Ep. 92 Don’t Just Document Declines In Nature. Reverse Them In a new intergovernmental report, scientists say a million species of plants and animals could go…
Ep. 91 Powering Rural Africa According to USAID, only four percent of people in rural Zambia has access to power. A…
Ep. 90 Housekeeper / City Council Member Research shows that working-class people almost never become politicians, but Carmen Castillo is both a hotel…
Ep. 89 Is it Time to Regulate Social Media? Recently, a man opened fire in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand leaving 50 dead and…
Ep. 88 Zhubin Parang, The Daily Show Political satire isn’t new, it’s been with us throughout history, even Shakespeare’s works were packed with…
Ep. 87 Madeleine Albright Madeleine Albright served as the 64th U.S. Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton. In this…
Ep. 86 Deforestation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the One Belt, One Road Initiative. The massive infrastructure…
Ep. 85 The Last Ambassador to Venezuela Venezuela is in the midst of a catastrophic economic crisis. According to Forbes, Venezuela’s yearly annual…
Ep. 84 Do Big-Time Sports Belong in College? With college basketball season in full swing and March Madness close approaching, the attention of the…
Ep. 83 The First Government Shutdown: Behind the Scenes What goes on behind the scenes in a government shutdown? In 1995, John Koskinen was deputy…
Ep. 82 Targeted Development: The U.S. and Foreign Aid Rich countries have a variety of reasons to give money to poorer countries. In this episode…
Ep. 81 Popular: Likeability, Status and Success Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy welcomed Mitch Prinstein the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of…
