Podcast

Getting policy right means engaging in the right steps in the right order. Senior Research Fellow, Eli Dourado, joins Caleb O. Brown of the Cato Insitute to detail a lesson for policymakers from a manufacturing titan.

Tune in to this week's Exformation episode where Will and Caden discuss their favorite moments and add new insights to the discussion.

As innovative entrepreneurs push products and services beyond imagination to benefit consumers, regulations tend to fall behind.

What happened to all the chips? From the microchips that power the Sony’s PS5 to the smart chips that control autonomous vehicles, in this week’s episode Will and Caden dig into the science and economics behind the chip shortage that’s stalling out the production of entire industries. Resources Infineon, Chip Manufacturing – How are Microchips […]

In this week’s Exformation episode, Will and Caden discuss the Broadband funding provisions detailed in the historic $1 Trillion infrastructure bill that passed the Senate this August. While previous proposals targeted at broadband access and infrastructure were overfunded, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act sent to the House is a better representation of what it […]

Will and Caden work through the state of data privacy in the U.S. and the implications of state-based laws on business owners across the country.

In this episode, Will and Caden invite Aurelien Portuese from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation to discuss the antitrust movement.

In this week’s episode of Exformation, Will and Caden discuss President Biden’s recent executive order on competition and the research on killer acquisitions that have informed the Administration’s approach to tech companies. While policymakers at all levels of government should be concerned about impediments to innovation, a drastic overhaul of antitrust laws isn’t currently needed. […]

What are some of the great challenges we could solve if innovation and technology weren’t so cost prohibitive?

In this week’s episode of Exformation, Will and Caden talk about the latest CGO work on Internet regulation focused on recent proposals to implement common carriage regulation over online speech. As they stand today, social media platforms are innovations in communications technology that have connected us beyond imagination. But outside of Silicon Valley are calls […]

In today's Exformation episode, Will and Caden invite special guest Eli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow at the CGO, to discuss the future of Space exploration, commercialization, and NASA.

Elysse Dick from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation joins Will and Caden this week to discuss the policy implications of virtual reality technologies. Show Notes Link to Ellysse’s Bio: [link] Ellysse’s pieces: Current and Potential Uses of AR/VR for Equity and Inclusion [link] Principles and Policies to Unlock the Potential of AR/VR for Equity […]

Are you free to say what you want online? To what extent? Do places like Facebook and Twitter need moderation? Why? Who should be doing it? The users? A third-party? Will and Caden tackle the tough questions in this episode of Exformation.

In this episode, Will and Caden discuss the beast that is Amazon and the current antitrust legal proceedings brought to the forefront by the Washington, DC, attorney general.

In this episode, Will and Caden discuss what 'digital equity' actually means, and the steps that might be taken in order to bridge the 'digital divide.'

In this episode, Will and Caden discuss the sometimes dishonest and manipulative methods digital hosts often utilize to gather personal information and data.

In this episode, hosts Will Rinehart and Caden Rosenbaum along with special guest Lucas Rentschler discuss analyzing misinformation on social media and potential treatments of the issue.

In this episode, hosts Will Rinehart and Caden Rosenbaum discuss the legal slog between Epic Games and Apple, and the potential ramifications of the outcome.

In this episode, hosts Will Rinehart and Caden Rosenbaum discuss broadband rollout, FCC policies, and the future of connecting the United States.

In this episode, hosts Will Rinehart and Caden Rosenbaum discuss antitrust law, mega-corporations, monopolies, and big tech.

In this first episode of Exformation, host Will Rinehart and Co-Host Caden Rosenbaum review and discuss the recent decisions made by the controversial Facebook Oversight Board and how those decisions will impact the future of free speech, the internet, and antitrust.