We discuss how consumers respond to data breaches like the Capital One hack; how fentanyl is changing the U.S. drug policy landscape; emerging threats at correctional institutions; U.S.–China cooperation on global health; and the cyber showdown between the United States and Russia. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss the challenging moment facing Boris Johnson; helping teen girls get their start in national security; whether U.S. educators are prepared to work with diverse students; potential health problems for migrant children held at the U.S. southern border; a spike in arrest rates for America’s youth; and healing after school shootings. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss why lower-income parents are less likely to involve their kids in sports; who is liable when autonomous vehicles are hacked; the challenge of North Korean denuclearization; one way to support children with mental health issues; and allegations of price gouging in the U.S. generic drug industry. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss media literacy education and the role it could play in combating Truth Decay; how investing in principals can help students succeed; what happens when parents help their unemployed adult children financially; how augmented reality could help kids get active; the U.S. economic plan for the Middle East; and avoiding summer learning loss. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss completely eliminating traffic fatalities; America’s flawed decisionmaking on “wars of choice”; a promising mental health social marketing campaign in California; competing with Russia and China in the “gray zone”; the U.S. approach to Venezuela; and the problems with China’s “one country, two systems” policy. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss rising U.S.–Iran tensions; defending NATO in cyberspace; educators’ views on student discipline; the threat from North Korea; young adults who live near medical marijuana dispensaries; and the outlook for Russia’s military power. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss the recent protests in Hong Kong and what might happen next; what other states can learn from Louisiana’s education reforms; how autonomous vehicles could help in “transit deserts”; a U.S. Coast Guard policy change that could help improve gender diversity; and China’s stranglehold on critical raw materials. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss the link between teens’ lack of sleep and risky sexual behavior; a program that’s helping people experiencing chronic homelessness; the options for dealing with ISIS detainees in Syria; Modi’s reelection in India; the U.S. response to North Korea’s latest missile tests; and ethics in scientific research. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss how Brexit led British Prime Minister Theresa May to resign; why “great-power competition” doesn’t describe the world today; reducing suicide among U.S. veterans; Iran’s nonstate partners; challenges in the Arctic for the Coast Guard; and social and emotional learning. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss how the digital revolution has changed the presentation of news; Europe’s difficult position amid rising U.S.-Iranian tensions; the drug policy landscape in Asia; new rules for the internet; and Russia’s and China’s increased engagement in the Middle East. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.