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Each week on Cato Podcast, leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Each week on Cato Podcast, leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

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#4782

Better Care for Billions Less: Fixing Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Incentives

Cato's Michael Cannon and the Center for Long-Term Care Reform's Stephen Moses examine how... more

11 Dec 2025

45 MINS

45:11

11 Dec 2025

#4781

Strategy Without Strategy: Inside the New NSS

The Cato Institute's Katherine Thompson and Josh Shifrinson join Justin Logan to dissect t... more

09 Dec 2025

39 MINS

39:24

09 Dec 2025

#4780

Repeal Day: Alcohol Prohibition and the Hypocrisy of the Drug War

The Cato Institute's Jeff Singer and Michael Fox mark Repeal Day by examining how alcohol ... more

04 Dec 2025

31 MINS

31:04

04 Dec 2025

#4779

NIH's Lost Mission

Cato adjunct scholars Terence Kealey and John Early join Ryan Bourne to discuss the pair's... more

02 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:15

02 Dec 2025

#4778

Superabundance at Thanksgiving

Is your Thanksgiving dinner more or less affordable this year? Human Progress's Marian Tup... more

26 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:07

26 Nov 2025

#4777

Energy Realism: Climate Policy Meets Actual Economics

Cato's Chad Davis and Travis Fisher examine the gulf between symbolic climate pledges and ... more

25 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:34

25 Nov 2025

#4776

The Disaster Aid System: How FEMA Rewards Risk

FEMA was meant to help only when disasters exceeded state capacity. Yet today it functions... more

20 Nov 2025

29 MINS

29:22

20 Nov 2025

#4775

The Shutdown That Solved Nothing

Romina Boccia, Michael F. Cannon, and Adam Michel break down the 43-day government shutdow... more

18 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:16

18 Nov 2025

#4774

Don’t Do It, Mr. President: The Prospect of a US War in Venezuela

The Cato Institute's Justin Logan and Brandan P. Buck unpack the Trump administration’s sh... more

13 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:36

13 Nov 2025

#4773

The Supreme Court’s $300 Billion Tariff Showdown

Can a president tax Americans at will under the guise of a national emergency? The Cato In... more

11 Nov 2025

39 MINS

39:22

11 Nov 2025

#4772

What a Long Shutdown It's Been

Romina Boccia joins Nicholas Anthony to discuss how the shutdown centers on demands to ext... more

05 Nov 2025

34 MINS

34:01

05 Nov 2025

#4771

The $650,000 Question: How Steel Protectionism Fails

For 60 years, the U.S. government has protected the steel industry through tariffs, quotas... more

04 Nov 2025

38 MINS

38:11

04 Nov 2025

#4770

Five* Types of Innovative "Schools"

School choice isn’t just about choosing different schools—it’s about unbundling education ... more

30 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:49

30 Oct 2025

#4769

Political Pressure and Monetary Policy

Both Republicans and Democrats pressure the Fed toward different agendas, revealing deeper... more

28 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:26

28 Oct 2025

#4768

Feeding AI's Energy Appetite

Travis Fisher and Jennifer Huddleston discuss how outdated energy policies created barrier... more

21 Oct 2025

29 MINS

29:00

21 Oct 2025

#4767

Peace President?

President Trump is taking a victory lap for brokering peace in Gaza—while simultaneously e... more

16 Oct 2025

47 MINS

47:17

16 Oct 2025

#4766

Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution

According to recent government data, immigration enforcement has become a much more danger... more

14 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:03

14 Oct 2025

#4765

Trump Universities?

President Trump’s new “Compact with Academia” aims to reshape higher ed using the leverage... more

09 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:30

09 Oct 2025

#4764

Protecting Expression in Crisis

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of The Hill's Rising, join's Cato's Thoma... more

07 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:10

07 Oct 2025

#4763

Shutdowns and Shadow Dockets

The federal government shuts down as the Supreme Court returns. Our panel looks at the Tru... more

02 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:40

02 Oct 2025

#4762

How Government Shutdowns Actually Work

Will congressional inaction lead to a government shut down? Do shutdowns halt the governme... more

30 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:28

30 Sep 2025

#4761

Doing It the Hard Way

FCC chair Brendan Carr’s “easy way or hard way” threat to TV broadcasters lit a censorship... more

25 Sep 2025

45 MINS

45:25

25 Sep 2025