IPPH On Air

Mayor Pratt and her panel discuss whether America's voting system can stand up under the strain imposed on it by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her guests are Charles Stewart - the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at MIT, where his research and teaching areas include congressional politics, elections, and American political development - and former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Mayor Pratt speaks with Elaine Kamarck, Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and author of "Picking the Vice President,"and former Maryland Lt. Governor, RNC Chairman, and MSNBC analyst Michael Steele about Joe Biden and the process of select a Democratic Vice-presidential candidate.

Mayor Pratt speaks this week with sociologist, write and former Program Officer with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Dr. Bobby Austin and former senior vice president of corporate responsibility with John Hancock and CEO of The Partnership Carol Fulp. They discuss America's continuing dilemma around race and issues of inclusion and diversity.

Mayor Pratt speaks with neuroscientist and former D.C. Councilmember, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, Chair of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian Institute, Dr. Alexandra Lord, and Director of the District of Columbia Department of Health Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt. They bring science-based insights, personal stories and reflections on how the nation and Washington D.C. has previously endured pandemics and how to manage expectations and behavior as we wrestle with COVID-19.

Mayor Pratt speaks with Dr. Edna Greene Medford, professor of history at Howard University, Fergus Bordewich, author of Washington: The Making of the American Capital, and activist Rev. Mark Thomspon, the host of the podcast Make It Plain. They discuss the impact that the history of slavery, Jim Crow, and racism in the United States and Washington D.C. have on the unrest we're experiencing in 2020.

Host, IPPH Founding Director, and former Washington D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt discusses the state of business in the District during COVID-19 and the George Floyd protests with Vincent Orange, President and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BGC Henderson Institute.

Coming soon - IPPH On Air is hosted by former DC Mayor and the Institute of Politics Policy and History’s Founding Director, Sharon Pratt. Each program, we take a deep dive into pressing issues of the day, exploring them through the lens of comparable historical events in our city - Washington, D.C. - and the nation. Each podcast features a diverse panel of compelling, expert personalities who can speak with authority on critical contemporary issues always bracketing conversations with relevant historical insights. Most importantly—we invite you, our listeners, to ask direct questions of our panelists which we capture and answer! More at https://twitter.com/PoliticsPolicy1