The Capitol Forum Podcast

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Exploring Solutions to Monopoly Problems

Following forty years of laissez-faire antitrust enforcement and industry consolidation, the White House is considering a fundamental rethink of how to interpret, enforce, and rewrite antitrust law, and many questions remain unanswered for the antitrust community. 

On the heels of federal and state litigation against Google and Facebook, is Amazon next? Will the new administration put big agriculture, big banks, and big pharma in its crosshairs? Will the courts stop antitrust enforcers in their tracks? Will the Biden administration get cold feet?

The Capitol Forum Podcast provides in-depth discussions with antitrust experts about the answers to these questions and about proposed solutions to the biggest monopoly problems of our time. Backed by the investigative resources and intellectual rigor of The Capitol Forum, Executive Editor and host Teddy Downey examines the effects of the current concentrations of market power across a vast array of industry verticals as he and his guests analyze the potential responses from the federal government. Offering thoughtful conversations with analysts and decision makers, The Capitol Forum Podcast provides everyone from C-Suite executives to policymakers, and all those in-between, strategic antitrust insights at the intersection of law, policy, and markets.


Episode Date
Is Roblox Safe for Kids?
Nov 18, 2025
The Future of Antitrust Enforcement: A Conversation with Michael Kades & Adam Gitlin
Nov 12, 2025
U.S. v. Google Remedies with John Newman
Nov 10, 2025
Lower Artificial Intelligence Literacy Predicts Greater AI Receptivity with Chiara Longoni
Nov 10, 2025
“Mars/Kellanova: EC Leaning Towards Clearing Deal, Sources Say” with Javier Espinoza
Nov 10, 2025
Presidential Tariffs and Executive Power: Legal Challenges to the IEEPA Tariffs
Nov 10, 2025
The Antitrust Case Against AI Overviews with Madhavi Singh
Nov 10, 2025
Price Discrimination Laws—the Dormant Half of Our Antitrust Laws that Can Save Our Economy
Aug 14, 2025
How Courts Interpret Copyright in the Age of AI
Aug 14, 2025
Steris/Synergy a Decade Out: A Retrospective Assessment
Aug 05, 2025
Trump’s Trade Letters and the August 1st Deadline
Jul 31, 2025
Patenting and Pricing Eliquis, Ozempic, and Other Medicare-Targeted Drugs
Jul 29, 2025
Proposed Breakups of Live Nation/Ticketmaster with Tommy Dorfman
Jul 23, 2025
Google’s Role in Digital Advertising with Ari Paparo
Jul 21, 2025
Promoting AI Innovation Through Competition
Jun 27, 2025
Who’s Really Shaping RFK Jr.’s Health Agenda? Inside the Maha Influencers
Jun 20, 2025
Textiles, Trade & National Security: A Conversation with Parkdale Mills COO Davis Warlick
Jun 13, 2025
What Abundance Gets Wrong
Jun 11, 2025
The Hidden Monopoly: How Healthcare Platforms Threaten Competition
May 23, 2025
Doha Mekki on Labor, Mergers, Monopolies and the New Antitrust Agenda
Apr 08, 2025
Hannah Garden-Monheit, Max Berengaut and Jonathan Kanter on Price Fixing, Algorithms, Antitrust, and Rising Prices
Mar 29, 2025
Rebecca Slaughter, Katherine Tai and Jonathan Kanter on Getting Fired, Trade, and the Rule of Law
Mar 26, 2025
Jonathan Kanter & Rethinking Antitrust for the Modern Economy
Mar 10, 2025
Outlook for Congressional Competition Policy and Antitrust Enforcement During the Trump Administration with Slade Bond
Mar 10, 2025
Investor-Owned Utilities’ Excess Rates of Return with Mark Ellis
Mar 10, 2025
UnitedHealth Group’s Vertical Consolidation with Hayden Rooke-Ley
Mar 10, 2025
Fair and Competitive Markets at the U.S. Department of Agriculture with Andy Green
Feb 04, 2025
2025 Congressional Antitrust Outlook with Seth Bloom
Feb 04, 2025
Vestager Pushes Back Against Calls to Ease EU Merger Rules
Feb 03, 2025
Importance of the DOJ Live Nation Suit to Independent Venues with Stephen Parker
Jan 30, 2025
Mark Wetjen on Crypto Legislation in the Trump Administration
Jan 02, 2025
Ambassador Katherine Tai on U.S. Trade Policy in the Biden Administration
Jan 02, 2025
Talking Big Tech, Antitrust, and Refusals to Deal with Daniel Hanley
Nov 15, 2024
Market Concentration in Food & Agriculture with Sarah Carden and Basel Musharbash
Oct 24, 2024
The Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power with John Farrell
Jul 01, 2024
The Recent NAR Settlement and the Future of Residential Real Estate
Jun 06, 2024
Antitrust Economics at a Time of Upheaval
Jun 06, 2024
Jason Kint on the US vs. Google Antitrust Trial
Jun 06, 2024
The Re-Monopolization of the U.S. Sports Trading Card Industry
May 08, 2024
Capital One/Discover: A Competition Policy and Regulatory Deep Dive
Apr 15, 2024
Antitrust Enforcement - Past, Present, & Future with Bill Baer
