The Latest Breaking News from Peter Suderman

Is AI Really an Existential Threat?

Plus: California's new restrictions on social media, Trump's $5,000 “dividend,” and the future of libertarianism.

Reason · Sep 14

How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?

Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain

Reason · Aug 24

Are Socialists Actually Leaving Wokeness Behind?

Plus: the rise of affordability politics, Trump attempts to end birthright citizenship, and the Cambridge plagiarism controversy

Reason · Aug 10

Gavin Newsom's Free Diaper Disaster

Plus: AOC attacks billionaires, Trump heads into Xi talks weakened by the Iran conflict, and redistricting battles escalate nationwide

Reason · May 11

Why Do Big City Democrats Keep Electing Socialists?

Plus: Trump announces “Project Freedom” in the Strait of Hormuz, King Charles visits the U.S., and a listener asks why voters keep rewarding bad politicians.

Reason · May 4

The Shooter's Manifesto Was Uncomfortably Normal

Plus: Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan, the Trump administration considers a Spirit Airlines bailout, and Iran peace talks drift without a clear endgame

Reason · Apr 27

Why Does Trump Want the Biggest Defense Budget Ever?

Plus: Trump’s budget ignores the deficit, NASA’s Artemis program faces delays and rising costs, and a listener asks about libertarian alternatives to Medicare for All.

Reason · Apr 6

It's Time To Abolish the TSA

Plus: the real legacy of Cesar Chavez, blue state tax policies are driving out wealth, and a jury clears Afroman in a free speech case.

Reason · Mar 23

Why the Media Pushes Public Health Myths

Plus: The FCC threatens broadcast licenses over war coverage, J.D. Vance positions himself as an Iran war skeptic, and remembering Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty.

Reason · Mar 16

Do Republicans Want To Control Elections?

Plus: assessing Trump’s first year, the dysfunction of Washington, D.C., and the politics of the Super Bowl. (Recorded live in Washington, D.C.)

Reason · Feb 6