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PolicyCast

Our hosts speak with leading experts in public policy, media, and international affairs about their experiences confronting the world's most pressing public problems.

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The End of the American Dream?

The End of the American Dream?

HKS Professor Robert Putnam explains how the United States has become a class-segregated society with a growing stratifi... Read more

11 Mar 2015

25mins

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David Deming on why free college is a good investment

David Deming on why free college is a good investment

Harvard Kennedy School Professor David Deming, whose research focuses on the economics of education, recently wrote a Ne... Read more

28 Oct 2019

26mins

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A Primer on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

A Primer on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

HKS Professor Robert Lawrence explains what the Trans-Pacific Partnership is, how it could transform the global economy,... Read more

9 Mar 2016

28mins

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182 The Mueller Investigation

182 The Mueller Investigation

HKS Lecturer Juliette Kayyem provides context to the endless stream of news regarding Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’... Read more

13 Dec 2017

25mins

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201 Predicting the Future Through Know-How

201 Predicting the Future Through Know-How

Professor Ricardo Hausmann, director of the Kennedy School’s Center for International Development, and Tim Cheston, a re... Read more

30 May 2018

31mins

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The Power of Protests, Propaganda and Religion

The Power of Protests, Propaganda and Religion

HKS Associate Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott’s quantitative analysis of three seemingly disparate topics shows the pow... Read more

28 Oct 2015

25mins

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Finding Agreement on Climate Policy in Paris

Finding Agreement on Climate Policy in Paris

Professor Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements out of the Kennedy School’s Belfer Cente... Read more

2 Dec 2015

21mins

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The Criminal Injustice System

The Criminal Injustice System

HKS Alumnus Bryan Stevenson spent his career working to address issues of racial and wealth inequality in the United Sta... Read more

29 Dec 2015

15mins

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The Pain is Real: The Emotional Toll of Losing an Election

The Pain is Real: The Emotional Toll of Losing an Election

HKS Associate Professor Todd Rogers demonstrates the drastic emotional impact electoral wins and losses have on politica... Read more

9 Nov 2016

30mins

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196 Europe's Evolving Stance on Russia

196 Europe's Evolving Stance on Russia

Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook, executive director of both the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Project on Trans-Atlantic an... Read more

18 Apr 2018

41mins

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Big Data; Better Cities

Big Data; Better Cities

HKS Professor Stephen Goldsmith, Director of the Data-Smart City Solutions Project at the Kennedy School’s Ash Center, d... Read more

4 Feb 2015

11mins

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183 Stop Calling It Fake News

183 Stop Calling It Fake News

The Shorenstein Center’s Claire Wardle and journalist Hossein Derakhshan explain how information disorder has taken the ... Read more

20 Dec 2017

38mins

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173 Xi Jinping’s Dreams for China

173 Xi Jinping’s Dreams for China

Professor Tony Saich, director of the Kennedy School's Ash Center, lays out the challenges and tensions China faces just... Read more

11 Oct 2017

31mins

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149 Donald Trump and Foreign Policy

149 Donald Trump and Foreign Policy

As Donald Trump prepares to take office, three HKS faculty members discuss the challenges he’ll face in pursuing his uni... Read more

4 Jan 2017

38mins

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Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

HKS Lecturer Chris Robichaud takes us through a new case study (coauthored with Laura Winig) exploring the question of w... Read more

27 Jan 2016

18mins

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Designing Smarter Policy

Designing Smarter Policy

HKS Professor Asim Khwaja, Co-Director of the Evidence for Policy Design program, explains the benefits of bringing acad... Read more

17 Dec 2014

21mins

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Is Transparency Bad for Politics?

Is Transparency Bad for Politics?

Professor Michael Ignatieff of the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy makes the case that increase... Read more

20 Jan 2016

17mins

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150 Donald Trump and the Economy

150 Donald Trump and the Economy

Three HKS faculty members discuss the broad economic challenges facing President Donald Trump as he takes office, includ... Read more

11 Jan 2017

48mins

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189 Bringing Economics to the People

189 Bringing Economics to the People

Tufts Professor Michael Klein explains how he’s using http://www.econofact.org to better inform the broader public about... Read more

7 Mar 2018

24mins

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167 Ban Ki-moon on Global Leadership

167 Ban Ki-moon on Global Leadership

For the last few months, former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been working with students and faculty ... Read more

22 Jun 2017

25mins

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