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Episodios 48

Último 10.06.2026

Reason presents a libertarian-themed debate series recorded monthly before a live audience in New York City. Moderated by former Barron's Economics Editor Gene Epstein, the Soho Forum features Nobel prize winners, radical thinkers, and other public intellectuals facing off over the future of abortion, bitcoin, electric vehicles, government debt, illegal drugs, robotics, sex work, and other controversial topics.

Episodios

Should ICE Deport All Illegal Aliens? 10.06.2026 1h 26m

Simon Hankinson and Bryan Caplan debate immigration enforcement.
Should Billionaires Pay More Taxes? 22.05.2026 1h 31m

Law professor Natasha Sarin debates the Cato Institute's Adam Michel.
Can Zohran Mamdani Make NYC Affordable? 24.04.2026 1h 28m

Zephyr Teachout and John Ketcham debate the mayor of the Big Apple.
Should the NIH Be Abolished? 05.03.2026

Terence Kealey and Jeffrey Flier debate abolishing the National Institutes of Health.
Will AI Benefit Everyone? 30.01.2026 1h 41m

A Soho Forum debate on artificial intelligence's potential to deliver widespread societal benefits
Should Child Protective Services Intervene More? 09.01.2026 1h 50m

Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the proper role of child protective services.
Is It Time To Break Up Big Tech? 19.12.2025 1h 37m

Matt Stoller and Geoffrey A. Manne debate antitrust law and Big Tech.
Should Affirmative Action End? 21.11.2025 1h 37m

Jason Riley and Paul Frymer debate affirmative action and the Supreme Court.
Is Oregon Proof That Drug Decriminalization Will Fail? 24.10.2025 1h 25m

The Drug Policy Institute's Kevin Sabet debates Reason's Zach Weissmueller.
Should Paying for Sex Be a Crime? 16.09.2025 1h 34m

A debate between Melanie Thompson and Kaytlin Bailey.
Are Trump's Deportations Constitutional? 12.08.2025 1h 38m

Glenn Greenwald debates Anna Gorisch on Trump's deportation policies.
Should the U.S. Have a Public Health Insurance Plan? 18.07.2025 1h 49m

Yale’s Jacob Hacker and Sesame’s David Goldhill debate a government-run health insurance plan.
Was the Cold War a Deception? 19.06.2025 1h 28m

The American Enterprise Institute's Hal Brands and investigative journalist Gareth Porter debate the necessity of the Cold War.
Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh Debate Immigration 21.05.2025 1h 44m

Is it consistently libertarian to support government restrictions on immigration?
Should Libertarians Prioritize Their Own Communities? 02.05.2025 1h 12m

Eric Brakey and Andrew Heaton debate whether libertarians should prioritize building local liberty-focused societies like the Free State Project or focus on reforming the federal government.
Are the Palestinians Systematically Oppressed? 22.03.2025 1h 26m

City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
Did the U.S. Provoke Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? 08.02.2025 1h 50m

Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
El Salvador's Bukele: Authoritarian or Model President? 27.01.2025 1h 22m

Frontier magazine's Peter Gietl and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the merits of Nayib Bukele's criminal justice policies.
Was the Supreme Court Wrong About Presidential Immunity? 13.12.2024 1h 55m

Glenn Greenwald and Elizabeth Price Foley debate Trump v. United States and its implications for presidential powers.
Is Javier Milei Actually Improving Argentina? 22.11.2024 1h 41m

Two Argentine pundits debate the success of Javier Milei.