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Inside the Campaign to Legalize Magic Mushrooms in California
February 03, 2020 16:40 - 9 minutes - 97.7 MB VideoOn May 7, 2019, Denver voted to become the first city in America to decriminalize magic mushrooms. On June 4,...
Bureaucrats Are Trying to 'Control' School Choice
January 30, 2020 18:40 - 5 MB VideoSchool choice has proven consistently popular among one very dependable constituency: parents. And unpopular among another: unionized teachers. The rapid...
Watch Elizabeth Warren Lie About Her Son's Private School Education
January 29, 2020 18:00 - 7 minutes - 76.5 MB VideoShould politicians be held accountable for being hypocrites about education policy? At least one leading Democratic presidential candidate, Massachusetts Sen....
Whatever Happened to the Classroom of the Future?
January 28, 2020 19:00 - 6 minutes - 24 MB VideoClay Christensen, father of the theory of "disruptive innovation," predicted that half of high school classes would be delivered online by 2018. What went wrong?
Population Control Isn't the Answer to Climate Change. Capitalism Is.
January 23, 2020 15:39 - 13 minutes - 139 MB Video"We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales...
Families Ask the Supreme Court to Stop Discrimination Against Religious Schools
January 22, 2020 17:10 - 13 minutes - 54.7 MB VideoKendra Espinoza's two daughters attend a private religious school in Kalispell, Montana, that their family really can't afford—even after Espinoza took a night job as a janitor. The Espinozas were thrilled when they learned they were eligible for a state-supported scholarship program. The girls enrolled in Stillwater Christian School and the family hoped they would be able to rely on Big Sky Scholarships to help cover some of their costs. The program provides support only to children from lo...
Will Robots Cause Mass Unemployment? A Soho Forum Debate
January 17, 2020 18:15 - 1 hour - 881 MB VideoRobotics will soon lead to widespread joblessness and the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. That was...
The Failure of LBJ's Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century
January 16, 2020 20:37 - 32 minutes - 130 MB VideoIn 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced his plans for what he called "the Great Society," a sweeping set of programs...
California Killed 1.2 Million Birds To Stop a Virus. Pet Owners Say They Were Terrorized.
January 14, 2020 19:00 - 12 minutes - 45.3 MB VideoKerri Hand became a chicken owner for the eggs, but then she fell in love. A retired cop who lives...
Rapper Drakeo the Ruler Was Accused of Murder. Prosecutors Used His Music as Proof of His Guilt.
January 09, 2020 17:15 - 8 minutes - 28.4 MB VideoLos Angeles rapper Drakeo the Ruler's violent but clever lyrics about life in South Los Angeles have captured the attention...
The 'Negativity Effect' Leads to Bad Journalism, Big Government, and Busted Relationships
January 02, 2020 19:54 - 25 minutes - 180 MB VideoIt's not just in your head: When it comes to how we all experience life, "Bad is generally stronger than...
The 2010s: When the Media Lost Their Gatekeepers
December 30, 2019 15:14 - 11 minutes - 116 MB VideoWhat did the 2010s add up to? I spent the decade at Reason creating videos about the democratization of everything...
How Vaping 'Might Just Save Your Life!'
December 26, 2019 19:55 - 17 minutes - 59.3 MB VideoEvery week seems brings a new story about how vaping is really, really, really bad for you. Only a few...
What's the Correct Libertarian Position on Abortion? A Soho Forum Debate
December 19, 2019 18:05 - 1 hour - 901 MB VideoWhile a pregnant woman should be legally required to help the fetus survive outside of her body whenever that is...
Activists vs. One Man's Skee-Ball Arcade: How Red Tape Is Ruining San Francisco
December 18, 2019 18:52 - 4 minutes - 51.1 MB VideoJoey Mucha is a three-time Skee-Ball national champion and the owner of Joey the Cat, an arcade rental, repair, and...
You Asked Reason Editors Anything. Watch How We Answered!
December 06, 2019 20:15 - 1 hour - 662 MB VideoWe have many fun traditions that have arisen during the decade-plus of running annual Reason webathons, none funner than having...
Los Angeles Is Spending Over $1 Billion To House the Homeless. It's Failing.
