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January 27, 2021 From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 1 – Leadership
This is episode 1 of the LBJ School’s new podcast series From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Building a resilient future in a globally connected world. In this six-part series, host Steven Pedigo engages LBJ School policy leaders on the future of our world through the lens of resiliency. In this episode, Pedigo is joined by federal policy experts Don Kettl and presidential historian Jeremi Suri to […]
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December 08, 2020 Episode 27 – Introducing Resiliency in the Age of COVID-19
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson shared his vision of what would become known as the “Great Society”—an America where the air and water are clean, poverty and racial injustice have been eliminated, and all its citizens can develop their full potential and share in the promise of America. But the gap between LBJ’s aspiration and our […]
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October 26, 2020 Episode 27 – Jay Battacharya
Dr. Jay Battacharya discusses his recent breakthroughs in researching the science and the numbers of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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January 14, 2020 Episode 26 – U.S. Census Director Dr. Steven Dillingham
U.S. Census Director Dr. Steven Dillingham joins Policy on Purpose to discuss the 2020 census, why it counts and how students can get involved.
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November 26, 2019 Episode 25 – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan shares before and after story of Detroit
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan visited the LBJ School on November 13, 2019, as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Leaders Series. In this episode, Mayor Duggan talks about efforts to revitalize the city of Detroit in an equitable way.
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November 06, 2019 Episode 24 – Democracy Rebellion in Texas
Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and director of the upcoming PBS documentary Democracy Rebellion, talks about grassroots efforts in Texas to combat big money politics, gerrymandering and voter suppression.
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October 08, 2019 Episode 23 – Former NYC deputy mayor Alicia Glen on future-proofing cities
Former NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen joins guest host and Urban Lab Director Steven Pedigo to discuss ways policymakers can leverage public-private partnerships to future-proof cities.
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September 24, 2019 Episode 22 – Special episode recorded live–2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards
The LBJ School honored two of its extraordinary graduates on Friday, Sept. 20, presenting former Democratic nominee for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams (MPAff ’98) with the Distinguished Public Service Award and Pflugerville city council member Rudy Metayer (EMPL ’16) with the Rising Leader Award in a reception that kicked off Alumni Weekend.
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June 05, 2019 Episode 21 – Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, delivers 2019 graduation remarks
Before speaking to the LBJ School’s class of 2019, PBS NewsHour’s White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor joined Policy on Purpose to talk about the role and responsibility of the press when covering some of our world’s most defining moments, and how to best balance humanity and objectiveness when covering difficult topics and stories.
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May 14, 2019 Episode 20 – LGBT Rights and Public Policy
Founding CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute Robert Jones joins Dean Angela Evans to discuss what the changes in religious, racial and ethnic demographies of Texas and the nation tell us about the future of politics and policy priorities.
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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.