Guests with fewer than three appearances. Recurring guests are in the guest index.
Abigail Hall (Associate Professor of Economics at Bellarmine University) — Manufacturing Militarism: A Fresh Look at Propaganda (2022) — Abigail Hall. US government propaganda and manufacturing militarism.
Adam Thierer (Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow) — Finding Freedom in the Permission Society (2021) — Adam Thierer. Evasive entrepreneurs and the future of governance.
Adrian Moore (Vice President of Policy at the Reason Foundation) — Fire All Government Workers (2011) — Adrian Moore. Economic and social benefits of privatization. · High Speed Bankruptcy – The California Way (2012) — Adrian Moore. California high-speed rail project critique.
Alan Dershowitz (Civil liberties attorney and Harvard Law professor) — Confronting the ‘Cancelists’ with Alan Dershowitz (2023) — Alan Dershowitz. Alan Dershowitz on Cancel Culture and Neutral Principles.
Alex Tabarrok (Mercatus Center at George Mason University) — FDA (2020) — Alex Tabarrok. Systemic failures of CDC and FDA during COVID-19.
Alice Goffman (Sociologist) — Alice Goffman on Fugitive Life in an American City (2014) — Alice Goffman. Fugitive life and aggressive policing in Philadelphia.
Amity Shlaes (Historian) — Close Enough to Socialism: Amity Schlaes on The Great Society (2019) — Amity Shlaes. Re-evaluating the Great Society and its economic consequences.
Amy Wax (Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania) — Amy Wax Defends Bourgeois Norms (2017) — Amy Wax. Decline of bourgeois values and academic freedom.
Andrei Illarionov (Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute) — Russia Today (Yesterday & Tomorrow) (2017) — Andrei Illarionov. The political landscape of Russia and the Kremlin regime.
Andrew J. Coulson (Cato Institute) — End the Unconstitutional Federal Involvement in Education (2009) — Andrew J. Coulson. Federal involvement and nationalization of education policy.
Anthony Fisher (Filmmaker and Reason TV producer) — Occupy Movement – What Does It Tell Us About America? (2012) — Anthony Fisher. Origins and motivations of Occupy Wall Street.
Anthony L. Fisher (Associate Editor at Reason.com) — Anthony L. Fisher on Confidential Informants (2016) — Anthony L. Fisher. Predatory use of confidential informants in law enforcement. · Anthony L. Fisher on Antifa Violence & Neo-Reaction (2017) — Anthony L. Fisher. Antifa and the counterproductive nature of political violence.
Anthony Sanders (Institute for Justice) — The Great Founding Fathers (2010) — Anthony Sanders. Economic liberty and local government overreach.
Arnold Kling (Economist) — Arnold Kling: We Just Nationalized the Banking System—Now What? (2023) — Arnold Kling. Silicon Valley Bank Collapse and Banking Nationalization.
Art Carden (Professor of Economics at Samford University) — Art Carden on Price Theory & Its Discontents (2022) — Art Carden. The Role of Prices in Free Markets.
Arvin Vora (Congressional Candidate and Author) — America’s Student Loan Problem (2012) — Arvin Vora. Federal student loan subsidies and higher education distortions.
Ashley Varner (Freedom Foundation VP) — What the IRS’s Hiring Spree Means for You (2023) — Ashley Varner. IRS expansion and public sector union influence. · Beware, the tax man cometh (2023) — Ashley Varner. Impact of 87,000 new IRS agents and public sector unions.
Austin Petersen (Missouri US Senate candidate) — Federalism and the Flat Tax: The Austin Petersen Plan (2017) — Austin Petersen. Austin Petersen and the Republican Liberty Wing.
Bart J. Wilson (Professor at Chapman University) — The Foundations of Property (2021) — Bart J. Wilson. Anthropological and economic roots of property rights.
Baylen Linnekin (Executive Director of the Keep Food Legal Foundation) — Baylen Linnekin on the Front lines of the Fight for Food Freedom (2015) — Baylen Linnekin. Food freedom and government regulation of food. · Food (Waste) Freedom (2022) — Baylen Linnekin. Government regulation of food and SB 1383.
Ben Powell (Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech) — Socialism… Still Not Cool (2019) — Ben Powell. Socialism and the economics of beer.
Ben Shapiro (Author and political commentator) — Hollywood: Obama’s Ministry of Propaganda (2011) — Ben Shapiro. Ideological leanings and left-wing bias in Hollywood television.
Benjamin Powell (Executive Director of the Free Market Institute) — The Economics of Immigration (2022) — Benjamin Powell. Economic and social impacts of immigration.
Bill Frezza (Tech entrepreneur and radio host) — Bill Frezza’s History of Telecom Innovation (and Not) (2015) — Bill Frezza. History of AT&T monopoly and innovation vs regulation.
Bill Maurer (Institute for Justice) — Abusive Fines and Fees (2022) — Bill Maurer. Abuse of civil asset forfeiture and municipal fines. · The Hidden Cause of BLM Riots (2022) — Bill Maurer. policing for profit and abusive municipal fines.
Bill Ottman (Founder of Minds.com) — Social Media Censorship (2019) — Bill Ottman. Censorship and surveillance on social media platforms.
Bob Levy (Chairman of the Board, Cato Institute) — A Libertarian Legal Perspective on Vaccine Mandates (2021) — Bob Levy. Constitutional and Libertarian Perspectives on Vaccine Mandates.
Bradford R. Kane (Author and political insider) — Populism 201: Advanced Topics in American Democracy (2020) — Bradford R. Kane. Historical roots and modern distortions of American populism.
Brent Orrell (Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute) — The Future of Cities (2020) — Brent Orrell. Impact of COVID-19 on urban life and cities.
Brian D. Kelly (Associate Professor of Economics at Seattle University) — Brian D. Kelly on the False Promise of Policing-for-Profit (2019) — Brian D. Kelly. Economic incentives and fiscal stress in civil asset forfeiture.
Brian Walsh (Ethics and Public Policy Center) — “You’re Under Arrest!”: Overcriminalization with Brian Walsh (2015) — Brian Walsh. Explosion of Federal Criminal Law and Overcriminalization.
