The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

Why the Right Is Embracing State Power

Stephanie Slade discusses the rise of the post-liberal right, the growing appeal of state power, and why fusionism still matters.

Vinay Prasad: Public Health in This Country Is So Broken

Vinay Prasad discusses his departure from the FDA, Fauci's diaries, and how working for the government made him more libertarian.

Can America Survive Its Political Divide?

Kurt Andersen discusses the politicization of everyday life, generational conflict, and whether markets have failed younger Americans.

What if the Future Is Actually Good?

Jason Silva discusses the promise of AI, the psychedelic renaissance, and the case for embracing technological optimism.

How a Top Democratic Operative Lost Faith in Her Party

Evan Barker discusses the Democratic Party's growing disconnect from working-class voters, the realities of political fundraising, and the future of populism in America.

How Jailhouse Snitches Send Innocent People to Death Row

Pamela Colloff discusses the dangers of incentivized testimony, the difficulty of overturning wrongful convictions, and how the justice system compounds its own errors.

We've Been Wrong About Nuclear Power

Zion Lights discusses what environmentalists get wrong about nuclear power and why abundant energy is key to human prosperity.

How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?

Spencer Greenberg discusses the science of self-improvement, why our thoughts and emotions can mislead us, and what it really takes to change.

Can the Supreme Court Still Restrain Executive Power?

Clark Neily discusses the Supreme Court, executive authority, and why federal prosecutors wield too much power.

How Statistics Become Propaganda

Aaron Brown discusses how research gets distorted, why sensational claims spread so quickly, and how to think more critically about the numbers behind the headlines.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'You're Not Being Represented!'

Marjorie Taylor Greene discusses the future of the Republican Party, the resurgence of democratic socialism, and why the political establishment always wins

The Right Way To Fight a Trade War

Economist Soumaya Keynes discusses Trump’s tariff policies, how China changed the global economy, and why trade wars require restraint.

Is AI Really Taking All the Jobs? Anthropic Co-Founder Reveals the Data.

Jack Clark discusses Anthropic's regulatory fights, the possibility of recursive self-improvement, and how AI could reshape the economy.

What 1976 Got Right About America

Matt Welch discusses the forgotten reality of the bicentennial, the cultural impact of Roots, and why America doesn't need a single national story.

Why So Many People Feel Lost

Rebecca Goldstein discusses the search for meaning, the roots of modern discontent, and how people build purpose in a secular age.

Was Lincoln More Radical Than We Remember?

Damon Root discusses the path to emancipation, the struggle to secure freedom after the Civil War, and the constitutional changes that remade America.

How Moral Panic Creates Black Markets

Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth discusses the moral limits of markets, how bans create black markets, and why harm reduction often works better than prohibiti

Why Populism Leads to Decline

Johan Norberg discusses what makes societies prosperous, why protectionism and nostalgia keep returning, and how populism feeds cultural decline.

The Global War on Free Speech

Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff discuss the global decline of free speech, why democracies are embracing censorship, and what can be done to protect open debate.

John Fetterman: 'I'm a Very Pro-Capitalist Democrat'

Sen. John Fetterman discusses the state of the Democratic Party, immigration, foreign policy, and the dangers of political extremism.