Podcasts

Is the Live Nation-Ticketmaster era finally over? In a landmark verdict, a jury found that Live Nation-Ticketmaster operated an illegal monopoly — a conclusion that musicians, venue owners, and...

In this episode of The Brussels Beat, Javier Espinoza speaks with Teresa Ribera, the EU Commissioner in charge of competition policy, about what to expect from the European Commission’s revamped...

In this episode of The Brussels Beat, Javier Espinoza speaks with Benoît Cœuré, president of France’s competition authority, about growing tensions between EU ambitions for European companies to...

Your life insurance policy may be private equity’s ticking financial time bomb. In this episode of The Capitol Forum Investigates, reporter Lisa Epstein explains her recent investigation into...

Today on Second Request, Executive Editor Teddy Downey is joined by Jonathan Kanter, the former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice from 2021 to 2024....

When a Pittsburgh based business owner opened a franchise of one of Xponential Fitness’ exercise brands, he had no idea it would end in bankruptcy, intimidation and threats of violence. Today...

In this episode of The Brussels Beat, Javier Espinoza speaks with Cani Fernández, President of Spain’s National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), about whether EU member states can go...

Today on Second Request, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Sacha Sloan, a senior correspondent at The Capitol Forum, to discuss Sacha’s recent reporting on potential collusion in...

Today on The Capitol Forum Investigates, correspondent Krista Brown discusses the use of artificial intelligence in airline pricing, and how it could potentially lead to personalized prices for...

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...