BPC’s Jake Varn and Michele Nellenbach discuss tolling of roads and highways. They are joined by Darrin Roth of the American Trucking Associations and Joe McAndrew of the Greater Washington Partnership to discuss the pros and cons of tolling. Listen to this podcast here or subscribe to our channel on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and Stitcher.

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Currently, just two-fifths of first time full time students graduate from college with a bachelors degree in four years. On top of that, tuition prices continue to climb, debt levels swell, and student outcomes remain stagnant. Is there a need for oversight and accountability of higher education institutions? BPC’s Senior Policy Analyst Kenny Megan sits down with Professor Robert Kelchen...

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This month’s All Things Elections podcast features Dr. Eitan Hersh, associate professor of political science at Tufts University, interviewed by Democracy Project director, Dr. John Fortier. Hersh, author of Hacking the Electorate, recently testified before Congress about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. He breaks down for us the landscape of how campaigns use data, media platforms...

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This month’s episode features Carol Haddock, Director of Houston’s Department of Public Works and Engineering. Last year, the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey submerged thousands of homes and businesses. While many are still recovering, another hurricane season is approaching and Houston is looking for infrastructure solutions. This podcast can also be found on Apple Podcasts...

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This month we talk about the voting experience at the polls and the BPC/MIT Election Lines Program. Our guest this month is a co-author on the just-released report, Improving the Voting Experience: Reducing Polling Place Wait Times by Measuring Lines and Managing Polling Place Resources. Dr. Charles Stewart is the director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

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On this episode of The Infrastructure Debate, Jake and Andy bring together a builder and an environmentalist to discuss their positions on a contentious infrastructure issue – permitting and environmental reviews.

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Listen to BPC’s newest monthly with infrastructure experts discussing all sides of the issues. BPC experts analyze the Republican and Democratic reactions to the Trump Infrastructure plan.

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Brad Townsend staff of BPC’s American Energy Innovation Council talks U.S. competitiveness and technology innovation with Christopher Guith from the U.S Chamber’s Global Energy Institute.

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In our first episode, we talk to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft about voter registration modernization in his state and why complete and accurate voter rolls improve Americans’ voting experience.

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BPC’s health series looks at the importance of training health care professionals in obesity care and counseling. Sadly, obesity counseling is not a major focus in the training and educating of our current and future health care providers. To address this knowledge gap, a dozen organizations representing numerous health care professions released the first-ever educational competencies for...

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