Bryan Caplan (Professor of Economics at George Mason University) — Bryan Caplan’s Case Against Higher Education (2018) — Bryan Caplan. The Case Against Education and Signaling.
Burton Abrams (Professor of Economics at University of Delaware) — Worst Ten Economic Mistakes of the 20th Century (2014) — Burton Abrams. Economic Folly and Damaging Government Policies.
C. Bradley Thompson (Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism) — C. Bradley Thompson on America’s Revolutionary Mind (2019) — C. Bradley Thompson. Moral history of the American Revolution.
Carissa Hessick (Professor of Law at UNC) — Punishment without trial? It’s the new normal (2022) — Carissa Hessick. Plea bargaining and the decline of jury trials. · What happened to the right to a trial by jury? (2022) — Carissa Hessick. Plea bargaining and the criminal justice system.
Carol Berkin (Professor of History at Baruch College) — Carol Berkin on The Bill of Rights No One Wanted (2016) — Carol Berkin. History and Significance of the Bill of Rights.
Carol Roth (Author of The War on Small Business) — Carol Roth on the War on Small Business (2021) — Carol Roth. Government mandates and the war on small business.
Caroline Frederickson (Georgetown University law professor) — Caroline Fredrickson on the Progressive Constitution (2021) — Caroline Frederickson. The Progressive Team’s rewritten US Constitution.
Casey Mulligan (University of Chicago professor) — You’re Hired! Chief Economic Adviser to Trump on What It’s Really Like to Work in the White House (2020) — Casey Mulligan. Economic policy and life inside the Trump White House.
Cathy Reisenwitz (Author of Sex and the State) — “I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help” - Cathy Reisenwitz (2022) — Cathy Reisenwitz. Legal and social complexities of sex work. · The War on Sex (2022) — Cathy Reisenwitz. Legal landscape and decriminalization of sex work.
Cathy Young (Author and Columnist) — Aren’t Men Entitled to Due Process on Campus? (2014) — Cathy Young. Erosion of due process on college campuses.
Christian Britschgi (Associate editor at Reason magazine) — Free to Build (2023) — Christian Britschgi. Artificial inflation of housing costs in California.
Clif Ross (Writer, poet, and filmmaker) — Hugo Chavez: Failed Messiah (2019) — Clif Ross. Systemic failures and crisis of Venezuelan socialism.
Clifford Winston (Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution) — Trouble at the Bar (2021) — Clifford Winston. Occupational licensing and deregulation in the legal profession.
Clifton Ross (Writer and filmmaker) — Utopia Unmasked (2019) — Clifton Ross. The tragic decline of Venezuela.
Clint Bolick (Arizona Supreme Court Justice) — Local Leviathan: Clint Bolick on Grassroots Tyranny (2018) — Clint Bolick. Grassroots Tyranny and the Limits of Federalism.
Corey DeAngelis (Adjunct scholar at Cato) — Students, Not Systems (2022) — Corey DeAngelis. School choice and funding students over institutions.
Damien Schiff (Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation) — Damien Schiff on the Endangered Species Act (2021) — Damien Schiff. Endangered Species Act and Private Property Rights.
Damon Root (Senior Editor of Reason Magazine) — Overruling Government Overreach: Damon Root on the Libertarian Legal Movement (2014) — Damon Root. Judicial Restraint and the War for the Supreme Court.
Daniel Dew (Pacific Legal Foundation) — Emperor Newsom’s New Clothes (2021) — Daniel Dew. Executive emergency powers and representative government.
Daniel Di Martino (PhD student and Venezuelan immigrant) — Daniel Di Martino on Immigration (2021) — Daniel Di Martino. Economic and systemic failures of US immigration.
Daniel Markovits (Yale Law Professor) — Daniel Markovits on the (De)Merits of Meritocracy (2019) — Daniel Markovits. The Meritocracy Trap and its social impact.
David Bernstein (Professor of Law at George Mason University) — 5 Questions for David Bernstein on Racial Classification (2022) — David Bernstein. The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America. · Exploring the Borderlands of Legal Whiteness with David Bernstein (2022) — David Bernstein. Government racial classification in America.
David Boaz (Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute) — David Boaz on The Libertarian Mind (2015) — David Boaz. Core principles and history of libertarianism. · David Boaz on the Libertarian Ethos (2018) — David Boaz. Core principles of libertarianism and individual rights.
David Harsanyi (Senior editor at The Federalist) — [[episodes/entrepreneurs__outlaws__and_the_right_to_bear_arms|Entrepreneurs, Outlaws, and the Right to Bear Arms – David Harsanyi on First Freedom]] (2018) — David Harsanyi. History of firearms and the Second Amendment.
David Henderson (Professor Emeritus Naval Postgraduate School) — David Henderson on Trumponomics, Deficits, and Immigration (2019) — David Henderson. Economic policies and Federal Reserve nominations.
David Kaplan (Author and former Newsweek editor) — Demystifying the Supreme Court (2019) — David Kaplan. The excessive power of the US Supreme Court.
David Lesperance (International tax and immigration expert) — The Flight of the Golden Geese (2020) — David Lesperance. Migration of high-net-worth individuals due to tax policies.
Derek Khanna (Former Republican staffer and technology policy expert) — Derek Khanna - What’s Stifling Innovation? (2014) — Derek Khanna. Legalizing cell phone unlocking and copyright reform.
Dick Carpenter (Institute for Justice) — New data shows that occupational licensing does nothing to increase quality (2022) — Dick Carpenter. Occupational licensing and economic liberty. · The Presumption of Liberty & Occupational Licensing (2022) — Dick Carpenter. Occupational licensing and economic liberty barriers.
Dick Morris and John Giadjopoulos (Political Advisor and Podcast Host) — Dick Morris on the 2022 and 2024 Elections (2022) — Dick Morris and John Giadjopoulos. American Politics and the 2024 Trump Comeback.
Don Boudreau (George Mason University economics professor) — Trump’s War on Trade (2019) — Don Boudreau. Common myths and misconceptions about international trade.
Doug Bandow (Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute) — The Age of Unenlightment (2010) — Doug Bandow. Government mandate phasing out incandescent light bulbs.
Dr. Jeff Singer (Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute) — Dr. Jeff Singer on Prescription Drug Freedom (2020) — Dr. Jeff Singer. Ending Government Power to Require Drug Prescriptions.
Dr. Jeffrey Singer and David Bier (Cato Institute) — Who’s to Blame for the Opioid Crisis? (2022) — Dr. Jeffrey Singer and David Bier. Debunking the link between illegal immigration and fentanyl. · The Iron Law of Prohibition (2022) — Dr. Jeffrey Singer and David Bier. Fentanyl Crisis and US Border Policy.
Dr. Mark Lutter (Center for Innovative Governance Research) — The End of Nation-States? (2018) — Dr. Mark Lutter. Free cities and charter cities for economic development.
Dr. Michael Edelstein (Clinical Psychologist and Author) — How to Stay Sane in a Statist World (2017) — Dr. Michael Edelstein. Psychological dimensions of freedom and REBT.
Dr. Rick Doblin (Founder of MAPS) — Dr. Rick Doblin on MAPS and the War on Drugs (2016) — Dr. Rick Doblin. History of the War on Drugs and MAPS.
Ed Conard (Economist and author) — Debunking Inequality Myths with Ed Conard (2017) — Ed Conard. Causes and misconceptions of income inequality.
Ed Freeman (Professor at the University of Virginia) — Stakeholder Value: A New Story About Business (2021) — Ed Freeman. Evolution of corporate responsibility and stakeholder theory.
Edward Conard (Author and AEI Adjunct Fellow) — Questioning Biden’s Inequality Narrative (2021) — Edward Conard. The upside of inequality and income distribution.
Elise Foley and Sophia Campos (Huffington Post reporter and activist) — Immigration Reform Is Broken (2011) — Elise Foley and Sophia Campos. Federalization of local police through Secure Communities.
Eugene Volokh (UCLA Law Professor) — Criminal Memes: The Ballad of Ricky Vaughn (2021) — Eugene Volokh. Technology and Free Speech Law.
Evan Bernick (Professor at Northern Illinois University) — Evan Bernick on the Dobbs Draft (2022) — Evan Bernick. Leaked Dobbs Draft and Abortion Rights.
F.H. Buckley (Professor of Law at George Mason University) — [[episodes/f_h__buckley_on__the_way_back__restoring_the_promi|F.H. Buckley on The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America]] (2016) — F.H. Buckley. Restoring American economic and social mobility. · Progressive Conservatism with F.H. Buckley (2022) — F.H. Buckley. Progressive Conservatism and the Republican Party Future.
Fergus Hodgson (Latin America researcher) — Venezuela on the Brink with Fergus Hodgson (2017) — Fergus Hodgson. The tragic decline of Venezuela into socialism.
Gabriel Jack Chin (Professor of law at UC Davis) — The War on Chinese Restaurants with Gabriel Chin (2017) — Gabriel Jack Chin. The historical war on Chinese restaurants.
Gail Heriot (Professor of Law) — Gail Heriot on the Significance of Justice Scalia’s Passing (2016) — Gail Heriot. Legal and political implications of Justice Scalia death.
Glenn Roper (Pacific Legal Foundation) — The Mini-Administrative State (2020) — Glenn Roper. Separation of powers and executive overreach during COVID-19.
Guy Bentley (Reason Foundation) — FDA’s New Rules Against Smoking (2022) — Guy Bentley. FDA regulatory war on e-cigarettes and vaping.
Hadley Heath (Independent Women’s Forum) — Economic Freedom is Poverty’s Only Remedy (2011) — Hadley Heath. Poverty in America and the War on Poverty.
Harlo Unger (Historian and Author) — Founding Healer (2019) — Harlo Unger. Life and Legacy of Dr Benjamin Rush.
Harlow Giles Unger (Historian and Author) — How Washington Invented the Presidency (2013) — Harlow Giles Unger. George Washington and the American presidency.
Harlow Unger (Historian and Author) — Thomas Paine: Apostle of Liberty (2021) — Harlow Unger. Life and influence of Thomas Paine.
Harvey Silverglate (Co-founder and Chairman of FIRE) — Is Your Alma Mater a Soviet Gulag? (2011) — Harvey Silverglate. Erosion of free speech on college campuses. · The FBI: Our Uninvited Federal Police Force (2022) — Harvey Silverglate. Abolishing the FBI and federal criminal code reform.
Heather Mac Donald (Author of The War on Cops) — Is There a War on Cops? (2017) — Heather Mac Donald. The War on Cops and the Ferguson Effect.
Heidi Machen (President of the San Francisco City Democratic Club) — Legalization of Prostitution (2009) — Heidi Machen. Legalization and decriminalization of prostitution.
Ian Vasquez (Cato Institute VP for International Studies) — Cuba Libre & The July 11th Uprising (2021) — Ian Vasquez. July 11 2021 Cuba uprising and US policy.
Ilan Wurman (Arizona State University) — The Conservative Constitution (2021) — Ilan Wurman. Conservative Draft of the US Constitution.
Ilya Shapiro (Cato Institute Senior Fellow) — Ilya Shapiro on the Supreme Court in the Balance (2016) — Ilya Shapiro. Supreme Court and the 2016 Election. · Judge Gorsuch on the Hot Seat (2017) — Ilya Shapiro. Significance of the Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination.
Ivan Eland (Independent Institute) — United Iraq Falls: Ivan Eland on Partitioning for Peace (2014) — Ivan Eland. US intervention in the Middle East and Iraq. · The Return of Big Spending Republicans? (2017) — Ivan Eland. National debt as a threat to national security.
Jacob Sullum (Senior Editor at Reason Magazine) — Hate Crimes Legislation (2009) — Jacob Sullum. Critique of Hate Crimes Legislation and Federalism. · How to Stay Sane as a Libertarian on Lockdown (2020) — Jacob Sullum. COVID-19 mortality rates and public policy challenges.
Jayant Bhandari (Resident of Singapore) — Capitalism and Morality: Twin Pillars of the West (2017) — Jayant Bhandari. Capitalism and Morality in Western Civilization.
