The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

Want to know what comes next in politics, culture, and libertarian ideas? Reason’s Nick Gillespie hosts relentlessly interesting interviews with the activists, artists, authors, entrepreneurs, newsmakers, and politicians who are defining the 21st century.

Episodes

Are Americans Addicted to Conflict?

October 8, 2025 • 50 mins
Novelist Lionel Shriver explains why Americans overinterpret tragedies, compares today’s partisan divisions to the conflicts she witnessed in Northern Ireland, and argues that political manias are driving the country toward destructive extremes.
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Defend Speech Even When Your Side Hates It

October 1, 2025 • 60 mins
Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes recounts her role in Murthy v. Missouri, her opposition to pandemic mandates, and why she believes Trump poses an even greater threat to free speech than Biden.
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How the U.S. Sold Its Longest War with a Bodyguard of Lies

September 24, 2025 • 64 mins
Filmmaker Dan Krauss explains how U.S. leaders misled the public about Afghanistan, why the media failed to push back, and how money and power kept America’s longest war alive long after it was lost.
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Psychedelics Are Not Just for Hippies and Tech Bros

September 17, 2025 • 53 mins
Author Joe Dolce explains how psychedelics are moving from counterculture to mainstream, with new science, shifting laws, and surprising therapies that promise to change how we treat addiction, anxiety, and self-discovery.
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Why Banning Drugs and Guns Never Works

September 16, 2025 • 56 mins
Reason’s Jacob Sullum traces the shared failures of drug prohibition and gun laws, showing how both undermine civil liberties, racial justice, and commonsense safety.
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Charlie Kirk and America's History With Political Violence

September 11, 2025 • 68 mins
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk and how political violence is reshaping the national climate.
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How We Criminalized Childhood

September 10, 2025 • 53 mins
Journalist and activist Lenore Skenazy explains how fear and over-parenting left kids more anxious and less independent, and and how a movement to restore that independence is gaining ground.
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If You Don't Like Socialism or the Establishment, Curtis Sliwa Wants Your Vote

September 5, 2025 • 47 mins
The Guardian Angels founder and New York mayoral candidate talks about crime, drugs, zoning, and what the government could learn from squatters.
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We're Moving Too Slow on AI

September 3, 2025 • 50 mins
Technologist Pablos Holman warns that slowing AI progress cedes the future to gatekeepers and explains how open competition can unlock breakthroughs in energy, health, and innovation on a massive scale.
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Glenn Jacobs Body-Slams Big Government

August 27, 2025 • 36 mins
The former WWE star and current mayor of Knox County explains how limiting government, protecting economic freedom, and trusting communities over bureaucrats can build a stronger foundation for liberty.
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Chip Roy on Why He Backed Trump's Spending Bill

August 20, 2025 • 49 mins
Texas Rep. Chip Roy joins Nick Gillespie to talk about runaway spending, the uphill battle for health care reform, and where immigration fits into the liberty vs. sovereignty debate.
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Did MAGA Kill the Tea Party?

August 13, 2025 • 47 mins
Former Rep. Justin Amash and Fox News’ Kennedy join Nick Gillespie to examine how MAGA populism reshaped the Tea Party’s limited-government mission, why Congress no longer acts as a check on power, and what it will take to spark a new libertarian revival.
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The Libertarian Case for Postmodernism

August 6, 2025 • 73 mins
Political economist Mark Pennington draws on the ideas of Hayek and Foucault to show how expert rule and government surveillance are making it harder for people to think freely and live on their own terms.
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Could New York Go Bankrupt Again?

July 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Financial historian and attorney Richard E. Farley explains how political games, union power, and creative accounting tanked New York City in 1975—and why it could happen again.
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Streaming Music Isn't a Free Market. It's a Regulated Monopoly.

July 23, 2025 • 81 mins
Rock legend David Lowery draws on his decades in the music industry to explain how government-imposed licensing fees and price controls helped streaming platforms flourish while eroding artist rights and income.
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How a Government Mind Control Experiment Backfired

July 16, 2025 • 65 mins
Historian John Lisle uncovers how Cold War paranoia, LSD, and unchecked power led the CIA to fund torture, deception, and mind control experiments on unwitting Americans.
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The Surprising Origins of Modern Freedom

July 9, 2025 • 41 mins
Sophia Rosenfeld joins Nick Gillespie to discuss how personal choice became central to modern ideas of freedom and why that shift carries political, cultural, and psychological consequences.
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From Big Gulps to Raw Milk: The Rise of MAHA

July 2, 2025 • 46 mins
Elizabeth Nolan Brown joins Nick Gillespie to discuss the rise of MAHA, RFK Jr.’s influence on wellness politics, and how the culture war came for your diet.
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How LSD Helped Launch a Radical Libertarian Counterculture

June 25, 2025 • 49 mins
Drug Smuggler. Fugitive. Icon. Meet the Acid Queen.
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Did Bombing Iran Make America Safer?

June 24, 2025 • 58 mins
Emma Ashford and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar join Nick Gillespie to discuss the conflict in Iran.
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