Podcast Episodes

Trump and Mamdani Battle for the Populist Crown

Join us on July 15 at 6:20 E.T. to hear from Reason's Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch for a live episode of The Reason Roundtable from New York City.

It will be a…

Published on 2 months ago

The Insanity of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie and Reason reporter Eric Boehm unpack the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, focusing on its tax c…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Did NYC Vote for Socialism or Against the Establishment?

This week, Reason editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson to analyze Zohran Mamdani's primary win over Andrew Cuomo in N…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-War President Starts New War. Again.

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch examine the latest U.S. military strike on Iran, unpacking the bipartisan pattern of anti-war campaign rhetoric…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel Strikes Iran. Is Escalation Inevitable?

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Reason reporter Matthew Petti to break down the fallout from Israel's strike on Iran, the likelihood of escalatio…

Published on 3 months ago

Fake Immigration Crisis Triggers Actual Violence

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Reason reporter Eric Boehm to discuss the political fallout from President Donald Trump's immigration raids a…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Artificial Intelligence Is Making Everything Weird

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is already reshaping jobs, education, politics, and personal identity—…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's War on Harvard

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch are joined by The Gist's Mike Pesca to discuss the Trump administration's escalating campaign agains…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The GOP Budget Is Big, Bloated, B.S.

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch critique President Donald Trump's proposed tax legislation and its fiscal irresponsibility, discuss the nationa…

Published on 4 months ago

What Did We Learn From DOGE?

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch critique the apparent wind down of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, highlight…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago