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Shelby Steele on the Implications of Michael Brown's Tragic Death
November 16, 2020 20:10 - 6 minutes - 67 MB VideoBefore George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, there was Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man who a white police officer shot...
Joe Biden's Disastrous Record of Using 'Bold Federal Action' To Solve America's Problems
November 11, 2020 21:10 - 5 minutes - 60.6 MB VideoNow that the disastrous presidency of Donald Trump is likely coming to an end, presumptive President-elect Joe Biden will get...
Joe Biden's $11 Trillion Plan To Bankrupt America
November 09, 2020 21:00 - 4 minutes - 43.5 MB Video"John Kerry ran on [spending] $2 trillion [extra] over 10 years. Barack Obama ran on $1 trillion, Hillary on $2...
Unions Lost a Major Battle in Their War on the Gig Economy
November 07, 2020 14:30 - 4 minutes - 45.5 MB VideoShould Americans be allowed to freelance? Progressive Democrats have been pushing legislation at the state and federal level that would...
Joe Biden's Endless River of Debt and Regulation
November 06, 2020 21:02 - 3 minutes - 35.9 MB VideoThere are at least 11 trillion reasons to worry about what Joe Biden wants to do to our economy and...
Why Electing Biden (or Trump) Won't Settle Anything for Long
November 02, 2020 16:15 - 2 minutes - 28.1 MB VideoYou're kidding yourself if you think our long, national, electoral nightmare will be over on Nov. 3—and not just because...
Should We Abolish Fossil Fuels to Stop Global Warming? A Soho Forum Debate
October 27, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 731 MB VideoTo combat climate change, the world's nations must make it their highest priority to completely replace the burning of fossil...
Milton Friedman's Free to Choose Proved Capitalism Is Superior to Socialism
October 26, 2020 14:30 - 6 minutes - 63.3 MB VideoMilton Friedman's documentary series Free To Choose first aired on PBS 40 years ago. It was an unapologetic defense of...
Voting Is Overrated
October 23, 2020 16:30 - 7 minutes - 76.6 MB VideoWearing an "I Voted" sticker on Election Day announces that you are a proud participant in the grand tradition of...
'Where Would the Black Lives Matter Movement Be Without the Right to Free Speech?'
October 19, 2020 18:25 - 5 minutes - 20 MB Video"Where would the Black Lives Matter movement be without the right to free speech?" asks Ira Glasser, the executive director...
'Where Would the Black Lives Matter Movement Be Without the Right To Free Speech?'
October 19, 2020 18:25 - 5 minutes - 20 MB Video"Where would the Black Lives Matter movement be without the right to free speech?" asks Ira Glasser, the executive director...
The Reawakening of the Black Gun-Rights Movement
October 13, 2020 14:20 - 9 minutes - 94.7 MB VideoWhen Second Amendment activist Brent Holmes started showing up at police brutality protests in Richmond, Virginia, over the summer while...
How COVID-19 Is Spreading School Choice
October 12, 2020 15:20 - 3 minutes - 38.9 MB VideoThe COVID-19 lockdowns have upended no part of our lives more than K-12 education, with virtually no public schools open...
Does Google Secretly Manipulate Us To Vote for Democrats? The Evidence Is Flimsy.
October 08, 2020 17:50 - 28 minutes - 295 MB VideoAs the 2020 presidential election heats up, alarmism over "Big Tech"'s influence on voters is again reaching a fever pitch....
Amy Coney Barrett Will Be Better for Freedom Than Ruth Bader Ginsburg
October 05, 2020 15:00 - 4 minutes - 49.8 MB VideoWhen Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Democrats screamed bloody murder...
Libertarian Party Candidate Jo Jorgensen: Don't Waste Your Vote on Trump or Biden
September 28, 2020 15:15 - 4 minutes - 41.4 MB VideoJo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party's nominee, is the only presidential candidate besides Donald Trump and Joe Biden who is on...
