Poverty Research & Policy

By Institute for Research on PovertyScience Social Sciences Education

Poverty Research & Policy episodes

October 10, 2017 Child Obesity in the United States
In this podcast episode, Tashara Leak, an Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, discusses trends, health risks, and socioeconomic factors associated with childhood obesity as well as promising programs that could help families and communities address childhood obesity.

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13 min
September 06, 2017 Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of Racial Wealth Inequality
In this podcast episode, sociologist Jason Houle of Dartmouth College discusses the growth of student loan debt and its implications for racial and economic inequalities in the United States.
Transcript
Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac.
20 min
September 01, 2017 Jason Houle on Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of Racial Wealth Inequality
In this podcast episode, sociologist Jason Houle of Dartmouth College discusses the growth of student loan debt and its implications for racial and economic inequalities in the United States.
20 min
August 03, 2017 Attachment Behaviors in Children with Incarcerated Fathers
In this podcast episode, child psychologist Julie Poehlmann-Tynan of the University of Wisconsin–Madison talks about a new study on attachment in children who have an incarcerated father and discusses some of the factors that may lead to differences in kids' attachment behaviors.

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Music by Zapac
20 min
August 01, 2017 Julie Poehlmann-Tynan on Attachment Behaviors In Children With Incarcerated Fathers
In this episode, child psychologist Julie Poehlmann-Tynan of the University of Wisconsin–Madison talks about a new study on attachment in children who have an incarcerated father and discusses some of the factors that may lead to differences in kids’ attachment behaviors.
20 min
July 05, 2017 Extreme Poverty after Welfare Reform
In this podcast episode, Scott Winship discusses his research about poverty trends in the United States, arguing that welfare reform in 1996 did not lead to an increase in the numbers of those in extreme poverty and that fewer people are living on $2-a-day or less than has been previously reported.

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Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac.
15 min
July 01, 2017 Scott Winship on Extreme Poverty after Welfare Reform
In this podcast episode, Scott Winship discusses his research about poverty trends in the United States, arguing that welfare reform in 1996 did not lead to an increase in the numbers of those in extreme poverty and that fewer people are living on $2-a-day or less than has been previously reported.
15 min
June 05, 2017 Mortgage Markets and the Roots of Racial Health Disparities
In this podcast, Abigail Sewell of Emory University discusses her research on how political and economic processes underlying mortgage markets may be at the root of some racial disparities in health.
16 min
June 01, 2017 Abigail Sewell on Mortgage Markets And The Roots Of Racial Health Disparities
In this podcast, Abigail Sewell of Emory University discusses her research on how political and economic processes underlying mortgage markets may be at the root of some racial disparities in health.
16 min
May 12, 2017 How Governments and Corporations Made the Criminal Justice System Profitable
In this podcast, Joe Soss of the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs discusses how criminal justice system practices including fines, fees, civil asset forfeiture, and the bail and prison industries led to the creation of what he calls a predatory system of governance.
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22 min

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The Poverty Research & Policy Podcast is produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and features interviews with researchers about poverty,…