{"podcast":{"title":"Cato Podcast","slug":"cato-podcast-516193","podcast_index_feed_id":516193,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/cato-daily-podcast","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/1751307571605-b8d32395-9136-4f7f-94cf-0fc594e3456d.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":4828,"summary":"Each week on Cato Podcast , leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193"},"episode":{"title":"Congress Is AWOL in America's Iran War","slug":"congress-is-awol-in-america-s-iran-war","published_at":"2026-04-28T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/congress-is-awol-in-america-s-iran-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/congress-awol-americas-iran-war","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/69ef269377ae72d1e1f6b84f/media.mp3","summary":"The War Powers Resolution allows the president up to 60 days of defensive latitude in introducing U.S. forces into hostilities ;  it is not a blank check for open-ended war. Cato's Molly Nixon and Katherine Thompson examine what the law actually says, how Trump's strikes on Iran test its limits, and whether the looming 60-day deadline could force Congress to act. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The War Powers Resolution allows the president up to 60 days of defensive latitude in introducing U.S. forces into hostilities ;…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3274,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-516193/episodes/congress-is-awol-in-america-s-iran-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/congress-is-awol-in-america-s-iran-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}