{"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":"Orbán's Hungary: Model or Cautionary Tale?","slug":"orb-n-s-hungary-model-or-cautionary-tale","published_at":"2026-04-09T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/orb-n-s-hungary-model-or-cautionary-tale","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/orbans-hungary-model-or-cautionary-tale","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/69d68f4c34b90cef2ba2fead/media.mp3","summary":"Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary this week to campaign for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, hailing him as a defender of Western civilization. Cato's Ryan Bourne sits down with Johan Norberg to discuss Orbán’s actual record in government: weakened checks and balances, crony capitalism, and social policies that have fallen short of Orbán’s ambitions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary this week to campaign for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, hailing him as a defender of Western civilization. Cato…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2837,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-516193/episodes/orb-n-s-hungary-model-or-cautionary-tale/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/orb-n-s-hungary-model-or-cautionary-tale.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}