Guests

Every guest of The Bob Zadek Show, A–Z by first name — 262 people, 358 appearances, 48 of them more than once. Each name opens a page with every episode they were on. To find an episode by year or topic instead, use the episode database.

A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · P · Q · R · S · T · V · W · Y

A

• Abigail Hall — Associate Professor of Economics at Bellarmine University (2022)
• Adam Thierer — Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow (2021)
• Adrian Moore — Reason Foundation (2011–2012 · 2 appearances)
• Alan Dershowitz — Civil liberties attorney and Harvard Law professor (2023)
• Alex Nowrasteh — Cato Institute (2013–2023 · 8 appearances)
• Alex Tabarrok — Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2020)
• Alice Goffman — Sociologist (2014)
• Amity Shlaes — Historian (2019)
• Amy Wax — Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania (2017)
• Andrei Illarionov — Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute (2017)
• Andrew J. Coulson — Cato Institute (2009)
• Anthony L. Fisher — Writer and filmmaker (2012–2017 · 3 appearances)
• Anthony Sanders — Institute for Justice (2010)
• Arnold Kling — Economist (2023)
• Art Carden — Professor of Economics at Samford University (2022)
• Arvin Vora — Congressional Candidate and Author (2012)
• Ashley Varner — Freedom Foundation VP (2023)
• Austin Petersen — Missouri US Senate candidate (2017)

B

• Bart J. Wilson — Professor at Chapman University (2021)
• Baylen Linnekin — Author of Biting the Hands that Feed Us (2015–2022 · 2 appearances)
• Ben Shapiro — Author and political commentator (2011)
• Benjamin Powell — Executive Director of the Free Market Institute (2019–2022 · 2 appearances)
• Bill Frezza — Tech entrepreneur and radio host (2015)
• Bill Maurer — Institute for Justice (2022)
• Bill Ottman — Founder of Minds.com (2019)
• Bob Levy — Chairman of the Board, Cato Institute (2021)
• Bradford R. Kane — Author and political insider (2020)
• Brent Orrell — Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (2020)
• Brian D. Kelly — Associate Professor of Economics at Seattle University (2019)
• Brian Walsh — Ethics and Public Policy Center (2015)
• Bryan Caplan — Professor of Economics at George Mason University (2018)
• Burton Abrams — Professor of Economics at University of Delaware (2014)

C

• C. Bradley Thompson — Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism (2019)
• Carissa Hessick — Professor of Law at UNC (2022)
• Carol Berkin — Professor of History at Baruch College (2016)
• Carol Roth — Author of The War on Small Business (2021)
• Caroline Frederickson — Georgetown University law professor (2021)
• Casey Mulligan — University of Chicago professor (2020)
• Cathy Reisenwitz — Editor in Chief of Sex and the State (2022)
• Cathy Young — Author and Columnist (2014)
• Charlie Deist — Seasteading Institute (2015)
• Chris Edwards — Director of Tax Policy at Cato (2011–2021 · 4 appearances)
• Chris Preble — Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security (2013–2022 · 3 appearances)
• Christian Britschgi — Associate editor at Reason magazine (2023)
• Clark Neily — VP for Criminal Justice at Cato (2020–2022 · 2 appearances)
• Clifford Winston — Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution (2021)
• Clifton Ross — Writer, poet, and filmmaker (2019 · 2 appearances)
• Clint Bolick — Arizona Supreme Court Justice (2018)
• Corey DeAngelis — Adjunct scholar at Cato (2022)

D

• Damien Schiff — Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation (2021)
• Damon Root — Senior Editor of Reason Magazine (2014)
• Daniel Dew — Pacific Legal Foundation (2021)
• Daniel Di Martino — PhD student and Venezuelan immigrant (2021)
• Daniel Markovits — Yale Law Professor (2019)
• David Bernstein — George Mason University Law Professor (2022)
• David Bier — Cato Institute (2022)
• David Boaz — Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute (2015–2018 · 2 appearances)
• David Harsanyi — Senior editor at The Federalist (2018)
• David Henderson — Professor Emeritus Naval Postgraduate School (2019)
• David Kaplan — Author and former Newsweek editor (2019)
• David Lesperance — International tax and immigration expert (2020)
• Derek Khanna — Former Republican staffer and technology policy expert (2014)
• Dick Carpenter — Institute for Justice (2022)
• Dick Morris — Political Advisor and Podcast Host (2022)
• Don Boudreau — George Mason University economics professor (2019)
• Don Boudreaux — Professor of Economics at GMU (2009–2022 · 4 appearances)
• Doug Bandow — Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute (2010)