Jeff Deist (President of the Mises Institute) — Austrian Economics Triumphs (2021) — Jeff Deist. Principles and applications of Austrian Economics.
Jeff Hewitt (Riverside County Supervisor) — Commonsense COVID Response (2020) — Jeff Hewitt. Local Governance and Libertarianism During COVID-19.
Jeff Kosseff (Professor at US Naval Academy) — The United States of Anonymous (2022) — Jeff Kosseff. History and legal status of anonymity in America.
Jeffrey Bergner (Author and former Assistant Secretary of State) — Redefining the “Deep State” (2019) — Jeffrey Bergner. The Decline of Congressional Power and Article One.
Jeffrey Miron (Harvard economist and Cato Senior Fellow) — Miron vs. Sessions on the Drug War (2017) — Jeffrey Miron. Economic failures and violence of drug prohibition.
Jeffrey Singer (Cato Institute Senior Fellow) — Free Speech & the Scientific Method (2022) — Jeffrey Singer. Free speech medical science and government control.
Jeffrey Sutton (Chief Judge US Court of Appeals) — Who Decides? (2022) — Jeffrey Sutton. State constitutions and federalism in American law.
Jeffrey Tucker (Editorial Director of AIER) — Big government can’t save us from coronavirus (2020) — Jeffrey Tucker. Government response to coronavirus and civil liberties.
Jennifer Schulp (Director of Financial Regulation Studies at Cato) — Why the Freakout About GameStop? (2021) — Jennifer Schulp. The GameStop short squeeze and financial regulation.
Jerry Hurwitz (American Revolution Historian) — The Founding Fathers (2009) — Jerry Hurwitz. Providential Moments and Principles of the American Revolution.
Jessica Thompson (Pacific Legal Foundation) — Food Truck v. Farmville (2022) — Jessica Thompson. North Carolina food truck owner fighting protectionist regulations.
Jim Bovard (Investigative journalist) — Seeing Through TSA’s Security Theater With Jim Bovard (2015) — Jim Bovard. TSA systemic failures and civil liberties violations.
Joan Blades and John Gable (MoveOn.org and AllSides.com) — Popping the Filter Bubble (2019) — Joan Blades and John Gable. Addressing Political Polarization and Filter Bubbles.
Joe Cohn (Director of Legislative Policy at FIRE) — Do you know your rights? (2022) — Joe Cohn. Due process and Title IX on college campuses. · Joe Cohn on Title IX and Due Process on Campus (2022) — Joe Cohn. Title IX regulations and campus due process.
Joe Lancaster (Associate Editor at Reason magazine) — Checking in on Bail Reform (2022) — Joe Lancaster. Bail reform public safety and civil liberties.
Joe Mathews (Journalist at Zócalo Public Square) — California Discovers Federalism (2018) — Joe Mathews. California residency status for undocumented immigrants.
Joe Quirk and Charlie Deist (Seasteading Institute) — Joe Quirk on Seasteading 3.0 (2015) — Joe Quirk and Charlie Deist. Seasteading and the Future of Autonomous Floating Cities.
Joe Quirk and Tom W. Bell (Seasteading Institute and Chapman University) — Vote to Float (2020) — Joe Quirk and Tom W. Bell. Evolution of private governance and political autonomy.
Joel Engel (Journalist and Author) — [[episodes/joel_engel_on__scorched_worth__a_true_story_of_des|Joel Engel on Scorched Worth: A True Story of Destruction, Deceit, and Government Corruption, 6/3]] (2018) — Joel Engel. Government corruption and the Moonlight Fire legal battle.
John Allison (Former CEO of BB&T and head of the Cato Institute) — John Allison on the Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure (2015) — John Allison. The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure.
John Chisholm (Entrepreneur and MIT Alumni Association President) — John Chisholm’s Advice for Unleashing Your Inner Company (2015) — John Chisholm. Entrepreneurship and Unleashing Your Inner Company.
John Cribb (Author and historian) — America’s Second Founding (2021) — John Cribb. Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.
John Glaser (Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute) — Rethinking Pax Americana with John Glaser (2017) — John Glaser. Strategic necessity of US overseas military bases. · Non-Aggression in a Nuclear Era (2018) — John Glaser. History and Geopolitics of US-North Korea Relations.
John Judis (Author of The Socialist Awakening) — Is Socialism Still a Dirty Word? (2021) — John Judis. The Evolution of Modern American Socialism.
John Lott (Economist and Author) — John R. Lott on Gun Control Myths (2022) — John Lott. Data and myths surrounding gun control.
John Lovell (Lobbyist for Law Enforcement Groups) — Legalizing Pot in California (2009) — John Lovell. California Proposition 19 and Marijuana Legalization.
John Marini (University of Nevada, Reno) — The “Doctor for Liberty” on Opioid Abuse, Harm Reduction, and ObamaCare (2019) — John Marini. The Rise and Impact of the Administrative State.
John McGinnis (Law professor at Northwestern University) — Here Comes the Storm (2019) — John McGinnis. The Gathering Storm for Classical Liberalism.
John Mueller (Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute) — China & the Stupidity of War (2022) — John Mueller. The Stupidity of War and International Conflict.
John Rothmann (KGO 810 AM talk show host) — Withholding Judgment on Impeachment with John Rothmann (2020) — John Rothmann. The political nature of the Trump impeachment trial.
John Samples (VP Cato Institute and Facebook Oversight Board member) — Why Government Regulation of Tech Censorship is Undesirable (2020) — John Samples. Facebook Oversight Board and social media content moderation.
John Tamny (Editor of RealClearMarkets and VP at FreedomWorks) — John Tamny on Experts vs. the Wisdom of Markets (2020) — John Tamny. Economic consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and market freedom.
Jonathan Bidlack (COO of the Coalition to Reduce Spending) — Cheap Hawks; Not Cheap Talk (2018) — Jonathan Bidlack. Fiscal Irresponsibility and the Congressional Budgeting Process. · Rethinking Afghanistan with Jonathan Bydlak (2020) — Jonathan Bidlack. The financial costs of the Afghanistan war.
