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Back to SearchDerek Thompson: Democrats Must Change
Derek Thompson, a senior writer at The Atlantic and co-author (with Ezra Klein) of Abundance: The New Politics of Growth, joins this episode of Just Asking Questions to make the case that if Democrat…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Rand Paul: Why I Oppose Trump's Tariffs
Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) has been speaking out against President Donald Trump's tariffs. He supported a bill to repeal the emergency powers that allowed him to levy tariffs on Canada and recently co-sp…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Batya Ungar-Sargon: The Case for MAGA Leftism
Do people want President Donald Trump's deportation crackdown? And is the MAGA agenda actually a leftist one? Just asking questions.
Batya Ungar-Sargon, a columnist at The Free Press, joins the show …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Phil Magness: The Problem With Trumponomics
What would a Mar-a-Lago accord look like? Just asking questions.
Phil Magness is an economic historian with the Independent Institute who has deeply studied the history of tariffs and trade. We invit…
Published on 5 months ago
Kelsey Piper: A Reasonable Approach to AI
Where's artificial intelligence headed in Trump's America? Just asking questions.
In February 2025, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a keynote speech at the AI Action Summit in Paris. He advocate…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Just Answering Questions: Live Q&A
To celebrate the growth of our new YouTube channel, the Just Asking Questions team livestreamed an Ask Me Anything episode, hosted by their producer, John Osterhoudt. It was a chance for our listener…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Tom Woods: The COVID Lessons We Can't Forget
Five years to the day after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, what are the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic? Just asking questions.
Tom Woods joins us today. He's a histo…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
James Pogue: What Ukraine Reveals About MAGA
What does the dramatic collapse of talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump and J.D. Vance reveal about Trump's foreign policy, Vance's ideology, and the future trajecto…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Matt Taibbi: The Collapse of the Censorship Regime
Are the online speech wars over? Just asking questions.
Award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi joins Reason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe on Just Asking Questions today to help analyze Vice Presid…
Published on 6 months ago
Randy Barnett: How Legal Is Trump's Agenda?
How legal is Trump's governing agenda? Just asking questions.
Today's guest is Randy Barnett, a Georgetown constitutional law professor who has argued before the Supreme Court, was part of a legal te…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago