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April/May 2025
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Walter Olson and Thomas Berry on the Trump administration and the law Caleb R. Trotter on state licensure boards threat to free market competition Mark Clifford on the story of Jimmy Lai as a champion of Hong Kong’s freedom Brian Doherty and Gene Healy on the...
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February/March 2025
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Patrick Eddington, Mike Fox, and Brent Skorup on surveillance and criminal justice Romina Boccia and Adam Michel on how Congress can help the DOGE be successful Ryan Tracy, Norbert Michel and Jennifer J. Schulp on what to expect from the Trump administration’s impact…
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December 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown David J. Bier and Clark Packard on trade and immigration Thomas A. Firey and Walter Olson on regulation Jeffrey A. Singer and Michael F. Cannon on healthcare Justin Logan and Brandan Buck on foreign policy
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November 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Erica York and Scott Lincicome on trade and globalization Senator Rand Paul and Caleb O. Brown on the demagoguery of protectionism Robert F. Bauer and John Samples on restoring political ethics Martin A. Makary and Jeffrey A. Singer on groupthink and its effect on...
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October 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Alex Nowrasteh and Gene Healy on the Executive Orders Handbook Hon. Neomi Rao on the Supreme Court’s return to a best meaning approach to the law Nicholas Anthony and Caleb O. Brown on Trump’s proposal to limit credit card interest U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry...
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September 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Mustafa Akyol and Doug Bandow on the power of common ground between Jewish and Muslim people Brian Blankenship on burden sharing in the NATO alliance Robert R. Redfield and Ryan Bourne on the global pandemic response and its economic outcomes Emily Ekins, Scott...
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August 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Jennifer Huddleston and Thomas A. Berry on the NetChoice cases and internet free speech after the last Supreme Court term Clark Neily and Caleb O. Brown on the potential implications for legal gun ownership of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Rahimi...
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July 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Aaron Ross Powell, Tom G. Palmer, and Caleb O. Brown on David Boaz: The Libertarian Exponent Jennifer Huddleston and William Rinehart on the impact of “killer acquisitions” on smaller companies Michael F. Cannon on prescription drug spending in the Medicare program...
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June 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Bryan Caplan and Nolan Gray on the science and ethics of housing regulation Johan Norberg on why the free market will save the world Jason Fichtner and Rachel Greszler on how to confront the social security dilemma Prashant Narang on what the US can learn from India’s...
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May 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Jennifer Huddleston and David Inserra on government overreach in Tech Kristin A. Shapiro and Robert Corn-Revere on Section 230 and other cases that impact Murthy v. Missouri and the First Amendment Erec Smith and Senator Eric Schmitt on DEI’s divisive programming…
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April 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Matt Taibbi and Gene Healy on freedom of speech and the Twitter Files Caleb R. Trotter on Shannon MacDonald’s lawsuit challenging unconstitutional telehealth restrictions Alex Ward on a post-Trump American foreign policy Robert A. Levy on five of the most important...
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March 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Scott Lincicome and Travis Fisher on liquified natural gas and energy policy Jennifer Huddleston, and Steve DelBianco on the implications of the NetChoice cases Jennifer J. Schulp on what action the SEC should take following a social media hack Nicholas Anthony on a…
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February 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Jason Sorens and Will Ruger on the seventh edition of Freedom in the 50 States Director-General of the World Tarde Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Scott Lincicome on the state of globalization R. David McLean on the benefits of shareholder capitalism Victoria...
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January 2024
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Scott Lincicome and Deirdre McCloskey on Cato’s Defending Globalization project William Ruger and Jason Sorens on the seventh edition of Freedom in the 50 States Amy Caiazza and Daniel Gorfine on the SEC’s proposed rules on predictive data analytics Alexandra Hudson…
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December 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Clark Neily and Cody Wisniewski on Rahimi v. United States Jeff Kosseff on Liar in a Crowded Theater Asma Uddin on the Montgomery County Public Schools lawsuit over the school curriculum Alex J. Adams on Idaho pharmacy prescription laws Exclusive: David Kemp on OPEC
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November 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Honorable Judge Bridget Mary McCormack on access to justice and public confidence in courts (35 mins) FDIC Vice Chairman Travis Hill on banking conditions and policies following the SVB failure (8 mins) Adam D. Thierer on the E.U. vs U.S. on technology policy…
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October 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Round table: The nature of RICO cases with Clark Neily and Walter Olson Brian Finucane and Justin Logan on the powers granted in authorizations of military force Senator Bill Haggerty (R-TN) and Jennifer Schulp on U.S. competitiveness and financial regulation Julie...
