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The Original Sin of US Health Policy
3 november 2026 · 31 min
Why is American health care so expensive and complicated? Michael F. Cannon argues that its roots can be traced back to a often forgotten feature of the federal tax code: a supposed tax break that actually mandates expensive, low-quality health insurance. Lees meer
Rikki Schlott sits down with Cannon to unpack how the tax code reshaped our health care system, distorted labor and health care markets, and left workers with less control over how their own compensation is spent.
Read Michael's article "The Original Sin of US Health Policy": https://www.cato.org/study/original-sin-us-health-policy
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Editor: Darren Walker
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Director of Photography: Jonathan Fields
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
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The Myth of the Good Old Days
27 oktober 2026 · 33 min
Housing, healthcare, groceries, and the cost of living give us plenty to worry about. But how bad was life before modern conveniences transformed human life? Lees meer
Paul Meany sits down with Chelsea Follett, author of The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past, to explore what everyday life was really like before antibiotics, refrigeration, indoor plumbing, and modern sanitation. From romanticized visions of the past to the extraordinary improvements we often take for granted, they examine why understanding that history matters for how we see the world today.
Buy Chelsea's new book here: https://www.cato.org/books/grim-old-days
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Editors: Lester Romero and Shaneen Gevorgiz
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
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Trading Democracy for Oil? The Venezuela-US Deal
20 oktober 2026 · 28 min
Everything about the Trump administration’s oil deal with Venezuela is troubling: It was negotiated in secret, raises questions about its legality and transparency, and was made with Venezuela’s unelected interim government. Lees meer
Ian Vasquez joins Laura Bondank-Harmon to explain why the agreement could undermine Venezuela’s democratic transition.
Read more of Ian's work here: https://www.cato.org/blog/everything-about-us-venezuela-oil-deal-troublesome
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
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How Bad Policy Delays Adulthood
13 oktober 2026 · 30 min
Young Americans are leaving home, finding jobs, buying homes, starting families, and saving for retirement later than previous generations. But is this a problem with young people, or are bad policies getting in their way? Lees meer
Rikki Schlott sits down with Cato’s Ryan Bourne to explore how regulations, inflation, and government intervention can make these steps into adulthood harder and more expensive.
Read Cato's "Handbook on Affordability" here:
https://www.cato.org/handbook-affordability
Read Rikki's article "The Peter Pan State: How Bad Policy Delays Adulthood" here:
https://www.cato.org/free-society/spring/summer-2026/peter-pan-state-how-bad-policy-delays-adulthood
Producer & Video Editor: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Jonathan Fields
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
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Is the US Already Quasi-Socialist?
6 oktober 2026 · 32 min
Socialism is making a comeback in American politics, but do people actually know what "socialism" means? Lees meer
In this episode of the Cato Weekly Podcast, Paul Meany sits down with Marian Tupy to unpack the rise of “democratic socialism,” the growth of the welfare state, and the crucial difference between government assistance and government control.
Read Marian's article here:
https://www.cato.org/commentary/bill-mahers-category-error-socialism
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The Controversy Over Flock Cameras
29 september 2026 · 38 min
Flock cameras and other forms of surveillance technology are spreading across America, promising to help police solve crimes. But the technology has also created a vast network for tracking where Americans go. Lees meer
Join Laura Bondank-Harmon and Clark Neily as they discuss how much privacy and freedom we’re giving up in the name of security.
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How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election?
22 september 2026 · 27 min
How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election? Lees meer
Election fraud claims are increasingly more common.
Walter Olson joins Stephen Rowe to separate genuine election irregularities from viral fraud claims. They explain what the evidence tells us about mail-in voting, voter ID, foreign interference, and the integrity of the US election system.
Read Walter's work here:
https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
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Uncle Sam Owning Private Companies?
15 september 2026 · 29 min
In an unprecedented expansion of its role in the marketplace, the Trump administration has acquired ownership interests in dozens of firms. Lees meer
Cato's Scott Lincicome joins Laura Bondank-Harmon to discuss this radical move from the US government, the seen and unseen costs of intervening in the private sector, and how should Congress act if they want to put a stop to it before it's too late.
