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The Soho Forum Debates

The Soho Forum Debates

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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1:33:11

A Soho Forum Discussion of COVID with Tom Woods

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/04/26

In lieu of the planned debate with Brent Orrell, Gene Epstein and Tom Woods discuss the prudence of COVID-related restrictions.

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1:32:22

Did Capitalism Fail During the Pandemic?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/04/05

Columnist Joe Nocera debates Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein.

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1:28:38

What's the Root Cause of the Israeli-Palestinian...

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/03/01

Eli Lake of The Free Press debates author Jeremy Hammond at The Soho Forum.

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1:29:40

Must Government Fund Science?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/02/02

AEI's Tony Mills and British biochemist Terence Kealey debate whether science needs government funding.

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1:31:15

Social Media Censorship and The First Amendment

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/12/22

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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1:45:53

Will AI Destroy Humanity?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/11/17

Susan Schneider and Jobst Landgrebe debate the dangers of AI.

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1:36:29

Will Electric Cars Disappoint Environmentalists?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/10/20

Mark Mills and Rosario Fortugno debate the future of electric vehicles.

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1:26:05

Would Anarcho-Capitalism Be a Disaster?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/09/22

Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.

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1:26:52

Should Libertarians Support School Choice?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/08/25

Corey DeAngelis of the American Federation for Children debates libertarian author Stephan Kinsella.

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1:41:45

Should the U.S. Have Free Immigration?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/07/28

The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate immigration policy.

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1:35:13

Is the Nonaggression Principle Incoherent?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/06/30

Economists David Friedman and Gene Epstein debate how best to persuade people toward libertarianism.

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1:43:15

Are Libertarians Greedy and Delusional?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/05/26

Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been corrupted.

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1:42:50

Does The 1619 Project Have Anything To Teach Us?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/04/21

Two historians go head-to-head on whether the controversial New York Times project has any value.

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1:43:25

Black America and Progressivism: Jason L. Riley vs....

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/04/01

The Manhattan Institute senior fellow and the NYU historian debate whether black Americans should move away from progressivism.

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1:19:01

National Divorce?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/02/24

Is breaking up the U.S. a good idea? Law professor F.H. Buckley and Libertarian Party activist Jonathan Casey debate.

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1:33:57

Should We Abolish the Federal Reserve?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2023/01/27

Economists Lawrence H. White and Frederic Mishkin debate whether the Federal Reserve should be replaced with free market institutions.

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1:26:17

Should Americans Value Nationalism?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2022/12/16

National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.

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1:54:20

Never Lock Down Again? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2022/11/18

Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates Yale's Sten Vermund on COVID-19 lockdowns, focused protection, and the Great Barrington Declaration.

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1:34:13

Is Free Market Ideology Hurting the Economy?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2022/10/24

A livestreamed debate between Binyamin Appelbaum and Gene Epstein

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1:22:26

Is It Time to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2022/09/23

Author Ward Wilson advocates eliminating nuclear weapons. Defense consultant Peter Huessy says that's unrealistic.

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