Policy Minded

We discuss the promise of community schools; the costs of uncertainty after Brexit; comparing the coronavirus outbreak to SARS; the burden of health care payments on America's low-income families; and how thinking machines will change warfare. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss Australia's wildfires; how artificial intelligence could supercharge disinformation; why the fentanyl crisis requires innovative solutions; Iran's regional influence; and Medicare's overpayments to surgeons. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss how Turkey's nationalist course affects U.S.-Turkish relations; helping America's airports prepare for increasing demand; redesigning the U.S. education and employment system; how to deter attacks on the power grid; and why the opioid crisis should be considered an "ecosystem."

We discuss insights from RAND experts on Iran, Iraq, and the death of Soleimani; plus new RAND research on Russia's hostile measures and mental health units in jails. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss the killing of Iranian Major General Qassim Suleimani; what Kim Jong Un's latest threat means; where to direct opioid settlement funds to save lives; Russia's new hypersonic weapon; one RAND expert's thoughts on improving education; and strategies to fend off the winter blues. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss RAND's top research projects from the year: how "Medicare for All" might affect health care spending in the U.S.; the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life; encouraging more women to stay in the Coast Guard; transparency in health care prices; and ways the U.S. can exploit Russia's weaknesses. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss RAND’s top research projects from the year: how “Medicare for All” might affect health care spending in the U.S.; the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life; encouraging more women to stay in the Coast Guard; transparency in health care prices; and ways the U.S. can exploit Russia’s weaknesses. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss new data on where and how Americans get their news; whether Iran's domestic turmoil will affect its foreign policy; how Louisiana is reforming its education system; countering Russia in the "gray zone"; and one promising approach to improving maternal and child health in poor countries. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss steps the Trump administration can take to prevent an escalation of violence in Hong Kong; Russia's limits in the Middle East; a new tool to reduce crime in Chicago; what to do about bias in algorithms; U.S. options to help the Iranian people; and factors associated with getting a medical marijuana card. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss what would happen if Americans could buy into Medicare at 50; tips to help voters assess climate change plans; the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs; whether Iraqi protests will affect Iranian influence; and Vietnam's approach in the South China Sea. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.