Ostrolenk speaks with Heather Hurlburt, director of New Models of Policy Change, Political Reform Project at the New America Foundation. This relatively new think tank helps facilitate new models of policy change by harnessing innovated, underutilized ideas. Hurlburt draws on recent New America projects, including her research into the transpartisan approaches to criminal justice reform, Pentagon budget reform and climate change. She also elaborates on the disconnect between ideas and politics, and how confidence in one’s own beliefs, and an open mind to others, can help bridge the gap. Hurlburt concludes by providing advice on how to participate in the current system, and continue to bring new ideas, without getting caught in the current orthodoxy.

To learn more about Heather Hurlburt and her work visit newamerica.org and click on political reform.