In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie discuss the government’s censorship-by-proxy of social media companies and Kevin McCarthy’s ongoing showdown for the speakership in the House of Representatives.https://reason.com/podcast/2023/01/03/a-surly-showdown-for-speaker/——————-00:00 – The government’s censorship-by-proxy of social media companies for alleged COVID “misinformation.”30:45 – Weekly Listener Question:Hello Friends, I just finished listening to the Freakonomics Radio three-part series about Adam Smith. The main thesis of the series is that Adam Smith’s views were more nuanced than we generally think of him; most people tend to cherry-pick favorite ideas from The Wealth of Nations while completely forgetting about his first work, Theory of Moral Sentiments. So, I’m curious. How have Adam Smith’s ideas shaped your own? Have any of you read Adam Smith’s works completely? And maybe most importantly, do you think Adam Smith would be a libertarian if he was alive today?39:39 – Kevin McCarthy battles for speaker of the House.52:11- This week’s cultural recommendationsAudio production by Ian KeyserAssistant production by Hunt BeatyMusic: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve