The Brookings Cafeteria
From 2013–2022, the Brookings Cafeteria podcast presented experts, ideas, and solutions across a range of policy topics. You can listen to past episodes at brookings.edu/BCP. The Brookings Podcast Network produces other policy-oriented shows that may interest you. Learn more at brookings.edu/podcasts. Follow on Twitter @policypodcasts.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 432
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2022
Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2018
To celebrate the closing of the year, today’s show features our favorite clips from past 12 months. We hope you enjoy it and perhaps take the opportunity to download full episodes that interest you, …
00:51:46 |
Thu 27 Dec 2018
An update on Brexit
, Robert M. Bosch Senior Fellow in the at the Brookings Institution, explains recent news about Brexit, and what could happen in the weeks leading up to March 29, the date on which the United Kingdo…
00:33:24 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
AI, cybersecurity, and the future of geopolitics
Artificial intelligence is now in every domain of our lives, from commerce to politics, medicine to entertainment, and global trade to geopolitics. In this episode, expert discusses the important in…
00:34:12 |
Thu 13 Dec 2018
Four leaders in girls’ education share their stories and policy ideas
, a fellow with the at Brookings, talks with four women who are leaders in girls’ education in their home countries, and are part of the current cohort of . Sumbal Naveed (Pakistan), Jin Chi (China)…
01:06:42 |
Fri 07 Dec 2018
Stories from a life with presidents and ideas
Brookings Senior Fellow emeritus Stephen Hess talks about his new memoir, "Bit Player: A Life with Presidents and Ideas." Plus, What's Happening in Congress, with Molly Reynolds, in which she talks a…
00:37:52 |
Thu 29 Nov 2018
9 good policy ideas on Thanksgiving
In this special episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, we reflect on some of the forward-thinking policy ideas and good news stories that were discussed in podcasts from the Brookings Institutio…
00:27:42 |
Wed 21 Nov 2018
Legislation or gridlock in Congress after the 2018 midterms?
, a senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings, and , a fellow also in Governance Studies, discuss politics and policy in the House and Senate following the 2018 midterm elections. What will ch…
00:36:33 |
Fri 16 Nov 2018
2018 midterms: What happened, what’s next
Brookings Institution Senior Fellows and discuss the results of the 2018 midterm elections, with focus on Democratic House gains, Republican Senate gains, and whether these changes presage working …
00:31:37 |
Fri 09 Nov 2018
2018 midterms: Will tax cuts help Republicans?
, a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, talks about whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed by a GOP-controlled Congress and signed by President Trump in December 2017, will …
00:32:56 |
Fri 02 Nov 2018
2018 midterms: Why raising incomes can boost youth voting rates
, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Economic Studies program at Brookings, discusses new research on the relationship between household incomes and voting in the U.S. He and his co-researchers disc…
00:20:11 |
Tue 30 Oct 2018
2018 midterms: What forgotten Americans want from politics and policy
Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings, addresses the economic, cultural, and political divisions in America today, and describes what she learned by talking with Americans …
00:45:52 |
Fri 26 Oct 2018
2018 midterms: Health care is a top voter concern
, a fellow in the at Brookings, addresses the health policy issues on voters’ minds as the 2018 midterm elections approach. He reviews the Trump administration’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, …
00:20:49 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
2018 midterms: Will Russia hack the elections?
, a David M. Rubenstein fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, addresses the question of Russia’s potential involvement in the 2018 midterm elections. She also describes the latest tactics in disinfo…
00:32:39 |
Fri 19 Oct 2018
2018 midterms: A big election year for states
Amy Liu, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, addresses issues in gubernatorial and local races in the 2018 midterms, including the challenges …
00:18:48 |
Tue 16 Oct 2018
2018 midterms: Myths about the upcoming elections
In the first episode of a special series on the 2018 midterm elections, Senior Fellow describes some of the issues shaping the upcoming midterm elections and which common narratives around the elect…
00:33:33 |
Fri 12 Oct 2018
Who’s left out by America’s digital divide?
, a fellow in and the , discusses America’s digital divide and challenges for people with lower incomes to access high-speed broadband and data networks. Turner Lee also describes the research she i…
01:01:40 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
America’s role in protecting the global order
Senior Fellows and discuss America’s evolving but essential role in the liberal world order, the strength of democracy around the globe, and Kagan’s new book “.” Also in this episode, describes so…
01:05:34 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Power and diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Senior Fellow interviews Bilahari Kausikan, the former permanent secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on a range of current diplomatic and security issues in Southeast Asia, includi…
00:46:38 |
Fri 21 Sep 2018
Peace, security, and the United Nations General Assembly
In a special edition of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Vice President and Director discusses his new report on the peace and security landscape around the world and previews the United Nations Ge…
00:34:22 |
Wed 19 Sep 2018
Two Brookings economists reflect on the financial crisis and their careers
David M. Rubenstein Fellows and discuss their research for the program at Brookings and how the 2008 financial crisis affected their careers as economists. Also in this episode, describes the pri…
00:39:33 |
Fri 14 Sep 2018
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