Doing It The Hard Way
New Cato Institute podcast
This week on our Cato Institute podcast, Gene Healy and I host Cato’s Brent Skorup and Jennifer Huddleston to discuss the legal basis for the FCC’s apparent jawboning of licensed broadcasters in light of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s on-off cancellation. Plus, we dig into the TikTok deal that President Trump says he’s brokering to save the U.S. app for Americans. Is it a win for free speech or state capitalism run amok?
Show Notes
Brent Skorup, “Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and Why Broadcasters Still Have “Junior Varsity” First Amendment Rights,” September 19, 2025.
Ilya Somin, “Abolish the FCC,“ September 18, 2025.
David Inserra and John Samples, “Kimmel Cancellation a Dangerous Sign for Free Speech,” September 24, 2025.
Jennifer Huddelston, “Trump’s TikTok Reprieve Won’t Fix the Law’s Free Speech Problems,” February 3, 2025.