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Kodak Invented This Film for World War II Spy Planes. Then It Became Art.

Aerochrome photography is a beautiful example of a warlike technology being turned toward peaceful ends.

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Strait Outta Commission

Plus: Tucker Carlson says the CIA is after him, and Reason mourns the loss of longtime staffer Brian Doherty.

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Will the War in Iran Crash the Global Economy?

Plus: Kristi Noem is fired as DHS secretary, a listener asks about libertarian drug use, and new polling reveals Americans distrust AI and each other.

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Trump's War With Iran Is Unjustified and Unpopular

Plus: Congress is reluctant to assert its war powers, the Pentagon brands Anthropic a national security threat, and a listener asks whether regime change is ever morally defensible.

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Trump Replaces Old Illegal Tariffs With New Illegal Tariffs

Plus: The U.S. could be going to war with Iran, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and why AI surveillance is worrying civil libertarians

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Iran Is Trying To Silence Dissent. Western Media Are Breaking Through Anyway.

Satellite broadcasting is a strategic counter to state censorship.

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War With Iran?

Plus: the same ole hawkish lies, a familial connection to Barry Goldwater's nomination, and the future of media is prediction markets on Substack.

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What the Media Didn't Tell You in 2025

The Reason editors examine the most underreported stories of 2025 across politics, economics, global affairs, and culture.

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Can J.D. Vance Stop a MAGA Civil War?

Plus: Debating marijuana at Turning Point USA, Massie and Khanna threaten Bondi with contempt over Epstein files, and Minnesota’s welfare fraud case.

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How the Epstein Files Turned MAGA Against Trump

Plus: Tariff rollbacks and the affordability debate, Trump considers direct talks with Maduro as unauthorized strikes continue, and a listener asks what it would take to move healthcare out of government hands

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The History of Minox Cameras, James Bond's Real-Life Spy Tool Used by the CIA

You can still get a secondhand Minox subminiature camera. Finding someone to process the film might be more difficult.

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Just Don't Call It a War

Plus: The Trump administration toys with regime change in Iran, our own constitutional regime takes another hit, a mystery driver joyrides on the National Mall, and more...

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Israel Strikes Iran. Is Escalation Inevitable?

U.S. involvement in the new Middle East conflict, political violence at home, and the No Kings protests

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How Far Will the Trump Administration Go Against Mexican Drug Cartels?

Using the military to wage the drug war in Mexico raises practical and constitutional issues.

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Are Democrats Actually in Disarray?

Plus: A listener asks the editors whether it makes sense for a country to have a sovereign wealth fund.

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Cutting 8 Percent

Plus: Border update, a shift in U.S. policy on Taiwan (Beijing is pissed), and more...

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DOGE vs. Deep State

Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of freedom in the United States.

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Why Socialists Are Cheering the Death of an Insurance CEO

Plus: A listener asks the editors if libertarians are more prone to believing in conspiracy theories.

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How Elon Musk and DOGE Can Deliver on Smaller Government

Plus: a listener asks the editors why it is acceptable to allow unrestricted border crossings into the United States without penalty.

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Guernica's Recovery From Ruin

The bombing of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War gave rise to art—and cultural resilience.

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Biden's Out. Harris Is In. Everyone Else Is Screwed.

Plus: A listener asks the editors if employers should be held responsible for the speech and actions of employees outside of the workplace.

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Politics Created the Border Crisis

Plus: A listener asks if libertarians are too obsessed with economic growth.

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Palestinian Americans Are Americans, Too

For many in New Jersey, the war in Gaza has brought back painful family history.

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