney-to-a-total-stranger/
00:00- Introduction
1:17- Excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’
2:19- Penny Lane’s altruistic kidney donation
4:21- Effective Altruism’s influence on Lane
6:12- Lane’s obstacles before surgery
7:13- Recovering from surgery physically & psychologically
11:25- Parable of the Good Samaritan
12:24- How Lane’s perspective changed
15:43- Kidney donation policy
18:17- Economic inequalities in access
19:34- How financial incentives would change the equation
21:03- History of kidney transplants
23:34- What makes donating a kidney to a stranger so much more controversial?
24:17- Could man-made organ transplants be common soon?
26:56- History of the political debate...
- Title
- ‘GUT PUNCH’: Media bemoans ABC’s $15 MILLION settlement with Trump | Free Media
- Runtime
- 8:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to mainstream media's shock over ABC's $15 million dollar settlement with President-elect Donald Trump.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: Al Drago - Pool via CNP / MEGA / Newscom/RSSIL/Newscom, Christopher Peterson/SplashNews/Newscom
- Title
- How did an 1855 treaty save this shelter?
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- How did an 1855 treaty prevent the city from shutting down this cold weather shelter?
In September, the Yakama Nation started plans for a 50-bed shelter. But a few days before opening, the city said the building had health and safety code issues, then proposed the shelter only operate six hours a day.
#washington #homeless #indigenous #nativeamerican #history #historyfacts
- Title
- Are highway message boards dangerous?
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In 2012, Texas implemented an awareness campaign by displaying crash death totals on highway message boards. Turns out, in order to read these messages passing motorists must look away from the road, increasing traffic accidents. #Texas #travel #cars #history #historyfacts #historytime
- Title
- Was the Supreme Court Wrong About Presidential Immunity?
- Runtime
- 1:54:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Glenn Greenwald and Elizabeth Price Foley debate the president's immunity from prosecution for official acts.
https://reason.com/podcasts/the-soho-forum-debates/
Did the Supreme Court err in its July 1 ruling that "the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority"? That's the subject of this month Soho Forum debate. Law professor Elizabeth Price Foley and journalist Glenn Greenwald debate the resolution, "Presidential immunity for official acts is a key factor in the proper functioning of the U.S. government's executive branch."
Defending the resolution is Foley, a Professor of Law at Florida International University, where she teaches constitutional law and separation of powers. She has testified before Congress on numerous constitutional topics, and is the author of three books on constitutional law.
A...
- Title
- Donald Trump CALLS OUT ‘BIASED’ NBC reporter Kirsten Welker | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:07
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Andrew Heaton discuss President-elect Donald Trump's recent interview with Meet the Press.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- Jen Psaki SMEARS Tulsi Gabbard as Bashar al-Assad 'APOLOGIST' | Free Media
- Runtime
- 7:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Andrew Heaton react to the backlash Tulsi Gabbard is receiving as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- Morning Joe DEMANDS more mental health funding after Daniel Penny VERDICT | Free Media
- Runtime
- 10:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Andrew Heaton discuss the media's reaction to the Daniel Penny verdict.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: New York Daily News/TNS/Newscom
- Title
- Errol Morris & Jacob Soboroff: The cruelty of Trump’s immigration policies | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 49:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Errol Morris and Jacob Soboroff discuss their new documentary about the family separation policy implemented during Trump’s first term.
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/12/11/errol-morris-jacob-soboroff-trumps-immigration-policies-are-indefensible/
0:00- Introduction
2:15- Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy
5:33- Jacob Soboroff’s book
9:33- Who was really behind the child separation policy?
13:09- State-created orphans and the asylum process
15:04- Immigration policies through US history
18:31- American attitudes towards immigration v implemented policies
21:21- Ad: ZBiotics
23:07- Anti-immigration rhetoric escalated during the 2024 election
29:15- ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan
32:15- Stephen Miller, Elaine Duke & Kirstjen Nielsen
37:35- Nielsen’s replacement, Kristi Noem
39:42- The Dunning-Kruger administration?
40:57- Expertise vs. disruption
44:43- How to c...
- Title
- Luigi Mangione CHARGED for CEO murder, Taylor Lorenz 'JOYFUL'?! | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:16
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Andrew Heaton discuss the internet's reaction to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, as the suspect in the murder, Luigi Mangione is charged.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- Remy: Pardon My Son
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- President Remy gives his word as a Biden.
Watch all of Remy's Reason TV music videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02D02B9A144182DB
Parody of Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun," written and performed by Remy.
LYRICS:
I won't be pardoning
You guys ask every day
That's never happening
Full stop—and by the way
I'm gonna pardon my son
I'm gonna tell everyone to lighten up
I'm aware that there's
Thousands in jail for the same
But TBH they're all lame and not my son
I'm gonna pardon my son
I'm gonna pardon my son
"I'm sitting with my Pops
And we're both really mad
If you don't pay tonight
For you things will be bad"
Sir, we're risking World War III
To fight against kleptocracy
Don't you think this pardoning
Is dangerous hypocrisy?!
No but I am gonna pardon my son…
I'm gonna tell...
- Title
- Javier Milei: Madman? Or savior?
- Runtime
- 45:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Reason visited Argentina to find out if Javier Milei's reforms are working.
https://reason.com/video/2024/12/05/javier-milei-madman-or-savior/
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Argentina elected the first self-identified libertarian president in history. Is he a madman? Or a savior?
Can his libertarian ideas transform Argentina into a beacon of prosperity? Reason visited Argentina to find out if Javier Milei's reforms are working.
On the ground in Buenos Aires six months after Milei took office, a massive protest filled the public squares and streets outside the national legislature and presidential palace. Congress was voting on a reform package that would deliver on part of his agenda.
