In this week THE Round table on the reasonsEditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman weigh in on the House-passed bill that could potentially introduce a ban on the popular social media app TikTok in the United States.
01:49—Legislation to ban TikTok
4.39pm – The continuing waste of high-speed rail in California
33:48 — Weekly listener question
43:25—Elon Musk launches the Starship rocket
46:31—This week’s cultural tips
Mentioned in this podcast:
“Banning TikTok Would Give the Feds Too Much Power,” by Robby Soave
“Algorithm Not for Sale,” by Liz Wolfe
“TikTok Opponents Want China-Style Censorship in America,” by Matthew Petti
“The US Steel/Nippon Deal Shouldn’t Be Joe Biden’s Business,” by Eric Boehm
“Hey, check out a new science book about how TikTok addicts kids like they’re “narcotics”!” writes Nick Gillespie on X, formerly Twitter
“California’s high-speed rail needs another $100 billion. That’s a great reason not to build it.” by Eric Boehm
“Annie Duke: Quitting Is Totally Underrated,” by Nick Gillespie
“America Is Taking a Bullet Train to Bankruptcy,” by David Ditch
“How Florida Beat California With High-Speed Rail,” by Natalie Dowzicky
“The Problem of the Abundance Agenda,” by Christian Britschgi
“We Said Why and how California high-speed rail wouldn’t work. You chose not to listen.” by Matt Welch
“The political class I knew California High Speed Rail Was Bullshit, and Supported It Anyway,” by Matt Welch
“Three Reasons Obama’s High-Speed Rail Won’t Go Anywhere Fast,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie
“On the Move to Liberal Deregulation,” by Matt Welch
“Learning from Kodak’s Disappearance,” by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
“Milton Friedman Was Not a Conservative,” by Brian Doherty
“Jennifer Burns on the Legacy of Milton Friedman,” by Nick Gillespie
“Nominated for an Oscar Robotic dreams It’s a gentle animated love story about dogs, robots and 1980s New York,” by Peter Suderman
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; AHunt Beaty’s production assistant.
Music: “Angeline”, by the Steve brothers