Read more of Scott's work here:
https://www.cato.org/free-society/winter-2026/conspicuous-fist-trumps-state-corporatism
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
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How Much Would the DSA's Agenda Cost?
8 september 2026 · 22 min
Free health care, housing, college, paid leave, and retirement benefits may sound appealing... but how would we pay for them? Lees meer
Rikki Schlott sits down with Cato’s Adam Michel to unpack the Democratic Socialists of America’s ambitious agenda and the staggering cost of its proposals. If taxing the rich and corporations is not enough to foot the bill, who would be paying next?
Access Adam Michel's research here:
https://www.cato.org/blog/who-will-pay-democratic-socialisms-200-trillion-cost
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
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Coming Soon: The Cato Weekly Podcast
1 september 2026 · 1 min
Every Tuesday on The Cato Weekly 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. Lees meer
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How to Spot a Wrong Number
27 augustus 2026 · 40 min
A number that's precise, dramatic, and politically convenient should raise your suspicion, not lower it. Aaron Brown, author of Wrong Number: Lees meer
How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation, joins Cato's Ryan Bourne to break down the warning signs of a bad statistic, from missing context to claims that arrive straight from a press release.
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Heller's Sequel Has a New Weapon
25 augustus 2026 · 35 min
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Vermont versus Cook County, its biggest Second Amendment case since Heller. The Cato Institute's Clark Neily, who worked on the original Heller case, joins Rikki Schlott to explain what's at stake for the 20 to 25 million Americans who already own an AR-15 style rifle. Lees meer
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Affordability?
20 augustus 2026 · 31 min
Rep. Kevin Fitzpatrick (R) and Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D) lead one of Washington's only bipartisan caucuses, the Problem Solvers Caucus, and they've teamed up on an affordability agenda that touches housing, energy, health care, and immigration. Ryan Bourne walks through where their plan overlaps with Cato's own affordability handbook, and where free market and interventionist solutions still diverge. Lees meer
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Can Government Run a Grocery Store?
18 augustus 2026 · 28 min
New York City Mayor Mamdani wants five city owned grocery stores selling staples 30% below cost, at $70 million to build and $100 million a year to run. Cato's Rikki Schlott talks with Don Boudreaux about why private supermarkets survive on 2% profit margins, and what actually happens when government tries to run a store. Lees meer
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Bad Ways To Improve Housing Affordability
13 augustus 2026 · 43 min
Nearly 60% of housing markets in the United States have been characterized as “unaffordable.” Cato's Ryan Bourne talks with Howard Husock of the American Enterprise Institute about why rent freezes, vouchers, and government run housing tend to make the problem worse, using New York City as a cautionary case study. They lay out what actually works instead: zoning reform, faster permitting, and more small multifamily housing. Lees meer
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The Eternal Quest for More Tariffs
11 augustus 2026 · 28 min
Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled that the president could not use the "International Emergency Economic Powers Act" (IEEPA) to impose tariffs and the administration immediately turned to other legal mechanisms to assert that power. Lees meer
Laura Bondank-Harmon interviews Clark Neily and Ilya Somin to unpack the legal battles over Trump’s tariffs, the statutes the administration is now invoking, and the constitutional limits on the president’s power to tax.
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Wealth Taxes Failed Abroad. Why Try Them Here?
6 augustus 2026 · 38 min
Most rich countries that tried annual wealth taxes eventually scrapped them, but now California and Elizabeth Warren want to run the experiment in the United States. Ryan Bourne talks with Adam Michel about how a “modest” 3 percent levy can swallow 60 percent of an asset’s 5 percent return—and leave workers footing much of the bill. Lees meer
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Iran: Schrodinger's War
4 augustus 2026 · 26 min
The conflict with Iran is simultaneously ending and escalating, and Justin Logan says that's no accident. He tells the Cato Institute's Laura Bondank-Harmon why the strategic case never existed, even as the death toll, price tag, and oil prices keep climbing. Lees meer
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AI: Must We Act Now?
