The Libertarian

Richard Epstein

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Booking Overview

A solo-expert public policy and law show led by a prominent libertarian legal scholar, with occasional interviews or joint analyses featuring established commentators and policy experts. Suitable pitches include law professors, economists, public intellectuals, regulatory specialists, and authors with strong expertise in constitutional law, litigation, government policy, or markets; booking is likely high difficulty.

Metrics

Episodes: 26

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 740 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Richard Epstein - Richard Epstein is a legal scholar specializing in law and economics, constitutional law, property rights, liability, and regulation. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York Univer...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Law professors, economists, policy scholars, journalists, authors, and senior practitioners with established expertise in constitutional law, litigation, regulation, markets, or public policy.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or major research on law, economics, politics, or public policy, Regular bylines or commentary in nationally recognized media, Academic, governmental, or professional leadership in a relevant field

Recent Guest Discussions

Charles C. W. Cooke - The Supreme Court’s Roundup V. Monsanto Decision, Federal Preemption Under FIFRA, Product Liability, Regulatory Judgments, And Over-litigation.

Recent Topics

Law, Public Policy, Libertarianism, Economics, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Libertarian
:

Zeus's Law: What The Odyssey Gets Right—and Wrong

August 10, 2026

Richard Epstein and Charles C. W. Cooke discuss Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—its departures from Homer, its moral themes, and its spectacular scale. They also explore aesthetics, virtue, Greek and Roman law, and the relationship between ordinary moral intuition and formal legal reasoning.

Richard Epstein Fixes Soccer

July 21, 2026

Can the world's most popular sport be improved? Richard Epstein thinks so, and argues that soccer's rules are overdue for reform. From red cards and penalty kicks to VAR, substitutions, stoppage time, and overtime, Epstein applies the principles of law, economics, and institutional design to the beautiful game. The result is a lively conversation about whether smarter rules could make soccer fairer, faster, and even more exciting.

Roundup at The Supreme Court

June 29, 2026

Charles C. W. Cooke and Richard Epstein break down the Supreme Court’s Roundup v. Monsanto decision, arguing that the case was widely miscast as a simple fight between big business and cancer victims. Epstein explains why the real issue was federal preemption under FIFRA, the limits of state-law warning-label lawsuits, and the danger of letting juries override regulatory judgments on complex scientific questions. Along the way, he surveys the evolution of product liability law, the risks of o...

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