Cato Institute Podcasts

An email from LearnOutLoud.com today linked to a Cato Book Forum from last year featuring John Stossel talking about his book Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel—Why Everything You Know is Wrong. (More about the actual broadcast after I have a chance to listen to it.) I noticed that besides being able to watch the video, they had a link to download the event as a podcast and with a few more clicks of the mouse I found that the Cato Institute publishes 2 podcasts on a regular basis. My first impression is that these will make great additions to my regular podcasts subscription list.

The first is the Cato Daily Podcast which, according to the website, is broadcast 5 times a week and allows experts and scholars affiliated with the Cato Institute to respond and comment on relevant news in a conversational, informal manner. By presenting issues in a concise and engaging way, the podcast invites listeners to rethink their assumptions about liberty and the proper role of government. The podcast seeks to present issues in a concise and engaging way, inviting listeners to rethink their assumptions regarding liberty, public policy, and the proper role of government.

The second is the Cato Event Podcast which publishes the audio from policy and book forums, Capitol Hill briefings, and other events from the Cato Institute. The Events Podcasts is designed to keep listeners up-to-date on a wide range of essential contemporary issues through presentations by leading national authorities.

About CATO

The Cato Institute was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane. It is a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato’s Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.

The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.