Episodes

  • Stephanie Slade on Liberty, Virtue, and Fusionism

    Stephanie Slade on Liberty, Virtue, and Fusionism
    Nov 14 2024
    Governor Mitch Daniels and Reason magazine Senior Editor Stephanie Slade consider the changing factions of the American political landscape, the history and future of fusionism, and how college students became such big fans of big government. They also consider the contrast between the hopelessness of a static society and the hope and fears of a dynamic one and give us some reasons to be hopeful for the future of liberty.
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    39 mins
  • Todd Young on Balancing Liberty, Security, and Markets

    Todd Young on Balancing Liberty, Security, and Markets
    Oct 18 2024
    Governor Mitch Daniels and Senator Todd Young (R-Ind) discuss current threats to liberty, the state of the American military, the national debt, and the importance of continuing to invest in science and technology. They also consider the complex process of getting legislation passed, the impact of AI on military operations, and they close their discussion with some reasons to be hopeful about America in 2050.
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    42 mins
  • Randy Barnett on Liberty Under Law

    Randy Barnett on Liberty Under Law
    Sep 20 2024
    Governor Mitch Daniels and constitutional law professor Randy Barnett discuss what it's like to be a conservative or libertarian on a liberal college campus, the changes in Barnett's political philosophy over time, and his development as a public meaning originalist. They also explore Barnett's interest in the ninth amendment and his theory that "first come rights and then comes government," as well as the idea that sometimes private property and liberty can be in conflict.
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    46 mins
  • Joe Lonsdale on the Rebirth of Liberty and Cultivating a Successful Future

    Joe Lonsdale on the Rebirth of Liberty and Cultivating a Successful Future
    Aug 16 2024
    Governor Daniels and Joe Lonsdale, the founder and managing partner of 8VC, discuss the prospects for liberty in the technology sector, challenges to liberty in public education, and the difficulty of starting a defense company when your competition is the government. They also discuss Lonsdale’s work with the University of Austin, the perils of DEI, the proper role of government, the way to a better future, and why Lonsdale likes Xenophon.
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    35 mins
  • Katherine Mangu-Ward on Journalism and the State

    Katherine Mangu-Ward on Journalism and the State
    Jul 19 2024

    Governor Mitch Daniels and Katherine Mangu-Ward, Editor in Chief of Reason Magazine, discuss why it’s so hard for third parties to gain ground in American politics, whether not voting is a responsible choice, the role of technology in education, and the place of traditional and new media in the modern political landscape.
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    46 mins
  • Philip Hamburger on the Threats of the Administrative State

    Philip Hamburger on the Threats of the Administrative State
    Jun 26 2024

    In this episode Governor Daniels and legal scholar and founder of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, Philip Hamburger, discuss the origins of the administrative state in classism, the use of it as an "irregular pathway" around the Constitution, and a series of cases about topics from fishing boats to social media that demonstrate the dangers to liberty that arise from an overreaching administrative state.
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    39 mins