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March 24, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - It’s Bolton Time

John Bolton, an effective communicator of extreme hawkish views, will become the President's new national security advisor. John Glaser and Sahar Khan argue that Bolton articulates views that almost entirely reject serious diplomacy.

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March 23, 2018

More or Less: Behind the Stats - Were ?extra? votes counted in Russia?s presidential election?

Last week Vladimir Putin won a second consecutive and fourth overall term as the Russian President. Official polling results from the election show he received over 76 percent of the vote, with a total turnout of 67 percent, but there were also widespread allegations of irregularities including inflated turnout figures. More or Less takes a closer look at the election data from Russia to see if these complaints have merit.

March 23, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - The Awful Consensus in Washington

What politicians agree on is more troubling than the partisan rancor, according to syndicated columnist George Will. He spoke at the Cato Institute's January Policy Perspectives in Naples, Florida.

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March 22, 2018

Pod Save America - “Grift while you can.”

Trump congratulates Putin on an election well-rigged, loses his head lawyer, and Congress does nothing to protect Mueller while the corruption scandals keep coming. Then Senator Mark Warner joins Jon and Dan to talk about the Mueller investigation, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, and his thoughts on the banking bill.

March 22, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - Truth and Perception of Homeschoolers

Homeschoolers aren't very ideological. At least, their ideologies vary widely. Author Zak Slayback says politicians should understand that they dismiss or mess with homeschoolers at their political peril.

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March 21, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - The Government (Sorta) Wants Your Input on Nutrition

The feds are taking public comment on nutrition guidelines. Terence Kealey believes the current advice ought to be scrapped.

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March 20, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - Trump’s Disappointing Approach to Opioids

Donald Trump rolled out his approach to handling the opioid problem in the United States: treatment for addicts and execution for drug dealers. Cato's Jeffrey Singer says it's disappointing and almost entirely the wrong approach.

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March 20, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - Trump’s Disappointing Approach to Opioids

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March 19, 2018

Pod Save America - “Witch hunt!”

Trump begins publicly attacking Robert Mueller, only a few Republicans in Congress speak out, and Trump data firm Cambridge Analytica harvests data from 50 million Facebook profiles. Then Stoneman Douglas High School students David Hogg and Jackie Corin talk to Tommy and Jon about the upcoming March for Our Lives and their efforts to prevent gun violence.

March 19, 2018

Cato Daily Podcast - The Trouble with Paid Family Leave

What can we learn from other countries with mandated paid family leave? Why do so many prominent Republicans view the idea as a conservative one? Vanessa Brown Calder comments.

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