In this week’s The<\/em> Reason Roundtable<\/em>, editors Matt Welch<\/a>, Katherine Mangu-Ward<\/a>, Nick Gillespie<\/a>, and Peter Suderman<\/a> conjure up a few changes they’d wish to see in the vain hope of improving U.S. presidential campaigns and consider the Biden administration’s threat to cut off arms shipments to Israel.<\/p>\n

00:35\u2014Desirable presidential campaign reforms<\/p>\n

23:00\u2014Weekly listener question<\/p>\n

33:20\u2014FreedomWorks is disbanding<\/p>\n

49:34\u2014This week’s cultural recommendations<\/p>\n

Mentioned in this podcast:<\/p>\n

“6 States<\/a>” by Liz Wolfe<\/p>\n

“Social Security and Medicare Are Going Insolvent. Neither Biden nor Trump Has a Plan for It.<\/a>” by Eric Boehm<\/p>\n

“The New York Case Against Trump Relies on a ‘Twisty’ Legal Theory That Reeks of Desperation<\/a>” by Jacob Sullum<\/p>\n

“Biden-Backed DISCLOSE Act Would Dox Donors to Groups That Run Political Ads<\/a>” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown<\/p>\n

“Patrick Ruffini: Why Blacks and Hispanics Are Turning Toward Trump<\/a>” by Nick Gillespie<\/p>\n

“Last Night’s Debate Was a Disaster. That’s Exactly Why There Should Be More of Them.<\/a>” by Eric Boehm<\/p>\n

“The AWOL Electorate<\/a>” by Nick Gillespie<\/p>\n

“Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden<\/a>” by Nate Cohn<\/p>\n

“Is America’s Blank Check for Israel Ending?<\/a>” by Matthew Petti<\/p>\n

“Biden, the Arms Supplier<\/a>” by Liz Wolfe<\/p>\n

“Chaos in Rafah<\/a>” by Liz Wolfe<\/p>\n

“Tea Party Nihilism vs. Occupy Wall Street Participatory Democracy<\/a>” by Nick Gillespie<\/p>\n

“Tea Party Confidential: Live From the September 12 [2009] Taxpayer March on Washington<\/a>” by Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Michael C. Moynihan, Dan Hayes, and Meredith Bragg<\/p>\n

“Peter Schiff Speaks for the 1 Percent at Occupy Wall Street<\/a>” by Anthony Fisher<\/p>\n

“Marco Rubio Used To Know How Tariffs Work. What Happened?<\/a>” by Eric Boehm<\/p>\n

“How GOP Fiscal Sanity Died, in 7 Easy Steps<\/a>” by Matt Welch<\/p>\n

“Legendary Punk Producer Steve Albini Says the Internet Solved the Problem With Music<\/a>” by Peter Suderman<\/p>\n

Send your questions to\u00a0roundtable@reason.com<\/a>. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.<\/p>\n

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