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
Fixing America's broken marijuana policies
Senior Fellow discusses recent changes in public policy toward medical and recreational marijuana in the United States. Also in this episode, nuclear strategy and arms control expert makes his Broo…
00:44:21 |
Fri 20 Apr 2018
Grand strategy in the age of Trump
Hal Brands, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, discusses his new book, “,” and what an “America First” foreign policy framework looks like. Also in this episod…
00:28:28 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Tax day is coming, what are the experts saying?
Brookings experts discuss some of the biggest issues in the current tax policy debate including American’s sense of patriotic duty to pay taxes and why filing can be so complicated. Also in this epis…
00:24:24 |
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Intro to Southeast Asia: Diversity, security, and politics
Senior Fellow discusses the economic and security tensions in Southeast Asia, and relations among its nations with the United States and China. Also in this episode, previews his research on racial…
00:35:17 |
Fri 06 Apr 2018
America's aging population could worsen the federal budget problem
Senior Fellow discusses demographic shifts in the United States and the long term effects an aging population will have on the federal budget. Also in this episode, on the recently-passed omnibus s…
00:28:30 |
Fri 30 Mar 2018
Empowering young people to end Chicago’s gun violence problem
Former U.S. Secretary of Education sits down with young men from Chicago CRED (Creating Real Economic Diversity) to discuss the steps they have taken to disrupt the cycle of gun violence in their co…
00:30:21 |
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Giving minority men a chance to succeed
Senior Fellow discusses the new at Brookings and a recent article she authored on the lack of opportunity for poor African-American and Native-American boys. Also in this episode, explains the eco…
00:36:48 |
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Marvin Kalb’s stories from Russia
Nonresident Senior Fellow discusses his experience as a diplomatic attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in his recent book, “.” Also in this episode, shares lessons learned from a recent event wit…
00:47:18 |
Fri 09 Mar 2018
The millennial generation is a bridge to America's diverse future
, demographer and senior fellow in the , discusses his research on the millennial generation. Frey explains why the millennial generation, now the most diverse adult generation in American history, s…
00:39:59 |
Fri 02 Mar 2018
America's track record in building foreign militaries
, nonresident senior fellow in the and program at Brookings, discusses her work at the Department of Defense and her new book, “.” Karlin explains how the United States trains and equips partner mi…
00:36:04 |
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Overcoming extremism in Pakistan
, nonresident fellow in the program at Brookings, discusses her new book, “,” with the director of the Brookings Institution Press, Bill Finan. Afzal explains Pakistanis’ own views on terrorist grou…
00:37:16 |
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Who is Kim Jong-un?
, senior fellow in and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, discusses North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s rise to power, his objectives, and the United States’ military and diplomatic opt…
00:30:55 |
Fri 09 Feb 2018
How cities can thrive in the age of Trump
Bill Finan, director of the Brookings Institution Press, discusses “” with authors Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak. In their book and in the interview, Katz and Nowak explain why cities and the communiti…
00:52:36 |
Fri 02 Feb 2018
How cities are creating inclusive economies, part III
In the last of a special three-episode series on Brookings's Inclusive Economic Development Lab, we talk to civic leaders from Indianapolis, Nashville, and San Diego about potential solutions each of…
00:49:29 |
Tue 30 Jan 2018
How cities are creating inclusive economies, part II
In the second of a three-episode series, we discuss what civic leaders from Indianapolis, Nashville, and San Diego learned while working with Brookings experts through the Inclusive Economic Developm…
00:48:39 |
Mon 29 Jan 2018
How cities are creating inclusive economies, part I
In the first of a special three-episode series on Brookings’s Inclusive Economic Development Lab, Rachel Barker, a policy analyst and engagement strategist in the , speaks to civic leaders in Indiana…
00:43:58 |
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Countering the wildlife trafficking and poaching threat
, Senior Fellow in and the , discusses her new book “.” She explains the threats posed by poaching, trophy hunting, and wildlife trafficking, and what policy measures can be taken to combat them. Al…
00:39:59 |
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Post-American Europe and the new geopolitics
, senior fellow in and director of the , discusses the state of transatlantic relations and argues that it’s in U.S. interests to engage more with Europe. He also discusses his book “,” analyzing th…
00:50:29 |
Fri 12 Jan 2018
The top economic issues in 2018
, vice president and director of at Brookings and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, analyzes the top economic issues facing the United States in the upcoming year. Also in this episode, on what …
00:42:33 |
Fri 05 Jan 2018
Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2017
As 2017 ends, we look back gratefully on another excellent year for the Brookings Cafeteria podcast. We aired 52 episodes (not including this one), talked with over 60 guests, and covered dozens of p…
00:42:04 |
Fri 29 Dec 2017
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