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Santiago Forster and Agustín Dante Rombolá debate the resolution, "Free market President Javier Milei of Argentina has been making tangible progress toward improving the Argentinian economy."

Taking the affirmative is Forster, a Fellow at Free Fundacion, a South American think-tank dedicated to "spreading the principles of freedom, private initiative, free market, Rule of Law, and limited government." He is currently a student in International Business & International Affairs at Northeastern University, where he also serves as President of the LatAm Business Club.

Taking the negative is Rombolá, the founder of Kairos Global, an association that trains young people interested in becoming human rights activists. He is a member of the Argentine political party Unión Cívica Radical, where he serves president of their youth branch, Juventud Radical.

The debate is moderated by Soho Forum director, Gene Epstein.

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss a recent episode of The View in which co-host Joy Behar argues against the narrative that Donald Trump won the election by mandate.

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Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk's plans to 'delete' government agencies.

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Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss President-elect Donald Trump's recent interview with Fox News where he discussed his new approach with the media.

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Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski's recent meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.

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One of Seattle’s most popular madams is Lou Graham. In the 1880s she convinced several well-known businessmen to fund her idea of a luxury brothel in Pioneer Square and she soon became one of the city's richest residents. In 1889, her building burned down in the Great Seattle Fire, but she had enough money to build an even bigger and better building. During the Panic of 1893 Graham stepped up again, saving Puget National Bank, issuing loans to families, subsidizing the construction of a battleship and donating money to schools. #Seattle #history #historyfacts #historytime

Amanda Knox falsely confessed to murder after law enforcement subjected her to "psychological torture." Now she wants to stop it from happening to others.

https://reason.com/podcast/2024/11/20/amanda-knox-i-have-been-utterly-exploited-by-true-crime/

0:00- Introduction
1:10- Coping with wrongful conviction
6:29- Life in prison
15:28- Knox’s coerced confession
19:52- Knox’s second conviction & failed re-trial
25:55- The attempt to find ‘normalcy’
31:45- ‘Foxy Knoxy’ & the vicious press
34:40- The need for greater media literacy & transparency
39:54- ‘The Single Victim Fallacy’ & grieving Meredith Kercher
49:19- Italian v American criminal justice systems
53:26- The criminal justice reform movement
55:27- Police deception should be banned
58:36- Unrepentant prosecutors & Sandra Hemme
1:04:13- Prosecutor of Knox’s case & her new book ‘Free’
1:08:11- Knox’s relationship to True Crime
1:18:05- Knox’s podcast ‘Labyrinths’ & skeptical approach

Today's guest is Amanda Knox, an activist, writer, and host of the podcast Labyrinths. In 2007, while studying abroad in Italy, Knox was accused of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in what the lead prosecutor claimed was a bizarre sex game gone wrong. Despite mishandled DNA, a coerced confession, and a lack of credible evidence, Knox was convicted and spent nearly four years in an Italian prison before being exonerated in 2015. Her case was a media spectacle that sensationalized every aspect of her life.

Reason's Billy Binion talks with Knox about her views on true crime after her story became one of the biggest examples of the modern era: the psychological impact of being imprisoned for something she didn't do. They also discuss what Knox thinks the U.S. criminal justice system gets right and wrong, and how she reacts to people who still believe she's lying. She shared a fascinating tidbit about her relationship with the lead prosecutor on her case—something that will be featured more in her new book Free, which is available for preorder.

#podcast #interview #truecrimepodcast #criminaljustice

Folks are laughing at the Harris campaign for raising over a billion dollars, losing the race, and allegedly winding up $20 million in debt. Can you imagine somebody that bad at math being in charge of the federal budget? #KamalaHarris #politics #debt #comedy

Why are some places considered rich while others are considered poor? Grauben Lara is the winner of the 2024 Reason video contest. In his submission, he explained economic freedom while visiting a friend in Zimbabwe, which currently ranks 164 out of 165 on the World Index of Economic Freedom. #economics #freedom #poverty #zimbabwe #africa

Are gaming console prices really getting out of control? The answer might surprise you. #PlayStation #ps5 #videogames #gaming #gamingvideos #gamingcommunity #economics

Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to Donald Trump's reported plan to shutter the Department of Education.

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Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to Democrat infighting as the party grapples with the 2024 election results.

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Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss mainstream media's reflection after the 2024 presidential election.

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Robby Soave and Amber Duke react to Marco Rubio being floated as Donald Trump's Secretary of State.

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$Political scientists Hyrum and Verlan Lewis discuss the 2024 election and the power of self-narratives in American politics. 0:00- Introduction 0:53- The Myth Of Left And Right 7:19- Politics is getting more rigidly polarized 9:50- Has the Republican Party become ‘far right’? 14:09- Politics are granular, not binary 19:20- People are more loyal to parties than positions 21:41- Trajectory of the Democratic Party 26:40- Democrats must embrace pluralism to win 31:05- Pluralism vs. Monism 32:37- Ad: ZBiotics 34:23- Trajectory of the Republican Party 37:33- How do RFK Jr and third parties fit into all this? 42:02- Backgrounds of the Lewis brothers 43:38- Political parties today function like churches 48:06- Why do the major parties flip flop so much? 53:47- There has never been a liberal or conservative consensus 58:51- Does the left hate America? 1:02:28- Finding hope against cynicism in American politics reason.com/podcasts --- In the wake of massive victories by Donald Trump and Republicans, here's a question worth asking: What does today's GOP really stand for? Longstanding support for free trade and overseas wars seems to have been replaced with tariffs and non-interventionism. Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis are the authors of The Myth of Left and Right. They argue that the way we talk about the political spectrum misleads and confuses us because it reduces complex special-interest coalitions to one or two issues that really aren't representative of what the parties actually stand for. As a result, they say that the next four years will be as fractious within the GOP (and the Democratic Party too) as the last four. #politics #election #podcast #interview$