Cato Daily Podcast - Best of Cato Daily Podcast: One Local Impediment to Free-Range Kids

Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.


Parents might embrace their children’s independence, but how much support do those parents have in the form of local infrastructure? Andrea Keith of Let Grow explains.


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CBS News Roundup - 06/05/2025 | World News Roundup

President Trump issues new travel ban targeting some African and Middle Eastern countries. Taking aim at Harvard. Big day for video gamers. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Marketplace All-in-One - A creative way to get federal money sent back

Expect the White House to keep trying to claw back money that Congress appropriated and that the Trump administration is supposed to spend. Administration officials think they’ve found a loophole in the law that runs out the clock on federal funding through a process known as rescission. We'll hear more. Plus, a group of Altadena homeowners who lost houses to this year’s wildfires are banding together to try to keep rebuilding costs down.

Marketplace All-in-One - India takes the U.S. to task over tariffs

From the BBC World Service: India formally takes its dispute with the U.S. to the World Trade Organization, challenging Washington’s global tariffs on cars. Then, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia work to stop Russia's fleet of illegal oil tankers from passing through the Baltic Sea. And later, students at the University of Havana in Cuba boycott classes over a sharp hike in mobile internet fees, and the Nintendo Switch 2 launches worldwide.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Chicago Fire Hopes For A New $650 Million Stadium

As the Chicago Bears work to finalize a site for a new stadium, possibly outside city limits, Chicago’s Major League Soccer team, which currently plays home games at Soldier Field, is developing its own plan for a future home in the city. Reset gets the details from Crain’s Chicago Business commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

The Indicator from Planet Money - Gilded Age 2.0?

To hear President Trump tell it, the late 1800s, i.e. the Gilded Age, was a period of unparalleled wealth and prosperity in the U.S. But this era was also marked by corruption and wealth inequality. Sound familiar? On today's show, is history repeating itself?

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Theater Kid’ is a memoir from the producer of ‘Rent,’ ‘Avenue Q,’ and ‘Hamilton’

Jeffrey Seller says he found his home on stage from an early age. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit as an adopted, gay, Jewish kid in a low-income family – but he was also a theater kid. In his new memoir Theater Kid, Seller reflects on how he moved on from the challenges of his childhood to find incredible success on Broadway. In today's episode, he speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about what first drew him to projects like In the Heights and Hamilton, the surprising jobs held by Seller's father, and what theater can unlock for its audiences.

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Up First from NPR - Trump Issues Travel Ban, Musk Criticizes Budget Bill, Iran Nuclear Talks Latest

President Trump signed a proclamation banning visitors from 12 countries and partially restricting travelers from seven others. While Senate Republicans consider Trump's budget bill, Elon Musk criticizes what it could mean for the deficit. And, as the U.S. and Iran hit a sticking point in nuclear talks Russian President Vladimir Putin suggests he could weigh-in.

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WSJ Minute Briefing - Trump Signs Travel Ban Against Twelve Countries Travelling to the U.S.

Plus: The maker of Kleenex nears a roughly $3.5 billion sale of its international tissue business. And gaming fans around the world are lining up to get their hands on Nintendo’s first new console in eight years. Kate Bullivant hosts.


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WSJ What’s News - Trump Bars U.S. Travel for Citizens of 12 Countries

A.M. Edition for June 5. President Trump is reinstating a controversial immigration policy from his first term, banning travel to the U.S. from a host of countries largely in the Middle East and North Africa. Plus, Dow Jones Newswires economics editor Paul Hannon discusses the tricky needle central bankers will need to thread as inflation concerns spike, even if that’s not yet showing up in the data. And gamers worldwide scramble to get their hands on Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console. Luke Vargas hosts.


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