Podcasts

As both guests and hosts, Civitas Institute scholars reach new audiences through podcast conversations.

Finding Truth and Friendship in Divided Times - Cornel West & Robert George

Finding Truth and Friendship in Divided Times - Cornel West & Robert George

Finding Truth and Friendship in Divided Times - Cornel West & Robert George

In the first episode of Peter Robinson Unbridled, Cornel West and Robert George discuss friendship, truth, and the age of division.

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Oct 15, 2025
Trump v. Everyone: War on Drugs, War on Courts, War on the Fed

Trump v. Everyone: War on Drugs, War on Courts, War on the Fed

Trump v. Everyone: War on Drugs, War on Courts, War on the Fed

A new episode of Law Talk featuring Richard Epstein, John Yoo, and Charles C.W. Cooke.

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Sep 18, 2025
What Happens to Central Banks Under Pressure?

What Happens to Central Banks Under Pressure?

What Happens to Central Banks Under Pressure?

A look into just how independent of political pressure central banks actually are – and what happens when a central bank loses that independence.

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Posse Comitatus: Trump, Troops, and the Limits of Presidential Power

Posse Comitatus: Trump, Troops, and the Limits of Presidential Power

Posse Comitatus: Trump, Troops, and the Limits of Presidential Power

Episode 5 of The Libertarian with Richard Epstein and Charles C.W. Cooke

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The Libertarian

The inimitable Richard Epstein offers his unique perspective on national developments in public policy and the law.

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Law Talk

Welcome to Law Talk with Richard Epstein and John Yoo. Our show is hosted by Charles C. W. Cooke.

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The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

Steven Hayward brings you the Power Line Blog's perspective on the week's big headlines.

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Peter Robinson Unbridled - A Civitas Institute Podcast

Peter Robinson Unbridled

A new show and podcast bringing the energy of Austin to wide-ranging conversations on politics, economics, education, and culture.

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Content

Amicus Brief: Hon. William P. Barr and Hon. Michael B. Mukasey in Support of Petitioners

Former AGs Barr and Mukasey Cite Civitas in a SCOTUS Brief

Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Sep 22, 2025
Revival: Americans Heading Back to the Hinterlands

Smaller communities throughout the country are poised to play an outsize role in forging our future.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox
Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 19, 2025
Rational Judicial Review: Constitutions as Power-sharing Agreements, Secession, and the Problem of Dred Scott

Judicial review and originalism serve as valuable commitment mechanisms to enforce future compliance with a political bargain.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Sep 15, 2025
Amicus Brief: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish

Civitas Research Fellow Michael Toth's work was cited in a Supreme Court brief.‍

Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Sep 11, 2025
The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations

This paper studies the response of household inflation expectations to television news coverage of inflation.

Carola Binder, Pascal Frank, Jane M. Ryngaert
Economic Dynamism
Aug 22, 2025
The Rise of Inflation Targeting

This paper discusses the interactions between politics and economic ideas leading to the adoption of inflation targeting in the United States.

Carola Binder
Economic Dynamism
Aug 11, 2025
Epstein & Yoo: Amicus Brief in Supreme Court of Maryland

Civitas Senior Research Fellows Richard Epstein and John Yoo, alongside the Mountain States Legal Foundation, filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Maryland.

Richard Epstein, John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jul 24, 2025
What’s Wrong with a Military Campaign Against the Drug Trade

Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Sep 24, 2025
Ignore 'Open Letters' From Economists

Don’t be swayed by “open” letters signed by well-known and well-respected scholars, experts, professors, and businessmen.

Charity-Joy Acchiardo, Dirk Mateer & Brian O'Roark
Economic Dynamism
Sep 23, 2025
The Long History of Presidential Discretion

The Framers did not expect Congress to preauthorize every use of force or to manage military campaigns.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Sep 19, 2025
Exodus: Affordability Crisis Sends Americans Packing From Big Cities

The first in a two-part series about the Great Dispersion of Americans across the country.

Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox
Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 9, 2025
Demystifying the New Deal

Carola Binder reviews False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947 by George Selgin

Carola Binder
Economic Dynamism
Sep 5, 2025
Decadent Ideology, Decaying Fraternity

Richard Reinsch reviews Prosperity and Torment in France by Chantal Delsol.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Sep 4, 2025
Why Is California Losing Good Jobs to Other States? It’s Not Rocket Science

The system that made California dynamic and prosperous for so long is now broken and backward-looking

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025

Unlocking Housing Supply: Market-Driven Solutions for Growing Communities

Economic Dynamism
Sept 15, 24
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Robert George and Cornel West - Truth Matters, A Book Talk

Pursuit of Happiness
Sept 15, 24
1:05

Epstein: Executive Power & Authoritarianism

Constitutionalism
Sept 15, 24
1:05

Epstein: Tim Kaine’s Misunderstanding of Natural Rights

Constitutionalism
Sept 15, 24
1:05

Trump’s Tariff-for-Income-Tax Swap

Economic Dynamism
Sept 15, 24
1:05
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