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May 30, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Ben and Jerry and the Campaign to End Qualified Immunity
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.Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the icons better known for Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. Now they’re focusing their notoriety on ending qualified immunity. Ben, Jerry, and Cato’s Jay Schweikert comment on the campaign to end the powerful, court-invented doctrine that shields public officials from accountability.
Featuring Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Jay Schweikert, & Caleb O. Brown
May 29, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Judicial Activism in Defense of Liberty
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.
Featuring Clint Bolick and Caleb O. Brown
May 28, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Life and Death and Future Life of Fusionism
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.“Fusionism,” something of an ideological nonaggression pact between libertarians and conservatives, has fallen on hard times. Can it be reborn? Stephanie Slade of Reason discusses her new article on the subject.
Featuring Stephanie Slade and Caleb O. Brown
May 27, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
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.
Featuring Jesse Walker and Caleb O. Brown
May 26, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Henry Clay, Cassius Clay and Political Compromise
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.
Featuring Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Caleb O. Brown
May 23, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Equal Protections and Marriage
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.
Featuring David Boies and Caleb O. Brown
May 22, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Remembering Milton Friedman
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.
Featuring Thomas Sowell and Caleb O. Brown
May 21, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Courage is the Secret to Liberty
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.In presenting the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Danish newspaper editor Flemming Rose, former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discusses the importance of unfettered freedom of speech.
Featuring Nadine Strossen and Caleb O. Brown
May 20, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Real Problems for REAL ID
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.
Featuring Jim Harper and Caleb O. Brown
May 19, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

The Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Libertarian Mind
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.Libertarianism — the philosophy of personal and economic freedom — has deep roots in Western civilization and in American history, and it’s growing stronger. Cato Institute Executive Vice President David Boaz talks about the renewed appetite for smaller government and more freedom.The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom by David Boaz
Featuring David Boaz and Caleb O. Brown
May 16, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Is the Welfare State Justified?
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.
Featuring Daniel Shapiro and Caleb O. Brown
May 15, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Is Strip Searching Students in a School Covered by Qualified Immunity?
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.Discussions of qualified immunity focus almost exclusively on police. What about when public school administrators clearly violate the rights of students? Should parents of those children be able to hold administrators accountable in civil court? Chris Kemmitt is the deputy director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Featuring Chris Kemmitt and Caleb O. Brown
May 14, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: A Realistic, Quick Path to Ending Cannabis Prohibition?
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.What’s the best path forward to end cannabis prohibition without loading it up with needless federal regulation? Jim Higdon is the co-founder of Cornbread Hemp and an advocate for an end to cannabis prohibition. He says the Farm Bill is the key.
Featuring Jim Higdon and Caleb O. Brown
May 13, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: A Few From The Dirty Dozen
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.
Featuring William Mellor and Caleb O. Brown
May 12, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Mitch McConnell’s Legacy Includes Freeing Political Speech
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.In assessing the legacy of Mitch McConnell as a Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, it’s important to include his large role in radically reducing the regulation of Americans’ political speech. Cato’s John Samples explains.
Featuring John Samples and Caleb O. Brown

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Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Ben and Jerry and the Campaign to End Qualified Immunity

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Judicial Activism in Defense of Liberty

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Life and Death and Future Life of Fusionism

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Henry Clay, Cassius Clay and Political Compromise

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Equal Protections and Marriage

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Remembering Milton Friedman

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Courage is the Secret to Liberty

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Real Problems for REAL ID

The Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Libertarian Mind

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Is the Welfare State Justified?

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Is Strip Searching Students in a School Covered by Qualified Immunity?

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: A Realistic, Quick Path to Ending Cannabis Prohibition?

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: A Few From The Dirty Dozen

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Mitch McConnell’s Legacy Includes Freeing Political Speech