E. Hill De Loney, Kent Key, Nayyirah Shariff, Chris Kolb, and moderator Donald Vereen and host Paula Lantz discuss how the local public can engage in policy-focused dialogue. October, 2016.
John Leahy delivers an entertaining and insightful lecture celebrating his installment as the Allen Sinai Professor of Macroeconomics and Public Policy. October, 2016.
Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin and Ford School professor John Ciorciari have an in-depth conversation on the future of Sino-U.S. economic relations. October, 2016.
Former diplomat Melvyn Levitsky, professor at the Ford School of Public Policy who was once officer-in-charge of U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations, discusses the Russian threat to U.S. national security.
Leigh Raymond explores a surprising new strategy for climate change policy that has emerged in the last 10 years: "reclaiming the atmospheric commons." October, 2016
Colonel Kevin C. Riley, Abigail Beniston, Arthur Jemison, Kerry Duggan, Gary Indiana Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, and moderator Cecilia Munoz discuss initiatives geared toward improving Rustbelt cities. September, 2016.
Susan Demas, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, explains the role that interest groups are playing in Michigan Politics. September, 2016.
John Hudak profiles how policy has evolved; how factors like economics, racism, politics, and public opinion have shaped policy, and what the future of marijuana policy may hold. September, 2016.
Once, she was a first-generation college student from a working-class suburb of Boston. Now, she is an internationally renowned professor of education policy with the ear of the White House.
General George W. Casey, Jr. talks about how the rise of non-state actors with global reach, like al Qaida and ISIS, has significantly complicated an already difficult international security environment. March, 2016.
Steven Radelet tells the story of the unprecedented progress developing countries have made over the last two decades, why it happened, and what it may portend for the future. February, 2016.
Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker talks about "commercial diplomacy" and challenges faced joining the Commerce Department. Introductions by Susan Collins and J. Ira Harris. February, 2016.
Rohit Chopra and Susan Dynarski discuss the repercussions of the $1.3 trillion dollar student loan deficit on higher education and economic inequality. January 2016.
Christopher R. Hill talks about his experiences on the frontlines in the U.S. State Department as well as touching on the issues of the day. January, 2016.
Heidi Grunebaum and Yazier Henry discuss politics, philosophy, and morality of guilt, denial, complicity and responsibility in the context of South Africa since the official ending of apartheid. January, 2016.
How do Americans think about energy? Is the debate over fossil fuels, nuclear power, and renewable energy highly partisan and ideological? David Konisky answers these questions & more in a discussion of his 2014 book, Cheap and Clean.