E

• Ed Freeman — Professor at the University of Virginia (2021)
• Edward Conard — Author and AEI Adjunct Fellow (2017–2021 · 2 appearances)
• Elise Foley — Huffington Post reporter and activist (2011)
• Elizabeth Nolan Brown — Reason magazine (2019–2022 · 2 appearances)
• Eugene Volokh — UCLA Law Professor (2021)
• Evan Bernick — Professor at Northern Illinois University (2022)

F

• Fergus Hodgson — Latin America researcher (2017)
• Frank Buckley — Professor at George Mason University (2014–2022 · 10 appearances)

G

• Gabriel Jack Chin — Professor of law at UC Davis (2017)
• Gail Heriot — Professor of Law (2016)
• Gary Johnson — Former Governor of New Mexico (2010–2012 · 4 appearances)
• Gene Healy — Vice President at the Cato Institute (2018–2019 · 2 appearances)
• Glenn Roper — Pacific Legal Foundation (2020)
• Guy Bentley — Reason Foundation (2022)

H

• Hadley Heath — Independent Women’s Forum (2011)
• Harlow Giles Unger — Historian and Author (2013–2021 · 3 appearances)
• Harvey Silverglate — Civil liberties attorney and FIRE founder (2011–2022 · 2 appearances)
• Heather Mac Donald — Author of The War on Cops (2017)
• Heidi Machen — President of the San Francisco City Democratic Club (2009)

I

• Ian Vasquez — Cato Institute VP for International Studies (2021)
• Ilan Wurman — Arizona State University (2021)
• Ilya Shapiro — Cato Institute Senior Fellow (2016–2017 · 2 appearances)
• Ilya Somin — Professor of Law at George Mason University (2013–2022 · 6 appearances)
• Ivan Eland — Independent Institute Senior Fellow (2014–2017 · 2 appearances)

J

• Jacob Sullum — Senior Editor, Reason magazine (2009–2020 · 2 appearances)
• Jason Sorens — AIER and Saint Anselm College (2022 · 2 appearances)
• Jayant Bhandari — Resident of Singapore (2017)
• Jeff Deist — President of the Mises Institute (2021)
• Jeff Hewitt — Riverside County Supervisor (2020)
• Jeff Kosseff — Professor at US Naval Academy (2022)
• Jeffrey Barke — Center for Individual Rights and School Board Member (2020)
• Jeffrey Bergner — Author and former Assistant Secretary of State (2019)
• Jeffrey Miron — Harvard economist and Cato Senior Fellow (2017)
• Jeffrey Singer — Cato Institute (2013–2022 · 7 appearances)
• Jeffrey Sutton — Chief Judge US Court of Appeals (2022)
• Jeffrey Tucker — Editorial Director of AIER (2020)
• Jenin Younes — GMU and New Civil Liberties Alliance (2021)
• Jennifer Schulp — Director of Financial Regulation Studies at Cato (2021)
• Jerry Hurwitz — American Revolution Historian (2009)
• Jessica Thompson — Pacific Legal Foundation (2022)
• Jim Bovard — Investigative journalist (2015)
• Jim Gray — 2012 Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate (2013)
• Joan Blades — MoveOn.org and AllSides.com (2019)
• Joe Cohn — Director of Legislative Policy at FIRE (2022)
• Joe Lancaster — Associate Editor at Reason magazine (2022)
• Joe Mathews — Journalist at Zócalo Public Square (2018)
• Joe Quirk — Seasteading Institute and Chapman University (2015–2020 · 3 appearances)
• Joel Engel — Journalist and Author (2018)
• John Allison — Former CEO of BB&T and head of the Cato Institute (2015)
• John Chisholm — Entrepreneur and MIT Alumni Association President (2015)
• John Cribb — Author and historian (2021)
• John Gable — MoveOn.org and AllSides.com (2019)
• John Giadjopoulos — Political Advisor and Podcast Host (2022)
• John Glaser — Director of Foreign Policy Studies at Cato (2017–2018 · 2 appearances)
• John Judis — Author of The Socialist Awakening (2021)
• John Lott — Economist and Author (2022)
• John Lovell — Lobbyist for Law Enforcement Groups (2009)
• John Marini — University of Nevada, Reno (2019)
• John McGinnis — Law professor at Northwestern University (2019)
• John Mueller — Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute (2022)
• John Rothmann — KGO 810 AM talk show host (2020)
• John Samples — VP Cato Institute and Facebook Oversight Board member (2020)
• John Tamny — Editor of RealClearMarkets and VP at FreedomWorks (2020)
• Jonathan Butcher — Heritage Foundation Fellow (2022)
• Jonathan Bydlak — R Street Institute (2018–2022 · 3 appearances)
• Jonathan Haidt — Social Psychologist and Author (2018)
• Jonathan Hofer — Independent Institute (2022)
• Jonathan Rauch — Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution (2015)
• Jonathan Rothwell — Gallup principal economist (2019)
• Jonathan Tasini — Progressive podcaster and editor (2018)
• Josh Blackman — Professor of Constitutional Law (2020)
• Joshua Muravchik — Author of Heaven on Earth (2019)
• Justin Hart — Author and Data Analyst (2022)
• Justin Logan — Cato Institute Senior Fellow (2022)

