Cato Event Podcast

Cato Institute (event series host/organizer)

cbrown@cato.org

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Booking Overview

Cato Event Podcast curates policy and book forums, Capitol Hill briefings, and related Institute events—often featuring Cato scholars and prominent authors debating constitutional law and civil liberties. For PR pros, it’s a strong venue when you want credibility with a policy audience that follows think-tank research and legal scholarship.

Metrics

Episodes: 2248

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 106.0k subscribers

Instagram: 63.0k followers

Contact Information

cbrown@cato.org

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Host

Cato Institute (event series host/organizer) - The Cato Institute is a U.S. libertarian think tank focused on public policy research, including constitutional law, economic policy, foreign policy, and civil liberties. This podcast repackages au...

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Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Policy experts, constitutional law scholars, recognized legal authors, think-tank fellows, and established journalists or court-watchers; for international issues, respected academics/scholars in the relevant region and discipline.

Required Achievements:

Authored or edited a major book or scholarly volume, Regular contributor/editorial roles at major legal or policy outlets, Think-tank affiliation (e.g., senior fellow) or significant academic standing, Public-facing expertise on Supreme Court, constitutional law, civil liberties, or criminal justice

Recent Guest Discussions

Randy Barnett - Criminal Justice, Prosecutorial Experience, And Lessons For American Law (via His Memoir/publication).

Muhammad Khalid Masud - Reformist Readings Of Quranic/islamic Sources To Argue Against Blasphemy Laws.

Husnul Amin - Blasphemy Laws (as Addressed In The Referenced Scholarly Volume).

Mustafa Akyol - Blasphemy Laws And Religious Freedom; Noncoercive Interpretations Of Islamic Sources.

Sarah Isgur - How The Supreme Court Decides Cases; Institutional Dynamics; Clerk Culture; Separation Of Powers Context.

Recent Topics

Constitutional, Law, Civil Liberties, Religious Freedom, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Cato Event Podcast

A History of Repeated Injuries

June 29, 2026

The Cato Institute’s new edited volume, A History of Repeated Injuries, explores simple but profound questions: 250 years after the Declaration of Independence, how successful have we been in escaping tyranny? Are we entirely free of the “injuries and usurpations” of which the Framers complained? Or have modern analogues of old tyrannies crept into our own government, leading to losses of liberty akin to those suffered by the colonists? Four authors of different chapters in the book will disc...

Free Expression Under Fire from the FCC

June 09, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has long exercised significant authority over broadcast media beyond what is typically tolerated under the First Amendment. Under various chairs and presidential administrations, the FCC has overstretched its authority. Recent actions have drawn particular attention, such as when Chairman Brendan Carr publicly pressured and threatened to punish ABC/Disney over a comment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. That incident does not exist in isolation, with friction ...

Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago

June 03, 2026

What does life on the front lines of criminal justice actually look like—and what can it teach us about the state of American law today? Please join us for a discussion with Randy Barnett on his new memoir, Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago, a gripping behind-the-scenes account of his years as a young prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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