Nearly one in three Argentinian workers belong to a union, and organized labor holds tremendous political power and the ability to mobilize large protests like the one we witnessed opposing Milei's reform package. Participants say Milei's agenda helps th...
- Title
- Joy Reid ATTACKS Elon Musk over DOGE, proposed government cuts | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Michael LaRosa react to MSNBC's Joy Reid's recent comments criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to cut government spending.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: BROKER/Juergen Hasenkopf/Newscom
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- Title
- Tariff threat sends Trudeau RUNNING to Trump, Canada to become 51st state? | Free Media
- Runtime
- 11:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Michael LaRosa react to reports saying President-elect Trump joked with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when discussing tariffs.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: Agence Quebec Presse/Newscom
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- Title
- Rachel Maddow is FURIOUS with Morning Joe about Mar-a-Lago meeting | Free Media
- Runtime
- 11:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Michael LaRosa react to reports of infighting at MSNBC.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
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- Title
- Hunter Biden pardon HUMILIATES Dems | Free Media
- Runtime
- 15:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Michael LaRosa discuss President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
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- Title
- 'The Left went from #believewomen to #believefascists' | Brendan O'Neill | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 1:07:07
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Brendan O’Neill discusses his new book, "After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation".
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/12/04/brendan-oneill-the-west-went-insane-after-october-7/
0:00- Introduction
1:16- O’Neill’s new book: "After The Pogrom"
5:48- Hamas is religious extremist movement
11:10- Islamism as extreme rejection of modernity
16:57- Is being anti-Zionist punk?
18:40- The ‘cultural appropriation’ of the Keffiyeh
21:17- Is Israel a white settler-colonialist state?
24:28- When did the left turn against Israel?
28:53- Is antisemitism connected to anti-capitalism?
32:30- The demonization of Israel
33:40- Palestine as the Omni-cause
35:34- The madness of Queers for Palestine
39:29- The catastrophe of post-Oct. 7 progressivism
43:34- Did Oct. 7 accelerate the collapse of wokeness?
46:40- How much should the west be supporting Israel’s war eff...
- Title
- Why doesn’t cold medicine work?
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Experts have known for a long time that the cold medicine you can get on pharmacy shelves doesn't really work. So why do they even make it? #health #healthcare #medicine #science #government
- Title
- Why are so many McFlurry machines broken?
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In New York City, 32 percent of all McFlurry machines are broken. In San Antonio, it’s 20 percent. In D.C. 13 percent of McFlurry machines are currently broken. What’s happening?
It turns out for decades, McDonald's franchise owners haven’t been allowed to repair their own machines. #food #technology #mcdonalds
- Title
- CNN’s Scott Jennings STUNS panelists: X is MORE ideologically balanced
- Runtime
- 9:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to a recent CNN panel where Scott Jennings argued that X, formerly Twitter, has become more ideologically representative of the country since Elon Musk's takeover, citing the network's own reporting.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- DOGE promises to cut TRILLIONS in waste, Ro Khanna is ON BOARD | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss DOGE plans to cut government spending.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image: Frédéric Legrand | Dreamstime.com
- Title
- Morning Joe, Axios throw a TANTRUM about Elon Musk: ‘You’re Not the Media!’ | Free Media
- Runtime
- 11:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to Axios and Morning Joe's rebuttal of Elon Musk declaring users on X 'the media now'.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image: Bob Daemmrich/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom
- Title
- Jay Bhattacharya CLAPS BACK at Rachel Maddow for sticking to COVID lockdowns | Free Media
- Runtime
- 8:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke analyze MSNBC's Rachel Maddow's criticisms of Donald Trump's nominee for NIH Director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
Note: At the time of recording, Dr. Bhattacharya had not yet been nominated, but has since been appointed to the position.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
- Title
- Political chaos brings colossal transformation | Martin Gurri | The Reason Interview
- Runtime
- 52:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Former CIA analyst Martin Gurri discusses Donald Trump’s political arc, the rise of populism, and the incoming chaos and transformation we cannot foresee.
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/11/27/martin-gurri-political-chaos-brings-colossal-transformation/
0:00- Introduction
1:13- Why Gurri voted for Trump
4:46- Trump vs. Harris: Chaos vs. Control
8:40- Trump’s first term
11:04- Trump’s new coalition
14:33- Is authoritarianism coming to America?
19:00- Attention, Populism & Wild Hair
20:42- Colossal transformation awaits us
34:05- Creating communities of meaning in the digital age
36:22- The transformations enabled by the printing press
38:41- More chaos is coming
43:11- Lessons from Cuba
48:40- Arab Spring and the spark that overthrows a regime
50:37- Short term pessimistic, long term optimistic
Today's guest is Martin Gurri, a former CIA analyst who is a visiting f...
- Title
- How to handle politics at Thanksgiving
- Runtime
- 0:17
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In our latest round of street interviews, we received some good advice about how to resolve political differences with family at Thanksgiving. #politics #family #thanksgiving #streetinterview
- Title
- Trump ANNOUNCES tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada; Rand Paul OPPOSES | Free Media
- Runtime
- 9:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss Donald Trump's recent plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China.
Producer: Gabi Schulte
Editor: Chris Sowick
Image credit: Allison Robbert - Pool via CNP
- Title
- New York tried and failed to crack down on liquor
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In 1896, alcohol was ruining the moral fiber of New York. The solution? The Raines Law, which made it harder to operate drinking establishments, including a ban on the sale of alcohol on Sundays, except for hotel and lodging houses that serve drinks with complimentary meals. Sounds like a terrible idea with puritanical intentions. What could possibly go wrong? #history #historyfacts #historytime #comedy #newyork #drinks #drink #alcohol
