Latest Innovative government Podcast Episodes

Can We Break Out of the Two-Party Doom Loop?

AshCast - February 18, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour
The January 6 Capitol insurrection shows that the United States is facing exceptional challenges to our democracy. Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow in the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, thinks that our two-party system is a root cause of that dysfunction. Although we have had ...

Coming Soon - The Data-Smart City Pod

AshCast - February 17, 2021 19:46 - 1 minute
New from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Data-Smart City Pod brings on top innovators and leading industry, academic, and government officials to discuss data, innovation, and government. This podcast serves as a central resource for cities and individuals interested...

State Capture

AshCast - March 01, 2020 03:27 - 1 hour
Most Americans pay little attention to the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success in state-level races across the country can produce major shifts in policymaking and governance. That is precisely what has happened in the US sinc...

Deliberative Democracy and Urban Policy Design in Buenos Aires

AshCast - February 28, 2020 21:26 - 54 minutes
In recent years, Buenos Aires City Government has set out to become a more inclusive and sustainable city, with a priority of serving the city's most vulnerable populations. The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires has designed an innovative Socio-Urban Integration Plan which makes focu...

Getting Out the Intersectional Vote: What Do Black Women Voters Want?

AshCast - February 26, 2020 18:01 - 1 hour
On Thursday, November 21st, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and the Harvard Kennedy School Black Student Union hosted a discussion about the results from the 6th annual "Power of the Sister Vote” survey and how...

Political Brands

AshCast - February 26, 2020 17:20 - 57 minutes
From 'I Like Ike' to MAGA hats, branding and politics have gone hand in hand, selling ideas, ideals and candidates. Political Brands, the new book from Ciara (Chara) Torres-Spelliscy, is a unique exploration of the legal framework for the use of commercial branding and advertising techniques in ...

From the Archives: Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project's Truth and Transformation Conference 2019

AshCast - October 21, 2019 04:00 - 45 minutes
Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability (IARA) Project's Erica Licht, HKS MPA Candidate, sat down with Justin Freitas and Addys Castillo from People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) after the 2019 Truth and Transformation conference to talk about PISAB’s innovative approach to st...