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September 20, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Freedom of Religion vs. the War on Drugs

Courts should defer to groups that want to use drugs in their religious practice. Eric Sterling of The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation provides a brief history of drug laws versus religious liberty.

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September 19, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Americans Distrust Wall Street and Its Regulators

Americans don't trust either financial firms associated with Wall Street or the regulators who are trying to control financial firms' activities. Thaya Brook Knight and Emily Ekins discuss the findings of a new Cato Institute survey.

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September 18, 2017

Pod Save America - “Sean Spicer is good now.”

The GOP makes one last run at repealing Obamacare, Democrats look for a message that works, and Trump delivers his first United Nations speech. Then HuffPost editor-in-chief Lydia Polgreen joins Jon, Jon, and Tommy to talk about the state of American democracy and the media, and DeRay Mckesson discusses the protest against police violence in St. Louis.

September 18, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - ‘Medicare for Some’ Isn’t Exactly Great

It's not even clear that "Medicare for Some" is a good idea, let alone "Medicare for All.” Michael F. Cannon comments.

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September 15, 2017

More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More or Less: How to measure a Hurricane

What?s the best way to measure a hurricane?

September 15, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - The Fiscal Pitch for State-Level Criminal Justice Reform

The cost to public safety of reducing spending on criminal justice programs can be effectively zero. That's according to Sal Nuzzo of the James Madison Institute.

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September 15, 2017

More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are Natural Disasters on the Rise?

Has the number of natural disasters really quadrupled in the last forty years?

September 14, 2017

Pod Save America - “Amnesty Don.”

The Democrats reach a tentative deal on DACA with Trump, and 16 Democratic Senators sign on to Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-All plan. Then New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joins Jon and Dan to talk about health care and the future of the Democratic Party, and Ana Marie Cox discusses Trump’s voter fraud commission.

September 14, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Why September 14, 2001 Matters

After 16 years of war, it's time to reckon with the less-appreciated anniversary of September 14, 2001, when Congress gave the President a relatively open-ended power to make war. Gene Healy explains why.

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September 13, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - How States Should Respond to Opioid Crisis

Is heavy-handed punishment a particularly good way to handle the opioid crisis? I spoke with Greg Newburn of Families Against Mandatory Minimums at the State Policy Network Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

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