Month: November 2025

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Cato Podcast - What a Long Shutdown It’s Been

Romina Boccia joins Nicholas Anthony to discuss how the shutdown centers on demands to extend subsidies for earners making well above median household income—all the way up to $500,000 annually. Federal workers and SNAP recipients have been offered up as political collateral for a deal that would cause an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in additional deficit spending—all while we continue trucking toward a fiscal cliff.


Show Notes:

Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman, "Food Stamp Shutdown Reveals the Fragility of Federal Welfare," Cato at Liberty Blog, October 30, 2025

Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman, "End Obamacare’s Welfare for the Wealthy COVID Credits," Cato at Liberty Blog, October 23, 2025

Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman, "Welfare Digest | End the ACA Subsidies for the Well-Off," Debt Dispatch, October 22, 2025

Romina Boccia and Ritvik Thakur, "Debt Digest | Remove Obamacare Regulations Instead of Extending COVID-era Credits," Debt Dispatch, October 14, 2025

Romina Boccia, "Shutdown Theatrics Just Distract Us from the Real Problem: Obscene National Debt," New York Post, October 2, 2025

Romina Boccia and Ritvik Thakur, "Debt Digest | Let Obamacare COVID Credits Expire," Debt Dispatch, October 2, 2025

Romina Boccia, "Thoughts About the Government Shutdown," Cato at Liberty Blog, October 1, 2025

Romina Boccia, Ritvik Thakur, and Ivane Nachkebia, "Debt Digest | Government Shutdown Is Likely," Debt Dispatch, September 8, 2025

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Newshour - Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral election

The newly-elected Democratic mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani has told his supporters that his victory can be a template for how to defeat President Trump. In his victory speech, the 34-year-old said that in a moment of political darkness, New York would be the light. We get reaction from Democrats and Republicans. Also in the programme: Fashion wars in Paris; and are we on the cusp of an AI bubble that could tank the global economy? (Photo: Mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani speaks during an election night party in the Brooklyn borough of New York, 4 November 2025. Credit: Sarah Yenesel/EPA/Shutterstock)

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Focus on Africa - Nigeria : Was there an alleged coup plot?

The arrest of senior Nigerian military officers and the sacking of security officials fuels speculation of an alleged coup

Ugandan born Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral election

Plus the AI aunty helping to fight gender based violence.

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Big Technology Podcast - OpenAI’s IPO Plan, Deconstructing The AI Bet, Apple’s iPhone17 Revival

M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we dig into OpenAI’s newly cleared path to an IPO, what trillion-scale capex vs. current revenue implies, and how Microsoft’s 27% stake, IP rights, and fresh AWS entanglements complicate the story. We debate whether the market can stomach years of heavy losses, why “AGI or bust” creates systemic risk, and what happens if model gains plateau, compute economics flip, or fast followers erase any AGI edge. Finally, we look at Apple’s iPhone 17 resurgence—why it’s hitting now and whether it’s enough without a breakthrough assistant. Tune in for a clear walkthrough of tech’s biggest news with one of the industry’s sharpest analysts.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Trump’s tariffs get their day in court

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today on whether President Donald Trump can use emergency powers to levy tariffs. The law in question doesn’t mention tariffs, but the president also has wide latitude in setting the foreign-policy agenda. Let's dig into both sides' arguments. Plus, China's government is hosting a big trade show, and auto sales fall into a pot hole with EV subsidies gone.

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Native America Calling - Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – A new archive tells the story of Indigenous slavery

A team of researchers are actively sifting through archival documents, artifacts, even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, digitized documents and recent interviews with descendants whose ancestors endured enslavement. The publicly available digital archive aims to document every instance of Indigenous slavery in the Western Hemisphere to illuminate where and when slavery took place, and the lasting effects for Indigenous communities and their descendants.

GUESTS

Philip J. Deloria (Yankton Dakota), professor of history at Harvard University

Theresa Pasqual (Acoma Pueblo), executive vice president of Indigenous Affairs at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and the former tribal historic preservation officer for the Pueblo of Acoma

Estevan Rael-Galvez, executive director of Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery

 

Break 1 Music: Crossroad Blues (song) Lakota John (artist) Lakota John and Kin (album)

Break 2 Music: Traditional Side Step Song (song) Little Otter (artist) Side Step Songs (album)

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Money Girl - Maximize Social Security with a Retirement Bridge Strategy

972. Laura reviews why delaying your retirement benefit could make your nest egg last longer.

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CBS News Roundup - 11/05/2025 | World News Roundup

Election Day clean sweep by Democrats. Government shutdown reaches a record. Deadly U.P.S. crash. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Shein opens a storefront in Paris amid investigation

From the BBC World Service: Shein is making headlines for more than its new brick-and-mortar store in Paris’s famed BHV department store. But the launch has been overshadowed by French authorities’ investigation into disturbing, illegal products sold on the platform, as well as on Temu, AliExpress, and Wish. Today, we'll learn more. And some people in Thailand are relying on informal money lenders to cover the bills as consumer debt levels soar. We'll examine the deeper costs.