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The Soho Forum Debates Reason
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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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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."
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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…
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What's the Root Cause of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Reporter and podcaster Eli Lake and author Jeremy Hammond debated the resolution, "The root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinians' rejection of Israel's right to exist."
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Must Government Fund Science?
M. Anthony (Tony) Mills of the American Enterprise Institute and Terence Kealey of The Cato Institute debate the resolution, "Government must…
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Social Media Censorship and The First Amendment
Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates St. John University's Kate Klonick on the federal government's role in social media censorship.
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Will AI Destroy Humanity?
Susan Schneider of the Center for the Future Mind and AI entrepreneur Jobst Landgrebe debate the resolution, "Artificial intelligence poses a threat to the survival of humanity that must be actively addressed by government."
Customer Reviews
Kate Klonick vs common sense
Kate Klonick is what is wrong with the country and politics. She seems to believe that government is good and people are stupid, that the government needs to remove freedoms from people to protect them from themselves.
She is an idiot at best and more likely simply evil.
Excellent debate series
If you are interested in thinking about what freedom means or how we can be more free, this is a great debate series for you.
Excellent Debate Forum!
Wow! Just finished the debate with n “Nationalism” with Rich Lowry and Alex Nowrasteh. Rich opening on the actual definition of “Nationalism” and how we perceive it, reminded me of how I had a falling out with my Army Brethren, when he told my he was a “Nationalist” during Trumps rise in 2016. I hear “Nationalist” I think Hitler. My Grandpa was in WW2, my pops in Vietnam, and I was in Afghanistan and Iraq. I didn’t interpret “Nationalism” as “Love of Country” I interpreted “Nationalism” as “White Nationalism” Hmmm….. maybe I actually got it wrong. I’m not sure, but both Rich and Alex put on a awesome performance. The debate was informative, a little fiery, but never disrespectful. Awesome 💯👍🇺🇸