{"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":"Talkin’ ’Bout My Generation (Z)","slug":"talkin-bout-my-generation-z","published_at":"2026-03-19T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/talkin-bout-my-generation-z","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/talkin-bout-generation-z","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/69baedd89f7cc5ed0398cb4b/media.mp3","summary":"Cato’s new media fellow, Rikki Schlott, joins Ryan Bourne to talk Gen Z: how social media shaped them, why online life has made young people both more anxious and more persuadable, and how the socialist left and the alt-right have each found fertile ground. They discuss the strange incentives of the attention economy, what Mamdani and other online political entrepreneurs get right, and whether libertarian ideas can be made to resonate with a generation raised on algorithms. We want to hear from you! Please share your thoughts in a  3-minute anonymous survey  to help us refine our programming at Cato.org/PodcastSurvey . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Cato’s new media fellow, Rikki Schlott, joins Ryan Bourne to talk Gen Z: how social media shaped them, why online life has made young people both more anx…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2425,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-516193/episodes/talkin-bout-my-generation-z/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/talkin-bout-my-generation-z.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}