K

• Katherine Mangu-Ward — Senior Editor at Reason magazine (2009)
• Keith Whittington — Princeton University (2020)
• Kevin Kiley — California State Assemblyman (2021)
• Kevin Vallier — Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University (2020)

L

• Larry Klayman — Founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch (2012)
• Laurie Lin — Charleston Gazette-Mail columnist (2018)
• Lawrence J. McQuillan — Independent Institute (2020)
• Lee Drutman — Senior fellow at New America (2020)
• Lenore Skenazy — President of Let Grow (2014–2023 · 3 appearances)
• Lisa Conyers — Co-author of Welfare for the Rich (2021)
• Liza Goitein — Brennan Center for Justice (2021)
• Lucy Steigerwald — Contributing editor at Antiwar.com (2015)
• Luigi Zingales — University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2011)
• Luis Perez-Breva — MIT Professor (2017)

M

• Maggie McNeill — Former sex worker and blogger (2014–2020 · 2 appearances)
• Manny Klausner — Founder of Reason Enterprises (2012)
• Marc J. Victor — Attorney and founder of Live and Let Live (2021)
• Mark Joffe — Reason Foundation (2019)
• Mark Lutter — Center for Innovative Governance Research (2016–2018 · 2 appearances)
• Mark Milke — Author of The Victim Cult (2021)
• Matt Beienburg — Goldwater Institute (2022)
• Matt Warner — President of the Atlas Network (2020)
• Matt Welch — Editor at large at Reason magazine (2010–2021 · 2 appearances)
• Matt Zwolinski — Professor of Philosophy, USD (2014)
• Matthew Feeney — Cato Institute (2016)
• Michael Edelstein — Clinical Psychologist and Author (2017)
• Michael Strong — Conscious Capitalism Inc and Seasteading author (2017)
• Michael Tanner — Cato Institute Senior Fellow (2019–2020 · 2 appearances)
• Mike Greenberg — Institute for Justice (2023)
• Mike Munger — Professor at Duke University (2015–2023 · 4 appearances)
• Mike Riggs — Reporter for Reason magazine (2011)
• Mitch Jeserich — Host of Letters and Politics (2018)
• Myron Ebell — Competitive Enterprise Institute (2020)

N

• Ned Foley — Constitutional Law Professor at OSU (2022)
• Nick Gillespie — Editor-at-large for Reason magazine (2011–2021 · 2 appearances)
• Nick Seabrook — University of North Florida (2022)

P

• Pat Eddington — Research Fellow at the Cato Institute (2020)
• Patri Friedman — Founder of Pronomos Capital (2009–2022 · 2 appearances)
• Paul Atkins — Former SEC Commissioner (2022)
• Peter Suderman — Associate editor of Reason magazine (2011)
• Peter Wallison — Co-director at AEI (2020)
• Philip Hamburger — Columbia Law School Professor (2014–2021 · 3 appearances)
• Philip K. Howard — Founder of Common Good (2023)
• Preston Cooper — Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (2021)

Q

• Quentin Kopp — Former California State Senator and Judge (2018–2020 · 2 appearances)

