Latest Publicpolicy Podcast Episodes
601 What Will New Mexico's "Energy Transition" Really Cost - Professor Reilly White
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 25, 2024 16:53 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn this week's interview Paul sits down with UNM Finance Professor Reilly White to discuss issues in New Mexico's "Energy Transition" relating to electricity. While the transition was touted as zero cost or even a financial benefit for ratepayers. White believes that the transition will cost rea...
BIPAC Rundown Weekly Podcast - April 25, 2024
BIPAC's Podcast - April 25, 2024 13:02 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 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...
Rasheed Griffith Explores the Complexities of the Caribbean
Ideas of India - April 25, 2024 11:00 - 1 hourToday my guest is Rasheed Griffith, who is the CEO of the Caribbean Progress Studies Institute, the host of the podcast the Rasheed Griffith Show, and one of my favorite writers on Substack. He also directs the Emergent Ventures Africa-Caribbean grants program at the Mercatus Center. We sp...
600 Special Session On The Way, Gun Loophole, Federal Education Report and more
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 23, 2024 11:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn this week's Tipping Point conversation Paul and Wally discuss: MLG calls a special session starting July 18. We don't have an exact agenda, but initial statements seem to point to some actual crime reforms, not gun grabs. Time will tell. RGF publishes a report on "The Viscolli Gun Loophol...
599 Johnny Johnson - Issues Facing New Mexico's Trucking Industry
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 18, 2024 19:28 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn this week's interview Paul talks to Johnny Johnson, executive director of the New Mexico Trucking Association. Like the auto industry truckers are also being forced by government policymakers to embrace electric vehicles. Find out more about that here. Paul and Johnny also talk about the impo...
BIPAC Rundown Weekly Podcast - April 18, 2024
BIPAC's Podcast - April 18, 2024 12:51 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 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...
Joys House
Who Gets What? - April 17, 2024 12:46 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsJoy's House is a central Indiana leader fostering both professional and volunteer caregiving, and in understanding this element of our aging population. Tina McIntosh started down this road 25 years ago when she created Joy's House, an adult day care facility in Broad Ripple. As a result of th...
Should Policy Match Voters' Preferences?
Not Another Politics Podcast - April 17, 2024 12:00 - 42 minutesHow do we know if our democracy is healthy? For political scientist, the answer often comes down to things we can measure like responsiveness to voter’s wishes. But is that really the right thing to measure? There are two camps in this debate. The empiricists want to focus on what and how we ca...
598 LNG Ban is Loser, New Mexico only State to See Drop in Immigrant Numbers, Security Firm "Fires" Albuquerque Client and more
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 16, 2024 19:22 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsPaul and Wally discuss the potential impact of the new Israel/Iran conflict. The good news is that America's relative oil independence has not caused oil prices to skyrocket. Also, will this change Congress' approach to the stalled aid bills? Biden's permitting ban on LNG exports is a loser ...
Ep. 154 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
Policy 360 - April 16, 2024 13:37 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMaria Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for challenging corruption in her native country, the Philippines. She is now focused on the threat to democracy from big tech. --- Maria Ressa is a groundbreaking international journalist. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her efforts to...
How Can We Actually Reduce Homelessness in California? – 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference
Next Round - April 15, 2024 22:23 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFrom PRI’s recent Sacramento policy conference, we present a panel discussion featuring elected officials, innovators, and policy researchers discussing creative approaches to addressing California’s homeless problem. Speakers include Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, who is suing t...
High School Radio in New Albany
Who Gets What? - April 13, 2024 15:42 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsBrian Sullivan teaches radio and television at New Albany High School, the owner of WNAS, the student-run, 24-hour station. (88.1 in the New Albany/Louisville area; also WNAS.org)
597 Nella Domenici, Candidate for United States Senate
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 11, 2024 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn this week's interview Paul talks to Nella Domenici. Domenici is the Republican Party candidate for US Senate in New Mexico. She is longtime Senator Pete Domenici's daughter. Paul and Nella discuss what that was like and what formed her politics, her activism and efforts to reform education in...
Episode 82 - Artificial Intelligence in the Municipal Context
Intended Consequences - April 11, 2024 12:53 - 32 minutesThe StrategyCorp Institute concludes its miniseries on artificial intelligence with an episode on AI in the municipal context. From building permit approvals to smart infrastructure to answering residents’ questions, there are many opportunities for municipalities to integrate AI-based solutions...
BIPAC Rundown Weekly Podcast - April 11, 2024
BIPAC's Podcast - April 11, 2024 12:38 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 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...
Pranay Kotasthane Unravels the Global Semiconductor Industry
Ideas of India - April 11, 2024 11:30 - 1 hourToday my guest is Pranay Kotasthane who is the deputy director of the Takshashila Institution and chairs the High Tech Geopolitics Programme. Pranay co-writes Anticipating the Unintended, a newsletter on public policy ideas and frameworks, and co-hosts Puliyabaazi, a popular Hindi-Urdu podca...