Jonathan Butcher (Heritage Foundation Fellow) — Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth (2022) — Jonathan Butcher. Critical Race Theory and the War on Truth.
Jonathan Bydlak (R Street Institute) — The Economic Consequences of Russian Sanctions (2022) — Jonathan Bydlak. Economic repercussions of sanctions against Russia.
Jonathan Haidt (Social Psychologist and Author) — [[episodes/jonathan_haidt_on__the_coddling_of_the_american_mi|Jonathan Haidt on The Coddling of the American Mind]] (2018) — Jonathan Haidt. Safetyism and the psychological fragility of Generation Z.
Jonathan Hofer (Independent Institute) — The Mass Surveillance nobody is talking about (2022) — Jonathan Hofer. Automated License Plate Readers and Privacy Rights. · A PSA on ALPRs (2022) — Jonathan Hofer. Automated License Plate Readers and Surveillance Privacy.
Jonathan Rauch (Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution) — Jonathan Rauch on the New Attacks on Free Thought (2015) — Jonathan Rauch. The necessity of protecting hate speech.
Jonathan Rothwell (Gallup principal economist) — Jonathan Rothwell on Market Egalitarianism (2019) — Jonathan Rothwell. Income Inequality and Market Exclusion in America.
Jonathan Tasini (Progressive podcaster and editor) — The Two Faces of Janus v. AFSCME (2018) — Jonathan Tasini. Janus v AFSCME and public sector unions.
Josh Blackman (Professor of Constitutional Law) — Eight-Dimensional Chess (2020) — Josh Blackman. Supreme Court vacancy and court packing history.
Joshua Muravchik (Author of Heaven on Earth) — Socialism Reincarnated (2019) — Joshua Muravchik. History and failures of socialism.
Judge Jim Gray (2012 Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate) — We Are All Libertarians (2013) — Judge Jim Gray. Libertarianism and its influence on American politics.
Judge Quentin Kopp (Former California State Senator) — Let’s Talk About California’s “High-Speed” Rail (2018) — Judge Quentin Kopp. California High-Speed Rail and Proposition 1A.
Justin Hart (Data analyst and author) — [[episodes/gone_viral__goes_viral|Gone Viral Goes Viral]] (2022) — Justin Hart. Data misuse and societal impact of COVID-19. · [[episodes/gone_viral__with_justin_hart|Gone Viral with Justin Hart]] (2022) — Justin Hart. COVID-19 public health policy failures and societal impact.
Justin Logan (Cato Institute Senior Fellow) — Justin Logan on Ukraine (2022) — Justin Logan. Root causes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Katherine Mangu-Ward (Senior Editor at Reason magazine) — Cash For Clunkers is a Dud (2009) — Katherine Mangu-Ward. Critique of the 2009 Cash for Clunkers program.
Keith Whittington (Princeton University) — Reviewing Judicial Review (2020) — Keith Whittington. History and impact of judicial review.
Kevin Kiley (California State Assemblyman) — The Case for Recalling Gavin Newsom (2021) — Kevin Kiley. Recall movement of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Kevin Vallier (Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University) — Mandatory PPE (2020) — Kevin Vallier. Decline of social and political trust in America.
Larry Klayman (Founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch) — Who’s Looking Out for Us? (2012) — Larry Klayman. Government accountability and legal activism with Larry Klayman.
Laurie Lin (Charleston Gazette-Mail columnist) — The Curious Case of the $32,000 Couch (2018) — Laurie Lin. Impeachment of the West Virginia Supreme Court.
Lawrence J. McQuillan (Independent Institute) — Homelessness & Housing Policy in the Golden State (2020) — Lawrence J. McQuillan. California housing crisis and government supply restrictions.
Lee Drutman (Senior fellow at New America) — Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop (2020) — Lee Drutman. Breaking the American two-party system doom loop.
Lisa Conyers (Co-author of Welfare for the Rich) — Welfare for the Rich? (2021) — Lisa Conyers. Government subsidies and tax breaks for the wealthy.
Liza Goitein (Brennan Center for Justice) — New Tests for the Fourth Amendment (2021) — Liza Goitein. Government data purchases and the Fourth Amendment.
Lucy Steigerwald (Contributing editor at Antiwar.com) — Lucy Steigerwald on The Drug War and Private Prisons (2015) — Lucy Steigerwald. systemic failures and racial origins of the drug war.
Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) — Obama Nationalizes General Electric (2011) — Luigi Zingales. Crony capitalism and government interference in markets.
Luis Perez-Breva (MIT Professor) — Luis Perez-Breva on Artificial Intelligence Myths (2017) — Luis Perez-Breva. Misconceptions and Reality of Artificial Intelligence.
Maggie McNeill (Former sex worker and blogger) — America, The Most Sexually Hypocritical Nation on Earth (2014) — Maggie McNeill. Criminalization and morality of sex work. · Of Sex Work and Censorship (2020) — Maggie McNeill. Criminalization and social perception of sex work.
Manny Klausner (Founder of Reason Enterprises) — Manny Klausner - A Libertarian Life (2012) — Manny Klausner. Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act.
Marc J. Victor (Attorney and founder of Live and Let Live) — Rebranding Liberty with ‘Live and Let Live’ (2021) — Marc J. Victor. Marc J. Victor on the Live and Let Live movement.
Mark Joffe (Reason Foundation) — Not Enough Bricks (2019) — Mark Joffe. Green New Deal and California High-Speed Rail.
Mark Lutter (PhD Candidate at George Mason University) — Mark Lutter on Proprietary Cities (2016) — Mark Lutter. The Free City Movement and proprietary cities.
Mark Milke (Author of The Victim Cult) — Understanding the Victim Cult (2021) — Mark Milke. The rise of victim culture and identity politics.
Matt Beienburg (Goldwater Institute Director of Education Policy) — Arizona Chooses Students Over Systems - Matt Beienburg (2022) — Matt Beienburg. Arizona Universal School Choice and Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. · Arizona’s School Choice Reform is a Model for the Nation (2022) — Matt Beienburg. Arizona universal school choice and empowerment scholarship accounts.
