The original line-up is back! Matt Welch is joined by Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie to discuss the U.S. exit from Afghanistan and the FDA’s full approval of Pfizer’s vaccine. All this and more, on The Reason Roundtable.
Discussed in the show:
1:33: The U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
23:30: The FDA fully approves the Pfizer vaccine. Does that mean employers can mandate the vaccine?
36:32: Weekly Listener Question: Why so glum, chums?
51:03: Weekly media recommendations.
This week’s links:
- “America’s Disastrous Drug War Is Finally Unravelling” (video)
- “George Hotz: From Self-Driving Cars to Robots That Cook and Clean” (video)
- “Plastic, Perfected,” by Ronald Bailey
- “Impending Defeat for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” by Ronald Bailey
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Audio production by Ian Keyser
Assistant production by Regan Taylor
Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve
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