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Five* Types of Innovative "Schools"
Episode 35
School choice isn’t just about choosing different schools—it’s about unbundling education itself and trying new things to get kids excited about lear…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Political Pressure and Monetary Policy
Episode 34
Both Republicans and Democrats pressure the Fed toward different agendas, revealing deeper institutional problems. Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia argue…
11 months ago
Feeding AI's Energy Appetite
Episode 33
Travis Fisher and Jennifer Huddleston discuss how outdated energy policies created barriers to new generation just as AI data centers began demanding…
11 months, 1 week ago
Peace President?
Episode 32
President Trump is taking a victory lap for brokering peace in Gaza—while simultaneously escalating the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and launching airst…
11 months, 1 week ago
Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution
Episode 31
According to recent government data, immigration enforcement has become a much more dangerous job. David Bier and Patrick Eddington discuss the polic…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump Universities?
Episode 30
President Trump’s new “Compact with Academia” aims to reshape higher ed using the leverage of federal funds. Our panel unpacks the constitutional ris…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Protecting Expression in Crisis
Episode 29
Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of The Hill's Rising, join's Cato's Thomas A. Berry and David Inserra to discuss the state of free s…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Shutdowns and Shadow Dockets
Episode 28
The federal government shuts down as the Supreme Court returns. Our panel looks at the Trump team’s plan to use the shutdown for mass layoffs —and pr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
How Government Shutdowns Actually Work
Episode 27
Will congressional inaction lead to a government shut down? Do shutdowns halt the government in its tracks, and if not, who decides what stays and wh…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Doing It the Hard Way
Episode 26
FCC chair Brendan Carr’s “easy way or hard way” threat to TV broadcasters lit a censorship firestorm this week. Our Cato panel digs into the governme…
1 year ago