30 juli 2026 · 41 min
Artificial intelligence could transform productivity, employment, and living standards. But does that mean governments should “act now” to “steer” the technology? Economist John Cochrane joins Cato’s Ryan Bourne to explain why he thinks a prominent economists’ letter gets the problem wrong, whether fears of mass job loss are justified, and how speculation about AI’s potential is already shaping public policy. Lees meer
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Happy 60th Birthday, Now Pay the Bill
28 juli 2026 · 26 min
Medicare spent $1.2 trillion in 2025 and still can't show it's saving lives. The Cato Institute's Laura Bondank-Harmon is joined by Michael Cannon and David Hyman to mark the program's 60th anniversary, explaining how it broke health care pricing and why "Medicare for All" would only make it worse. Lees meer
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The Wisdom of Crowds: An Intro to Prediction Markets
23 juli 2026 · 42 min
Prediction-market pioneer Robin Hanson joins Cato's Ryan Bourne to explain this new industry's promise, how betting can improve decision-making, and whether we should worry about insider trading, manipulation, and sabotage as these markets proliferate. Lees meer
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The Fight Against Financial Surveillance
21 juli 2026 · 29 min
Financial surveillance in America is expanding. Lees meer
In this episode, host Nicholas Anthony sits down with Representative Warren Davidson to discuss the growing reach of the Bank Secrecy Act, and why it’s time to scale back the surveillance of law-abiding Americans.
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Why Is Childcare So Expensive?
16 juli 2026 · 40 min
Parents in many parts of the country face eye-watering childcare bills, yet providers often operate on thin margins and workers remain modestly paid. Cato's Chelsea Follett joins Ryan Bourne to discuss the economics behind America’s childcare crunch, the regressive regulations that make care scarcer, and the supply-side reforms that could give families more affordable options. Lees meer
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The Amendment That Wouldn't Bend
14 juli 2026 · 31 min
Trump's executive order tested the limits of the 14th Amendment and lost, 6-3. Cato's Laura Bondank-Harmon is joined by David Bier and Tommy Berry to understand why, and how the ruling fits into an immigration agenda that's closing legal pathways even as it loses in court. Lees meer
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Injuries and Usurpations, 250 Years Later
9 juli 2026 · 38 min
Americans know the Declaration’s soaring opening case for natural rights and government by consent. Fewer remember its long list of “injuries and usurpations” against King George III. Cato’s Tommy Berry joins Ryan Bourne to discuss Cato's new book - A History of Repeated Injuries—and whether modern governments have revived threats to liberty that the Declaration denounces, from taxes and juries to immigration and executive power. Lees meer
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Data Centers Turn Electricity into Breakthroughs
7 juli 2026 · 35 min
Golf courses and factories use just as much water and electricity as data centers, yet only the latter draws local protests and construction bans. Cato's Rikki Schlott sits down with Travis Fisher and Jennifer Huddleston to make the case for energy abundance and technological advancement over fearmongering and warn that moratoriums could hand China the AI edge. Lees meer
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Proud to Be American, Worried About What's Next
2 juli 2026 · 28 min
60% of Americans say their rights and freedoms are at risk. Yet nearly two thirds still call America the land of opportunity and three quarters believe the American dream is personally achievable. Cato's Stephen Rowe and Emily Ekins dig into Cato's new survey on what Americans really think at 250 years. Lees meer
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The Dangerous Push to Tax AI
30 juni 2026 · 32 min
Republicans and Democrats are finding rare common ground: taxing AI. But should they? Cato's Adam Michel and Daniel Bunn of the Tax Foundation dismantle the three biggest arguments around the idea: showing why the data doesn't support the claims that AI is replacing workers, labor is losing out to capital, or the tax code unfairly favors automation. Lees meer
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The Abundance Alliance?
25 juni 2026 · 46 min
Abundance liberals want a politics focused on delivering more homes, energy projects, infrastructure, and innovation, and will even countenance deregulation to achieve it. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks to Ilya Somin and Jeremiah Johnson about whether libertarians should ally with this movement—or whether shared ground on housing, permitting, trade, and immigration masks irreconcilable disagreements over the role and size of government. Lees meer
Ilya Somin, "Two Cheers for Abundance Liberalism," The Volokh Conspiracy, April 23, 2026.
