“At some point during the run of The Wire, I
became a fellow traveler of the libertarians,” says the acclaimed
writer and television producer David Simon. “And then a great
disappointment to them.”

Reason.com Editor in Chief Nick Gillespie sat down with Simon
last week to discuss Treme, the state of New Orleans, the
drug war, President Obama, school choice, private prisons, the
newspaper industry, and Simon’s antipathy towards libertarians.

Watch above or links plus an edited transcript of the discussion
click below.

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