Two Think Minimum

Jeff Macher on Generative AI and the Future of Global Researc

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest Two Think Minimum podcast, TPI’s Scott Wallsten talks with Jeffrey Macher, Professor at Georgetown University, about new research on h...

Ambassador Steve Lang on WRC-27 and International Telecom Diplomacy

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Two Think Minimum, Ambassador Steve Lang, currently a senior advisor at Crest Hill Advisors and non-resident senior associate with ...

After Google and Meta: What Comes Next for Antitrust Policy with Jon Nuechterlein and Bill Kovacic

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After Google and Meta: What Comes Next for Antitrust Policy with Jon Nuechterlein and Bill Kovacic by Technology Policy Institute

Beyond GDP, with Diane Coyle

05 Dec 2025

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Beyond GDP, with Diane Coyle by Technology Policy Institute

Shane Greenstein on Co-Invention and the Geography of AI Innovation

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shane Greenstein on Co-Invention and the Geography of AI Innovation by Technology Policy Institute

Monetizing AI: Subscriptions, Ads, or Something New with Catherine Tucker

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Monetizing AI: Subscriptions, Ads, or Something New with Catherine Tucker by Technology Policy Institute

The FCC’s Public Interest Standard: Shield or Weapon? with Harold Feld and Tom Hazlett

05 Nov 2025

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The FCC’s Public Interest Standard: Shield or Weapon? with Harold Feld and Tom Hazlett by Technology Policy Institute

Bill Kovacic on Political Interference, Institutional Decay, and the Future of U.S. Antitrust

28 Oct 2025

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Bill Kovacic on Political Interference, Institutional Decay, and the Future of U.S. Antitrust by Technology Policy Institute

Supreme Court and Other Legal Developments

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Supreme Court and Other Legal Developments by Technology Policy Institute

Needham's Laura Martin on Why Disney Should Ditch ABC

25 Sep 2025

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Needham's Laura Martin on Why Disney Should Ditch ABC by Technology Policy Institute

2025 TPI Aspen Forum: Privacy and Governmental Surveillance

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

2025 TPI Aspen Forum: Privacy and Governmental Surveillance by Technology Policy Institute

Inside the NIH w/ Jay Bhattacharya on Innovation, Replication, and mRNA Policy

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Inside the NIH w/ Jay Bhattacharya on Innovation, Replication, and mRNA Policy by Technology Policy Institute

2025 TPI Aspen Forum: Current Developments in Antitrust Policy

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a special edition of Two Think Minimum, the podcast of the Technology Policy Institute. This podcast is a replay of our August 18th panel d...

Rewriting the Rules: Antitrust and the FTC with Jonathan M. Barnett and Larry White

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rewriting the Rules: Antitrust and the FTC with Jonathan M. Barnett and Larry White by Technology Policy Institute

William Kovacic and Jon Nuechterlein on Agency Independence and Humphrey's Executor

01 May 2025

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William Kovacic and Jon Nuechterlein on Agency Independence and Humphrey's Executor by Technology Policy Institute

Little Tech, Big Challenges: Competing in the AI Era with Matt Perault

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Little Tech, Big Challenges: Competing in the AI Era with Matt Perault by Technology Policy Institute

Future of News Ratings and Media Trust with NewsGuard CEO Gordon Crovitz

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest episode of Two Think Minimum, Gordon Crovitz, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of NewsGuard joins hosts Tom Lenard, Sarah Oh Lam, and Scott Wallste...

Stablecoin Policy and the Future of Crypto with Christian Catalini

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stablecoin Policy and the Future of Crypto with Christian Catalini by Technology Policy Institute

European Innovation and Competitiveness with Nicolas Petit

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Two Think Minimum, Nicolas Petit, Chair in Competition Law at the European University Institute, joins hosts Tom Lenard, Scott Wall...

The Politics of Prediction Markets: John Phillips and David Mason

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest episode of Two Think Minimum, TPI hosts Tom Lenard, Sarah Oh Lam, and Scott Wallsten explore the world of polls and prediction markets w...

The Economics of AI: Prediction Machines and Their Impact with Ajay Agrawal

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Economics of AI: Prediction Machines and Their Impact with Ajay Agrawal by Technology Policy Institute

AI Accountability Policy with Ellen P. Goodman

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Two Think Minimum, Ellen P. Goodman, a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School and former Senior Advisor for Algorithm...

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Competition Policy with Catherine Tucker

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Two Think Minimum, MIT Professor Catherine Tucker discusses her research on competition policy and artificial intelligence. The dis...

Congressional Silence, Agency Power, and the Chevron Doctrine with Caroline Cecot

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Two Think Minimum, Caroline Cecot, an associate professor of law at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, talks abo...

FTC Actions on Antitrust Reforms with Ginger Jin and Liad Wagman

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FTC Actions on Antitrust Reforms with Ginger Jin and Liad Wagman by Technology Policy Institute

Navigating Technological Change: TikTok, AI Bias, and Societal Adjustments with Megan McArdle

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The latest episode of the TPI Two Think Minimum podcast featured guest Megan McArdle, discussing pressing issues at the intersection of technology and...

Growing Threats to Wireless Communications and How to Address Them

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Growing Threats to Wireless Communications and How to Address Them by Technology Policy Institute

Airwaves of Innovation: Milgrom & Kwerel on the Past and Future of Spectrum Auctions

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The journey to implementing spectrum auctions was not without its challenges. Evan Kwerel shed light on the initial resistance, particularly from the ...

Marius Schwartz on The Perverse Effects of the Robinson Patman Act

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Joe Nocera Discusses the Covid Policy Big Fail

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Nocera Discusses the Covid Policy Big Fail by Technology Policy Institute

An Autocrat's Dilemma: Boosting Domestic Business Profits at the Expense of Research Quality

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the most recent episode of TPI's podcast "Two Think Minimum," Dr. Meicen Sun, assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at the Univ...

Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age with Professor Jeff Kosseff

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age with Professor Jeff Kosseff by Technology Policy Institute

Unpacking US-China Tech Policies with Xiaomeng Lu

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest episode of TPI's podcast "Two Think Minimum," Xiaomeng Lu, a director at Eurasia Group, discussed the evolving dynamics of US-China rela...

How Technology Will Change Higher Education with Michael Smith

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How Technology Will Change Higher Education with Michael Smith by Technology Policy Institute

Recent Antitrust Developments with Michael Katz

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the most recent episode of TPI's "Two Think Minimum" podcast, Michael Katz, Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business & Department of Econo...

Large Libel Models: Liability for AI Output with UCLA School of Law Professor Eugene Volokh

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest episode of Two Think Minimum, Technology Policy Institute Senior Fellow Sarah Oh Lam and President and Senior Fellow Scott Wallsten welc...

AI and Tech in Europe with European Parliament’s Peter Brown

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI and Tech in Europe with European Parliament’s Peter Brown by Technology Policy Institute

Dr. Guy Ben-Ishai on the Economics of AI

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest episode of Two Think Minimum, TPI President and Senior Fellow Scott Wallsten and Senior Fellow Sarah Oh Lam interviewed Google’s Head ...

Ryan Vaughan on Mergers in Media, Tech, and Telecom

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Vaughan of Needham & Company delves into the world of mergers in the media, tech, and telecom industries, drawing insights from the recent attemp...

John Samples on How the Facebook Oversight Board Thinks About Misinformation

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest TPI Two Think Minimum podcast, Tom Lenard and Sarah Oh Lam interview John Samples from the Oversight Board about the board's policy advi...

Kristina McElheran on The Effects of AI on Workers and Firms

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Two Think Minimum we welcome Professor Kristina McElheran. We explore the impact of artificial intelligence and related technologie...

Greg Ip on Industrial Policy

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Two Think Minimum, we welcome Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator at the Washington Post, to discuss the topic of industrial polic...

John Phillips and David Mason of Aristotle Discuss Political Prediction Markets

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of Two Think Minimum focuses on prediction markets and their regulation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently tried to shut ...

Jane Horvath on Privacy Policy

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Horvath joins Two Think Minimum to chat about privacy policy. She shares the serendipitous way she became a privacy expert in the early days at a...

Sujit Raman on The State and Future of Cryptocurrency

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sujit Raman discusses the current state, regulatory framework, and future of cryptocurrency with us on Two Think Minimum. Sujit is General Counsel at ...

Stuart Brotman on Content Moderation and the First Amendment

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stuart Brotman joins Two Think Minimum to discuss the most recent Texas and Florida litigation concerning content moderation and the First Amendement....

Avi Goldfarb on AI and Predictive Analytics

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Guest Avi Goldfarb discusses AI as prediction technology likely to transform our systems over a long period of time. Goldfarb is the Rotman Chair of A...

Jay Bhattacharya on Covid Policy Missteps

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Bhattacharya joins Two Think Minimum for a look at the responses of public health and economic experts to Covid-19. He asserts the need for a retr...

