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
The community college-employer connection
, a fellow in the in , discusses her work on the relationship between community colleges and employers and outlines how cooperation between the two can counter the skills gap in the American workforc…
00:32:01 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
Weapons of mass destruction and global health security
, a joint visiting fellow with Brookings and the University of Pennsylvania Perry World House and the former coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonp…
00:28:37 |
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Crisis in Caracas, unrest in Venezuela
, a fellow in the program, explains the circumstances behind increasing social, political, and economic unrest in Venezuela and offers some recommendations on a response to the situation. Also in th…
00:25:30 |
Fri 21 Jul 2017
A life in foreign service
discusses his new book and his experiences working to advance U.S. national interests in some of the country's most difficult situations. Also in this episode: , the Arjay and and Frances Fearing Mi…
00:29:56 |
Fri 14 Jul 2017
After the Paris climate accord
, a nonresident senior fellow in , addresses the future of governmental response to climate change following President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Also in this episode: , a…
00:29:35 |
Fri 07 Jul 2017
Can President Trump implement his immigration agenda?
, a senior fellow in the program and director of the at the Brookings Institution, discusses her new report " " and addresses the costs associated with implementing Trump's proposed policies. Also …
00:28:05 |
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Net neutrality: The war is over
, a nonresident senior fellow in the , provides a brief history of net neutrality and addresses the future of the FCC's telecommunications rule-making under Title II. Also in this episode: , a fellow…
00:36:43 |
Fri 23 Jun 2017
Hoarding the American Dream
, a senior fellow in Economic Studies and co-director of the Center on Children and Families, discusses his new book and outlines why distinctions in the American middle class matter. Also in this …
00:28:15 |
Fri 16 Jun 2017
Career paths and earnings after college
Ryan Nunn, a fellow in Economic Studies and policy director for the Hamilton Project, addresses the earnings of college graduates based on their choices in career path and course of study. Also in t…
00:30:16 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War
Between June 5 and June 10, 1967, Israel and an Arab coalition of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan fought a war that Israelis call the Six Day War, and that Arabs generally call the June War. By war’s end, I…
00:56:28 |
Fri 02 Jun 2017
Is Africa still rising?
, director of the and senior fellow in , discusses his new role at the Africa Growth Initiative and what challenges and opportunities African nations are facing today. Also in this episode, provid…
00:28:53 |
Fri 26 May 2017
The global middle class
, senior fellow and co-director of , discusses his report, "" and explores the challenges and opportunities this brings in emerging and developing economies. Also in this episode, , fellow in , prov…
00:30:14 |
Fri 19 May 2017
Europe and the world
Javier Solana, a distinguished fellow at Brookings, discusses why Europe and European institutions such as the EU and NATO are important not only in terms of European integration, but for the world. …
00:38:30 |
Fri 12 May 2017
Demography and democracy
, a senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, talks about his collaborative research project, "," which explores demographic change and its effects on the U.S. electorate and pol…
00:35:01 |
Fri 05 May 2017
Tunisian youth and their politics
, fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former nonresident fellow in the , considers the low youth participation in Tunisian politics and the implications for the country's dem…
00:32:09 |
Fri 28 Apr 2017
What Putin and Russia want
Pavel Baev, nonresident senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe, addresses the character and ambitions of President Vladimir Putin and discusses what policies to pursue in managin…
00:28:24 |
Fri 21 Apr 2017
Proud to pay taxes
Vanessa Williamson, fellow in Governance Studies, explains why the civic commitment of tax paying makes Americans proud and how misinformation about the tax system can negatively influence public per…
00:33:40 |
Fri 14 Apr 2017
The water problem
Patricia Mulroy, senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program and editor of "The Water Problem," discusses her new book and sheds light on the critical water crisis in the United States. Also in …
00:32:25 |
Fri 07 Apr 2017
The Arab world should employ more women
Bessma Momani, nonresident fellow at the Brookings Doha Center and author of , examines how Arab countries would benefit from more women joining the formal workforce and how this would promote gender…
00:33:56 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
The Pakistan challenge
, senior fellow and director of the , offers his expert view on the policy challenges facing the new administration with respect to Pakistan, their double-sided government, and their tumultuous regio…
00:35:46 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
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