We’ve moved! This site archives episodes of the Policy 360 podcast through the 2023-2024 school year. As of August 2024, companion stories for new episodes can be found on the Policy 360 section of the Sanford School of Public Policy’s website. In 2024-2025 we also welcomed a new host, Duke Sanford’s interim Dean Manoj Mohanan. Find out more about him, and find new episodes and companion materials, all at Policy 360’s new website.

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Policy 360 is a series of policy-focused conversations hosted by Judith Kelley, Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. New episodes premiere September-May during the academic year. Guests have included luminaries like former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former director of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim, as well as researchers from Duke University and other institutions.

Policy 360 is listed as one of the 20 Best Policy Podcasts by Welp Magazine.

 

Host Judith Kelley

Judith Kelley began hosting the podcast in 2018. She is an expert on international relations, specifically focused on how international actors can promote democratic and human rights reforms.

She is the author of Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence Their Reputation and Behavior.

Judith is originally from Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to attending college, she traveled internationally with an acting troupe.

 

 

Founding Host Kelly Brownell

Kelly Brownell hosted the first 70 episodes of the podcast. In 2006 Time magazine listed Brownell among “The World’s 100 Most Influential People.”

Kelly is Dean Emeritus of the Sanford School of Public Policy and founder of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University.

He also launched the podcast The Leading Voices in Food.

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