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May 26, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Trump Unveils Budget That Eventually Would Balance

The federal spending plan offered by the White House would eventually balance the budget, and would do so largely with reductions in spending of several programs. Michael Tanner takes the good with the bad.

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May 25, 2017

Pod Save America - “The cycle of bullshit.”

Trumpcare gets a CBO score so bad that it causes Republicans to lie, cry, and body-slam a reporter in Montana. Then, the Atlantic’s Annie Lowrey talks to Jon and Dan about Trump’s budget, and Ana Marie Cox joins with a look at the President’s foreign trip.

May 25, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Real Spending Reform Means Cutting Spending

Can Congress achieve real spending cuts without a credible cap on total spending? Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending has some ideas.

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May 24, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - The Three Languages of Politics

How we choose to talk about politics can explain a lot about what motivates our reasoning toward political issues. Arnold Kling is author of The Three Languages of Politics.

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May 22, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Jeff Sessions Escalates the Drug War

What does Attorney General Jeff Sessions want to get out of harsher prosecutions? Kevin Ring of Families Against Mandatory Minimums comments.

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May 22, 2017

Pod Save America - “Exhausted from Obstructing Justice.”

Jon, Jon, and Tommy discuss Trump's semester abroad, the latest on the investigations, right-wing lies about a tragedy, and what's next for health care. With special guest: no one.

May 22, 2017

More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More or Less: Uganda?s refugees

Has Uganda been accepting more refugees on a daily basis than some European countries manage in an entire year? That is the claim from the Norwegian Refugee Council ? and it is a claim we put to the test.

Civil war and famine in South Sudan have forced millions to leave their homes, and this has had a colossal impact on neighbouring Uganda. We speak to Gopolang Makou, a researcher at Africa Check who has some startling figures to share.

(Photo: Children wait as WFP, 'World Food Programme' prepare to deliver food aid at the Bidi Bidi refugee camp Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

May 19, 2017

More or Less: Behind the Stats - Tax, speed dating and sea ice

Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.

May 19, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - A Misplaced Focus on Trump/Russia ‘Collusion’

If the new investigation turns up no specific and explicit collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, is that the end of the story? Julian Sanchez comments.

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May 18, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Trump Travels to Saudi Arabia

What do Trump and the Saudis have in common? Can Americans who oppose intervention hope for much out of this international trip? Emma Ashford comments.

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