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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Eric Boehm delve into policing and violence in the wake of the video release showing Memphis police killing Tyre Nichols. 0:30: Tyre Nichols killed by Memphis police 23:37: The ongoing debt limit drama 36:31: Weekly Listener Questio…

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie discuss the Facebook Files, which revealed the considerable influence the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wielded in regard to what users were allowed to say on Meta platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. 0:55: The CD…

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie consider the revelation that, like former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden also had a stash of classified documents in his private office and residence. 0:23: President Biden also had classified materials in his house 10:35:…

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie look back on the House speaker battle and discuss President Joe Biden's trip to the southern border. 1:33: Kevin McCarthy is finally selected as speaker of the House. 26:44: Weekly Listener Question: In the last episode, you all discus…

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie discuss the government's censorship-by-proxy of social media companies and Kevin McCarthy's ongoing showdown for the speakership in the House of Representatives. 3:00: The government's censorship-by-proxy of social media companies for …

In this special end-of-year episode of The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie have some final thoughts on the biggest stories from 2022 and make some predictions about what might unfold in 2023. Have a Happy New Year! 1:32: The biggest stories of the year 40:44: Predictions for 2023 55:29…

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie discuss the depressing end-of-year omnibus government spending deal. 0:21: A massive year-end spending bill 20:10: The $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act 33:59: Notable legislative areas NOT being addressed this week 49:17…

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie discuss the Brittney Griner prisoner swap and the Twitter Files 2.0. 0:27: Brittney Griner released 9:46: New Twitter Files drop 32:43: Weekly Listener Question: Should Libertarian candidates throw the election one way or the other in …

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie dig into the release of the Twitter Files by journalist Matt Taibbi and CEO Elon Musk. 1:32: The Twitter Files drop 33:48: Weekly Listener Question: Here in my hometown of NYC (where apparently the carpetbagger Gillespie has chosen to …

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. This is all in service of the annual Reason Webathon, during which we attem…