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Are the Cornell 7 Being Tried on Social Media?
10/05/2026 | 1h 2 mins.
Plus: Tennessee botches the execution of Christa Pike, and Sam Altman says the benefits of AI are worth the risks.
Trump's Iran War Is Losing With Everyone (Even Republicans)
09/28/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
Plus: rising debt and mortgage rates, whether AI will make government obsolete, and how to pitch Reason to your friends
Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House?
09/21/2026 | 1h 13 mins.
Plus: why parents are abandoning public schools, whether AI requires government intervention, and what happened to fusionism in the conservative movement.
Is AI Really an Existential Threat?
09/14/2026 | 1h 8 mins.
Plus: California's new restrictions on social media, Trump's $5,000 “dividend,” and the future of libertarianism.
Why Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students
09/08/2026 | 1h 8 mins.
Plus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk

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Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.

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