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September 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Round table: Recent SCOTUS decisions with Thomas Berry and Anastasia Boden. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) on North Korean denuclearization Robyn Bagley on the Educational Savings Account program implementation David Beito and Caleb O. Brown on mass surveillance by FDR...
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August 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Round table: Romina Boccia, Chris Edwards, Scott Lincicome, and Adam Michel evaluate ‘Bidenomics’ Kit Taintor on Welcome.US and the role of private sponsorship in immigration policy Jeb Hensarling and Jelena McWilliams on SEC executive compensation clawback rules…
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July 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Round table: Benefactor’s Summit discussion with Alex Nowrasteh and Vanessa Calder on family policy. Anthony Sanders on unenumerated rights. Todd Meyers on environmental technologies. Exclusive: Patrick Eddington on Cato’s Surveillance Week Conference.
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June 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Friedman Prize keynote address by William McGurn or the acceptance speech by Sebastian Lai. Senator Pat Toomey on inflation and mismanagement of monetary policy. Eric R. Claeys on Lockean approach to property. Exclusive: Jennifer Huddleston on internet safety...
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May 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Jennifer Huddleston and Will Duffield on social media regulations and big tech policy Senator Tim Kaine on repealing the 1991 and 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and Justin Logan on cutting the...
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April 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Adam Michel and Michael Cannon on President Biden’s proposed federal budget. Rep. Tom Emmer on the risk of central bank digital currencies. Rep. John Rose on the need to reform the Bank Secrecy Act; and Kat Timpf, Norbert Michel, and Aaron Klein discuss the impact of...
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March 2023
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Ian Vasquez and Johan Norberg on global freedom during COVID-19 Tiffany J. Smith and Dane Lund on regulating decentralized finance Jay Schweikert on police accountability Clark Neily on jury trials and plea bargaining
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February 2023
1. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Romina Boccia and Scott Lincicome on the 118th Congress 3. Martin A. Makary and Ari N. Schulman on how the CDC handled COVID-19 4. Scott Lincicome on independent workers 5. Emily Ekins on the 2022 Housing Affordability National Survey
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January 2023
1.Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Jennifer Schulp and Jack Solowey on crypto regulation 3. Mark Uyeda, SEC Commissioner on 4. The Right Honourable Kemi Badenoch MP on trade 5. Patrick Eddington on government transparency
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December 2022
Show Notes: Introduction by Caleb O. Brown Thomas A. Berry and Andy Craig on The Electoral Count Act Neal McCluskey and Darcy Olsen on 20 years of the Center for Educational Freedom Ted Galen Carpenter on media coverage of foreign policy
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October 2022
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown A Conversation between Fed. Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Peter Goettler Lawrence H. Summers on the new book Superabundance Neal McCluskey on the new book The Fractured Schoolhouse
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September 2022
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Clark Neily and Trevor Burrus on the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 term Dr. Jeffrey Singer and Johan Norberg on Pandemic Policy Postmortem: Lessons from Sweden Sahar Khan on the Taliban today
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August 2022
1. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Doug Bandow and Justin Logan on NATO 3. Rachel Furguson, Marcus Witcher, and Ameshia Cross on Black Liberation Through the Marketplace 4. Jeff Kosseff and Patrick Eddington on The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment Shaped Online Speech 5. Thomas...
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July 2022
1. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. George Selgin and Nicholas Anthony on central banks 3. Scott Lincicome and U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey of PA on trade policy 4. Dr. Jeffrey Singer on harm reduction
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June 2022
1. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Norbert Michel and Scott Lincicome on inflation in the United States 3. Chris Edwards on the economics of home-based businesses 4. Marta Belcher and Jennifer Schulp on financial privacy in a digital era 5. David Boaz on the rise of authoritarianism on the planet
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May 2022
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Neal McCluskey and Jason Bedrick on homeschooling 2021 versus 2022 Colleen Hroncich on universal pre-K Ashley Rogers Berner on peace through school choice Colleen Hronich, Amber Brown, Bernita Bradley, and Eric Wearne on the status of homeschooling
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April 2022
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Mike Tanner and Vanessa Brown Calder on housing regulations Gabriella Beaumont-Smith on letting solar tariffs die U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR), Dr. Carl L. Hart, and Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer on the overdose crisis Chris Kemmitt of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on public...
