Policy Currents

265 Episodes

1. A program that helps children exposed to trauma, why women belong in Coast Guard crews, making outer space safer, and more.

   Published: 4/26/2019
2. What educators think about school reform, tackling the opioid crisis, the latest on U.S.-Iran relations, and more.

   Published: 4/19/2019
3. Spending estimates under Medicare for All, the benefits of “principal pipelines,” graphic warning labels on cigarettes, and more.

   Published: 4/12/2019
4. NATO’s 70th anniversary, food deserts, gender diversity in the Coast Guard, and more.

   Published: 4/5/2019
5. Russian social media influence, congestion pricing in Manhattan, cryptocurrencies, and more.

   Published: 3/29/2019
6. The Christchurch shootings, the UK’s post-Brexit prospects, “Cost Plus 50,” and more.

   Published: 3/22/2019
7. Infants with opioid withdrawal symptoms, peace talks in Afghanistan, intentional bias in artificial intelligence, and more.

   Published: 3/15/2019
8. How humans handle speed, paying people to use lower-price health care providers, gun policy in America, and more.

   Published: 3/8/2019
9. The growing criminalization of America’s youth, the Trump-Kim summit, how cities can prepare for climate change, and more.

   Published: 3/1/2019
10. Iran’s efforts to spy on the U.S., how to improve terrorism prevention, the costs of Russia’s foreign policy decisions, and more.

    Published: 2/22/2019
11. Americans’ financial fragility, assessing the effectiveness of a border wall, U.S. gun policy, and more.

    Published: 2/15/2019
12. Insights from RAND after the State of the Union, another U.S.-North Korea summit, reformulating OxyContin, and more.

    Published: 2/8/2019
13. U.S.-Taliban peace talks, single-payer health care, comparing threats from Russia and China, and more.

    Published: 2/1/2019
14. Four problems on the Korean Peninsula, holding hackers accountable, triaging climate change, and more.

    Published: 1/25/2019
15. The critical roles of federal workers, withdrawing from Afghanistan, reinventing public policy graduate school, and more.

    Published: 1/18/2019
16. What a border wall can accomplish, confusion over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, reducing student suspensions, and more.

    Published: 1/11/2019
17. U.S. pressure on North Korea, consumer reactions to data breaches, the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and more.

    Published: 1/4/2019
18. The Most Popular RAND Research from 2018

    Published: 12/21/2018
19. Syrian refugees can contribute to local economies, prospects for Brexit, marijuana legalization, and more.

    Published: 12/14/2018
20. Heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites, the risk of political violence in America, U.S. immigration policy options are limited, and more.

    Published: 12/7/2018