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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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Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013
20 min
Richard Epstein examines the recent Supreme Court case that overturned Arizona’s requirement that voters provide proof of citizenship. (Playing time: 20:35)

Jun 14, 2013
Jun 14, 2013
20 min
Richard Epstein says that President Obama claims the patent system is broken and is specifically concerned about so-called patent trolls, companies that do not make products but instead buy up patents and then sue businesses they claim are infringing on them. But there are good reasons to question the president’s reasoning. (Playing time: 20:41)

Jun 13, 2013
Jun 13, 2013
18 min
Richard Epstein examines the legal and policy implications of NSA data mining and the legal punishments for national security leaks. (Playing time: 18:01)

May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013
16 min
Richard Epstein examines the controversy over Apple's tax payments and what it says about corporate taxes in America. (Playing time: 16:07)

May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013
18 min
Richard Epstein looks at the IRS's abuse of the permit power and how that abuse also applies to the FDA, the EPA, and local zoning ordinances. (Playing time: 18:42)

May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013
17 min
Richard Epstein discusses recent revelations of IRS discrimination against conservative nonprofits and considers the scandal surrounding the Justice Department's monitoring of the Associated Press. (Playing time: 17:31)

May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
18 min
Richard Epstein discusses the rule of law and how it applies to alleged Boston bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev. (Playing time: 18:40)

Apr 17, 2013
Apr 17, 2013
21 min
Richard Epstein discusses the findings of a task force he participated in dedicated to determining whether the United States committed acts of torture in the aftermath of 9/11. (Playing time: 21:30)

Apr 10, 2013
Apr 10, 2013
17 min
Richard Epstein reminisces about Margaret Thatcher, labor, unions, free trade, and markets. Epstein notes that Thatcher was fine with the European Union being a free trade society but did not want a European Union with centralized regulations. Epstein emphasizes that Thatcher was right concerning the European monetary policies. She was a titan of the twentieth century. (Playing time: 17:00)

Apr 4, 2013
Apr 4, 2013
18 min
Richard Epstein responds to David Stockman's New York Times opinion piece and its warnings of impending economic catastrophe. (Playing time: 18:19)