Are 'Pandemic Pods' a Symptom of the Public School Monopoly? A Soho Forum Debate
September 22, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 731 MB Video"The latest in school segregation" is how the headline of a recent New York Times op-ed described private "pandemic pods,"...
The Iranian Coup that Led to 67 Years of Reckless Intervention
September 21, 2020 15:15 - 4 minutes - 43.8 MB VideoIf you want to understand the past 70 years of U.S. foreign policy, look to the 1953 CIA- and MI6-backed...
The World Is Doing Better Than Ever. Here's Why You Never Hear About It.
September 14, 2020 15:20 - 5 minutes - 23.3 MB Video"A huge amount of progress has taken place that a lot of people just don't take into account, especially smart...
Bridget Phetasy Is Politically Homeless. You Probably Are Too.
September 08, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 18.4 MB Video"This is the best we've got?" asks podcaster and columnist Bridget Phetasy of Donald Trump and Joe Biden. "Do I...
Let Volunteers Expose Themselves to COVID-19 To Speed Up a Vaccine
September 02, 2020 20:10 - 7 minutes - 25.6 MB VideoWould you allow scientists to expose you to the novel coronavirus if it would speed up vaccine development? Nearly 40,000...
How Portland's Protests Drifted into 'Dangerous Territory'
August 31, 2020 15:40 - 4 minutes - 17.6 MB Video"When terror is seen as justified, I think it's inevitable that something terrible is going to happen," journalist Nancy Rommelmann...
Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?
August 28, 2020 18:21 - 11 minutes - 120 MB VideoDonald Trump, who four short years ago was viewed by many GOP operatives as an erratic outsider, has just been...
Should the Government Provide Health Insurance to All Americans? A Soho Forum Debate
August 25, 2020 15:40 - 1 hour - 356 MB VideoThe COVID-19 pandemic makes it all the more urgent for the U.S. to install a system of Medicare for All....
Science Denialism on the Left: Sex, Gender, and Trans Identity
August 24, 2020 15:40 - 4 minutes - 16.1 MB VideoHow biologically different are men and women? In 2017, Google engineer James Damore sparked a controversy for writing a leaked...
Democratic Convention Recap: Biden and Harris Vow To Make Government Even Bigger
August 21, 2020 20:41 - 5 minutes - 19.7 MB VideoThe Democratic Party just hosted its first-ever virtual national convention, where it nominated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for president...
What if Joe Biden Were a Libertarian? We Fixed His Acceptance Speech.
August 21, 2020 17:45 - 53 seconds - 3.07 MB VideoPresidential nominee Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech from the Democratic National Convention last night. Since what he had to...
Kamala Harris' Dishonest Campaign To Destroy Backpage.com
August 20, 2020 14:17 - 5 minutes - 19 MB VideoBefore Senator and former California Attorney General Kamala Harris was chosen as Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 election,...
Meet the Trans Activists Fighting for Sex Worker Freedom
August 17, 2020 17:10 - 9 minutes - 92.6 MB VideoBianey Garcia is a trans woman and activist who grew up in the Mexican city of Veracruz. In 2005, she...
Greg Gutfeld's Self-Help Book for Haters of Self-Help (Who Love To Drunk-Tweet)
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 145 MB VideoFor years, Greg Gutfeld has entertained and edified audiences by hosting Fox News shows such as Red Eye, The Five, and The Greg Gutfeld Show and...
Kamala Harris: Drug Warrior, Vice Cop, Draconian Prosecutor
August 12, 2020 14:35 - 7 minutes - 26.5 MB VideoPresumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has picked Sen. Kamala Harris (D–Calif.) as his running mate, making her the first African...
Teachers Unions Try To Protect Their Monopoly as Parents Flee Traditional Schools
August 10, 2020 18:15 - 8 minutes - 87.7 MB VideoLos Angeles was the first major city to announce that its public schools wouldn't be re-opening for in-person instruction in...
How Cancel Culture Violates Intellectual Freedom
August 07, 2020 20:00 - 3 minutes - 11.2 MB Video"An open society is a place that has a lot of intellectual pluralism," says Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at...
