Hello everybody, welcome to a special video tape bonus episode of the Reason Roundtable

podcast.

I am Matt Welch sitting stiffly in a room at an L-shaped table, as either Peter or Catherine

recently pointed out.

And we are here to ask and answer all of the questions that you sent to us as part

of our annual Webathon fundraiser that we do here at the Reason Foundation.

Peter, stop making faces over there.

I can see you, you know, you're in the same room.

Okay, so what we're going to do before we start is, and this is unplanned, so it's going

to make certain members of this table physically uncomfortable, is go for a lightning round.

Everything here is a lightning round because we've got so many questions, great questions

from all of you, and also some really bad ones that we'll get to.

You're going to go to a first lightning round from each participant at this table, elevator

pitch.

Why should you viewers, listeners, readers, dancers, why should you donate to this year's

Reason Webathon?

Start with us, Gimpy, one-legged, Catherine Mangue, award.

Thank you for just getting that the broken knee up right at the top of the pod.

The reason people should donate is because now more than ever, we are screwed.

Libertarianism is in trouble, and basically every political actor in the country is now

trending authoritarian, and Reason stands alone, a voice of sanity in the wilderness.

And you'll be glad we're still here when the insanity lifts.

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