After finishing a taping of one of our recent Libertarian podcasts, Professor Epstein — who, as many of you have noticed, is not much prone to partisan loyalties —began an impromptu soliloquy (as if he could do any other) on his hangups with both Democrats and Republicans. It was that conversation that prompted a new two-episode series in which Richard is examining each party — both today and over the past 100 years or so — and analyzing their relative strengths and weaknesses from a classical liberal point of view. Today, the GOP installment. Next week, we’ll release the version with the Democrats. Listen in below: