The Reason Roundtable
Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hel...
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- 🇺🇸United States · PoliticsHOME#2003.0K to 16K
- 🇵🇪PE · Politics#9967 to 356
- 🇨🇱CL · Politics#15035 to 184
- 🇰🇪KE · Politics#16616 to 83
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/26/26 |  California's Wealth Tax Could Cost the State $39 Billion | Plus: the costs of France's welfare state, María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela, and Republicans brace for the midterms. | 1h 14m 26s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | France's Welfare State Is Finally Imploding | Plus: Trump's tariffs lose support among his own voters, a five-day White House press secretary, and Elizabeth Warren's crusade against corporate mergers | 1h 11m 26s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | J.D. Vance Is Playing Dumb About Socialism | Plus: America's growing deficit, youth protests in France, and Kimberly Guilfoyle's corruption scandal | 1h 13m 23s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Live Reason Roundtable 10th Anniversary Show! | Join Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch as they celebrate a decade of the show with a special live taping. | 1h 19m 36s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Are the Cornell 7 Being Tried on Social Media? | Plus: Tennessee botches the execution of Christa Pike, and Sam Altman says the benefits of AI are worth the risks. | 1h 02m 58s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Trump's Iran War Is Losing With Everyone (Even Republicans) | Plus: rising debt and mortgage rates, whether AI will make government obsolete, and how to pitch Reason to your friends | 1h 09m 53s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House? | Plus: why parents are abandoning public schools, whether AI requires government intervention, and what happened to fusionism in the conservative movement. | 1h 13m 55s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | Is AI Really an Existential Threat? | Plus: California's new restrictions on social media, Trump's $5,000 “dividend,” and the future of libertarianism. | 1h 08m 57s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | public schoolsstudent enrollment+4 | — | — | America | public schoolsstudent loss+5 | — | 1h 08m 25s | ||
| 8/31/26 | TrumpFCC+5 | — | Meta | Iran | TrumpFCC+7 | — | 1h 00m 04s | ||
| 8/24/26 | national debttrade war+3 | — | Trump | CanadaBritain | national debtTrump+5 | — | 1h 20m 22s | ||
| 8/17/26 | Medicare for AllDemocrats+4 | — | DemocratsDSA | — | Medicare for AllDSA+5 | — | 1h 07m 33s | ||
| 8/10/26 | wokenessaffordability politics+4 | — | TrumpCambridge | — | socialismwokeness+4 | — | 1h 12m 44s | ||
| 8/3/26 | Democratic SocialismTrump+3 | — | Warner Bros.Paramount+1 | Iran | Democratic SocialismTrump+5 | — | 1h 17m 04s | ||
| 7/27/26 | Democratssocialism+4 | — | DSA | — | Democratssocialism+5 | — | 1h 06m 22s | ||
| 7/20/26 | Iran Wartariffs+3 | — | democratic socialism | IranBrazil | Iranwar+4 | — | 1h 10m 02s | ||
| 7/13/26 | Lindsey GrahamTrump+5 | — | Congress | Iran | Lindsey GrahamTrump+5 | — | 1h 00m 08s | ||
| 7/6/26 | governmentpatriotism+3 | — | Supreme Court | AmericaEurope | governmentAmerica+4 | — | 1h 13m 18s | ||
| 6/29/26 | socialismpolitical agenda+3 | — | DSA | Iran | socialismDSA+3 | — | 1h 01m 20s | ||
| 6/22/26 | U.K. socialismDemocratic Socialists+3 | — | Democratic SocialistsICE | U.K.America | U.K. socialismDemocratic Socialists+4 | — | 1h 08m 25s | ||
| 6/15/26 | trillionairesSupreme Court decisions+3 | — | Supreme Court | Iran | Bernie Sanderstrillionaires+4 | — | 1h 11m 53s | ||
| 6/8/26 | big-city crimeCalifornia election results+2 | — | California | Iran | Democratscrime problem+4 | — | 1h 04m 06s | ||
| 6/1/26 | socialismgovernment efficiency+3 | — | Democratic PartyUFC | White House | socialismgovernment efficiency+3 | — | 1h 04m 47s | ||
| 5/26/26 | IranLos Angeles mayoral campaign+4 | — | Trump’s Anti-Weaponization FundProject 2025 | IranLos Angeles | IranSpencer Pratt+5 | — | 1h 06m 03s | ||
| 5/18/26 | Trumppolitical purge+3 | — | — | New York City | TrumpThomas Massie+5 | — | 1h 09m 01s | ||
| 5/11/26 | free diapersAOC+4 | — | Gavin Newsom | Irannationwide | Gavin NewsomAOC+5 | — | 1h 02m 42s | ||
| 5/4/26 | politicselections+4 | — | Project Freedom | Strait of Hormuz | big city Democratssocialists+5 | — | 1h 13m 01s | ||
| 4/27/26 | gun controlpolitics+3 | — | Spirit AirlinesTrump administration+1 | — | MamdaniSpirit Airlines+5 | — | 1h 04m 59s | ||
| 4/20/26 | tax policypsychedelic research+3 | — | Palantir | New YorkIran+1 | Mamdanitax plan+6 | — | 1h 05m 21s | ||
| 4/13/26 | Iran WarHungary Politics+3 | — | Viktor OrbánAnthropic | Hungary | Iran WarViktor Orbán+4 | — | 1h 03m 29s | ||
| 4/6/26 | defense budgetTrump+4 | — | NASAMedicare for All+1 | — | Trumpdefense budget+4 | — | 1h 05m 42s | ||
| 3/30/26 | social mediaaddiction+3 | — | PentagonICE | Iran | social mediaaddiction+5 | — | 1h 09m 40s | ||
| 3/23/26 | TSA abolitionCesar Chavez legacy+3 | — | TSA | — | TSACesar Chavez+5 | — | 59m 22s | ||
| 3/16/26 | mediapublic health+3 | — | FCC | — | media mythspublic health+4 | — | 1h 00m 24s | ||
| 3/9/26 | global economyIran+5 | — | DHSAI | Iran | Iranglobal economy+5 | — | 1h 12m 08s | ||
| 3/3/26 | Iranwar powers+3 | — | CongressPentagon+1 | — | TrumpIran+6 | — | 1h 16m 46s | ||
| 2/24/26 | tariffsU.S.-Iran relations+3 | — | — | U.S.Iran | Trumptariffs+4 | — | 1h 16m 01s | ||
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Chart history for The Reason Roundtable
Peaked at #99 in PE, currently #99 in PE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PE | — | #99 | #99 | — |
| CL | — | #150 | #150 | — |
| KE | — | #166 | #166 | — |
| United States | — | #200 | #200 | — |
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4 placements across 4 markets.
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4 placements across 4 markets.