The Soho Forum Debates

Should ICE Deport All Illegal Aliens? 10.06.2026 1:26:03 ↓

Simon Hankinson and Bryan Caplan debate immigration enforcement.

Should Billionaires Pay More Taxes? 22.05.2026 1:31:22 ↓

Law professor Natasha Sarin debates the Cato Institute's Adam Michel.

Can Zohran Mamdani Make NYC Affordable? 24.04.2026 1:28:44 ↓

Zephyr Teachout and John Ketcham debate the mayor of the Big Apple.

Should the NIH Be Abolished? 05.03.2026 ↓

Terence Kealey and Jeffrey Flier debate abolishing the National Institutes of Health.

Will AI Benefit Everyone? 30.01.2026 1:41:56 ↓

A Soho Forum debate on artificial intelligence's potential to deliver widespread societal benefits

Should Child Protective Services Intervene More? 09.01.2026 1:50:52 ↓

Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the proper role of child protective services.

Is It Time To Break Up Big Tech? 19.12.2025 1:37:48 ↓

Matt Stoller and Geoffrey A. Manne debate antitrust law and Big Tech.

Should Affirmative Action End? 21.11.2025 1:37:39 ↓

Jason Riley and Paul Frymer debate affirmative action and the Supreme Court.

Is Oregon Proof That Drug Decriminalization Will Fail? 24.10.2025 1:25:13 ↓

The Drug Policy Institute's Kevin Sabet debates Reason's Zach Weissmueller.

Should Paying for Sex Be a Crime? 16.09.2025 1:34:11 ↓

A debate between Melanie Thompson and Kaytlin Bailey.

Are Trump's Deportations Constitutional? 12.08.2025 1:38:10 ↓

Glenn Greenwald debates Anna Gorisch on Trump's deportation policies.

Should the U.S. Have a Public Health Insurance Plan? 18.07.2025 1:49:58 ↓

Yale’s Jacob Hacker and Sesame’s David Goldhill debate a government-run health insurance plan.

Was the Cold War a Deception? 19.06.2025 1:28:48 ↓

The American Enterprise Institute's Hal Brands and investigative journalist Gareth Porter debate the necessity of the Cold War.

Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh Debate Immigration 21.05.2025 1:44:07 ↓

Is it consistently libertarian to support government restrictions on immigration?

Should Libertarians Prioritize Their Own Communities? 02.05.2025 1:12:23 ↓

Eric Brakey and Andrew Heaton debate whether libertarians should prioritize building local liberty-focused societies like the Free State Project or focus on reforming the federal government.

Are the Palestinians Systematically Oppressed? 22.03.2025 1:26:53 ↓

City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.

Did the U.S. Provoke Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? 08.02.2025 1:50:48 ↓

Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

El Salvador's Bukele: Authoritarian or Model President? 27.01.2025 1:22:24 ↓

Frontier magazine's Peter Gietl and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the merits of Nayib Bukele's criminal justice policies.

Was the Supreme Court Wrong About Presidential Immunity? 13.12.2024 1:55:07 ↓

Glenn Greenwald and Elizabeth Price Foley debate Trump v. United States and its implications for presidential powers.

Is Javier Milei Actually Improving Argentina? 22.11.2024 1:41:48 ↓

Two Argentine pundits debate the success of Javier Milei.

Are American Living Standards In Decline? 25.10.2024 1:40:08 ↓

David Leonhardt and John Early debate stagnation, inequality, and how people feel about the economy.

Are the Two Parties Any Different? 20.09.2024 1:24:14 ↓

Two former Republican staffers, David Stockman and Stephen Moore, debate the state of the party.

Is Donald Trump the Best Choice? 16.08.2024 1:13:43 ↓

Famed economist Arthur Laffer debates Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver.

Did COVID Come From a Lab? 19.07.2024 1:33:13 ↓

Author Matt Ridley debates virologist Stephen Goldstein on the origins of SARS-CoV-2.

What's the Best Argument for Libertarianism? 07.07.2024 1:39:31 ↓

Dennis Pratt and Gene Epstein debate the efficacy of ethical and consequentialist arguments for libertarianism.