Latest Policy Government Podcast Episodes

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US Taiwan Policy: It's Complicated!

Need to Know - May 03, 2024 21:42 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratings
In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski discuses US policy on Taiwan with Wilson Center Indo-Pacific Program Director, Shihoko Goto. They explore the complexities and nuances of maintaining strong ties to a most important US trade partner, while acknowledging the "one China principle...

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Episode 331: Troubling Signs in Paradise

Fault Lines - May 03, 2024 15:40 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Today Les, Morgan, Bishop, and Andy discussed the recent elections in the Solomon Islands in which former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele was elected as Prime Minister. The now-Prime Minister Manele is widely expected to continue the Solomon Islands’ shift toward closer ties with China which ha...

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The Man Who Gets the Secrets

SpyTalk - May 03, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes
Jason Leopold, a senior reporter with Bloomberg News, has literally been getting under the skin of government bureaucracies for decades. His weapon: The Freedom of Information Act, enacted by Congress in the mid-1960s because the feds, well, had an insidious propensity to bury embarrassing, or e...

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The Rise - and Future - of Medicare Advantage w/ Jack Hoadley

Health Affairs This Week - May 03, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Jack Hoadley from Georgetown University about the final rule for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs for 2025. Read the new Health Policy Brief on digital inclusion. Join us for our ONC 20th anniversary event on May 9. Finish the ...

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603 Sam LeDoux - What Can Be Done to Address Issues Facing Española

Tipping Point New Mexico - May 02, 2024 16:35 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratings
On this Tipping Point interview Paul talks to Sam LeDoux. Sam is a recently elected member of the City of Española council. Sam, a longtime political activist with a long track record in politics is a Hispano Republican. Paul and Sam discuss how Republicans can win in northern New Mexico and wha...

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BIPAC Rundown Weekly Podcast - May 2, 2024

BIPAC's Podcast - May 02, 2024 12:55 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The following political analysis is from Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC) Senior Political Analyst Jim Ellis.  BIPAC is an independent, bipartisan organization.  It is provided solely as a membership benefit to the organization's 200-plus member companies and trade associatio...

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Are Global Headaches Triggering Risks & Rewards?

WashingtonWise - May 02, 2024 07:05 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 230 ratings
There has been a flurry of geopolitical developments in recent weeks, from Congress passing a massive foreign aid bill to Cabinet members visiting China to India's elections. But the one that has grabbed the most attention―at least among your kids―is the potential banning of Chinese-owned TikTok...

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The building blocks of AI governance.

Caveat - May 02, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 83 ratings
Cameron Kerry from the Brookings Institute is sharing their report entitled "Small Yards, Big Tents: How to Build Cooperation on Critical International Standards." Dave and Ben discuss AI-generated recording leading to criminal charges in Maryland based off of the interesting story of an ex-athle...

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Anti-Blackness and progressive approaches to Economic Redistribution

In Search of Black Power - May 01, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
In this episode, Lawrence explores the intersections of race and economic redistribution.  Advocates of "race-neutral" economic redistribution policies have rebranded them as "race-conscious," asserting that policies like baby bonds and Universal Basic Income (UBI) would disproportionately bene...

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Episode 330: Israeli Policy on Campus and in the Courts

Fault Lines - May 01, 2024 15:33 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Today Jamil, Les, Morgan, and Bishop discussed the rash of nationwide campus protests against the Israel-Hamas War, focusing on Columbia University where over 100 students were arrested after occupying a building. They also discuss rumors of arrest warrants aimed at Israeli officials from the In...

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Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the University: A Conversation with Michael Meranze

Then & Now - May 01, 2024 14:00 - 50 minutes
As the war in Gaza rages on, discussions surrounding free speech and the right to protest have surged across the United States, particularly on college campuses. When a pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia University was raided by police, leading to dozens of arrests in late April 2024, universi...

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Free Speech in Academia: A Conversation with Michael Meranze

Then & Now - May 01, 2024 14:00 - 50 minutes
As the war in Gaza rages on, discussions surrounding free speech and the right to protest have surged across the United States, particularly on college campuses. When a pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia University was raided by police, leading to dozens of arrests in late April 2024, universi...

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Lessons from Myanmar

Smart Women, Smart Power - May 01, 2024 13:37 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 64 ratings
What does it actually mean when we say, “democracy is on the line?” Nisha Anand, the CEO of Dream.org, would know – she was arrested for passing out pro-democracy leaflets in Myanmar in 1998. To help us unpack the state of democracy today, and what we can learn from Myanmar and other places, Nish...

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Is Partisan Animosity Directed At Fellow Citizens Or Elites?

Not Another Politics Podcast - May 01, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes
There is a fact of our political discourse so agreed upon that nobody thinks to question it: affective polarization…democrats and republicans disliking each other...has been getting worse, much worse. But what if that belief is actually based on polls measuring the wrong thing? That’s the argum...

