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The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

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Want to know what comes next in politics, culture, and libertarian ideas? Reason’s Nick Gillespie hosts relentlessly interesting interviews with the activists, artists, authors, entrepreneurs, newsmakers, and politicians who are defining the 21st century.

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Recent Guests

Neal Stephenson
Bestselling novelist, author of Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and D: Heavy Water
Episode: The Untold Story Behind the Race for the Atomic Bomb
Ted Brown
Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas
Libertarian Party
Episode: Could a Libertarian Swing the Texas Senate Race?
Tarek Mansour
Co-founder and CEO of Kalshi.
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Episode: Are Prediction Markets Just Gambling? Kalshi CEO Responds
Fernando Ulrich
Brazilian economist and Bitcoin commentator
Mises Institute Brazil, Follow the Money
Episode: Bitcoin Is a Threat to Government-Controlled Money
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur, investor, and owner of Cost Plus Drugs (guest)
Cost Plus Drugs / Cost Plus Drugs Markets
Episode: Mark Cuban: 'I'd Get Rid of All Political Parties'
James Heckman
Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of Chicago
University of Chicago
Episode: Are Economists Measuring the Wrong Things?
Dan Osborn
Candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, independent
Nebraska Senate Campaign
Episode: Can Nebraska's Dan Osborn Win Over Libertarians?
Robert Pondiscio
Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; author of How the Other Half Learns
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Episode: How Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets School Choice All Wrong
Axel Kaiser
Chilean-German lawyer, founder of think tanks, and public intellectual
Foundation for Progress; FARO; Archbridge Institute
Episode: Axel Kaiser Explains the Javier Milei Effect

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Nick Gillespie
Host of the interview program; guides conversations, asking probing questions and offering libertarian-leaning perspectives.

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 1.1k ratings
  • You lost me at…

    I’m a Reason fan, generally. I’m a Gillespie fan, generally. One Gillespie criticism might be that he only pushes back when he disagrees and, in those cases, his pushback is relentless. (Despite the fact that he’s not always right — go figure…) Case in point from the Jul8 eps, “Can the Supreme Court Still Restrain Executive Power?” he gives a free ride to Clark Neily even though the man has obviously never taken the time to look at the definition of a post road in the days of the founding. (It’s... more

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    Ga76v80q
    United States4 months ago
  • Interviewer who states opinions rather than asks questions

    To be fair I only listened to the Helen gardener episode. Did not let her finish a sentence constantly interrupted and stated his opinions framed as questions.

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    Ogw2205
    Australia6 months ago
  • Pete Buttigieg

    I’m enjoying Nick’s interview style. At first I was annoyed he didn’t press Pete harder on spending cuts and entitlements. But then I realized but letting him talk about minute changes that will do nothing, it’s even more obvious that he has no ideas how to deal with the deficit.

    Keep up the good work Nick. Like how you let them express themselves and ask simple guard rail questions to help tease out the lack of serious policies.

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    SMIB66
    United States8 months ago
  • Disappointingly Weak

    Authoritarian autocracy on the rise with in-your-face corruption and unconstitutionality on proud display, and the voice of the “don’t tread on me” ethos gives us… stadium funding? Seems to me Reason was more exercised about the Covid lockdowns than they are about the armed occupation of American cities. Looks to me like Libertarianism needs to rediscover its anti-authoritarian roots.

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    Jinx Dinkum
    United States9 months ago
  • Reason - Interrupted

    Nick is grating on both this podcast and the Reason Roundtable for his constant interruptions and over-talk. The Ken Burns interview was painful to listen to, up to the point Ken even told Nick to please let him answer the question.

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    SDSSTL
    United Statesa year ago

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The Untold Story Behind the Race for the Atomic Bomb
Q: Why is it so important to revisit that moment, in the 21st century?
Stephenson says the coincidence of breakthroughs in nuclear physics with Hitler's invasion of Poland makes a compelling story. A small group of scientists understood that a bomb might be possible, and the plot follows an effort to secure heavy water before Germany could obtain it.
The Untold Story Behind the Race for the Atomic Bomb
Q: How does that differ from the way you talked about the metaverse in Snow Crash or the way that you conceived?
Stephenson imagined the metaverse as an entertaining 3D equivalent of television, where popular experiences would attract users and drive a cycle of lower costs and more content. He says that cycle has not emerged in real-world metaverse systems.
Could a Libertarian Swing the Texas Senate Race?
Q: You favor abolishing the federal income tax and replacing it with nothing, right? What would you... How do you deal with that?
Brown calls abolishing the income tax aspirational and says spending cuts must come first. He argues that the federal budget should be balanced to stop the national debt from growing.
Could a Libertarian Swing the Texas Senate Race?
Q: What are the biggest freedoms that Texans actually lack? If you become the senator from Texas, how is Texas going to become more free?
Brown says Texas is relatively strong on economic freedom but ranks poorly on personal freedoms, citing restrictions on private behavior, cannabis and hemp, abortion, and surveillance cameras.
Are Prediction Markets Just Gambling? Kalshi CEO Responds
Q: How do prediction markets serve a public good by giving more information about what is likely to happen?
Mansour says trading produces price discovery by combining information held by many participants. He argues that this can improve forecasts and help businesses and others make decisions and manage risk.

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A thoughtful interview series featuring bold voices across politics, technology, philosophy, and culture, often centered on libertarian-leaning perspectives. Guests range from lawmakers and policy wonks to authors, economists, and tech leaders, who dissect ideas about government power, markets, innovation, and the future of society. The conversations tend to be rigorous, opinionated, and focused on practical implications of big ideas, with a knack for connecting historical context to contemporary policy debates. A notable strength is hosting engaging, candid conversations that explore controversial topics with clear ideological framing, making it helpful for listeners who want sharp analysis and diverse viewpoints while staying within a lib... more

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