You have likely heard politicians try to sell their policies as “evidence-based”. After all, it is hard to be against policies based on evidence, right? But policymaking is a tricky business, and evidence is not always clear – it must be interpreted by policymakers and filtered through the prisms of interest and ideology. 

In this episode, we examine the concept of rationality in public policy. Can we take the power out of politics? Can science solve all of our problems? Tune in to find out!