{"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":"Who Actually Pays Federal Taxes?","slug":"who-actually-pays-federal-taxes","published_at":"2026-04-14T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193/who-actually-pays-federal-taxes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/who-actually-pays-federal-taxes","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/69dd2244f24ed7c15fbca52e/media.mp3","summary":"The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year's tax cuts added new complexity. Cato's Chris Edwards and Adam Michel unpack the numbers and make the case for real reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year's tax cuts added new complexity. Cato's Chris Edwards an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1448,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-516193/episodes/who-actually-pays-federal-taxes/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/who-actually-pays-federal-taxes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}