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602 Governor's Recorded Conversation - Marijuana, Fentanyl and the Border, Schools Sue over 5 Day School Week and more

Tipping Point New Mexico - April 30, 2024 19:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratings
On the latest Tipping Point conversation Paul and Wally discuss Gov. MLG caught on tape speaking to top Homeland Security staff. She certainly sounds more concerned about NM's marijuana industry than fentanyl and the border. She's "cranky" with the Secretary and holding the press "at bay".  AP...

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Prices and Policy

City Journal's 10 Blocks - April 30, 2024 19:22 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 558 ratings
Ryan Bourne joins Jordan McGillis to discuss his book The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy.

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Rethinking Democracy Ep. 2: What is the Rule of Law? With Thomas Carothers and Vali Nasr

Middle East Focus - April 30, 2024 14:55 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratings
About the series: This is a critical year for the future of democracy. Half the world’s population will go to the polls in 2024, at a time when citizens in America and across the globe are losing faith in democratic institutions. We often view the rollback of democracy and threats to the liberal...

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BTM167 - Kate DeBartolo - The Conversation Project

Behind The Mission - April 30, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Show Summary On today’s episode, we feature Kate DeBartolo, a senior director for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the leader for the conversation project. IHI has public engagement initiative to help people share their wishes for care through the end of their life About T...

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National Journal Radio Episode 50: Moving Up the Ranks

National Journal Radio - April 29, 2024 22:54 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratings
Hotline editor Kirk A. Bado checks in on which House races are heating up, which races have cooled down, and which party could have control of the House in November. He brings on House-races reporter James A. Downs to run through the second Hotline House Power Rankings. They discuss the impacts ...

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Stories, Literature, and Sharing the Gospel (With Dr. Holly Ordway)

NC Family's Family Policy Matters - April 29, 2024 17:23 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Holly Ordway to discuss the growing indifference to religion and how stories and literature can be used to share the Gospel. Dr. Ordway is the visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University, the Profess...

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Monica Guzman: "People Hear Better When They're Heard"

Higher Ed Now - April 29, 2024 16:53 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratings
Immediately after she delivered an electrifying keynote speech at Pacific Lutheran University's Wang Symposium on March 7, 2024, ACTA's Doug Sprei interviewed Monica Guzman, the best-selling author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Div...

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Monica Guzman: "People Only Hear When They're Heard"

Higher Ed Now - April 29, 2024 16:53 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratings
Immediately after she delivered an electrifying keynote speech at Pacific Lutheran University's Wang Symposium on March 7, 2024, ACTA's Doug Sprei interviewed Monica Guzman, the best-selling author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Div...

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Mónica Guzmán: "People Hear Better When They're Heard"

Higher Ed Now - April 29, 2024 16:53 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratings
Immediately after she delivered an electrifying keynote speech at Pacific Lutheran University's Wang Symposium on March 7, 2024, ACTA's Doug Sprei interviewed Monica Guzman, the best-selling author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Div...

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David Sanger’s “New Cold Wars”

The Truth of the Matter - April 29, 2024 16:26 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 212 ratings
The New York Times’ David Sanger joins the podcast to discuss his best-selling new book, “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West.”

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David Sanger’s “New Cold Wars”

The Truth of the Matter - April 29, 2024 16:26 - 27 minutes
The New York Times’ David Sanger joins the podcast to discuss his best-selling new book, “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West.”

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David Sanger’s “New Cold Wars”

The Truth of the Matter - April 29, 2024 16:26 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratings
The New York Times’ David Sanger joins the podcast to discuss his best-selling new book, “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West.”

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Episode 329: The Sahel Gives America the Boot

Fault Lines - April 29, 2024 15:09 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Today, Jamil, Jess, and Morgan discuss the United States’ decision to begin pulling troops out of Chad and Niger after deteriorating relations with the couped states resulted in demands for U.S. troops to leave. Chad and Niger, have been key U.S. bases against terrorism in the region including B...

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Episode 328: Fools Gold - China’s Olympic Cheating

Fault Lines - April 26, 2024 16:43 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Today, Jamil, Jess, Les, and Morgan discuss the New York Times’ report uncovering that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs on the eve of the 2021 Olympic Games. The report also revealed that the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Chinese Anti-Doping Agency cover...

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How the ACA Market Has Matured w/ Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis

Health Affairs This Week - April 26, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
This month, HHS released the final "Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters" for 2025. This final notice sets standards and requirements for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces and health insurers. Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis, who both co-authored a piece about the notice in ...

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Ill Literacy, Episode 140: The Collaborators (Guest: Ian Buruma)

Heartland Daily Podcast - April 25, 2024 21:35 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 78 ratings
The Heartland Institute's Tim Benson is joined by Ian Buruma, Paul W. Williams Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, to discuss his new book, The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II. They chat about the backstory behind the three su...