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The Libertarian podcast features a weekly conversation with Hoover senior fellow Richard Epstein on the issues of the day.
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Feb 18, 2015
Feb 18, 2015
14 min
Richard Epstein looks at an effort to make corporations directly responsible for the employees of their franchises. (Playing time: 14:37)

Feb 10, 2015
Feb 10, 2015
15 min
Richard Epstein looks at the factors that the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department will consider in determining whether Comcast and Time Warner should be allowed to merge. (Playing time: 15:41)

Feb 5, 2015
Feb 5, 2015
44 min
Richard Epstein is joined by Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs and the Hertog Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, for a wide-ranging discussion on the progressive legacy of the Obama years and how conservatives and libertarians should respond. (Playing time: 44:30)

Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015
14 min
Richard Epstein considers how much government intervention is permissible when it comes to parents’ vaccinating their children. (Playing time: 14:40)

Jan 14, 2015
Jan 14, 2015
13 min
Richard Epstein discusses the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, what the West should do in response, and whether the Obama administration is up to the challenge of combating radical Islam. (Playing time: 13:41)

Jan 8, 2015
Jan 8, 2015
15 min
Richard Epstein discusses Nebraska’s and Oklahoma’s attempts to take Colorado to court over its marijuana legalization policy. (Playing time: 15:56)

Dec 17, 2014
Dec 17, 2014
14 min
Richard Epstein discusses the recent hacking of Sony e-mails, including whether the media are within their rights to publish the content of those messages and whether current legal standards adequately protect privacy in the digital age. (Playing time: 14:18)

Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014
18 min
Richard Epstein looks at the recent tumult at the New Republic and what it says about the state of both modern media and modern liberalism. (Playing time: 18:52)

Dec 3, 2014
Dec 3, 2014
16 min
Richard Epstein tackles the controversies over policing and prosecutorial powers that have emerged in the wake of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson. (Playing time: 16:22)

Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014
15 min
Richard Epstein scrutinizes the recent agreement between the United States and China on carbon emissions, gives advice on how both sides of the global warming debate should reframe the argument, and explains why policy makers should focus more on technology than on regulation. (Playing time: 15:53)
