Public Philosophy
Media
Russian Sanctions: The Helpful, the Harmful, and the Pointless (with Chris Freiman) Reason, March 2022
The Secret To Vaccinating Children: Off-Label Vaccinations Reason, September 2021
“The Ethics of Human Challenge Trials” Cato Unbound. Lead essay and two responses, March 2021
“DIY Vaccines and Citizen Science” The Benchmark, 2020
"The Case Against Voting for Charisma" The Conversation, 2019
Beyond the Fight for $15" The Benchmark, 2019
“The Feminist Case for a Universal Basic Income" Slate Magazine, January 2018
"Libertarianism and Medicine" The Washington Post, 2017
"The Ethics of Self-Medication” Cato Unbound.
“Politics and Anarchist Ideals” Center for a Stateless Society Mutual Exchange, June 2017
“Relational Egalitarianism and Politics” Pea Soup, March 2017
Pea Soup Ideas Award: First Place, Political Philosophy
“Why Sex Work Should Be Legal” Learn Liberty, March 2017.
“Whose Autonomy? Risk & The Politics of Vaccination” The Critique: Vaccines Belief & Autonomy; September 2015.
“A Feminist Libertarian Dilemma” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 2012
Bleeding Heart Libertarians Contributing writer
Outreach
Philosophy for Kids
Strange stories about big ideas
Philoswiftie
Taylor Swift- Philosophized
UR Ethics
Public ethics programming at UR
Masculinity in a Changing World
I a co-coordinator of the 2023-2024 Jepson Leadership Forum. Speakers include:
Richard Reeves
Rob Henderson
David Benatar
Charles Blow
Alice Evans
Carole Hooven
Conversations
Conversation with Tyler Cowen
Conversation with Peter Singer
Conversation with James Hamblin
Conversation with Wendy Chung
Podcasts and Videos
“The Ethics of Parenting” Microdigressions with Spencer Case 2022
“The Case Against the FDA” Stranded Technologies Podcast
“The Ethics of Academia” The Ethics of Academia Podcast
“The Ethics of Sex Work” Listen and Think Podcast 2021
“Gattaca” Pop and Locke Podcast
Cato Daily Podcast "Pharmaceutical Freedom"
Society and the State "Why you should be able to get the drugs you need"
Free Thoughts "Pharmaceutical Freedom"
Rationally Speaking "Why people should have the right to self-medicate"
The Rubin Report "Medical Ethics, Health Care, and Sex Work"
Lectures
"Meaning, Morality, and Regret" ODK Last Lecture
"Pharmaceutical Freedom" Hayek Lecture at Duke University
Policy and Civic Engagement
Policy Brief: Scope of Practice Reform, The Center for Growth and Opportunity, 2021
Report: Public Health and Ideology , UK Faculty of Public Health, 2022
Leadership Ethics Instructor Virginia Community Health Care Association Leadership Development Program. (2023-present)
1DaySooner Invited Speaker
Public Influence
When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs The New Yorker (2023)
Tax Legal Weed and Give the Money to Drug War Victims Daily Beast (2022)
Arizona Expands the Right To Try New Medical Treatments Reason (2022)
Flu Is Making A Comeback. Here’s What We Can Do About It Cato (2022)
More Anti-Opioid Tripe. This Time From Forbes - And Stanford ACSH (2022)
Opinion: Greg Abbott's vaccine demagoguery: Welcome to 'lethal partisanship' The Washington Post 2021
Opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates have a curious definition of 'freedom' HuffPost 2021
What happens when vaccine incentives aren't enough? Bloomberg 2021
Why Some Libertarians Support Vaccine Mandates VOA (2021)
Freedom of Contract in Bloomberg Opinion (2019)
Charisma in Bloomberg (2019)
Consumers' rights in Bloomberg (2019)
Drug policy in the McGill Tribune (2019)
Basic Income in the Green European Journal (2019)
Self-medication in Bloomberg Law (2019)
EpiPen pricing, Winston-Salem Journal (2016)
The EpiPen dilemma, WBFJ (2016)
Josh Hardy and experimental drugs, WRIC (2014).
Basic Income in the NYT (2013)
Pharmaceutical regulation and conflicts of interest, WRIC (2013).
Genetic diagnosis of disease, WRIC (2013).