December 05, 2019 15:25 - 9 minutes - 98 MB VideoMore than 2,500 homeless individuals sleep on the streets of the 53-square-block Skid Row area in downtown Los Angeles. "Skid...
Bryan Caplan Says Milton Friedman Is Wrong About Open Borders
November 27, 2019 19:45 - 20 minutes - 79.6 MB VideoGeorge Mason economist and recreational controversialist Bryan Caplan has teamed up with artist Zach Weinersmith of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal fame, and it's one of the most ambitious crossovers in nerd history. The result of their partnership is a surprisingly readable visual case for open borders, in which a cartoon Caplan grapples with zombies, hangs out with basketball players, and quarrels with Milton Friedman. The arguments in Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration ...
Judge Napolitano: Enough Evidence 'To Justify About Three or Four Articles of Impeachment'
November 22, 2019 19:17 - 28 minutes - 114 MB Video"The Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have unearthed enough evidence, in my opinion, to justify about three or four...
Judge Napolitano: Enough Evidence 'to Justify About Three or Four Articles of Impeachment.'
November 22, 2019 19:17 - 28 minutes - 114 MB Video"The Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have unearthed enough evidence, in my opinion, to justify about three or four...
Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Soho Forum Debate
November 14, 2019 15:25 - 1 hour - 1020 MB VideoSocialism is preferable to capitalism as an economic system that promotes freedom, equality, and prosperity. That proposition was the subject...
Errol Morris on Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, Theranos, and Cancel Culture
November 08, 2019 17:21 - 22 minutes - 88.1 MB VideoAfter Errol Morris debuted his documentary about Stephen Bannon last year at the Venice Film Festival, early reviewers charged that...
Why the Middle Class is Better Off Than You Think
October 31, 2019 16:25 - 4 minutes - 50.8 MB Video"A lot of people think the middle class is dead, dying, hollowed out," says Russ Roberts, an economist at Stanford...
Inside America's First Restaurant for Weed
October 28, 2019 18:15 - 3 minutes - 32.1 MB Video"We wanted it to be an escape," says Lily Estanislao, general manager of Lowell Farms Cafe, the first fully operational...
Why 'Free College' Is a Terrible Idea
October 23, 2019 16:25 - 7 minutes - 77.9 MB VideoMichael Gamez, 22, has wanted to work on cars since he was a kid, just like his father and grandfather....
Should All Drugs Be Legal? A Soho Forum Debate
October 21, 2019 15:10 - 1 hour - 887 MB VideoExcept for laws prohibiting the sale of drugs to minors and driving while impaired, all laws that penalize drug production,...
Is It 'Morally Disturbing' When Charter Schools Skim Highly Motivated Families?
October 16, 2019 16:45 - 25 minutes - 176 MB VideoAt the 2000 Republican National Convention, the country got one of its first glimpses of a new type of public...
Hong Kong Protesters Combat the Surveillance State
October 04, 2019 19:45 - 7 minutes - 80.7 MB VideoA major priority of the protest movement that has consumed Hong Kong for the past three and a half months...
Should the Government Regulate Deepfakes? We Asked People on Venice Beach
October 03, 2019 20:39 - 12 minutes - 45 MB VideoThe Chinese app Zao can replace a celebrity in a movie scene with anyone holding a smartphone. Stanford researchers have...
The Decentralized Web Is Coming
September 27, 2019 17:00 - 11 minutes - 123 MB VideoGoogle handles 88 percent of search traffic in the United States. Facebook has more than 2.4 billion active monthly users...
The Babylon Bee Satirizes the Absurdities of American Politics
September 26, 2019 16:45 - 5 minutes - 52 MB VideoSince its founding in 2016, Christian satire site The Babylon Bee has been regularly making fun of Christians, the left,...
Hong Kong's Fight for Freedom Against China's Authoritarianism
September 20, 2019 19:45 - 11 minutes - 124 MB VideoThe protests that have consumed Hong Kong for more than three months started because of a proposed bill that would've...
What Is the Ideal Strategy for the Libertarian Party? A Soho Forum Debate
September 19, 2019 15:39 - 1 hour - 971 MB Video"The Libertarian Party should never again put up national candidates whose views are similar to those of Gary Johnson and...