Michael Smith on Video Streaming and Its Lessons for Higher Education

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Smith joins Two Think Minimum to discuss his work on video streaming, how traditional studios adapted to technological changes, and draws para...

Mike Rosenbaum on Using AI to Avoid Hiring Biases and Find Overlooked Talent

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Rosenbaum is founder and executive chairman of Catalyte, a recognized leader in onshore agile application services working with clients onsite...

Cathryn Ross on the Regulatory Horizons Council and Re-Imagining Regulation

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cathryn Ross is Strategy and Regulatory Affairs Director at Thames Water. She is responsible for shaping and embedding a strategy to ensure that Thame...

Julie Owono on the Importance of Establishing a Democratic Agenda for Content Governance

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Julie Owono is the Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières (Internet Without Borders), an inaugural member of the Facebook Oversight Board, an...

Howard Beales and Tim Muris on Antitrust and Consumer Protection Policies at the FTC

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Muris was chairman of the FTC from 2001 to 2004. He was director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection from 1981 to 1983 and of the Bureau of Compe...

Joel Waldfogel on Privacy and Innovation

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joel Waldfogel is Associate Dean of MBA programs at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. He was previously the Ehrenkranz Famil...

Jennifer Fauver on Antitrust Enforcement by State AGs

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Fauver joins Two Think Minimum to discuss her new research paper entitled, “Putting a Number on the Debate: An Empirical Assessment of the ...

Evan Kwerel on the Origins of Spectrum Auctions

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we are delighted to have as our guest, Evan Kwerel, who is Senior Economic Advisor at the Federal Communications Commission. The impact of Evan...

Stan Besen & Phil Verveer on a Coasian Approach to Section 230 Reform

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stan is a Senior Consultant with Charles River Associates. He's a nationally recognized expert in the economics of intellectual property rights, telec...

TPI’s Senior Fellows on Building the Ideal Broadband Map

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As states ramp up their efforts to distribute broadband funding, policymakers will need data to help them identify the areas of their state that are i...

Adam Kovacevich on Big Tech Through a Progressive Lens

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Kovacevich is the founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress, a new, center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting technology's progressiv...

2021's Top Tech Policy Stories in Review with Jonathan Make

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Make is the former Executive Editor at Warren Communications, which includes Comms Daily, where he's also a journalist. He joined the Warren ...

John List on How to Make Good Ideas Great & Great Ideas Scale

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

John List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on questions in mi...

Bruce Mehlman on Policy Risks to Watch in 2022

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Mehlman is the founding partner of Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen & Thomas, one of Washington's premier lobbying and government relations firms. Br...

Blair Levin & Gregory Rosston on Broadband Subsidies

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Blair Levin is the Policy Advisor to New Street Research and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Project at the Brookings Institut...

Diane Coyle on How Economics Can Evolve with a Changing World

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Professor Coyle co-directs the Bennett Institute where...

Catherine Tucker on Algorithmic Bias

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine Tucker is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management Science, Professor of Marketing, Chair of the MIT Sloan Ph.D. Program, a co-founde...

Adam White on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam White is the Co-Executive Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at the Antonin Scalia Law School at Geo...

Larry White on Antitrust & Market Delineation of Monopolization Cases

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Larry White is the Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School. He's also General Editor of the Review of Industrial Organization...

Clifford Winston on Markets Helping Government

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Clifford Winston is a senior fellow in the Brookings Institution's Economic Studies Program. He joined TPI Distinguished Senior Fellow Bob Hahn to...

Xiaomeng Lu on China's Tech Crackdown

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Xiaomeng Lu is a Director in the Eurasia Group’s Geotechnology Practice, where she focuses on the interactions of emerging technologies with geopoli...

Mark Jamison on Regulatory Humility & Antitrust: Two Think Minimum

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mark Jamison is the Director and Gunter Professor of the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Busin...

Edward Miguel on the “Replication Crisis” in Economics and How to Fix It

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Edward Miguel is the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Faculty Director of the Center for Effective Global Action ...

Roger Noll on Antitrust and the NCAA

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Noll is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economics & Policy Research. Prior...

Michael Katz on Challenges to Antitrust Policy

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael is Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business & Department of Economics, where he was the Sarin Chair in Strategy and Leadership of the...

Adam Gamoran on Evidence-Based Policy

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Gamoran is president of the William T. Grant Foundation. Before that he was a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dis...

Michael McConnell on Facebook's Oversight Board and Content Moderation

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're delighted to have as our guest, Michael McConnell. If you've been following the news at all lately, you probably know Michael is co-chair...