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March 2022
1. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Governor Chris Sununu, William Ruger, and Jason Sorens on Freedom in the 50 States 3. Kurt Couchman of Americans for Prosperity on state budgets 4. Walter Olson on the Electoral Count Act 5. William Yeatman and Thomas Berry on Justice Stephen Breyer
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February 2022
1. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Eric Gomez and Jordan Cohen on arms sales 3. Ian Vásquez on the radical leftist shift in Chile 4. Chris Edwards defends startups and their angel investors 5. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon gave the keynote address at the surveillance conference 6. Daniel Dew of the...
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December 2021
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Norbert Michel and Jennifer Schulp on regulation of cryptocurrency Scott Lincicome on improving our brittle supply chains Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Dr. Jeffrey Singer, and Gene Healy on Arizona’s success with free markets John Samples and Robert Corn-Revere get inside...
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November 2021
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Clark Neily talks to Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld and Christina Swarns of the Innocence Project on their fight to exonerate the wrongfully convicted Adam Schuster of the Illinois Policy Institute on why public pension reform is important not just for Illinois Michael...
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October 2021
1.Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Jennifer Schulp and SEC Commissioner Elad Roisman on the future of equities markets 3. Nolan Gray, a housing researcher on the hurdles to reforming housing 4. Abigail Hall, an economist, on military affiliation in the attack on the Capitol 5. Will Ruger…
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September 2021
1.Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Trevor Burrus and Walter Olson on Constitution Day 3. Patrick Eddington on suspicionless FBI snooping on Concerned Women of America 4. Somil Trivedi Of the ACLU on how plea bargains are coercive 5. U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on a new proposal to begin the…
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August 2021
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Ian Vásquez and Doug Bandow on the unrest in Haiti and Cuba John C. Goodman on his book, New Way to Care: Social Protections That Put Families First Matthew Feeney on decentralized tech Trevor Burrus on a high court win for nonprofit donor privacy
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July 2021
1) Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2) Nolan Gray and Scott Lincicome on rising housing costs 3) David Weller and Neha Mishra on international and domestic digital trade regulations 4) Julian Sanchez and Patrick Eddington on the Pentagon Papers, 50 years later 5) Charles Silver on his co-authored…
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June 2021
1) Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2) Clark Neily, Jay Schweikert, and Ben Cohen on his new book, Above the Law 3) New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf on ending qualified immunity in his state 4) Stuart Buck on collecting better criminal justice data 5) Erin Partin on cannabis legalization efforts…
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May 2021
Introduction: Caleb O. Brown Asma Afsaruddin and Mustafa Akyol on his new book, Reopening Muslim Minds Jason Bedrick on the best year for school choice ever Jonathan Blanks on defining systemic racism Ilya Shapiro on libertarian influence in federal courts
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April 2021
1) Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2) Ryan Bourne on his new book, Economics in One Virus 3) Scott Lincicome on maintaining global supply chains 4) Mike Tanner on poverty on California 5) Charles Koch and Brian Hooks on their new book, Believe in People
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March 2021
1.Introduction Caleb O. Brown 2.Kerry McDonald and Neal McCluskey on education during COVID-19 3.Jim Higdon on a path to ending cannabis prohibition 4.Nita Farahany on how the FDA restricts direct‐to‐consumer at‐home testing 5. Stephanie Slade on the life, death, and future life of fusionism
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February 2021
1)Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2) Alex Nowrasteh and Simon Lester on trade and immigration under the Biden administration 3) Ryan Bourne on the means to “full employment” 4) Robert Farley on the Space Force 5) Johan Norberg discusses his new book, Open: The Story of Human Progress
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January 2021
1) Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2) David Boaz, Clark Neily, and Thomas A. Firey on the good, bad, and ugly of 2020 3) Paul Matzko on fair representation in media 4) Jill Carlson on cryptocurrencies and civil liberties 5) Virginia Postrel on The Fabric of Civilization
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