Hong Kong Protesters Want Democracy, Accountability, Autonomy, and U.S. Support
September 12, 2019 15:12 - 3 minutes - 38.3 MB VideoHongkongers booed the Chinese national anthem before a soccer match on Tuesday night. That's an illegal act in mainland China....
Politicians Want to Destroy Section 230, the Internet's First Amendment
September 11, 2019 15:15 - 4 minutes - 14.8 MB VideoTelevision personalities and politicians, from Tucker Carlson to Nancy Pelosi, are calling for changes to the law that has protected...
Trump Is Terrible on Trade. Top 2020 Dems Are No Better.
September 06, 2019 16:55 - 4 minutes - 43.4 MB VideoBy erecting tariffs and threatening to tear up trade agreements, President Donald Trump has done more to achieve one of...
'One Child Nation' Exposes the Tragic Consequences of Chinese Population Control
August 16, 2019 21:30 - 13 minutes - 45.2 MB VideoImposed in 1979, China's one-child policy devastated generations of families. Countless children were abducted or killed, women were subjected to...
How To Understand Trump's Immigration Raids
August 15, 2019 16:00 - 20 minutes - 79.5 MB VideoDonald Trump launched his presidential campaign by warning that America had become a "dumping ground" for immigrants, and that Mexico...
Aaron Sandusky Has Spent 7 Years in Prison for Selling Medical Marijuana
August 09, 2019 16:30 - 11 minutes - 117 MB VideoAaron Sandusky has spent nearly seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cannabis. He's one of about 20,000...
Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Explains Donald Trump's Success
August 01, 2019 14:30 - 34 minutes - 137 MB Video"I have never in my life seen an economy like this. This is even better than the '60s. It is...
Stossel: Free Stuff 2020
July 30, 2019 13:10 - 7 minutes - 26.9 MB VideoNever before have so many politicians promised to spend so much. Among some candidates, the 2020 presidential campaign has turned...
Justin Amash on Quitting the Republican Party: 'It's Nice to Be Happy and Free'
July 25, 2019 17:00 - 20 minutes - 144 MB VideoWhen Michigan Rep. Justin Amash declared his independence from the Republican Party on July 4, he instantly became one of...
Bill de Blasio Panders To Unions Over Educating Poor Kids
July 24, 2019 19:25 - 3 minutes - 50 MB VideoSpeaking recently before the country's largest union, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio came out against the very concept...
Stossel: Minimum Wage Hurts Beginners
July 23, 2019 12:30 - 4 minutes - 15.6 MB VideoSeattle was the first big city to pass a $15 minimum wage. People there were excited. "I think it's pretty...
Why Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Won't Work
July 19, 2019 19:00 - 5 minutes - 55.1 MB VideoPresidential candidate Elizabeth Warren wants the federal government to provide free health care for every American, child care for every parent,...
Facebook's Libra Yields Before Congress. Bitcoin Can Never Be Controlled.
July 18, 2019 15:50 - 2 minutes - 20.5 MB VideoSatoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of a mysterious software developer who released a white paper describing a new peer-to-peer currency...
Stossel: No Filming on Farms
July 16, 2019 12:50 - 5 minutes - 18.7 MB VideoHundreds of animal rights activists have sneaked onto farms to do hidden-camera investigations. They often expose animal abuse. Their videos...
Justin Amash Left the GOP—Opening a New Set of Possibilities in American Politics
July 12, 2019 15:02 - 3 minutes - 12.8 MB VideoWhen Michigan Congressman Justin Amash announced he was leaving the Republican Party to become an independent, he didn't just say...
The 5 Dumbest Laws Restricting the Sale of Booze
July 11, 2019 13:45 - 3 minutes - 57.7 MB VideoOn July 1, Virginia's General Assembly voted to allow bars and restaurants to advertise happy hours, which is the latest in a series...
Stossel: Mow Your Lawn or Lose Your House!
July 09, 2019 12:00 - 4 minutes - 15 MB VideoJim Ficken left his home to take care of his recently deceased mother's estate. While away, the man he paid...