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This is a bonus episode, and I'm very excited to share it with you.

A few weeks back at our Washington, DC HQ, Reason features editor Peter Souterman talked with former Reason

Editor-in-Chief Virginia Postrell, an American Enterprise Institute fellow Jim Pethakoukis,

about the future, why it matters, why it's misunderstood, and how we might get a better one.

Both have written extensively on the topic. Postrella is the

author of many books, including the future and its enemies. And Bethacuchus is the author of the

just-release book, The Conservative Futurist, How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised.

It's a great conversation about economics, progress, science fiction, and kitchen gadgets.

Here is the Reason interview with Virginia Postrell and Jim Pethakoukis.

Hello. Welcome to the new Reason headquarters. This is the inaugural event, the first time

we are testing this fully operational libertarian

battle station.

So thank you very, very much for coming tonight on a Monday.

I know you all have many other things that you could be doing, so we're glad that you are

here.

Like I said, this is the first time we have ever had the public in this office,

so you should take a look around. I strongly recommend taking a peek into the men's bathroom.

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