596 House Republicans Elect Leaders, I-40 Crumbles, Request for $250 Million to Reduce I-25 Emissions and more
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 09, 2024 20:26 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsNew Mexico's House Republicans have elected new leaders. Paul and Wally know the players and discuss. While I-40 crumbles NM asks feds for $250 million to reduce emissions on I-25. The left doubles down on EV mandates. MLG touts EV mandates (the transition is "inevitable" but must be subs...
Reforming Criminal Justice Policy to Put Victims First - 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference
Next Round - April 08, 2024 23:31 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWith reform legislation being debated to address rising incidents of retail and auto theft and a ballot measure in circulation to repeal the most sweeping provisions of Prop. 47, we present a panel discussion on California’s growing crime problem from PRI’s recent Sacramento conference. Speaker...
Diabetes Explained
Who Gets What? - April 06, 2024 16:44 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn possibly the clearest explanation we have heard, endocrinologist Hunter Heath explains diabetes. He also states that diabetes was understood by The Greeks. They measured the amnount of sugar in urine. Advances in both monitoring and treatment have improved treatment dramatically.
595 William L. Kovacs - "Devolution of Power: Rolling Back the Federal State to Preserve the Republic"
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 04, 2024 15:56 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn this week's interview Paul talks to William L. Kovacs. Kovacs was senior vice president for environment, technology & regulatory affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a chief counsel on Capitol Hill. Kovacs has written three books including his newest, “Devolution of Power: Rolling Bac...
BIPAC Rundown Weekly Podcast - April 4, 2024
BIPAC's Podcast - April 04, 2024 12:43 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 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...
Are Too Many Political Appointments Harming Our Bureaucracy?
Not Another Politics Podcast - April 03, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutesWhen it comes to our federal bureaucracy, there are two schools of thought. One says that an insulated group of career bureaucrats have created a deep state that corrupts the performance of government. The other says that our bureaucracy is dysfunctional because there is too much turnover or pos...
Ep. 153 Towards More Civil Discourse
Policy 360 - April 02, 2024 17:23 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNew series of related courses at Duke University explore civil discourse and democracy. --- Today’s guests argue that the January 6th storming of the Capitol in the United States is a stark example of the violence that can come from the way in which people talk to each other across the polit...
594 NM Invests $50 million in California Climate Fund, No Playground for You! and much more
Tipping Point New Mexico - April 02, 2024 16:12 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsNM SIC invests $50 million in CA-based climate investment fund. Diane Denish used her political connections to MLG to squash a playground proposed for her neighborhood. CA fast food workers are losing their jobs as $20 minimum wage kicks in. Despite data to the contrary Santa FE Count...
Andrew Stuttaford – Electric Cars: Central Planning’s Latest Vehicle
Next Round - April 01, 2024 22:49 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOur podcast this week is a recording of remarks by Andrew Stuttaford, editor of National Review’s Capital Markets. Andrew spoke at a PRI dinner in San Francisco in March on progressives’ efforts to mandate electric vehicles and the problems that lie ahead should they be successful. Before beco...
Advocating The Common Cause
Who Gets What? - March 29, 2024 20:33 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor almost 20 years, Julia Vaughn has led Common Cause, Indiana, by advocating for legislative ethics, monitoring lobbying, and more fair legislative and congressional districting. Common Cause was founded by John Gardner in 1970, a Republican who held a cabinet position in the Democratic admin...
593 Dennis Roch - PED's Power Trip
Tipping Point New Mexico - March 28, 2024 22:21 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsNew Mexico's Public Education Department (under the direction of Gov. Lujan Grisham) has been aggressively pushing mandates on 5 day school weeks and a transformational change to the State's accreditation system. Paul talks to former NM legislator and current Logan Schools Superintendent Dennis ...
BIPAC Rundown Weekly Podcast - March 28, 2024
BIPAC's Podcast - March 28, 2024 12:59 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe 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...
Badri Narayanan and M. Krishnan Navigate the Choppy Waters of Fisheries Negotiations
Ideas of India - March 28, 2024 12:00 - 1 hourToday my guests are M. Krishnan and Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan. M. Krishnan is an economist based in Chennai and Singapore, and specializes in agriculture education systems, fisheries, and aquaculture research. He is currently an advisor at Infinite-Sum Modeling Inc and was a distinguished s...
592 Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Utility Cost Increases, State Land Royalty Rate for Oil and Gas and more
Tipping Point New Mexico - March 26, 2024 20:10 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn this week's show Paul and Wally recognize the victims of the recent bridge collapse and boat incident in Baltimore and discuss how that will impact the economy. New Mexico utility cost increases starting to kick in. But, at least in California, the carbon intensity of electricity generati...
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