Matt Warner (President of the Atlas Network) — How to leverage resources within the liberty movement (2020) — Matt Warner. Poverty and Freedom Case Studies on Global Economic Development.
Matt Welch (Editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine) — A Libertarian Plan (2010) — Matt Welch. Balancing the federal budget through constitutional limits. · Parents Voting With Their Kids’ Feet (2021) — Matt Welch. Families fleeing government-run schools and school choice.
Matt Zwolinski (Professor of Philosophy, USD) — Matt Zwolinski on Bleeding Heart Libertarianism (2014) — Matt Zwolinski. Bleeding Heart Libertarianism and Poverty Alleviation.
Matthew Feeney (Cato Institute) — Matthew Feeney on Best Practices for Police Body Cameras (2016) — Matthew Feeney. Police body cameras accountability and privacy.
Michael Munger (Professor at Duke University) — Leviathan in Chains: Michael Munger on Public Choice Economics (2017) — Michael Munger. Public Choice Economics and Political Authority.
Michael Strong and Joe Quirk (Conscious Capitalism Inc and Seasteading author) — Michael Strong on Creating a World in Which All Humanity Flourishes (2017) — Michael Strong and Joe Quirk. Entrepreneurial capitalism and governance innovation for global poverty.
Michael Tanner (Cato Institute Senior Fellow) — Libertarian Anti-Poverty Policy (2019) — Michael Tanner. Curing poverty through an inclusive economy. · Towards a Libertarian Theory of Anti-Racism (2020) — Michael Tanner. Libertarian perspective on systemic racism and policy.
Mike Greenberg (Institute for Justice) — Pleading the Fourth: The Institute for Justice’s Fight Against Policing-for-Profit (2023) — Mike Greenberg. Civil Asset Forfeiture and Policing for Profit. · Civil Asset Forfeiture Revisited (2023) — Mike Greenberg. Civil asset forfeiture and policing for profit.
Mike Riggs (Reporter for Reason magazine) — Cops Are No Better Than Criminals (2011) — Mike Riggs. Civil asset forfeiture and property rights.
Mitch Jeserich (Host of Letters and Politics) — ICE in the Age of Trump (2018) — Mitch Jeserich. Immigration enforcement and federalism in California.
Myron Ebell (Competitive Enterprise Institute) — What’s Really to Blame for California and Australia Wildfires? (2020) — Myron Ebell. Causes of Wildfires in Australia and California.
Ned Foley (Ohio State University Law Professor) — Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy (2022) — Ned Foley. Restoring Democratic Guardrails and Election Law Reform. · Enhancing Trust in Democracy (2022) — Ned Foley. Restoring Guardrails of Democracy and Election Law.
Nick Gillespie (Editor of Reason.tv and Reason.com) — Nick Gillespie – The Voice of Reason (2011) — Nick Gillespie. The Case Against Government Subsidized Art. · The Capitol Riot in Context (2021) — Nick Gillespie. Capitol riot and the erosion of institutional trust.
Nick Seabrook (Professor at University of North Florida) — Midterm Elections Special: The Surprising History of Gerrymandering (2022) — Nick Seabrook. History and impact of Gerrymandering in America. · Who’s Electing Whom? Politicians or the Voters? (2022) — Nick Seabrook. History and impact of gerrymandering.
Pat Eddington (Research Fellow at the Cato Institute) — The “Ratchet Effect” in Real Time (2020) — Pat Eddington. Federal police power and the Portland experiment.
Patri Friedman (Co-founder of the Seasteading Institute) — Seasteading (2009) — Patri Friedman. Autonomous floating micro-nations and competitive governance. · Patri Friedman’s Plan to Accelerate the Free Cities of the Future (2022) — Patri Friedman. Seasteading and land-based charter cities.
Paul Atkins (Former SEC Commissioner) — The Political Pollution of Capital Markets (2022) — Paul Atkins. Political pollution of capital markets and ESG.
Peter Suderman (Associate editor of Reason magazine) — Is the US the Next Enron? (2011) — Peter Suderman. Standard and Poors downgrade and US fiscal policy.
Peter Wallison (Co-director at AEI) — Will We Know Who the President Is on November 4? (2020) — Peter Wallison. Electoral College and National Popular Vote Stability.
Philip Hamburger (Columbia Law Professor) — Philip Hamburger on Court Packing (2021) — Philip Hamburger. The Existential Threat of Court Packing. · The New Civil Liberties Movement (2021) — Philip Hamburger. Government coercion and the surrender of constitutional rights.
Philip K. Howard (Founder of Common Good) — Government by the Unions, of the Unions, for the Unions (2023) — Philip K. Howard. Public employee unions and democratic accountability.
Preston Cooper (Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity) — The Truth About the Student Loan Crisis (2021) — Preston Cooper. The Economics of the Student Loan Crisis.
Quentin Kopp (Former California State Senator and Judge) — What Kamala Harris Hopes We Will Forget (2020) — Quentin Kopp. California high-speed rail failures and political ethics.
R. Shep Melnick (Professor of American Politics at Boston College) — Title IX’s Transformation: R. Shep Melnick on the New Civil Rights Debate (2018) — R. Shep Melnick. The Transformation and Evolution of Title IX.
Rachel Barkow (NYU School of Law) — Rachel Barkow on Fixing the Fundamentals of Criminal Justice (2019) — Rachel Barkow. Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice Reform.
Radley Balko (Investigative reporter and author) — Posse Comitatus – Repealed but Not Gone (2013) — Radley Balko. The Militarization of American Police Forces.
Rand Paul (US Senator) — Senator Rand Paul Exposes the Great COVID Coverup (2023) — Rand Paul. Rand Paul on the COVID-19 origin coverup.
Randal O’Toole (Senior Fellow, Cato Institute) — Never let a good crisis go to waste (2020) — Randal O’Toole. Mass transit failures and COVID-19 spread.
Randal O’Toole (Cato Institute Senior Fellow) — Randal O’Toole on Rising Rents (2016) — Randal O’Toole. Government intervention and high housing costs in California.
