Policy Minded

Checking in on America's teachers; why Ukraine is a breeding ground for Russian private military companies; policy changes related to psychedelics; preparing for conspiracy theories about artificial intelligence; and what medical consensus says about health care for transgender veterans. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

What successful reconstruction in Ukraine would look like; increasing wildfires and what to do about them; the U.S.-China rivalry in a neomedieval world; the effects of telehealth expansion during the pandemic; and a model for regulating tech platforms. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Veterans don't support extremism any more than the public does; why it's time to manage traffic in outer space; twin personnel crises on the horizon for Russia; and America's strategic advantage over China in Oceania. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Veterans don’t support extremism any more than the public does; why it’s time to manage traffic in outer space; twin personnel crises on the horizon for Russia; and America’s strategic advantage over China in Oceania. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Teachers' views on carrying guns and on school safety overall; what F-16s will (and won't) do for Ukraine; regulating commercial spaceflight; the future of Chinese psychological warfare; and the parallels between Putin and Brezhnev. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

RAND researchers Douglas Ligor and Shelly Culbertson discuss the expiration of Title 42, its short- and long-term effects, and the broader challenges facing U.S. immigration policy. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

RAND experts weigh in as the emergency phase of the pandemic ends; reducing labor trafficking in the United States; the history of great-power wars; and the effects of providing legal counsel at bail hearings. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Why the violence in Sudan is partly the international community's fault; a promising alcohol abstinence program in South Dakota; what an economic "Joint Chiefs of Staff" might look like; how Kim Jong-un's fears shape North Korea's nuclear agenda; and why critical minerals are more critical than ever. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

What communities are doing to deliver environmental justice; how expiring pandemic-era policies could affect mental health care access; why America should stick with its European commitments; what China might do to demonstrate its rise in power; and the value of a good night's sleep. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

What communities are doing to deliver environmental justice; how expiring pandemic-era policies could affect mental health care access; why America should stick with its European commitments; what China might do to demonstrate its rise in power; and the value of a good night’s sleep. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.