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Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. www.wethefifth.com
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Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of âFree Minds and Free MarketsââMatt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Sudermanâdiscuss and debate the weekâs biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.
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Founded in 1968, Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Our podcast offerings include: The Reason Roundtable Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of âFree Minds and Free MarketsââMatt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Sudermanâdiscuss and debate the weekâs biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all. The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie Want to know what comes next in politics, cultu ...
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Free minds. Free markets. Big stories. Thatâs the Reason Rundown. End the week with concise, thought-provoking stories from the journalists at Reason, the magazine of logic, not legends; coherence, not contradictions. Hosted by Features Editor Peter Suderman, each week he talks to a single Reason journalist about a single big story.
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Amash Files is a podcast looking to: 1. Expose people to the real Justin Amash. 2. Help people keep up to date with what's going on in the campaign. 3. Provide insights into the campaign strategy. 4. Look at analysis of the campaign from experts. 5. Be a place for people to send their friends, family, and coworkers to learn more about Justin Amash and the Libertarian Party.
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This podcast is dedicated to helping homeowners pay off their home faster using a Home Equity Line of Credit and to pay way less mortgage interest than with the traditional 15 and 30 year mortgages they are sold. Sound too good to be true? Maybe. All we ask is you listen in as your podcast host Matt Workman talks with HELOC expert Michael Lush on the different aspects of how this strategy works and why the banks donât want you to know about it. Each episode will share more details about usin ...
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Corey DeAngelis: The School Choice Wave Sweeping America
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This week's guest on The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie is school choice activist Corey DeAngelis, whose provocative new book is The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools. A senior fellow at the American Federation for Children and a former education policy analyst at the Reason Foundation (the nonprofit âŚ
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Moynihan calls in from GOP Ground Zero in Milwaukee. Kmele threatens to dish about Silicon Valley support for Donald Trump. Welch only slurs as much as Reince Preibus. Topics include J.D. Vanceâs political philosophy, Joe Bidenâs deteriorating public appearances, andâas everâKmeleâs mangled naughty bits. Who the hell knows when the Adderall shortagâŚ
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Members Only #218 - Second Sunday Rebroadcast (Assassination Edition)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com A rebroadcast of our increasingly popular Second Sunday edition, during which you, the listener, get to interact with the Fifth, berate them, flatter them, hit on them, and endlessly praise their wisdom and prescience. And thanks to all of you who showed up this weekâŚsâŚ
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Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman grapple with the current political climate in the U.S. after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump over the weekend.01:44âTrump's Assassination attempt27:06âPresident Joe Biden's press conference43:07âRepublican âŚ
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Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman grapple with the current political climate in the U.S. after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump over the weekend. 01:44âTrump's Assassination attempt 27:06âPresident Joe Biden's press conference 43:07âRepublicâŚ
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#436 - Forget It. Joe Biden Has Been Cured Of Being Super Old
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The lads make it through Bidenâs presser, watch a bit of state television after, listen to the Mike Tysonâs Punch Out soundtrack, and limbo below the lowest bar in the history of low bars. This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribeâŚ
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What if President Joe Biden drops out? Just asking questions. Biden is facing increasing pressure from his own side to drop out of the 2024 race, which nearly every poll taken since his disaster debate performance last week shows him losing. The latest RealClearPolitics average has him down by about 3.5 percentage points nationally. Several DemocraâŚ
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Members Only #217 - â The Flag of the Fifth â
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Wizards of Transnistria * Checking the box * A festival of freedom? * More old stuff * France and the media * Brain dead v. Hitler * It didnât end in 2008, but it proved a lot * What a dictator is⌠and isnât * An accent free pass * The best video ever: Fuck you bloodâŚ
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Eric Brakey: How Libertarians Can Attain Political Power
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Today's guest is Eric Brakey, the new executive director of The Free State Project, a nonprofit that has been working since 2001 to get small-government diehards to move to New Hampshire and make the Granite State a stronghold for libertarian ideas. Prior to becoming head of the Free State Project, Brakey was a Republican state senator in Maine, whâŚ
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Elizabeth Nolan Brown size up the fallout from the mainstream media's lag in coverage of Joe Biden's cognitive decline, despite evidence existing well before his seismic debate performance on June 27.01:50âMedia fallout after Biden'âŚ
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Elizabeth Nolan Brown size up the fallout from the mainstream media's lag in coverage of Joe Biden's cognitive decline, despite evidence existing well before his seismic debate performance on June 27. 01:50âMedia fallout after BidenâŚ
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#462 - SCOTUS Interruptus (w/ Damon Root)
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Itâs an Independence Day Miracle (if a few days delinquent). As another US Supreme Court term draws to a close, we tap in with our favorite SCOTUS obsessive, Damon Root (currently Freethink/Big Think, previous Reason, and author of books you really should buy). We discuss Presidential absolute immunity, Chevron deference, the pitiful state of SCOTUâŚ
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What's the Best Argument for Libertarianism?
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Free State Project activist Dennis Pratt and Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein debate the resolution, "A better way to persuade more people of libertarianism is to convince them of the ethics stemming from self-ownership and the non-aggression principle, without relying primarily on consequentialist/utilitarian arguments."Dennis Pratt, a libertarianâŚ
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Debate: Austrian vs. Chicago Economics
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Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein and Chicago school economist David Friedman debate the resolution, "The Austrian economics of Mises and Rothbard contains economic intuitions that are important, correct, and missing from Chicago School economics."Taking the affirmative was Gene Epstein, the director of the Soho Forum and former economics and books âŚ
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#93 - Why Aren't More People Using the HELOC Strategy to Replace Their Mortgage?
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Teaching how you can pay your mortgage off in 5 years or less. Here's how. đđź https://bit.ly/3u0XXDA To start building the life you want: â â https://replaceyouruniversity.com/â â Follow Replace Your University on Instagram: â â â https://www.instagram.com/the_realryu/â â Join Us on Facebook: â â â https://www.facebook.com/ReplaceYourUniversity/â â Check out âŚ
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Ruth Whippman: How Is Masculinity Changing?
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Are the boys okay?For much of history, parents have preferred boys, perceiving them as the providers, the family legacy, the heirs to the throne. A dark consequence of China's 36-year-long one-child policy was a 120 boy to 100 girl birth ratio. But in 21st-century America, the script seems to have been flipped. The New York Times has run headlines âŚ
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Andy Mills: Quitting The New York Times and Making The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
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This week's guest is Andy Mills, the co-creator of Reflector, a new documentary podcast. Reflector's early episodes delve into controversial treatments for alcoholism and the free speech implications of the trial of rapper Young Thug, whose lyrics are being used by prosecutors to build a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) casâŚ
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Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman stare ever deeper into the abyss while recapping the hapless display at last week's first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.01:50âReactions to the Biden vs. Trump debate21:43âWere any concrete policies discussed duâŚ
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Members Only #216 - Unbearable and Untenable
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Miracles of indigenous science * Why is Matt talking about Kevin Costner so much? * Aaron Sorkin solves January 6th * Norm on Bob Uecker * Matt revisits hisâŚbad night * The Biden sitch * James Carville on masculinity and âcommunities of colorâ * How do you guys managâŚ
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