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Cato Event Podcast

Podcast of policy and book forums, Capitol Hill briefings and other events from the Cato Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:03:26

Defending Due Process Why Fairness Matters in a...

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2025/03/03

In a Q&A, Brandon Garrett and Vikrant Reddy will discuss the new threats that due process faces and how we can respond by better safeguarding fundamental liberty and property rights. They will discuss why people are tempted to place outcomes before fairness—in society and in the courts. They will explore how new technology, including artificial intelligence, has created new threats to fairness and rights. And they will discuss how people, from judges to local community leaders, can find common

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1:30:54

Islam and Statecraft: Religious Soft Power in the...

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2025/02/28

Religion plays a prominent role in the domestic and foreign policies of Middle Eastern states, particularly in the Persian Gulf. But the ways in which religion, specifically Islam, is used as a tool of statecraft are often misunderstood, leading to mischaracterizations and counterproductive policies.In his new book, Jon Hoffman examines how Islam is marshaled as a tool of statecraft in the Middle East. The book offers new insight into the geopolitics of religion in the Middle East and how ruling

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1:00:39

Modern Libertarianism: A Brief History of Classical...

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2025/02/28

In this lively new history, Brian Doherty provides a concise, thorough account of the intellectual roots of the American libertarian movement, with helpful summaries of key figures, institutions, and events.Modern Libertarianismeffortlessly combines historical insights and intellectual profiles of important figures—including Ludwig von Mises, F. A. Hayek, Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard, Milton Friedman, and Barry Goldwater—and key institutions such as the Foundation of Economic Education and the Mont

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1:26:40

Empowering Student Thought and Conversation: Teaching...

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2025/02/18

In an era when constructive dialogue often takes aback seat to polarized debate, educators like you face unique challenges in teaching effective communication. Recognizing this, Sphere Education Initiatives presents awebinar exploring how you can use rhetoric as apowerful tool for student empowerment and authentic engagement in your educational setting. In the first segment of the webinar, featured speaker Erec Smith, PhD, will share insights on transforming traditional approaches to teaching

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1:34:10

Think Bigger: Meaningful Health Reform - Panel 2:...

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2025/02/12

A flood of government regulations, mandates, and subsidies has not solved the United States’ health care problems—theyarethe problem. They have driven the average employer-plan family premium to nearly $26,000—and then tossed families out of their health insurance when employees leave their jobs. Even as Obamacare creates an insurance shortage, it has nevertheless grown so unaffordable that enrollees earning $200,000 per year get $12,000in subsidies. Growing federal debt threatens Medicare and

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1:34:16

Think Bigger: Meaningful Health Reform - Panel 1:...

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/02/12

A flood of government regulations, mandates, and subsidies has not solved the United States’ health care problems—theyarethe problem. They have driven the average employer-plan family premium to nearly $26,000—and then tossed families out of their health insurance when employees leave their jobs. Even as Obamacare creates an insurance shortage, it has nevertheless grown so unaffordable that enrollees earning $200,000 per year get $12,000in subsidies. Growing federal debt threatens Medicare and

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42:19

Competencies in Civil Discourse

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2025/02/11

Erec Smith continues his series, Competencies in Civil Discourse, examining how people engage with one another and why they often shy away from discussions with those who hold opposing views. This edition explores the role of comedy as a valuable tool in civil discourse. Smith sits down with filmmaker Rob Feld, director ofJesters and Fools, a film that highlights the use of comedy during polarized times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:31

Exploring Energy Policy Under the Trump Administration

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2025/02/10

The Cato Institute continues its series of insightful conversations with reporters and scholars tackling today’s most pressing issues. As part of his campaign promises, President Trump vowed to “unleash American energy.” This conversation with Evan Halper, a business reporter for theWashington Post; Travis Fisher, Cato’s director of energy and environmental policy studies; and Joshua Loucks, a Cato research associate in tax and energy policy, will examine energy policies under the new administration

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1:03:11

Building Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence with...

