Policy Currents

265 Episodes

1. Teachers’ stress in the pandemic era, Russia’s global interests, promoting social equity through infrastructure investments, and more.

   Published: 6/18/2021
2. China’s quest for global primacy, understanding the coronavirus origin story, the U.S.-Russia summit, and more.

   Published: 6/11/2021
3. Declaring freedom from COVID-19 prematurely, sexual assault in the U.S. military, geoengineering, and more.

   Published: 6/4/2021
4. Vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of ‘Truth Decay,’ a strategy for prosecuting the Capitol rioters, Arctic diplomacy, and more.

   Published: 5/21/2021
5. The urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.

   Published: 5/14/2021
6. China's disappeared Uyghurs, what the U.S. can do to get the world vaccinated, policing in America, and more.

   Published: 5/7/2021
7. President Biden’s address to Congress, Russian and Chinese COVID-19 disinformation, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and more.

   Published: 4/30/2021
8. How to make summer learning count, U.S. deterrence in the ‘gray zone,’ why so many Americans are stuck outside the middle class, and more.

   Published: 4/23/2021
9. How the pandemic is shaping demographic trends, targeting vaccines to ‘high-contact’ people, the Iran Threat Network, and more.

   Published: 4/16/2021
10. Trust in the CDC, learning from firsthand accounts of violent extremism, a federal vehicle miles traveled fee, and more.

    Published: 4/9/2021
11. How to support Asian Americans, the U.S. gun policy debate, routine cancer screenings during the pandemic, and more..

    Published: 3/26/2021
12. How game theory can help the vaccine rollout, the Abraham Accords, telemedicine use during the pandemic, and more.

    Published: 3/19/2021
13. COVID-19 testing in schools, giving a voice to family caregivers, preparing for daylight saving time, and more.

    Published: 3/12/2021
14. Black Americans’ vaccine hesitancy, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military, rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, and more.

    Published: 3/5/2021
15. Stress is the most common reason why teachers quit, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, America’s shrinking middle class, and more.

    Published: 2/26/2021
16. Regulating hospital prices to cut spending, a COVID-19 vaccine strategy that prioritizes ‘active’ people, what the Capitol attack means for security clearances, and more.

    Published: 2/19/2021
17. Alternatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, how couples can sleep better during the pandemic, and more.

    Published: 2/12/2021
18. What the pandemic has revealed about America’s unemployment system, why stopping domestic extremism will be difficult, how housing insecurity may affect sleep, and more.

    Published: 2/5/2021
19. Transgender troops, America’s high prescription drug prices, food insecurity in Black neighborhoods, and more.

    Published: 1/29/2021
20. Why we should keep COVID-19 vaccines moving, a commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack, media literacy, and more.

    Published: 1/22/2021