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I Know My Rights: A Children’s Guide to the Bill of Rights and Individual Liberty -- An Interview with Rory Margraf →

July 30, 2019

The Golden Rule is the subject of the first segment of this July 30, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Rory Margraf about his book, I Know My Rights: A Children’s Guide to the Bill of Rights and Individual Liberty.

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The Fund for American Studies -- An Interview with Its President, Roger Ream →

July 17, 2019

A man who volunteered to be interned with his Japanese-American friends in 1942, Ralph Lazo, is the subject of the first segment of the July 16, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Roger Ream, the President of The Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C.

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The MilLiberty Initiative's Re-Integration Project for Market-Based Criminal Justice Reform -- An Interview with Caleb Franz →

July 9, 2019

The man who bankrupted a legislature, William Sharon, is the subject of the first segment of the July 9. 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with the co-founder and director of the MilLiberty Initiative, Caleb Franz.

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Bernie Sanders' Education Plan -- An Interview with Jim Agresti of JustFacts.com →

June 25, 2019

The “Conscience of the American Revolution,” Mercy Otis Warren, is the subject of the first segment of the June 25, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with the president and co-founder of the amazing web site, JustFacts.com, Jim Agresti. The subject is the education plan put forward earlier this month by socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

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Our Disastrous Public Education System -- An Interview with Mike Margeson and Justin Spears →

June 18, 2019

The leader of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, Wat Tyler, is the subject of the first segment of June 18, 2019 edition THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with the authors of the two-part FEE.org article, “The History and Results of Our Disastrous Public School System,” Mike Margeson and Justin Spears.

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The Green New Deal -- An Interview with FEE's Jon Miltimore →

June 12, 2019

A heroine of the French Revolution, playwright and political activist Olympe de Gouges, is the subject of the first segment of the June 11, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with FEE managing editor Jon Miltimore about his article, “44 Things You Should Know About the Green New Deal.”

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The Injustice of the Ross Ulbricht/Silk Road Case -- An Interview with Lyn Ulbricht →

May 28, 2019

The heroes of the D-Day invasion of 1944 are the subject of the first segment of the May 28, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Lyn Ulbricht, advocate for liberty and criminal justice reform and mother of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road web site, for which he was unjustly sentenced to two life terms in prison with no parole.

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Fighting for Freedom and Sound Policy in a State Legislature -- An Interview with Rick Becker →

May 21, 2019

The brave Polish priest, anti-communist and martyr Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko is the subject of the first segment of the May 21, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Hon. Rick Becker, a businessman, surgeon, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives and founder of its Bastiat Caucus.

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Advancing Liberty -- An Interview with Zilvinas Silenas and Richard Lorenc of FEE. →

May 16, 2019

Courageous journalist Gareth Jones, who broke the story of the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine and paid for it with his life, is the subject of the first segment of the May 14, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with the new president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Zilvinas Silenas of Lithuania, and Richard Lorenc, FEE’s executive vice president.

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Unschooling -- An Interview with Kerry McDonald →

May 7, 2019

The medieval Republic of Ragusa is the subject of the first segment of the May 7, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Kerry McDonald, senior education fellow at FEE, on her new book, Unschooling: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom.

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Libertarian Christians -- An Interview with Doug Stuart →

April 30, 2019

America’s 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, is the subject of the first segment in this April 30, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Doug Stuart of the Libertarian Christian Institute.

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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- An Interview with Elan Journo →

April 23, 2019

The 1948 Berlin Blockade’s Candy Bomber, Gail Halvorsen, is the subject of the first segment of the April 23, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with the Ayn Rand Institute’s Elan Journo, author of “What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”

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Young Americans for Liberty -- An Interview with Cliff Maloney →

April 16, 2019

The late Academy Award-winning Cambodian-American actor, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, is the subject of the first segment of the April 16, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Cliff Maloney of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL).

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Entrepreneurship -- An Interview with Samir Patel →

April 9, 2019

America’s best U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, Melville Fuller, is the subject of the first segment of the April 9, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with entrepreneur and Georgia State University instructor Samir Patel.

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Open the Books -- An Interview with Adam Andrzejewski →

April 2, 2019

The story of the inventor of the Stetson hat, John Stetson, is the subject of the first segment of the April 2, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Adam Andrzejewski on the transparency and government spending agenda of his organization, OpentheBooks.com.

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FEEcon 2019 -- An Interview with Jason Riddle and Marianna Brashear →

March 26, 2019

Britain’s “Great Commoner,” Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, is the subject of the first segment of the March 26, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with FEE’s Jason Riddle and Marianna Brashear about the FEEcon 2019 conference.

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Heroes Who Endured 22 Years of Prison in Communist Vietnam -- An Interview with Dr. & Mrs. Doan Viet Hoat →

March 21, 2019

Dr. Doan Viet Hoat spent 20 years in communist prisons in Vietnam for the unforgivable crime of loving liberty and being connected to American Universities. His wife Thuc also spent two years in prison for nothing more than trying to bring attention to her husband’s case — Recorded on March 19, 2019.

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Why Culture Matters Most -- An Interview with David Rose →

March 12, 2019

Polish-born, two-time Nobel laureate physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the subject of the first segment of the March 12, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with University of Missouri-St. Louis professor David Rose on his new book, “Why Culture Matters Most.”

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School Choice -- An Interview with Corey DeAngelis →

March 5, 2019

Madame C. J. Walker, America’s first black millionairess, is the subject of the first segment of the March 5, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with Corey DeAngelis of the Cato Institute on education reform.

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Trade Protectionism -- An Interview with Donald Boudreaux →

February 19, 2019

The great abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass is the subject of the first segment of the February 19, 2019 edition of THE REED HOUR, followed by an interview with George Mason University and Cafe Hayek economist Don Boudreaux on tariffs.

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