Shane Greenstein on Innovation, the Internet Age, and the Future

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shane Greenstein is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration and Co-Chair of the HBS Digital Initiative. He also co-directs the Progra...

Leah Nylen on Antitrust and Competition Policy in the Biden Administration

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a big year for antitrust with possible major implications for the future structure of the economy. There's no sign that this action will slo...

Jon Baron on Evidence Based Policy at Arnold Ventures

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Baron. Jon is Vice-President of Evidence-Based Policy at Arnold Ventures. Before that, he founded the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, which w...

Ronald Coase Institute President Mary Shirley on Institutions and Economic Development

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Mary Shirley is President of the Ronald Coase Institute, a nonprofit organization working to improve knowledge of institutions and to build the ca...

What We Know And What We Don't Know

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On our first completely internal podcast! Today, we're just going to take stock of the tech policy landscape. We'll talk mostly about the $1.9 trillio...

Jeff Prince on Economics at the FCC and Platforms

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Prince is Professor and Chair of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He's also the Harold ...

Paul Barrett on the False Claim that Social Media Censors the Right

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Barrett is Deputy Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at the NYU Stern School of Business. He joined the center in September of ...

Thomas Hazlett on Spectrum Policy

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we are delighted to have Professor Tom Hazlett. Tom was one of our very first guests back when we launched the podcast, and we're delighted to ...

Gus Hurwitz on the Rural Digital Divide and Platforms

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Justin (Gus) Hurwitz is an associate professor of law at the University of Nebraska, where he is also the Menard Director of the Nebraska Go...

Cathryn Ross on the Regulatory Horizons Council and Re-Imagining Regulation

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cathryn Ross has worn many hats during her life. She's currently Director of Regulatory Affairs at the BT group, which is the largest provider of fixe...

Nick Hart on Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Hart is one of the world's experts in telling people how to get evidence-based policy to work in real-time. He's also the CEO of the Data Coaliti...

Stanford's Greg Rosston on the Future of Broadband Accessibility

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Rosston is the Gordon Cain Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Director of the Public Policy Program at Stan...

Giulia McHenry and Wayne Leighton on the FCC's Office of Economics and Analytics

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are joined by Giulia McHenry and Wayne Leighton, who are respectively Chief and Deputy Chief of the FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics...

2020 in Review with Jonathan Make

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're excited to have Communications Daily Executive Editor Jonathan Make with us for what is becoming our annual year in review and discussion of wha...

"Building on What Works: An Analysis of US Broadband Policy" with Jon Nuechterlein Howard Shelanski

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're happy to have Jonathan Nuechterlein and Howard Shelanski to discuss their new article, which is forthcoming in the Federal Communications...

Does Big Tech Need its Own Regulator? with Neil Chilson

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Chilson is a Senior Research Fellow for technology and innovation at the Charles Koch Institute. Prior to joining CKI, Chilson was the Federal Tr...

How Entrepreneurs Can Build a Better Society and Government with Joe Lonsdale

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lonsdale is a graduate of Stanford, a co-founder of Palantir, and many other companies, and a founding partner at 8VC, a technology investment fir...

Jason Furman and Joshua Wright Debate: Do Digital Platforms Require a New Regulatory Regime?

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economics at Harvard University and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Joshua Wright, Un...

Section 230 Series: Online Free Speech and Section 230 with Jamie Susskind

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jamie Susskind is the Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs for the Consumer Technology Association. In that role, she coordinates CTA’s a...

Michael Shellenberger - Apocalypse Never: A New Approach to Environmentalism

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Shellenberger is a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and the Founder and President of Environmental Progress. He's been a climate an...

Protecting Privacy and Moving the Evidence Ball Down the Field with Nancy Potok

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nancy Potok served as the Chief Statistician of the United States until January of this year, 2020. She has over 30 years of leadership experience...

Digital Payments, Crypto, and Libra with Christian Catalini, Dante Disparte, and Matthew Davie

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Catalini is Chief Economist of the Libra Association, on leave from MIT, and a Faculty Research Fellow at NBER. Dante Disparte is vice chair...

Google Cloud Developer Advocate Felipe Hoffa

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Felipe Hoffa, developer advocate, and software engineer at Google. Felipe is originally from Chile and is now based in San Francisco and around the wo...

TikTok Public Policy's Michael Beckerman

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Beckerman currently serves as Vice President and head of US public policy at TikTok, a position he has held since March. He previously was the...

Jay Bhattacharya on Health Economics and Coronavirus

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a Senior ...