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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.

Podcast episodes

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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.

Should the U.S. Have a Public Health Insurance Plan?

2025/07/18

Yale’s Jacob Hacker and Sesame’s David Goldhill debate a government-run health insurance plan.

Was the Cold War a Deception?

2025/06/19

The American Enterprise Institute's Hal Brands and investigative journalist Gareth Porter debate the necessity of the Cold War.

Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh Debate Immigration

2025/05/21

Is it consistently libertarian to support government restrictions on immigration?

Should Libertarians Prioritize Their Own Communities?

2025/05/02

Eric Brakey and Andrew Heaton debate whether libertarians should prioritize building local liberty-focused societies like the Free State Project or focus on reforming the federal government.

Are the Palestinians Systematically Oppressed?

2025/03/22

City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.

Did the U.S. Provoke Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?

2025/02/08

Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

El Salvador's Bukele: Authoritarian or Model President?

2025/01/27

Frontier magazine's Peter Gietl and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the merits of Nayib Bukele's criminal justice policies.

Was the Supreme Court Wrong About Presidential Immunity?

2024/12/13

Glenn Greenwald and Elizabeth Price Foley debate Trump v. United States and its implications for presidential powers.

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4.8 out of 5

194 reviews

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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...

A non a mice 2019/12/18

Finally!

I’ve found this through Woods and Smith and was waiting for this to be a podcast.

Thanky U 2019/12/30

Needs the Video Too

This would be much better if it had the video too.

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