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
What went wrong with college sports
Donna A. Lopiano, adjunct lecturer in sports management at Southern Connecticut State University and president of Sports Management Resources consulting firm, and former Women's Athletic Director at …
00:31:13 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Regulatory policy in the Trump administration
Philip Wallach, senior fellow in Governance Studies, breaks down the regulatory process and considers the shape of regulation in Trump’s administration. Also in this episode, an excerpt from an event…
00:41:34 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Understanding the global refugee crisis
Jessica Brandt, associate fellow in Foreign Policy and special assistant to the president in the Executive Office, examines the state of the global refugee crisis today and addresses what steps the U…
00:29:50 |
Thu 02 Mar 2017
Is Russia a threat?
Steven Pifer, senior fellow and director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, examines the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in terms of nuclear policy, arms control, and the …
00:44:44 |
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Fixing, or replacing, the Affordable Care Act
Alice Rivlin, a senior fellow in Economic Studies and the Center for Health Policy, addresses the claim that the Affordable Care Act is "collapsing," and provides her expert analysis on what actions …
00:33:39 |
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Islamism after the Arab Spring
Shadi Hamid, senior fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World in the Center for Middle East Policy, discusses his new co-authored paper "Islamism After the Arab Spring: Between t…
00:46:57 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
Introducing "5 on 45": A new podcast from the Brookings Podcast Network
Want a daily bite of analysis from Brookings experts on what’s happening with the Trump administration? Subscribe to 5 on 45 through your favorite podcast app for a quick hit of commentary on the day…
00:00:50 |
Thu 09 Feb 2017
A short history of marijuana
John Hudak, deputy director of the Center for Effective Public Management and senior fellow in Governance Studies, discusses why marijuana is an important public policy issue and how its image is cha…
00:29:48 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
The top economic issues in 2017
Ted Gayer, vice president and director of Economic Studies and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, looks at the top economic issues in the upcoming year. Tune in to hear his views on the performance…
00:40:12 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
What do ex-presidents do?
Elaine Kamarck, director of the Center for Effective Public Management and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, discusses what's next for Barack Obama and what role former presidents play in our ci…
00:24:21 |
Thu 19 Jan 2017
India's foreign policy
Shivshankar Menon, a distinguished fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings and a former Indian foreign minister and national security advisor, shares some of his experiences behind the scenes of some o…
00:29:21 |
Fri 13 Jan 2017
Trump's national security and defense team
Donald Trump’s inauguration as 45th president of the United States is right around the corner, and so the nation's (and world's) focus turns to the end of his transition to the White House and the st…
00:48:18 |
Fri 06 Jan 2017
Best of the Brookings Cafeteria in 2016
2016 is finally over and with it another great year for the Brookings Cafeteria podcast. We had 52 episodes, over 60 guests, and covered dozens of policy topics. We celebrated the centennial of the B…
00:40:41 |
Fri 30 Dec 2016
The global political economy
Kemal Derviş, vice president and director of Global Economy and Development at Brookings, discusses policies for a globally interdependent world, which is the focus of his new book “Reflections on Pr…
00:49:41 |
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Open government and Trump's transition ethics
Ambassador Norman Eisen, visiting fellow in Governance Studies and former U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic, discusses the controversies surrounding President-elect Trump’s transition to the Whit…
00:46:49 |
Fri 09 Dec 2016
Megachange is upending the world
Darrell West, vice president and director of Governance Studies and author of “Megachange: Economic Disruption, Political Upheaval, and Social Strife in the 21st Century,” analyzes how recent dramati…
00:24:07 |
Fri 02 Dec 2016
Trump's transition to the White House
Elaine Kamarck, senior fellow in Governance Studies and founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management, discusses the ongoing transition of president-elect Donald Trump to the White …
00:30:09 |
Fri 25 Nov 2016
The rise of Chinese President Xi Jinping
Cheng Li, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and director of the John L. Thornton China Center, talks about the rise of Chinese President Xi Jinping through the Chinese communist party leadership, which…
00:44:35 |
Fri 18 Nov 2016
After Election 2016
Brookings experts discuss Election 2016 and the transition ahead. David Wessel, senior fellow in Economic Studies and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, moderates a conver…
00:52:59 |
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Election 2016: It's almost over
John Hudak, deputy director of the Center for Effective Public Management and a senior fellow in Governance Studies, discusses the final stretch of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and what to exp…
00:44:43 |
Fri 04 Nov 2016
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