Apr 15, 2024
Exploring Shifts in the Global Antitrust Landscape with Cristina Caffarra
Apr 15, 2024
John Newman on Antitrust, AI and Current FTC Cases
Mar 20, 2024
2024 Presidential Election Outlook with Michael Podhorzer
Mar 20, 2024
How Hackers Dox Doctors to Order Mountains of Oxy and Adderall
Mar 20, 2024
White House Competition Priorities: A Conversation with Bharat Ramamurti
Jan 23, 2024
A Discussion with Clean Virginia’s Brennan Gilmore
Dec 21, 2023
Unpacking the Litigation Against the National Association of Realtors with Real Estate Executive Jack Ryan and Antitrust Attorney Darren McCarty
Nov 29, 2023
A Deep Dive into the Google Trial and Tech Landscape with Seth Bloom
Nov 29, 2023
Kevin Erickson on Live Nation Entertainment
Nov 29, 2023
Untapped Government Policy Options for Getting Cheaper Generics to Market with Dr. Michael J. Birrer
Nov 29, 2023
Venture Predation: How Venture-Backed Startups Use Predatory Pricing to Suppress Competition
Sep 15, 2023
A Discussion with Shaoul Sussman on the DOJ and FTC’s New Merger Guidelines
Aug 03, 2023
Diana Moss to Swifties: This is How to Break Up Ticketmaster/Livenation
Jul 27, 2023
The Rise of Textualism in Antitrust Enforcement: A Conversation with Bob Lande
Jul 13, 2023
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Antitrust Priorities
Jul 06, 2023
The Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting More Expensive with Stacy Mitchell
Jun 22, 2023
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya Argues for Robinson-Patman Act Revitalization
Jun 15, 2023
Alleged Anticompetitive Conduct by Drug Wholesalers with Luke Slindee
Jun 08, 2023
Philip Mattera on Pay for Delay
Jun 01, 2023
Structural Presumption for Merger Review with Tommaso Valletti
May 25, 2023
The Coming Antitrust Wars in the Alcohol Market, with Harry Schuhmacher
Apr 27, 2023
Spotting Anticompetitive Conduct in Pharma Supply Chain, with Antonio Ciaccia
Apr 04, 2023
United Healthcare's Culture and Coverage Denial Crisis, with David Armstrong and Patrick Rucker
Feb 24, 2023
Analyzing the FTC's Ban on Noncompete Agreements with Sandeep Vaheesan
Feb 02, 2023
FTC’s Elizabeth Wilkins Discusses Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
Jan 20, 2023
Chokepoint Capitalism with Author Cory Doctorow
Dec 22, 2022
FTC Chair Lina Khan Discusses Unfair Methods of Competition
Dec 12, 2022
Microsoft/Activision with Xbox CEO Phil Spencer
Dec 06, 2022
Fixing "Litigating the Fix" with Professor Steve Salop
Nov 29, 2022
The Hidden Monopoly Driving Up Rents
Oct 27, 2022
Taking on Monopoly Power in Search with Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy
Oct 20, 2022
A Hidden Monopoly in Appalachia Driving Up Energy Prices
Sep 23, 2022
CVS and Signify: Value-Based Care or Risk Score Gaming?
Sep 16, 2022
Dr. Cristina Caffarra on the State of Europe’s Antitrust Regulation and Enforcement
Aug 04, 2022
The Weak Argument Jeopardizing Tech Antitrust Legislation with Gilad Edelman
Jul 07, 2022
Beat Inflation by Tackling Market Power and Supply Chain Crisis, Says Niko Lusiani
Jun 30, 2022
Bust Up Pharmaceutical Middlemen, Says Representative Buddy Carter
Jun 23, 2022
The Baby Formula Monopoly with Moe Tkacik
Jun 16, 2022
Solving Data-opoly Problems with Maurice Stucke
May 19, 2022
Stop Bank Mergers to Help Rural America, Says Basel Musharbash
May 12, 2022
Private Equity is Killing the American Economy, with Josh Kosman
Apr 28, 2022
Antitrust Super Influencers with Baron Public Affairs
Apr 21, 2022
Block the Spirit/Frontier Airlines Merger Argues Shahid Naeem
Mar 31, 2022
Fixing Pharma With Tahir Amin
Mar 17, 2022
Big Tech Litigation Outlook, with Jason Kint
Mar 10, 2022
Amazon Vs. The U.S. Postal Service, a Ted Tatos Talk
Mar 03, 2022
Matthew Buck Explains How America’s Supply Chains Got Railroaded
Feb 17, 2022
Jeff Horwitz on The Facebook Files
Feb 10, 2022
Evan Starr on The Economic Benefits of Banning Non-competes
Feb 03, 2022
Inflation, Monopoly, and Predictions for 2022 with Matt Stoller
Jan 20, 2022
Luke Herrine: FTC Should Reject the Conventional Folklore Around its Unfairness Authority
Dec 23, 2021
Amazon’s Toll Road with Stacy Mitchell, Co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Dec 16, 2021
Jeff Hauser: Cracking Down on Monopolies is Winning Politics
Dec 09, 2021
The “No Collusion” Rule by Brendan Ballou, DOJ Trial Attorney
Dec 02, 2021
Barry Lynn, Executive Director of the Open Markets Institute
Oct 28, 2021
The Honorable Bill Kovacic
Sep 30, 2021
Claire Kelloway on Meat Industry Consolidation’s Impact on Workers and Citizens
Sep 10, 2021
Seth Bloom’s Outlook for Antitrust Legislation
Jul 15, 2021
Ron Knox says, “Break up Big Music”
Jul 01, 2021
The Honorable William Baer
May 27, 2021
The Capitol Forum Podcast Trailer
May 12, 2021