Randall Holcombe (Professor of Economics at Florida State University) — [[episodes/john_marini_on__unmasking_the_administrative_state|John Marini on Unmasking the Administrative State]] (2019) — Randall Holcombe. Transformation of American Government from Liberty to Democracy. · Randall G. Holcombe on Liberty in Peril (2019) — Randall Holcombe. Transformation from Liberty to Majoritarian Democracy.
Randy Barnett (Georgetown Law Professor) — Amy Coney Barrett on Trial (2020) — Randy Barnett. Originalism and the Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation.
Ray Haynes (Former California legislator) — What’s Wrong with “Winner Takes All”? Another Look at the Electoral College (2020) — Ray Haynes. National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Electoral College Reform.
Ray Lorber (Author of George Washington’s Providence) — George Washington’s Providence (2013) — Ray Lorber. George Washington’s belief in divine Providence.
Rebecca Friedrichs and Terry Pell (Teacher and President of the Center for Individual Rights) — A Teacher’s Brave Stand Against Her Union – Rebecca Friedrichs and Terry Pell (2017) — Rebecca Friedrichs and Terry Pell. Challenging Compulsory Public Sector Union Dues.
Richard Foglesong (Author and political scientist) — Disney World’s Model for Cities of the Future (2022) — Richard Foglesong. Political and legal structure of Disney World. · Disney versus DeSantis (2022) — Richard Foglesong. Governance of Walt Disney World and Reedy Creek.
Richard Rubin (Wall Street Journal tax policy reporter) — Auditing the Corporate Income Tax (2021) — Richard Rubin. Corporate income tax policy and economic impact.
Robbie Soave (Associate editor at Reason.com) — On Crowds and Tribalism (2019) — Robbie Soave. Media tribalism and the rush to judgment.
Robert Alt (CEO of the Buckeye Institute) — Robert Alt of the Buckeye Institute: Power to the States (2017) — Robert Alt. Federalism and State Level Policy Reform.
Robert C. Wright (Economics professor and author) — The Decline of American Independence (2020) — Robert C. Wright. Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on small businesses.
Robert Glennon (Professor and author) — Robert Glennon on Water Scarcity (2021) — Robert Glennon. Legal and economic complexities of water scarcity.
Robert Mahoney (Author of The Infodemic) — [[episodes/life_line___guest_hosting__robert_mahoney_on__the|Life!Line - Guest hosting: Robert Mahoney on The Infodemic]] (2023) — Robert Mahoney. Censorship First Amendment and Social Media.
Roger L. Martin (Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management) — When More is Not Better (2021) — Roger L. Martin. Economic efficiency and the stagnation of median incomes.
Ron Jones (Historical Kinesiologist) — Back to School: A History Lesson from the 1918 Pandemic (2020) — Ron Jones. Lessons from the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic.
Ronald Bailey (Science correspondent for Reason magazine) — Ronald Bailey on the End of Doom (2015) — Ronald Bailey. Environmental renewal and the end of doom.
Ryan Bourne (Cato Institute) — Ryan Bourne on the Economic Fallacies of the Pandemic Policymakers (2021) — Ryan Bourne. Economic principles and government pandemic response.
Sally Pipes (President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute) — Sally Pipes on the High Cost of Free Stuff (2019) — Sally Pipes. Implications of Single-Payer Healthcare and Medicare for All.
Sam Batkins (American Action Forum) — A Lame Duck’s Last Stand (2017) — Sam Batkins. Midnight regulations and the administrative state.
Sam Gedge (Attorney, Institute for Justice) — Awaiting the Verdict in Timbs v. Indiana (2018) — Sam Gedge. Timbs v Indiana and Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Sarah Skwire and Steve Horwitz (Liberty Fund and St. Lawrence University) — Getting the Government (Back) Out of Marriage (2018) — Sarah Skwire and Steve Horwitz. The Libertarian Case for Privatizing Marriage.
Sarah Stillman (Staff writer for The New Yorker) — Sarah Stillman on Minors on the Sex-Offender List (2016) — Sarah Stillman. Sex offender registries and Supreme Court reform.
Scott Horton (Director of the Libertarian Institute) — Scott Horton on the War in Afghanistan (2021) — Scott Horton. Origins and strategic failures of the War on Terror.
Scott Lincicome (Scholar at Cato) — Rethinking Industrial Policy (2022) — Scott Lincicome. The resurgence and flaws of industrial policy.
Scott Shackford (Reason magazine) — How Bail Traps the Poor in Jail with Scott Shackford (2018) — Scott Shackford. American cash bail system and criminal justice reform.
Sean McElwee (Demos) — Inclusive Capitalism: Economic Savior or Socialism in Disguise? (2015) — Sean McElwee. Inclusive Capitalism and Economic Inequality.
Sebastian Edwards (UCLA Economics Professor) — AMERICAN DEFAULT (2019) — Sebastian Edwards. The 1933 United States Debt Default.
Sheldon Gilbert (National Constitution Center) — Revenge of the Pen and the Phone (2018) — Sheldon Gilbert. History and legal foundations of birthright citizenship.
Sigrid Fry-Revere (Author of The Kidney Sellers) — A Vital Issue: Sigrid Fry-Revere on Iranian Kidney Markets (2014) — Sigrid Fry-Revere. Unintended Consequences of the National Organ Transplant Act.
Skipper Young (Author and co-founder of Asia SF) — Skip Young on The Wisdom of 76: Young America’s Way to Wealth (2016) — Skipper Young. Political and economic thought in 1776.
Stan Larimer (CEO of Cryptomex) — The Basics of Bitcoin & Blockchain with Stan Larimer (2018) — Stan Larimer. Bitcoin blockchain and decentralized financial systems.
Stephen Moore (Economic Advisor to Donald Trump) — Stephen Moore on Trumponomics (2018) — Stephen Moore. Principles and Successes of Trumponomics.
Sterling Burnett (Heartland Institute) — How to Spot Tabloid Climate Science (2018) — Sterling Burnett. Climate science public policy and personal liberty.
Steve Greenhut (Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity) — California Dreamin’ – About Sane Government (2013) — Steve Greenhut. Political and economic decline of California.
Steven B. Smith (Professor of Political Science at Yale) — Steven B. Smith on Reclaiming Patriotism (2021) — Steven B. Smith. Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes.
