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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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1:25:13

Is Oregon Proof That Drug Decriminalization Will Fail?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/10/24

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

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1:34:11

Should Paying for Sex Be a Crime?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/09/16

A debate between Melanie Thompson and Kaytlin Bailey.

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1:38:10

Are Trump's Deportations Constitutional?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/08/12

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

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1:49:58

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

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/07/18

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

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1:28:48

Was the Cold War a Deception?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/06/19

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

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1:44:07

Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh Debate Immigration

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/05/21

Is it consistently libertarian to support government restrictions on immigration?

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1:12:23

Should Libertarians Prioritize Their Own Communities?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

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.

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1:26:53

Are The Palestinians Systematically Oppressed?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/03/22

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

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1:50:48

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

The Soho Forum Debates ·

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.

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1:22:24

El Salvador's Bukele: Authoritarian or Model President?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2025/01/27

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

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1:55:07

Was the Supreme Court Wrong About Presidential Immunity?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/12/13

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

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1:41:48

Is Javier Milei Actually Improving Argentina?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/11/22

Two Argentine pundits debate the success of Javier Milei.

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1:40:08

Are American Living Standards In Decline?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/10/25

David Leonhardt and John Early debate stagnation, inequality, and how people feel about the economy.

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1:24:14

Are the Two Parties Any Different?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/09/20

Two former Republican staffers, David Stockman and Stephen Moore, debate the state of the party.

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1:13:43

Is Donald Trump the Best Choice?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/08/16

Famed economist Arthur Laffer debates Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver.

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1:33:13

Did COVID Come From a Lab?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/07/19

Author Matt Ridley debates virologist Stephen Goldstein on the origins of SARS-CoV-2.

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1:39:31

What's the Best Argument for Libertarianism?

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/07/07

Dennis Pratt and Gene Epstein debate the efficacy of ethical and consequentialist arguments for libertarianism.

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1:34:11

Debate: Austrian vs. Chicago Economics

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/07/05

Economists Gene Epstein and David Friedman debate the merits of the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics.

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Glenn Greenwald and Alan Dershowitz Debate Bombing Iran

The Soho Forum Debates ·

2024/05/24

The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Glenn Greenwald takes on famed lawyer and author Alan Dershowitz.

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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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