On the podcast this month, Dr. Matthew Chingos, vice president for education data and policy at the Urban Institute, joins us to discuss challenges facing the higher education system and how Congress can help reform the federal lending program

On this episode of BPC Weekly, guest host Ethan Plotkin gets the latest on Capitol Hill with Axios Politics Reporter Sarah Mucha, who breaks down the road ahead for infrastructure and reconciliation. Later, Joseph Geierman, Mayor of Doraville, Georgia, discusses the prospective infrastructure bill's impacts on his city. 

On this episode of BPC Weekly, an interview with Rory Steele, a Marine Corps Veteran and current Chief of Staff at With Honor, on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, and what Congress can do to help. Later, Associate Director of BPC's Economic Policy Project Rachel Snyderman joins to discuss her team's work on the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. 

BPC’s chief medical advisor Anand Parekh joins us to discuss the challenges the public health system faces in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact the pandemic has had on America’s opioid epidemic, and how Congress can build a more resilient health care system.

On this week's episode, host Luci Manning gets to the bottom of the summer's strange economic trends with BPC VP and Chief Economist Jason Fichtner. Tycely Williams, BPC's new Chief Development Officer, joins later on to share her story and her vision for the future of bipartisanship.