{"podcast":{"title":"Unintended Consequences","slug":"unintended-consequences-6333409","podcast_index_feed_id":6333409,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/1681475504523-083b877548b3ed611071f22874011b4a.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":26,"summary":"Unintended Consequences is the podcast of Regulation magazine, produced by the Cato Institute. Hosted by Peter Van Doren and Paul Matzko, the show explores how government interventions can have surprising—and often negative—consequences. Drawing from Regulation 's in-depth policy analysis and cover stories, each episode unpacks the gap between policymakers’ intentions and the real-world outcomes that follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:20:33.611819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409"},"episode":{"title":"Whiskey, Electricity, and Antitrust","slug":"whiskey-electricity-and-antitrust","published_at":"2023-10-10T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/whiskey-electricity-and-antitrust","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/whiskey-electricity-antitrust","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/e/6525393f16a4770011c9bc83/media.mp3","summary":"Peter and Paul discuss three topics – adulterated whiskey, Texan electricity, and Brandeisian antitrust – with one core theme: government action under political pressure is a poor substitute for market discipline. With special guests Macy Scheck and Daniel Smith.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Peter and Paul discuss three topics – adulterated whiskey, Texan electricity, and Brandeisian antitrust – with one core theme: government action under pol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3900,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unintended-consequences-6333409/episodes/whiskey-electricity-and-antitrust/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/whiskey-electricity-and-antitrust.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}