# D.C.’s rising libertarian star, with her ‘healthy skepticism of state power,’ secures an influential podcast ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article3.5c705a01b476.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Graham Vyse]] - Full Title: D.C.’s rising libertarian star, with her ‘healthy skepticism of state power,’ secures an influential podcast - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/libertarian-podcaster-promotes-differing-views/2021/04/08/97125696-8bf5-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html ## Highlights - She says there’s too much bad-faith performative posturing in arguments about politics today. Americans often get a distorted view of politics they don’t share, which she likens to the misleading shadows cast by the burning fire in Plato’s allegory of the cave.