Matt Yglesias, "What Libertarians Get Wrong About Freedom," The Argument, May 20, 2026.
Ilya Somin, "Matt Yglesias on Libertarianism, Abundance Liberalism, and a Possible Alliance Between the Two," The Volokh Conspiracy, May 20, 2026.
David Friedman, "Libertarians and Abundance Liberals," David Friedman’s Substack, May 28, 2026.
Ryan Bourne, "One and a Half Cheers for Supply-Side Progressivism," The War on Prices, September 16, 2022.
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What the Declaration Still Has to Say in 2026
23 juni 2026 · 28 min
Before 1776, the world was largely run by monarchies and despots. The Declaration changed that. Cato's Paul Meany and Tommy Berry explore why its principles remain relevant, why 53% of Americans can't explain it, and why it’s still the best tool we have for checking concentrated power Lees meer
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The Degrowth Temptation
18 juni 2026 · 47 min
A new Global Justice Report associated with Thomas Piketty urges near-zero growth for rich countries, sweeping redistribution, global wealth taxes, shorter working hours, and rapid decarbonization. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks to Marian Tupy about what degrowth gets wrong—and why its promise of justice masks a dangerous agenda of government control. Lees meer
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The Retirement System That Works Against You
16 juni 2026 · 27 min
Social Security crowds out private savings, the tax code penalizes investment, and Trump accounts can leave families worse off than a plain brokerage account. Cato's Romina Boccia and Adam Michel break down what's wrong with Trump accounts and why universal savings accounts are the fix. Lees meer
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Economics In One World Cup
11 juni 2026 · 45 min
Ticket prices, scalpers, tourists, visas, turf, trade, and politics: the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a rich case study for economists. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks with AEI’s Stan Veuger about why match prices are so high, why hosting the tournament rarely delivers an economic boom, how soccer became an exemplar of globalization, and what FIFA teaches us about the benefits and risks of global governance. Lees meer
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When the President Sues the Government He Controls
9 juni 2026 · 47 min
The Anti-Weaponization Fund started as a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against the IRS in his personal capacity and ended as a $1.776 billion slush fund with no appeals, no transparency, and a tax immunity addendum that looks a lot like a self-pardon. Tad DeHaven and Daniel Greenberg join Molly Nixon to unpack what happened and why it should alarm everyone. Lees meer
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The Markets We Love to Ban
4 juni 2026 · 47 min
Kidneys, surrogacy, prostitution, gambling, price gouging, assisted dying: some transactions make people recoil, even when all parties consent. Cato's Ryan Bourne talks with Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth about his new book, Moral Economics, what makes markets “repugnant,” what economists can add to moral debates, and why banning exchange rarely makes scarcity, exploitation, or hard trade-offs disappear. Lees meer
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What "All Men Are Created Equal" Actually Meant
2 juni 2026 · 34 min
Most Americans can recite the Declaration's second paragraph. Far fewer understand what it really means. Paul Meany sits down with Timothy Sandefur to dig into his new book Proclaiming Liberty to recover the Declaration as a scientifically grounded, universally applicable claim about human nature, not just a founding myth. Lees meer
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Louisiana v. Callais and the Future of the Voting Rights Act
28 mei 2026 · 34 min
The Supreme Court's Callais decision signals that drawing districts with race in mind is now legally hazardous, whether the goal is minority representation or not. Cato's Thomas A. Berry and Walter Olson unpack the ruling, the collision between the 14th and 15th Amendments, and why a simple compactness rule could solve most of this if Congress had the will. Lees meer
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Get a Warrant!