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2025/01/31

The horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and the catastrophic war in Gaza once again put the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict on the global agenda. Educators across America ask:How do we help our students understand complex contemporary religious differences and conflicts?Is living in peace and harmony attainable?Scholars Mustafa Akyol and Ari Gordon will address these challenging questions with insights from their religious traditions, Islam and Judaism, respectively, explore the

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1:31:28

The Harm Reduction Promise of GLP-1s

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2025/01/28

Could GLP-1s become the next frontier in harm reduction? Clinical researchers have discovered that GLP‑1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy not only aid with diabetes and weight loss but may also reduce cravings and enhance satiation for alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, opioids, and possibly other addictive drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine. These exciting developments mean GLP-1s may soon become a new harm-reduction tool and possibly transform the treatment of substance use disorders. Our expert panel

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1:06:54

Decentralization and Financial Privacy

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2025/01/22

The privacy Americans should enjoy over their financial information has been in steady decline for more than 50years. Regulatory frameworks, such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail, grant government access to Americans’ financial transactions. As financial services have become increasingly digitized, the volume of financial records to which the government has easy—and often unfettered—access has grown exponentially. And proposals for a

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1:08:04

Bank Secrecy Act Reform

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2025/01/22

The privacy Americans should enjoy over their financial information has been in steady decline for more than 50years. Regulatory frameworks, such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail, grant government access to Americans’ financial transactions. As financial services have become increasingly digitized, the volume of financial records to which the government has easy—and often unfettered—access has grown exponentially. And proposals for a

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47:06

Trump, Biden, and the Future of US-China Policy

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2025/01/22

The Cato Institute continues its series of insightful conversations with reporters and scholars tackling today’s most pressing issues. This edition brings together Robert Delaney, the North American bureau chief for theSouth China Morning Post, and Cato Institute experts Eric Gomez and Clark Packard for a timely discussion on US-China relations, including the following:What signals is Donald Trump sending about his approach to China, and how should we interpret them?How does Trump’s current rhetoric

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35:25

Fireside Chat with U.S. Representative Patrick...

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/01/21

The privacy Americans should enjoy over their financial information has been in steady decline for more than 50years. Regulatory frameworks, such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail, grant government access to Americans’ financial transactions. As financial services have become increasingly digitized, the volume of financial records to which the government has easy—and often unfettered—access has grown exponentially. And proposals for a

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1:16:08

Evaluating Central Bank Digital Currencies 2024

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/01/21

The privacy Americans should enjoy over their financial information has been in steady decline for more than 50years. Regulatory frameworks, such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail, grant government access to Americans’ financial transactions. As financial services have become increasingly digitized, the volume of financial records to which the government has easy—and often unfettered—access has grown exponentially. And proposals for a

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1:14:11

Financial Privacy under Fire: Protecting and...

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/01/21

The privacy Americans should enjoy over their financial information has been in steady decline for more than 50years. Regulatory frameworks, such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail, grant government access to Americans’ financial transactions. As financial services have become increasingly digitized, the volume of financial records to which the government has easy—and often unfettered—access has grown exponentially. And proposals for a

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46:07

Financing Opportunity: A Conversation on How...

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/01/17

America’s financial system is inseparable from America’s enormous growth, productivity, and prosperity. And while it’s become popular to lay a host of ills at the feet of financial markets, many people would likely be shocked to learn just how many financial market deficiencies have been caused by harmful government policies. In their new bookFinancing Opportunity,authors and Cato scholars Norbert Michel and Jennifer Schulp bust popular myths about financial markets and propose ways to improve how

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1:29:43

Executive Orders That the Trump Administration Should...

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/01/10

Modern presidents have an extraordinary amount of power that they primarily wield through issuing executive orders and other directives with the force of law. Successive Congresses have gradually delegated much of their power to the president or stood idly by as presidents have usurped more power that is legislative in nature and effect. The president’s power is now so massive that that alone justifies focusing on the office’s means of exercising it. In response to this lamentable trend, the Cato

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16:48

Trump, His 'Enemies List,' and the Next Four Years...

Cato Event Podcast ·

2025/01/09

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump said that his political rivals should be prosecuted. Now, his appointees will head the Justice Department and other federal law enforcement agencies. Clark Neily discusses the potential turnabout in the use of federal law enforcement’s coercive tactics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:05:20

Understanding AI and AI Policy in 2024 and Beyond

Cato Event Podcast ·

2024/12/12

Over the past two years, much of the conversation around technology has been focused on artificial intelligence (AI). While AI may have increased in popularity and already been used in a wide array of products, we are still only just discovering many of its beneficial applications.AI is much more than popular products like ChatGPT and is truly saving and changing lives in fields like medicine and disaster response. But as we’ve seen in Europe, the wrong policy approach could prevent the development

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