{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:19:59.576984+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"The “Nanny” State: How Government Regulations Jack Up the Price of Daycare","slug":"the-nanny-state-how-government-regulations-jack-up-the-price-of-daycare","published_at":"2026-04-14T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/the-nanny-state-how-government-regulations-jack-up-the-price-of-daycare","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/the-%E2%80%9Cnanny%E2%80%9D-state-how-government:8498c842a35c628ad370b70d752c3079c17b0223","audio_url":"https://player.odycdn.com/api/v3/streams/free/the-“nanny”-state-how-government/8498c842a35c628ad370b70d752c3079c17b0223/bbdde3.mp4","summary":"Day care costs are rising, and government promises they’ll fix it! But when government “fixes" something, that means more rules. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ “Government rules have unintended consequences,” says Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women’s Forum. Consequences like fewer day care centers and higher prices. Government rules also make lower-cost options like in-home day care centers hard to start, even though parents want them. "They are layering on regulations that make it impossible," explains Lukas. Oklahoma’s day care rules are 180 pages. Illinois gives conflicting commands: require a blanket for each infant, but then, they also prohibit use of “soft bedding." Why would you open a place if you have to understand all of that, let alone obey it? I wouldn’t. “Every time you have to figure out another rule to comply with, it’s another reason not to do it,” says Lukas. In the video above, I look at how bureaucrats’ well-intended rules make day care centers hard to start and afford. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-179wCFgkX8","meta_description":"Day care costs are rising, and government promises they’ll fix it! But when government “fixes\" something, that means more rules. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":370,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/the-nanny-state-how-government-regulations-jack-up-the-price-of-daycare/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/the-nanny-state-how-government-regulations-jack-up-the-price-of-daycare.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}