Policy Currents
A podcast by RAND - Fridays
265 Episodes
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Teachers’ stress in the pandemic era, Russia’s global interests, promoting social equity through infrastructure investments, and more.
Published: 18/06/2021 -
China’s quest for global primacy, understanding the coronavirus origin story, the U.S.-Russia summit, and more.
Published: 11/06/2021 -
Declaring freedom from COVID-19 prematurely, sexual assault in the U.S. military, geoengineering, and more.
Published: 04/06/2021 -
Vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of ‘Truth Decay,’ a strategy for prosecuting the Capitol rioters, Arctic diplomacy, and more.
Published: 21/05/2021 -
The urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
Published: 14/05/2021 -
China's disappeared Uyghurs, what the U.S. can do to get the world vaccinated, policing in America, and more.
Published: 07/05/2021 -
President Biden’s address to Congress, Russian and Chinese COVID-19 disinformation, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and more.
Published: 30/04/2021 -
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: 23/04/2021 -
How the pandemic is shaping demographic trends, targeting vaccines to ‘high-contact’ people, the Iran Threat Network, and more.
Published: 16/04/2021 -
Trust in the CDC, learning from firsthand accounts of violent extremism, a federal vehicle miles traveled fee, and more.
Published: 09/04/2021 -
How to support Asian Americans, the U.S. gun policy debate, routine cancer screenings during the pandemic, and more..
Published: 26/03/2021 -
How game theory can help the vaccine rollout, the Abraham Accords, telemedicine use during the pandemic, and more.
Published: 19/03/2021 -
COVID-19 testing in schools, giving a voice to family caregivers, preparing for daylight saving time, and more.
Published: 12/03/2021 -
Black Americans’ vaccine hesitancy, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military, rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, and more.
Published: 05/03/2021 -
Stress is the most common reason why teachers quit, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, America’s shrinking middle class, and more.
Published: 26/02/2021 -
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: 19/02/2021 -
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: 12/02/2021 -
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: 05/02/2021 -
Transgender troops, America’s high prescription drug prices, food insecurity in Black neighborhoods, and more.
Published: 29/01/2021 -
Why we should keep COVID-19 vaccines moving, a commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack, media literacy, and more.
Published: 22/01/2021
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.
