Policy Currents
A podcast by RAND - Fridays

265 Episodes
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A program that helps children exposed to trauma, why women belong in Coast Guard crews, making outer space safer, and more.
Published: 26/04/2019 -
What educators think about school reform, tackling the opioid crisis, the latest on U.S.-Iran relations, and more.
Published: 19/04/2019 -
Spending estimates under Medicare for All, the benefits of “principal pipelines,” graphic warning labels on cigarettes, and more.
Published: 12/04/2019 -
NATO’s 70th anniversary, food deserts, gender diversity in the Coast Guard, and more.
Published: 05/04/2019 -
Russian social media influence, congestion pricing in Manhattan, cryptocurrencies, and more.
Published: 29/03/2019 -
The Christchurch shootings, the UK’s post-Brexit prospects, “Cost Plus 50,” and more.
Published: 22/03/2019 -
Infants with opioid withdrawal symptoms, peace talks in Afghanistan, intentional bias in artificial intelligence, and more.
Published: 15/03/2019 -
How humans handle speed, paying people to use lower-price health care providers, gun policy in America, and more.
Published: 08/03/2019 -
The growing criminalization of America’s youth, the Trump-Kim summit, how cities can prepare for climate change, and more.
Published: 01/03/2019 -
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: 22/02/2019 -
Americans’ financial fragility, assessing the effectiveness of a border wall, U.S. gun policy, and more.
Published: 15/02/2019 -
Insights from RAND after the State of the Union, another U.S.-North Korea summit, reformulating OxyContin, and more.
Published: 08/02/2019 -
U.S.-Taliban peace talks, single-payer health care, comparing threats from Russia and China, and more.
Published: 01/02/2019 -
Four problems on the Korean Peninsula, holding hackers accountable, triaging climate change, and more.
Published: 25/01/2019 -
The critical roles of federal workers, withdrawing from Afghanistan, reinventing public policy graduate school, and more.
Published: 18/01/2019 -
What a border wall can accomplish, confusion over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, reducing student suspensions, and more.
Published: 11/01/2019 -
U.S. pressure on North Korea, consumer reactions to data breaches, the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and more.
Published: 04/01/2019 -
The Most Popular RAND Research from 2018
Published: 21/12/2018 -
Syrian refugees can contribute to local economies, prospects for Brexit, marijuana legalization, and more.
Published: 14/12/2018 -
Heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites, the risk of political violence in America, U.S. immigration policy options are limited, and more.
Published: 07/12/2018
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.