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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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Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable?

2026/10/09

Emily Eisner and Kenny Burgos debate Zohran Mamdani's housing policies.

Are We Winning the Trade Wars?

2026/09/11

Economists Stephen Moore and Scott Lincicome debate tariffs as a foreign policy tool.

Does Gun Control Make Us Safer?

2026/08/19

Statistician Aaron Brown and professor Robert Spitzer debate the efficacy of gun control.

Are the Epstein Files a Moral Panic?

2026/07/17

Journalist Michael Tracey and professor Marcella Szablewicz debate the Epstein scandal and the public reaction to the files.

Should ICE Deport All Illegal Aliens?

2026/06/10

Simon Hankinson and Bryan Caplan debate immigration enforcement.

Should Billionaires Pay More Taxes?

2026/05/22

Law professor Natasha Sarin debates the Cato Institute's Adam Michel.

Can Zohran Mamdani Make NYC Affordable?

2026/04/24

Zephyr Teachout and John Ketcham debate the mayor of the Big Apple.

Should the NIH Be Abolished?

2026/03/05

Terence Kealey and Jeffrey Flier debate abolishing the National Institutes of Health.

Will AI Benefit Everyone?

2026/01/30

A Soho Forum debate on artificial intelligence's potential to deliver widespread societal benefits

Should Child Protective Services Intervene More?

2026/01/09

Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the proper role of child protective services.

Is It Time To Break Up Big Tech?

2025/12/19

Matt Stoller and Geoffrey A. Manne debate antitrust law and Big Tech.

Should Affirmative Action End?

2025/11/21

Jason Riley and Paul Frymer debate affirmative action and the Supreme Court.

Is Oregon Proof That Drug Decriminalization Will Fail?

2025/10/24

The Drug Policy Institute's Kevin Sabet debates Reason's Zach Weissmueller.

Should Paying for Sex Be a Crime?

2025/09/16

A debate between Melanie Thompson and Kaytlin Bailey.

Are Trump's Deportations Constitutional?

2025/08/12

Glenn Greenwald debates Anna Gorisch on Trump's deportation policies.

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4.7 out of 5

202 reviews

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Evan Stevoid 2026/10/16

Rent Stabilization

Rent Stabilization is rent instability. Government only makes problems worse when they attempt to control the market. When will the Soho forum addre...

★★★★★

Resenate 2026/07/20

One of the best podcasts

Real experts and amazing discussions. What’s a show. Bravo to the host and production team for making something of significance.

★★★★☆

TOWright 2025/10/23

The Debates are Excellent

The Soho debates are top tier. Great topics and debaters. The only shortcoming is that the host sometimes causes confusion. He seems lovable, but it c...

★★★★★

TampaPierce 2024/06/24

Weirdly I am binging this

Don’t know how or why I stumbled upon it but these debates are exciting, insightful, well-organized, with big names and influential arguments - I am l...

★★★★★

barnaclejafee 2023/10/14

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.

★★☆☆☆

lrhhrl 2023/08/26

Corey DeAngelis is an awful presenter

I support school choice but his attitude and tone made me want to stop supporting anything he stands for. What an pompous punk.

★★★★★

frankwhitenyking 2022/12/17

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 ...

★★★☆☆

JPTeamW 2021/03/28

Too much to list

My biggest problem is with Andrew and his blatant lies without skipping a beat. Like for example the Dakota’s he said that they have higher cases and ...

★★★★☆

Sequiter1 2021/01/03

Stimulating debates held in a libertarian venue

I appreciate the purity of the debate format: a direct clash of ideas, some rebuttal and Q&A, concluded by an audience vote. The topics range from e...

★★★★★

r0gue007 2020/03/28

Dave Smith was great!

Thanks for the the awesome content. Came here after many suggestions from Dave Smith at Part of the Problem.

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