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May 2024
1h 10m

May 2024

Cato Institute
About this episode
  1.  Introduction: Caleb O. Brown
  2. Jennifer Huddleston and David Inserra on government overreach in Tech
  3. Kristin A. Shapiro and Robert Corn-Revere on Section 230 and other cases that impact Murthy v. Missouri and the First Amendment
  4. Erec Smith and Senator Eric Schmitt on DEI’s divisive programming
  5. Caleb O. Brown and Mark Calabria on the fundamental problem of housing policy
  6. Exclusive: Alexander Hammond on Hammond’s new book, Heroes of Progress



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