Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, whose work examines mental health policy as well as political trends in medicine. Her research touches on issues of critical importance, including public, addiction, and the opioid crisis in America. Sally joins the show to talk with Robert and Phoebe about deaths of despair and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on public and mental health. Download the transcript here: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/BanterSatelTranscript21621.pdf

Sally Satel on the Opioid Crisis and Addiction during the Pandemic

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In this episode of "One on One with Robert Doar", Yuval Levin joins Robert to analyze social cohesion in America, Trumpism, realignment on the right, and the loss of trust in elites. Yuval is the AEI Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies and Editor in Chief, National Affairs. His work focuses on constitutionalism and American institutions. Subscribe to "One on One with Robert Doar" today!

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Adam White joins Phoebe and Robert to analyze the recent Supreme Court rulings concerning affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, the independent state legislature theory, and congressional redistricting. Adam is a senior fellow at AEI, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the administrative state, and American constitutionalism. He also codirects the Antonin Scalia Law School’s C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State Check out his recent piece about the Roberts Court mentioned in this episode.

Adam White on the Supreme Court

Derek Scissors joins Phoebe and Robert to discuss decoupling from China, a weakening Chinese economy, upcoming Taiwanese elections, and US-India economic policy. Derek is a senior fellow at AEI, where he focuses on the Chinese and Indian economies and on US economic relations with Asia. He is concurrently the chief economist of the China Beige Book. Check out his recent work on a New China Playbook. Read the recent working paper by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde mentioned in this episode.

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Rick Hess joins Phoebe and Robert to discuss school choice, parental involvement, the impact of COVID, and higher education. Rick is a senior fellow and the director of education policy studies at AEI, where he works on K–12 and higher education issues. He is also an executive editor of Education Next, and a Forbes senior contributor. He is the founder and chairman of AEI’s Conservative Education Reform Network (CERN). His new book, "The Great School Rethink", is available for purchase now.

Sally Satel on the Opioid Crisis and Addiction during the Pandemic

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