Policy Currents

A podcast by RAND - Fridays

Fridays

265 Episodes

  1. Veterans Day: Helping veterans succeed in civilian jobs, a bakery that doubles as a business school, Black Americans’ military service.

    Published: 11/11/2022
  2. Lessons learned from COVID-19, planning to end the war in Ukraine, reducing deaths in law enforcement custody.

    Published: 11/4/2022
  3. Racism and patient safety, abortion after the Dobbs ruling, space mirrors.

    Published: 10/28/2022
  4. Russia’s latest gambits, support for Chinese President Xi Jinping, machine learning.

    Published: 10/21/2022
  5. Legalizing cannabis, the Russian nuclear threat, digital offshoring.

    Published: 10/14/2022
  6. Civic education in America, Russia’s coercive behavior toward the West, Twitter’s bot problem.

    Published: 9/30/2022
  7. RAND insights on the war in Ukraine, U.S. policy in the Middle East, building a more diverse teacher workforce.

    Published: 9/23/2022
  8. U.S. national security after Roe, supporting women veterans, responding to the next pandemic.

    Published: 9/16/2022
  9. Back to school, telemedicine abortion, diversity in the military.

    Published: 9/9/2022
  10. Incarceration and homelessness in L.A., Russia’s ongoing military struggles, NATO expansion.

    Published: 8/19/2022
  11. Politicized topics in schools, where the war in Ukraine may be headed, post-quantum cryptography.

    Published: 8/12/2022
  12. RAND’s new president and CEO, bias in health care algorithms, U.S.-China crisis communications.

    Published: 8/5/2022
  13. Talking to Russia, how racial bias compounds, the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade.

    Published: 7/29/2022
  14. The U.S. economy’s pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides.

    Published: 7/22/2022
  15. How Americans store their guns, the dangers of ‘replacement theory,’ the war in Ukraine.

    Published: 7/15/2022
  16. The repeal of Roe v. Wade, the dangers of deepfakes, America’s new mental health hotline.

    Published: 7/8/2022
  17. Synthetic opioids, Ukrainian grain, the metaverse.

    Published: 6/24/2022
  18. Teachers’ stress, U.S. strategy toward Russia, addressing open-air drug dealing in San Francisco.

    Published: 6/17/2022
  19. RAND’s new president and CEO, how Americans view diplomacy and diplomats, transportation equity.

    Published: 6/10/2022
  20. Gun policy in America, tracking online extremism, the war in Ukraine.

    Published: 6/3/2022

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The Policy Currents podcast highlights new research findings, commentary, multimedia, and events from RAND. Hosted by Evan Banks and Deanna Lee, with new episodes every Friday.