Steven E. Rhoads (Professor Emeritus of Politics, UVA) — The Economist’s View of the World (2022) — Steven E. Rhoads. Economic Thinking and Public Policy Analysis.
Ted Galen Carpenter (Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute) — Taking the Lapdog Press to Task on Foreign Policy Reporting (2023) — Ted Galen Carpenter. Media subservience to government foreign policy narratives.
Ted Hadzi-Antich (Texas Public Policy Foundation) — How the EPA Violated the Clean Air Act (2017) — Ted Hadzi-Antich. Fifty year legacy of the Clean Air Act.
Terence Kealey (Clinical biochemist and author) — “Breakfast is Good For You” and Other Dangerous Government-Sponsored Myths (2018) — Terence Kealey. Government dietary advice and the obesity epidemic.
Terry Pell and Jeffrey Barke (Center for Individual Rights and School Board Member) — California’s New Union Gag Order Violates 1st Amendment (2020) — Terry Pell and Jeffrey Barke. California Section 3550 and Public Official Free Speech.
Thaddeus Russell (Historian and Author) — Thaddeus Russell on Renegades vs. Conformists (2018) — Thaddeus Russell. Renegade History and American Social Control.
Theodore Dalrymple (Retired psychiatrist and author) — Theodore Dalrymple on Negligence and Unaccountability (2019) — Theodore Dalrymple. Critique of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Thomas DiLorenzo (Mises Institute) — Lies, Damned Lies & the Inflation Reduction Act (2022) — Thomas DiLorenzo. Politically Incorrect Economics and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Thomas Massie (US Representative from Kentucky) — Prime time for the PRIME Act (2020) — Thomas Massie. Food supply chain fragility and the PRIME Act.
Timothy Sandefur (Goldwater Institute) — Timothy Sandefur on The Libertarian Constitution (2021) — Timothy Sandefur. The Libertarian Constitution Project.
Todd Zywicki (Professor of Law at George Mason University) — Repeal the 17th Amendment? (2012) — Todd Zywicki. The 17th Amendment and the Death of Federalism. · The Weaponization of Consumer Finance (2022) — Todd Zywicki. Government Control and the Consumer Credit Market.
Todd Zywicki and Jenin Younes (GMU and New Civil Liberties Alliance) — Vaccine Mandates, George Mason, and the Bill of Rights (2021) — Todd Zywicki and Jenin Younes. Legal challenge to university vaccine mandate.
Tom Campbell (Former Congressman and Dean) — Restoring Common Sense to California (2021) — Tom Campbell. Formation of the Common Sense Party in California. · Moving California Forward with the Common Sense Party (2023) — Tom Campbell. The Common Sense Party and California political reform.
Tom G. Palmer (Cato Institute) — The Morality of Capitalism (2012) — Tom G. Palmer. the moral foundations of capitalism.
Tom Palmer (Atlas Network) — Dr. Tom Palmer on Self Control vs. State Control (2017) — Tom Palmer. Individual Self-Control versus Government State-Control.
Tony Francois (Pacific Legal Foundation) — Can California’s Endangered Species Survive U.S. Fish & Wildlife Policy? (2018) — Tony Francois. Endangered Species Act and regulatory overreach.
Travis Brown (Author of How Money Walks) — Where is Everyone Going? (2013) — Travis Brown. State tax policies and wealth migration.
Trevor Burrus (Cato Institute Research Fellow) — Escaping the Statrix: Trevor Burrus’s Rent Control Red Pill (2021) — Trevor Burrus. Economic and constitutional failures of rent control.
Virginia Postrel (Author and Columnist) — Virginia Postrel on Stasis vs. Dynamism (2014) — Virginia Postrel. Lethal consequences of the federal organ donor compensation ban.
Vit Jedlička (Founder of Liberland) —
Vít Jedlička (Founder and President of Liberland) — Founding the Free Republic of Liberland (2021) — Vít Jedlička. Founding and legal status of Liberland.
Walter Block (Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans) — How the Free Market Will Save the Planet (2014) — Walter Block. Libertarian principles and the non-aggression principle.
Warren Gibson (Retired Professor of Economics) — Conscription Gets a Face Lift (2020) — Warren Gibson. Mandatory National Service and the Draft Report.
Will Duffield (Cato Institute Policy Analyst) — ‘Jawboning against Speech’ with Will Duffield (2023) — Will Duffield. Government jawboning and informal coercion of private entities. · The New Face of Government Censorship (2023) — Will Duffield. Government jawboning and informal pressure on free speech.
Will Ruger and Jason Sorens (AIER and Saint Anselm College) — Which State is the Most Free? (2022) — Will Ruger and Jason Sorens. Freedom in the 50 States ranking and analysis.
Will Wilkinson (VP for Policy at the Niskanen Center) — Will Wilkinson: G.O.P. Should Embrace the Welfare State (2017) — Will Wilkinson. GOP Electoral Strategy and the Welfare State.
William Howell and Terry Moe (Authors and Professors) — Populism After Trump (2021) — William Howell and Terry Moe. Populism and the Crisis of American Democracy.
William Ruger and Jason Sorens (AIER and Saint Anselm College) — Ranking Freedom in the 50 States (2022) — William Ruger and Jason Sorens. Cato Institute Freedom in the 50 States report.
William Watkins Jr. (Author of Crossroads for Liberty) — [[episodes/crossroads_for_liberty__with_william_watkins_jr|Crossroads for Liberty with William Watkins Jr.]] (2017) — William Watkins Jr.. Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution.
Williamson M. Evers (Independent Institute Senior Fellow) — California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum vs. Trump’s Patriotic Education (2020) — Williamson M. Evers. California K-12 Ethnic Studies and Critical Race Theory.
Yeonmi Park (North Korean Defector and Activist) — Yeonmi Park – North Korean Defector: “Juche” Die, Markets Rise (2014) — Yeonmi Park. Yeonmi Park on escaping North Korea and the Songbun system.
Yoram Hazony (Israeli philosopher and biblical scholar) — Liberalism vs. Nationalism (2018) — Yoram Hazony. The Virtues of Nationalism and Political Theory.