Policy Currents

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: 04/11/2022
3. Racism and patient safety, abortion after the Dobbs ruling, space mirrors.

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

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

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

   Published: 30/09/2022
7. RAND insights on the war in Ukraine, U.S. policy in the Middle East, building a more diverse teacher workforce.

   Published: 23/09/2022
8. U.S. national security after Roe, supporting women veterans, responding to the next pandemic.

   Published: 16/09/2022
9. Back to school, telemedicine abortion, diversity in the military.

   Published: 09/09/2022
10. Incarceration and homelessness in L.A., Russia’s ongoing military struggles, NATO expansion.

    Published: 19/08/2022
11. Politicized topics in schools, where the war in Ukraine may be headed, post-quantum cryptography.

    Published: 12/08/2022
12. RAND’s new president and CEO, bias in health care algorithms, U.S.-China crisis communications.

    Published: 05/08/2022
13. Talking to Russia, how racial bias compounds, the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade.

    Published: 29/07/2022
14. The U.S. economy’s pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides.

    Published: 22/07/2022
15. How Americans store their guns, the dangers of ‘replacement theory,’ the war in Ukraine.

    Published: 15/07/2022
16. The repeal of Roe v. Wade, the dangers of deepfakes, America’s new mental health hotline.

    Published: 08/07/2022
17. Synthetic opioids, Ukrainian grain, the metaverse.

    Published: 24/06/2022
18. Teachers’ stress, U.S. strategy toward Russia, addressing open-air drug dealing in San Francisco.

    Published: 17/06/2022
19. RAND’s new president and CEO, how Americans view diplomacy and diplomats, transportation equity.

    Published: 10/06/2022
20. Gun policy in America, tracking online extremism, the war in Ukraine.

    Published: 03/06/2022