Events from the Brookings Institution

By The Brookings Institution

This podcast feed featured recordings of public event audio from the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. We're closing up the Brookings event podcast feed as of February 18, 2022. Brookings even... more

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December 15, 2016 Thank you for being late: A conversation with Thomas L. Friedman
On Thursday, December 15, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program hosted Thomas Friedman for a conversation about his book, Thank You For Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, and a discussion about the lessons he draws from his hometown in Minnesota about how communities can create a “topsoil of trust” to anchor their increasingly diverse and digital populations.

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1h 25min
December 14, 2016 Covering politics in a “post-truth” America
On December 13, Susan Glasser reflected on her own personal experience as a journalist and lead a discussion on the state of today’s “post-truth” media landscape and the road ahead for political reporting in America.

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1h 12min
December 14, 2016 The tribes of Israel: Diversity, cohesion, and conflict
On December 13, the Center for Middle East Policy convened a public event to explore social rifts and what Americans might learn from the Israeli experience about managing diverse societies and about the proper role of group identities in national politics. The event featured two sessions titled: “Visions of Israel: Citizenship, common cause, and conflict” and “Secularism, religion, and the state.”

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2h 31min
December 14, 2016 Technology policy and the Trump administration
On December 14, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a conversation about the future of technology policy under the Trump administration. A panel of experts discussed health information technology, telecommunications policy, competition, wireless issues, net neutrality, and cybersecurity.

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1h 19min
December 12, 2016 U.S. policy toward North Korea: The human rights and security linkage
On December 12, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings hosted Ambassador Robert King as he discussed the critical nexus between human rights and security in the U.S. approach toward North Korea.

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1h 24min
December 12, 2016 U.S. security assistance and human rights
On December 12, the Project on International Order and Strategy at Brookings hosted a discussion on the complex issue of understanding how U.S. assistance to foreign security forces is linked to U.S. human rights objectives, with particular attention to cases like Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico.

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1h 22min
December 08, 2016 Girls’ education research symposium: Approaches to developing life skills for girls
On December 7, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) hosted the Girls’ Education Research Symposium: Approaches to Developing Life Skills for Girls. This series of thematic conversations explored approaches to girls’ life skills development based on the research of the 2016 Echidna Global Scholars, which covers a variety of topics in girls’ life skills development such as girls’ empowerment programming, the role of teachers and mentors, and building resilience to climate change.

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4h 36min
December 07, 2016 Investing in the future of U.S. defense during a time of transition at home and abroad
On December 5, the Brookings Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence hosted an event discussing the future of U.S. defense with Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work. Secretary Work partook in a conversation with Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon before turning over to a panel to further discuss the issues. Panelists included Alan Easterling of Northrop Grumman; William Lynn of Leonardo North America and DRS Technologies; and Kelly Marchese of Deloitte Consulting LLP. Michael O’Hanlon moderated the discussion.

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1h 58min
December 05, 2016 Transforming transportation with autonomous vehicles and the sharing economy: Are we ready?
On December 5, the new Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets hosted an event releasing new research on the congestion reducing benefits of autonomous vehicles and the consumer surplus stemming from the sharing economy.

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1h 57min
December 02, 2016 Israel and Palestine in the shadow of the election: What do Americans want Obama and Trump to do?
On December 2, the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings released the results of new public opinion polls by Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami focusing on American attitudes toward Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Findings from two polls—one taken just before the election, and one just after—set the stage for both Obama and Trump in weighing their approach to the conflict.

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1h 22min

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How many episodes does Events from the Brookings Institution have?

The podcast currently has 978 episodes available.