26 mei 2026 · 28 min
The third party doctrine has gutted the Fourth Amendment in the digital age, letting the government collect your data without ever getting a warrant. Cato's Nick Anthony and Naomi Brockwell of the Ludlow Institute discuss a new bill that would change that, and what you can do to protect yourself today. Lees meer
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Out to Lunch: California’s $20 Fast-Food Wage
21 mei 2026 · 48 min
California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage cut employment by roughly 18,000 jobs and pushed up restaurant prices. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks to UC San Diego economist Jeff Clemens about California’s wage-floor experiment—and the broader lessons for state and federal minimum wage policy. Lees meer
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Kicking the Can to Xi's September Visit
19 mei 2026 · 37 min
The US-China summit produced few deliverables and no breakthroughs on Taiwan, Iran, or trade. Cato's Clark Packard and Evan Sankey break down what was actually agreed, why rare earths and semiconductors have created a strategic stalemate, and what the US should do before Xi comes to Washington. Lees meer
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The Immigration Crackdown You’re Not Hearing About
14 mei 2026 · 41 min
Asylum entries are down 99.9%. Student visas, family visas, and H-1B applications have all cratered. Ryan Bourne is joined by Cato's David Bier to examine how President Trump's executive actions have blocked far more legal immigrants than illegal ones, and why the president's stated support for legal immigration doesn't match his policy record. Lees meer
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Washington's Tariff Whack-a-Mole
12 mei 2026 · 22 min
Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 sat dormant for 50 years for good reason. Cato's Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon break down why courts keep rejecting the administration's tariff theories and what the looming Section 301 investigations mean for American importers. Lees meer
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The Growing Farm Subsidy Boondoggle
7 mei 2026 · 40 min
Federal farm subsidies have kept growing from occasional disaster relief into a sprawling system of commodity supports, crop insurance, sugar protection, and bailouts. With the backdrop of the Farm Bill, Cato’s Ryan Bourne, Chris Edwards, and Clark Packard discuss who really benefits, why reform never sticks, and how tariffs hurt farmers that Congress then subsidize. Lees meer
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Rethinking How America Treats Opioid Addiction
5 mei 2026 · 40 min
People call methadone a life sentence, a ball and chain. Cato's Dr. Jeffrey Singer talks with Helen Redmond, author of "Liquid Handcuffs," about how a Nixon-era crime control program became America's dominant addiction treatment model, and why it needs to be abolished. Lees meer
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The Cure for the WHO
30 april 2026 · 47 min
The United States has left the World Health Organization, but infectious diseases remain one of the clearest cases for cross-border cooperation. Cato’s Ryan Bourne is joined by Roger Bate of the International Center for Law & Economics to discuss how the WHO suffered from damaging mission creep, why it failed so badly during Covid, and what a narrower, more accountable global health institution might look like. Lees meer
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Congress Is AWOL in America's Iran War
28 april 2026 · 55 min
The War Powers Resolution allows the president up to 60 days of defensive latitude in introducing U.S. forces into hostilities; it is not a blank check for open-ended war. Cato's Molly Nixon and Katherine Thompson examine what the law actually says, how Trump's strikes on Iran test its limits, and whether the looming 60-day deadline could force Congress to act. Lees meer
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Subsidize a Diagnosis, Get More Diagnoses
23 april 2026 · 32 min
Medicaid spending on autism therapy jumped from $300 million to $2 billion in just eight states over seven years. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jeff Singer, and Adam Omary argue the cause isn't an epidemic; it's distorted incentives and a diagnostic manual that keeps expanding. Lees meer
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The Surveillance Program Congress Can't Quit
21 april 2026 · 25 min
For 18 years, the NSA has collected Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 with no probable cause warrant required. Cato's Patrick Eddington and Maria Sofia break down the latest reauthorization fight and what genuine reform would look like. Lees meer
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How to Fix Washington's Affordability Crisis
16 april 2026 · 39 min
Consumer prices are up 28% in six years and inflation is accelerating again. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, Colin Grabow, and Stephen Slivinski unpack Cato's new Handbook on Affordability and the macroeconomic and supply-side reforms that could actually help. Lees meer
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Who Actually Pays Federal Taxes?
14 april 2026 · 24 min
The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year's tax cuts added new complexity. Cato's Chris Edwards and Adam Michel unpack the numbers and make the case for real reform. Lees meer
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