Why Americans Fear the COVID-19 Vaccine
August 04, 2020 16:20 - 8 minutes - 33 MB VideoSix months into America's COVID-19 pandemic, cases are surging, small businesses are faltering, playgrounds are empty, and unemployment is at...
Should Libertarians Vote for Biden, Jorgensen, or Trump? A Soho Forum Debate
July 24, 2020 20:15 - 1 hour - 407 MB VideoShould libertarians vote for Biden, Jorgensen, or Trump in the next presidential election? That was the topic of an online...
Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Green New Deal Is Just a Worn-Out Democratic Jobs Program
July 23, 2020 20:20 - 3 minutes - 15.2 MB Video"There's no more consequential challenge that we must meet in the next decade than the onrushing climate crisis. Left unchecked,...
Don't 'Abolish the Police.' Privatize Them.
July 21, 2020 19:05 - 5 minutes - 21.3 MB VideoInstead of "abolish the police" or "defund the police," how about "privatize the police"? In a June NPR interview, Rep....
Kmele Foster on Why He Opposes Cancel Culture and the Anti-Capitalist Side of Black Lives Matter
July 20, 2020 15:15 - 1 hour - 572 MB VideoEvery week brings more people being censured, fired, or pushed to resign for some alleged instance of racism or sexism....
Trump's Failed Promise To Stop America's 'Endless Wars'
July 15, 2020 18:09 - 12 minutes - 124 MB VideoDonald Trump's pitch to "Make America Great Again" included a commitment to rethinking America's interventionist foreign policy. "After the Cold...
'Climate Change Is Real, But It's Not the End of the World': Michael Shellenberger
July 09, 2020 16:15 - 1 hour - 250 MB VideoIf there's one consistent message coming from activists and politicians pushing the Green New Deal and massive new subsidies for...
The Next Pandemic Will Be Caused by the National Debt. It Will Crater the Economy.
July 02, 2020 19:00 - 6 minutes - 1000 MB VideoOne of the most frustrating aspects of the novel coronavirus pandemic is how many early warning signs and response plans...
Hong Kong Is in Trouble. Let Its People Escape China by Coming to America.
June 29, 2020 18:00 - 7 minutes - 72.1 MB VideoHong Kong is a bastion of free expression, art, culture, and commerce. While mainland China was being ravaged by Mao's...
Is the Criminal Justice System Racist? A Soho Forum Debate
June 26, 2020 20:20 - 1 hour - 357 MB VideoThere is overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist. That was the resolution of an online Soho Forum...
Glenn Loury: 'We're Being Swept Along by Hysteria' About Racism in America
June 24, 2020 18:25 - 5 MB VideoIn the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests have erupted around the country, calling attention...
Drakeo the Ruler Recorded an Album on a Prison Phone
June 17, 2020 18:31 - 3 minutes - 12.6 MB Video"It might sound real but it's fictional. I love that my imagination gets to you," Drakeo the Ruler rapped over...
The Libertarian Roots of Police Reform: Q&A with Radley Balko
June 15, 2020 17:40 - 51 minutes - 203 MB VideoGeorge Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis police has sparked nationwide protests against police brutality. A new consensus is...
How 2020 Demolished the Case for Gun Control
June 12, 2020 14:22 - 2 minutes - 9.28 MB Video"It's the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot. You just do not want...
OnlyFans Didn't Save Sex Workers, Sex Workers Saved Themselves.
June 11, 2020 14:30 - 8 minutes - 28.9 MB Video"I thought it would honestly be really funny if I read my blog posts naked," says Cathy Reisenwitz, a former...
Did the Lockdowns Save Thousands of Lives? A Soho Forum Debate
June 08, 2020 18:40 - 1 hour - 328 MB Video"The lockdown has saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives and spared American hospitals the horrors of rationing...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Unwavering Opposition to Violence Still Matters
June 05, 2020 23:00 - 4 minutes - 49.5 MB Video"In the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard," Martin Luther King Jr. told a Stanford University...