Just Asking Questions
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Just Asking Questions is a news podcast hosted by Reason. It has 98 episodes, with the latest published September 2025.
Interrogating current events, challenging assumptions, uncovering facts, and exposing realities that the government and the media would rather not talk about. Reason’s "Just Asking Questions" is a weekly show for honesty and open inquiry. We're skeptics of unexamined power. We don't want to be told what to think. But we do want to know which questions to start asking. Hosted by Liz Wolfe and Zach Weissmueller. Produced by John Osterhoudt. Just Asking Questions is published by the Reason Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) research and educational organization based in Los Angeles.
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Freddie deBoer: Charlie Kirk's Murder Reveals a Cultural Sickness
Michael Tracey: Cutting Through the Jeffrey Epstein Fog
Bob Murphy: Are We Flirting with Fascism?
Megan McArdle: Trump's D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
Deb Fillman: Why Do We Send Kids to School?
Rob Henderson: Why Elites Still Worship Socialism
Patrick Eddington: How to 'Tyranny-Proof' America
Gary Taubes: MAHA, Ultra-Processed Foods, and Bad Science
Scott Lincicome: How Much Will You Pay To 'Buy American'?
Curt Mills: Is Trump Still 'America First'?
Inez Stepman: How Socialism Seduced New Yorkers
Ro Khanna: Congress Must Take Back Its War Powers
Paul Pillar: America Should Not Fight Israel's War
Laura Powell: Who's Most To Blame for the Latest L.A. Riots?
Debating the Science and Ethics of IVF: Emma Waters vs. Ruxandra Teslo
David Stockman: Trump Is a 'Faker' on the Debt
Gary Winslett: The American Dream Has Migrated South
Noah Smith: I Owe Libertarians an Apology
Do These Libertarians Regret Voting for Donald Trump?
Ross Douthat: Why Digital Life Threatens Freedom and Family
Glenn Greenwald: Americans' Liberties Are in Danger
Michael Beckley: China Is Dangerously Weak
Derek Thompson: Democrats Must Change
Rand Paul: Why I Oppose Trump's Tariffs
Batya Ungar-Sargon: The Case for MAGA Leftism
Phil Magness: The Problem With Trumponomics
Kelsey Piper: A Reasonable Approach to AI
Just Answering Questions: Live Q&A
Tom Woods: The COVID Lessons We Can't Forget
James Pogue: What Ukraine Reveals About MAGA
Matt Taibbi: The Collapse of the Censorship Regime
Randy Barnett: How Legal Is Trump's Agenda?
Aaron Sibarium: Is DEI Over?
John Cochrane: How Will DOGE 'Disrupt' the Government?
Julia Gelatt: What Happens if Trump 'Seals the Border'?
Angela McArdle: What Role Did the Libertarian Party Play in Freeing Ross Ulbricht?
Mike Pesca: How Will Trump 2.0 Transform America?
Meghan Daum: After the Fires, What's Left of L.A.?
Tyler Cowen: Why Do We Refuse To Learn From History?
Isabelle Boemeke: Time for the Nuclear Option?
Byrne Hobart: What happened to progress?
Guillaume Verdon: Should We Have a 'Second Amendment for AI'?
Brianna Wu and TafTaj: How Have Trans Issues Scrambled Our Politics?
Nic Carter: Did Bitcoin Win the Election?
Vinay Prasad: What Does RFK Jr. Get Right and Wrong?
Yuval Levin: What is Trump's "Mandate"?
Lee Fang: Will Democrats Ever Recover From 2024?
Patrick Ruffini: Why Did Trump Win?
Dave Smith, David Stockman, and Jacob Grier: Who Is The Lesser Evil?
Thierry Malleret: Is the Great Reset Underway?
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