Podcasts

In a wide-ranging conversation, Olivier Guersent—former Director-General for Competition at the European Commission—joins Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum and host of...

In this exclusive interview, Capitol Forum’s Javier Espinoza sits down with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, to talk climate ambition, competition policy, and the...

The European Union must accelerate consolidation in its defense and telecommunications sectors to stay globally competitive and respond to rising geopolitical and economic pressures, Enrico Letta,...

In his first interview since leaving office, Thierry Breton, the architect of the Digital Markets Act, calls recent fines against Apple and Meta “regrettable.” They’re not a victory, he says...

In this special episode, former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and former U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai talk to Teddy and former Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter to discuss...

Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, speaks with Martijn Snoep, head of the Dutch Competition Authority, about the evolving landscape of antitrust enforcement in Europe....

In this conversation with Jonathan Kanter for our podcast Second Request, the former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice discusses his...

In this episode, Executive Editor Teddy Downey speaks with Catherine Simonsen—co-founder of Simonsen Susman LLP and former FTC antitrust enforcer—about the long-neglected Robinson-Patman Act....

Generative AI is testing the limits of copyright law — and the courts are starting to weigh in. Teddy Downey speaks with Keith Kupferschmid, CEO of the Copyright Alliance, about: The legal stakes...

In this episode, Capitol Forum’s Nate Soderstrom sits down with Jeremy Sandford, partner at Econic Partners and former FTC economist, to discuss his new paper on the 2015 Steris/Synergy merger—a...

In this wide-ranging conversation, Capitol Forum Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Beth Baltzan — former Counselor to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai — and Capitol Forum Trade...

Teddy Downey, Executive Editor of The Capitol Forum, sits down with Tahir Amin, co-founder of I-MAK, to discuss the pharmaceutical industry’s misuse of the U.S. patent system—and what it costs...

What happens when one company dominates every aspect of an industry—from venues and ticketing to artist access and local politics? In this in-depth interview, The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey...

Ari Paparo has done it all in digital advertising—from DoubleClick and Google to founding Beeswax and covering the DOJ antitrust trial as an independent analyst. In this conversation with Capitol...

We speak with Jack Corrigan, Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), about his landmark report: Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition: A Guide to...

Executive Editor Teddy Downey is joined by Jeremy Furchtgott and Riley Kruse of Baron Public Affairs to unpack the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement shaping RFK Jr.’s vision for Health and...