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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.

  1. Are the Two Parties Any Different?

    20 SEPT

    Are the Two Parties Any Different?

    Former budget director under Ronald Reagan, David Stockman, and Stephen Moore, Donald Trump's former senior economic advisor, debate the resolution,…

    1h 24m
  2. Is Donald Trump the Best Choice?

    16 AUG

    Is Donald Trump the Best Choice?

    Famed economist Arthur Laffer debates Donald Trump's candidacy with L.P. presidential candidate Chase Oliver.

    1h 14m
  3. Did COVID Come From a Lab?

    19 JUL

    Did COVID Come From a Lab?

    Best-selling science and technology author Matt Ridley and University of Utah virologist Stephen Goldstein debate the resolution: "It is likely…

    1h 33m

  4. 7 JUL

    What's the Best Argument for Libertarianism?

    Free State Project activist Dennis Pratt and Soho Forum director Gene Epstein debate the resolution, "A better way to persuade more people of libertarianism is to convince them of the ethics stemming from self-ownership and the non-aggression principle, without relying primarily on consequentialist/utilitarian arguments."

    1h 40m
  5. Debate: Austrian vs. Chicago Economics

    5 JUL

    Debate: Austrian vs. Chicago Economics

    Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein and Chicago school economist David Friedman debate the resolution, "The Austrian economics of Mises and Rothbard contains economic intuitions that are important, correct, and missing from Chicago School economics."

    1h 34m

  6. 24 MAY

    Glenn Greenwald and Alan Dershowitz Debate Bombing Iran

    Professor and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Glenn Greenwald debate the resolution, "The U.S. should strike Iran's…

    1h 52m

  7. 26 APR

    A Soho Forum Discussion of COVID with Tom Woods

    Brent Orrell of the American Enterprise Institute and podcaster and author Tom Woods debate the resolution, "Government-imposed restrictions during the Covid pandemic were prudent and essential."

    1h 33m
  8. Did Capitalism Fail During the Pandemic?

    5 APR

    Did Capitalism Fail During the Pandemic?

    Joe Nocera of The Free Press and Gene Epstein of The Soho Forum debate the resolution, "Capitalism has been a…

    1h 32m
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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.

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