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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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Today's guest is Spencer Greenberg, host of the Clearer Thinking podcast and co-author of what might be the last self-help book you will ever need. In The 12 Levers: The Complete Psychological Toolkit for Improving Your Life,  he and his co-author, J... more

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Today's guest is Clark Neily, a constitutional litigator, civil liberties advocate, and senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute. He previously served as co-counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Helle... more

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Today's guest is Aaron Brown, author of the new book Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth From a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation. A former chief risk manager at AQR Capital Management who teaches statistics at New York University and University... more

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–Ga.) joins Free Media's Robby Soave to discuss the resurgence of democratic socialism, her friendship with Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), and where the Trump administration went wrong. Greene also argues that too ma... more

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Recent Guests

Spencer Greenberg
Host of the Clearer Thinking Podcast; co-author of The Twelve Levers
Clear Thinking LLC / author
Episode: How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?
Clark Neily
Constitutional litigator, civil liberties advocate, Senior Vice President for Legal Studies at the Cato Institute
Cato Institute
Episode: Can the Supreme Court Still Restrain Executive Power?
Aaron Brown
Former managing director and chief risk manager at AQR Capital Management; author of Wrong Number
Wrong Number (Book)
Episode: How Statistics Become Propaganda
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former Congresswoman, vocal political commentator
Former U.S. Congress
Episode: Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'You're Not Being Represented!'
Soumaya Keynes
Economist and journalist, co-author of How to Win a Trade War
Financial Times; The Economic Show (co-host)
Episode: The Right Way To Fight a Trade War
Jack Clark
Co-founder of Anthropic, AI policy leader
Anthropic
Episode: Is AI Really Taking All the Jobs? Anthropic Co-Founder Reveals the Data.
Rebecca Goldstein
Philosopher and novelist; author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, The Mind-Body Problem, Plato at the Googleplex
Columbia University (author/academic)
Episode: Why So Many People Feel Lost
Damon Root
Legal affairs writer, constitutional scholar for Reason Magazine
Reason Magazine
Episode: Was Lincoln More Radical Than We Remember?
Alvin E. Roth
Nobel Prize-winning economist, author of Moral Economics
Stanford University (recently), formerly Harvard University
Episode: How Moral Panic Creates Black Markets

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Nick Gillespie
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Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 1.1k ratings
  • 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
    Australia2 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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    5
    SMIB66
    United States5 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 States6 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 States8 months ago
  • Episode with Katie

    Most of the time I enjoy Nick’s interviews. Some subjects are more interesting than others so I don’t always finish them. But Nick is a great interviewer. I also subscribe to Blocked and Reported and love Katie, so I have heard several discussions about her book. Sorry Katie, I haven’t bought it yet. When I first saw that was Nick’s interview today I almost skipped it. I listened on my slow traffic drive home and it was really good and kept my interest. Nick asks great questions and brought out... more

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    Raininindy
    United States8 months ago

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The show is valued for historical context and practical policy insights, with a clear libertarian lens.
Some listeners note pacing and interruptions as a point of contention, but overall praise the depth of discussion.
Listener feedback highlights rigorous, well-prepared conversations with diverse viewpoints.
Thoughtful host with strong interview questions and a wide-ranging guest list.

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How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?
Q: What's your view on the role of medication in self-improvement?
Medications like beta blockers and antidepressants can help with physiological or chemical aspects, but they don't replace cognitive and behavioral strategies; they are tools that can be used in specific contexts.
How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?
Q: How do you move from understanding thoughts to changing actions?
You first replace unhelpful thoughts with more true, helpful ones and then practice applying those new thoughts through concrete actions.
How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?
Q: Can you talk about the starting point of the toolkit and why unraveling causes is important?
Understanding causes helps you diagnose problems before applying solutions, preventing wasteful fixes and enabling targeted, effective changes.
The Right Way To Fight a Trade War
Q: What should the next U.S. president do to follow the book's advice?
Be focused and fight the right trade war; avoid broad, indiscriminate tariffs and instead target areas where strategic leverage and national interests align, while maintaining a level of coordination with allies to prevent a total collision of national policies.
Why So Many People Feel Lost
Q: Let's start with the mattering instinct. Explain what that is.
Goldstein explains that mattering combines the noun and verb forms of matter, meaning being deserving of attention, rooted in normative terms and values, and tied to our evolved capacity for self-reflection that drives us to seek significance both for ourselves and in relation to others.

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The show features long-form conversations with prominent thinkers, policymakers, journalists, and creators who explore libertarian-leaning ideas, civil liberties, technology, and governance. Episodes frequently hinge on free speech, regulatory reform, the role of markets, and how technology reshapes society, often weaving historical context with contemporary policy debates. Unique strengths include a candid host style, a willingness to challenge conventional narratives, and a steady lineup of heavy-hitting guests from think tanks, government, media, and culture. The program is likely to appeal to listeners who value principled, sometimes contrarian takes on current events, regulation, and the future of liberal democracies, with a penchant f... more

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