Welcome to the Reason Roundtable Podcast, The Libertarian Podcast brought to you by the magazine

that's been always looking on the bright side of life.

For more than a half century now, I am Matt Welch,

joined by Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman,

and Catherine Mangue Ward.

Happy Eclipse Day, everyone. Howdy.

Hello, ma'am.

Happy Monday.

Catherine, what kind of teaching moment are you going to do at today's solar blotting out of the sun?

You know, we've talked about this before.

I'm a rockets girl, not a planets girl.

And you might argue that those are the same,

but I would argue that they're importantly different.

Like, I'm going to enjoy the

eclipse but like if people didn't make it I'm just not that interested and this is

kind of the ultimate people didn't make it event. But people are making it an event.

True.

By gathering and celebrating, there's a communal spirit.

I think I'll be encouraging reason staffers to look directly at the sun.

What could go wrong?

You know, most mutations are positive, right? This is what we learn from the Marvel universe

Peter did you organize a cocktail before the eclipse not even close I think I'm

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