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May 06, 2019 Episode 19 – Policymaking in theory and practice
LBJ School alumnus Austin Smythe (MPAff ’80) joined the LBJ School during Admitted Students Weekend in April 2019, talking to new students about his career as Speaker Paul Ryan’s policy director (2015-2019). Smythe, who joined Ryan’s office in 2007, has served in a variety of roles, including policy director for the House Ways and Means Committee […]
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April 25, 2019 Episode 18 – Opening Mexico’s oil and gas industry with guest Aldo Flores-Quiroga
Aldo Flores-Quiroga is former deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons at Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (2016–18), where he led a team of more than 180 government officials to implement the historic opening of Mexico’s hydrocarbons sector. Flores-Quiroga, who also served as Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, joins Dean Evans to talk about shared goals amid […]
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April 11, 2019 Episode 17 – Developments in technology and its influences on national security and intelligence
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon visited The University of Texas at Austin for the UT Intelligence Studies symposium on March 28, 2019. She stopped by the LBJ School to talk with Dean Angela Evans about emerging technologies and an evolving intelligence community, as well as private-public partnerships with tech sectors.
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April 04, 2019 Episode 16 – Royce Brooks, Executive Director of Annie’s List, on changing the faces of power in Texas politics
In 2018 Royce Brooks became executive director of Annie’s List, an organization started in 2003 to recruit, train and support progressive women running for office at both the state and local levels in Texas. Over the past 15 years, the organization has raised more than $15 million to support these candidates and has helped them win more than […]
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March 21, 2019 Episode 15: A research-based approach to criminal justice
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot is a retired judge and award-winning lawyer with more than three decades of experience in the criminal justice system, including as a felony district court judge, Dallas County assistant district attorney and chief felony prosecutor, as well as a criminal defense lawyer in private practice. He talks with LBJ […]
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March 14, 2019 Episode 14: The Power of Data-Driven Decision Making, Guests include former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and Robert Shea of Grant Thornton
In this episode of Policy on Purpose, guest hosted by LBJ Professor and the Washington Center’s Academic Director Don Kettl, former governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley, former mayor of Indianapolis Stephen Goldsmith and Robert Shea of Grant Thornton talk about how data-driven decision making can change the way governments serve people. Recorded at the LBJ […]
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February 27, 2019 Episode 13 – Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel on pragmatism in politics
Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited the LBJ School on Feb. 13, 2019 as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Leaders Series. In this episode of Policy on Purpose, Mayor Emanuel – who has served as mayor, a congressman, a chief of staff to the President of the United States, senior adviser and campaign strategist on local […]
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February 20, 2019 Episode 12 – Former President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis and VP of Nicaragua Sergio Ramirez discuss issues of democracy in Central America
Former President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis and Vice President of Nicaragua Sergio Ramirez join Policy on Purpose to discuss the current crisis of democracy in Nicaragua, challenges and opportunities in relations between the Central American nations and their neighbors to the north and the ongoing migration crisis at the U.S. -Mexico border. Dr. […]
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January 22, 2019 Episode 11, Historian and author Michael Beschloss on history as a roadmap for the present and the future
Historian and best-selling author Michael Beschloss joined LBJ School Dean Angela Evans to talk about why and how drawing on history to illuminate politics and policy is critical, and what he’s learned from approaching history through issues and circumstances rather than biography.
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December 12, 2018 Episode 10 – Former LBJ School Dean, Deputy Secretary of State (’09 –’11) on globalization
Jim Steinberg, former LBJ School dean and Deputy Secretary of State (2009 – 2011) visited Austin, Texas for the National Security Forum on Nov. 30. He joined LBJ School Dean Angela Evans for a conversation on globalization, U.S.-Chinese relations and an international-facing public policy education.
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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.