R

• R. Shep Melnick — Professor of American Politics at Boston College (2018)
• Rachel Barkow — NYU School of Law (2019)
• Radley Balko — Investigative reporter and author (2013)
• Rand Paul — US Senator (2023)
• Randal O’Toole — Senior Fellow, Cato Institute (2016–2020 · 2 appearances)
• Randall Holcombe — Professor of Economics at Florida State University (2019)
• Randy Barnett — Georgetown Law Professor (2020)
• Ray Haynes — Former California legislator (2020)
• Ray Lorber — Author of George Washington’s Providence (2013)
• Rebecca Friedrichs — Teacher and President of the Center for Individual Rights (2017)
• Richard Epstein — NYU School of Law (2017–2022 · 8 appearances)
• Richard Foglesong — Author and political scientist (2022)
• Richard Rubin — Wall Street Journal tax policy reporter (2021)
• Rick Doblin — Founder of MAPS (2016)
• Robbie Soave — Associate editor at Reason.com (2019)
• Robert Alt — CEO of the Buckeye Institute (2017)
• Robert C. Wright — Economics professor and author (2020)
• Robert Glennon — Professor and author (2021)
• Robert Mahoney — Author of The Infodemic (2023)
• Roger L. Martin — Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management (2021)
• Ron Jones — Historical Kinesiologist (2020)
• Ronald Bailey — Science correspondent for Reason magazine (2015)
• Ryan Bourne — Cato Institute (2021)
• Ryan Young — Competitive Enterprise Institute (2019–2020 · 3 appearances)

S

• Sally Pipes — President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute (2019)
• Sam Batkins — American Action Forum (2017)
• Sam Gedge — Attorney, Institute for Justice (2018)
• Sarah Skwire — Liberty Fund and St. Lawrence University (2018)
• Sarah Stillman — Staff writer for The New Yorker (2016)
• Scott Horton — Director of the Libertarian Institute (2021)
• Scott Lincicome — Scholar at Cato (2022)
• Scott Shackford — Reason magazine (2018)
• Sean McElwee — Demos (2015)
• Sebastian Edwards — UCLA Economics Professor (2019)
• Sheldon Gilbert — National Constitution Center (2018)
• Sigrid Fry-Revere — Author of The Kidney Sellers (2014)
• Skipper Young — Author and co-founder of Asia SF (2016)
• Sophia Campos — Huffington Post reporter and activist (2011)
• Stan Larimer — CEO of Cryptomex (2018)
• Stephen Moore — Economic Advisor to Donald Trump (2018)
• Sterling Burnett — Heartland Institute (2018)
• Steve Greenhut — Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity (2013)
• Steve Horwitz — Liberty Fund and St. Lawrence University (2018)
• Steven B. Smith — Professor of Political Science at Yale (2021)
• Steven E. Rhoads — Professor Emeritus of Politics, UVA (2022)

T

• Ted Galen Carpenter — Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute (2023)
• Ted Hadzi-Antich — Texas Public Policy Foundation (2017)
• Terence Kealey — Clinical biochemist and author (2018)
• Terry Moe — Authors and Professors (2021)
• Terry Pell — Center for Individual Rights and School Board Member (2017–2020 · 2 appearances)
• Thaddeus Russell — Historian and Author (2018)
• Theodore Dalrymple — Retired psychiatrist and author (2019)
• Thomas DiLorenzo — Mises Institute (2022)
• Thomas Fleming — Historian and Author (2011–2012 · 3 appearances)
• Thomas Massie — US Representative from Kentucky (2020)
• Timothy Sandefur — Goldwater Institute (2021)
• Todd Zywicki — George Mason University School of Law (2012–2022 · 3 appearances)
• Tom Campbell — Founder of the Common Sense Party (2021–2023 · 2 appearances)
• Tom G. Palmer — Atlas Network (2012–2017 · 2 appearances)
• Tom W. Bell — Seasteading Institute and Chapman University (2020)
• Tony Francois — Pacific Legal Foundation (2018)
• Travis Brown — Author of How Money Walks (2013)
• Trevor Burrus — Cato Institute Research Fellow (2021)

V

• Veronique de Rugy — Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow (2011–2023 · 3 appearances)
• Virginia Postrel — Author and Columnist (2014)
• Vít Jedlička — President of the Free Republic of Liberland (2015–2021 · 2 appearances)

W

• Walter Block — Professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans (2014)
• Warren Gibson — Retired Professor of Economics (2020)
• Will Duffield — Cato Institute Policy Analyst (2023)
• Will Wilkinson — VP for Policy at the Niskanen Center (2017)
• William Howell — Authors and Professors (2021)
• William Ruger — AIER and Saint Anselm College (2022 · 2 appearances)
• William Watkins Jr. — Author of Crossroads for Liberty (2017)
• Williamson M. Evers — Independent Institute Senior Fellow (2020)

Y

• Yeonmi Park — North Korean Defector and Activist (2014)
• Yoram Hazony — Israeli philosopher and biblical scholar (2018)