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September 05, 2022 Introducing “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist”
Those that cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In a special series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist,” four Texas-based policy experts will discuss how our shared history impacts today’s political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. […]
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September 30, 2021 Inaugural State of the College 2021 from LBJ School Dean JR DeShazo
In this special episode of Policy on Purpose, Dean JR DeShazo recognizes the people, mission and legacy of the LBJ School in his inaugural 2021 State of the College. Find out more at lbj.utexas.edu.
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June 09, 2021 Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 4: A Stunning Conclusion
This episode, the fourth in the LBJ School’s podcast series Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, looks at the sum total of this legislative session, from the extraordinary circumstances forced upon it by COVID-19 and high-impact social issues including abortion and transgender rights to the fight between state and local governments over police budgets, […]
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May 03, 2021 Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 3: Energy, Utilities and the Texas Grid
This third episode in the LBJ School’s podcast series Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature assesses the measures in the Texas Senate and House to overhaul the state’s energy market, strengthen its electrical grid and address energy prices during the February Freeze. Varun Rai, LBJ’s associate dean for research and the director […]
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April 26, 2021 Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 2: Voting Rights and Restrictions
In episode 2 of Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, Victoria deFrancesco Soto, LBJ’s assistant dean for civic engagement, talks with former U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke, now an adjuct assistant professor at the school, about the restrictive voter provisions laid out in SB7 and HB6. They discuss how the bills, which would […]
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April 19, 2021 Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 1: Criminal Justice Reform
In this episode of the LBJ School’s new podcast series “Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature,” Distinguished Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch, an expert on the criminal justice system, correctional oversight and juvenile justice, talks with Alycia Welch, associate director of the COVID Corrections and Oversight Project at the LBJ School and a […]
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March 03, 2021 From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 5 – A Resilient Future in a Globally Connected World
In the final episode of “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society,” host Steven Pedigo talks with LBJ School faculty experts Patrick Bixler, William Inboden and Kate Weaver about our shared future at the intersections of climate change, national security and global development. This podcast series is a continuation of a policy toolkit released by […]
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February 17, 2021 From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 4 – Public Finance
General revenue sharing has been described as “paying for teachers in Manhattan and streetlights in Buffalo.” Leading economic and public finance experts James Galbraith, Michael Lind and Martin Luby join Steven Pedigo to talk flexible funding, why successful economic policies lay groundwork for future policy changes, and if a job guarantee is part of the […]
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February 10, 2021 From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 3 – Impact of COVID-19 on Society’s Vulnerable
LBJ School experts Ruth Wasem and Michele Deitch join “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society” to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted two of society’s most vulnerable populations: immigrants and prison and jail populations. Host Steven Pedigo talks with Wasem and Deitch about the conditions that led to COVID-19’s impact on these populations and […]
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February 03, 2021 From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 2 – Public Health
In episode 2 of the LBJ School’s special series “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society,” host Steven Pedigo talks with the LBJ School’s Dr. Michael Hole and Professor Sherri Greenberg about resilient and healthy communities, public health and the economy, and equitable vaccine distribution. Learn more about resiliency in the age of COVID-19 at lbj.utexas.edu/resiliency-toolkit
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Policy on Purpose is a podcast from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. We dive into real-world and timely policy topics with leading experts from the school as well as the policy world at large.