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 Syrian refugee crisis
, a visiting fellow in the , discusses the current situation with and solutions for the Syrian refugee crisis. “The scale, scope and complexity of the Syria crisis is staggering. Nearly half a milli…
00:29:15 |
Fri 24 Jun 2016
2016 election (not-a-horse race) update
, deputy director of the and a senior fellow in , discusses the fundamental dynamics of the 2016 election, the importance of the ground game, vice presidential picks, and prospects for the Senate an…
00:33:25 |
Fri 17 Jun 2016
Becoming brilliant: What science tells us about raising successful children
, senior fellow in the and a psychology professor at Temple University, and University of Delaware professor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, also a psychologist, discuss their new book: "." In this podc…
00:45:41 |
Fri 10 Jun 2016
Phil Klay on the citizen-soldier
In this podcast, award-winning author and veteran Phil Klay discusses how his experience as a Marine Corps officer in Iraq informed his short-story collection Redeployment, which won the National Boo…
00:43:34 |
Fri 03 Jun 2016
Invest in children for better outcomes
, director of and senior fellow in Economic studies, discusses the importance of investments in children, especially those who are from low socio-economic backgrounds. She highlights issues such as …
00:34:06 |
Fri 27 May 2016
Sextortion: The New cyber crime
, a senior fellow in Governance Studies and co-founder and editor-in-chief of The LawFare Blog, is co-author of a new study,-“”; and a legislative proposal to close the sextortion sentencing gap. In …
00:44:43 |
Thu 19 May 2016
Foreign policy in the Obama era
, executive vice president of the Brookings Institution, offers his take on a broad spectrum of foreign policy issues, including peace in the Middle East, the liberal international order, and his own…
00:44:18 |
Fri 13 May 2016
Ironic: Vietnam decision-making worked
Les Gelb, a former Brookings fellow and co-author of the 1979 book The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked –which is being released this month as a Brookings Press Classic – discusses the influence t…
00:24:54 |
Fri 06 May 2016
The U.S.-Cuba thaw
Richard Feinberg, a nonresident senior fellow
in the Latin America Initiative and author of the
forthcoming book, “Open
for Business: Building a New Cuban Economy”
(Brookings, 2016), discusses curren…
00:24:59 |
Fri 29 Apr 2016
How to get millions learning in the developing world
, a nonresident fellow in the Center for Universal Education, and , a senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education, discuss a new report: .
In this podcast, Robinson and Winthrop …
00:33:37 |
Fri 22 Apr 2016
Hacking hospitals: Is our personal information at risk?
In this episode, , a fellow in the Brookings Institution's , explains the current dilemma of security breaches of medical records that are hitting the health care industry. “The difference between t…
00:29:18 |
Fri 15 Apr 2016
Burma/Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi
In this podcast, , a nonresident senior fellow in the , discusses Myanmar’s transition to democracy, examining the economic, social and political aspects of the transition, as well as potential obsta…
00:40:28 |
Fri 08 Apr 2016
Baltimore a year after the riots
One year after: Observations on the rise of innovation districts , a fellow with the , discusses the current economic, social, and political situation in Baltimore a year after the riots.
“1/5 people…
00:32:03 |
Fri 01 Apr 2016
How well are American students learning?
, a nonresident senior fellow in Governance Studies, explains his latest research on measuring achievement of American students.
“The bottom line here: the implementation of the common core has appe…
00:39:05 |
Fri 25 Mar 2016
Why the poorest kids quit high school
, a nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies, explains her new research (with Phillip Levine for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity) on high school students who are growing up in places w…
00:26:00 |
Fri 18 Mar 2016
The Supreme Court after Scalia
, a visiting fellow in Governance Studies and an expert on federal courts, discusses the process and politics of replacing Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court given the current…
00:31:39 |
Fri 11 Mar 2016
A Syrian refugee speaks
Qutaiba Idlbi, a Syrian refugee and activist, and , a Brookings visiting fellow and expert on the Middle East and North Africa, discuss the Syrian crisis from a personal and public policy perspectiv…
00:51:00 |
Fri 04 Mar 2016
How public policy has changed over the decades
As a part of Brookings Centenary series, Strobe Talbott, current president of Brookings, and Bruce MacLaury, president of Brookings from 1977 to 1995, look to the major policy challenges that Brookin…
00:32:34 |
Fri 26 Feb 2016
The rich-poor life expectancy gap
, a senior fellow in Economic Studies, explains new research on the growing longevity gap between high-income and low-income Americans, especially among the aged.
“Life expectancy difference of low i…
00:18:13 |
Fri 19 Feb 2016
Five Rising Democracies
, a senior fellow in the discusses the five rising democracies; Brazil, South Africa, India, Indonesia, and Turkey and their role in the international liberal order.
“These countries show that you ca…
00:30:19 |
Fri 12 Feb 2016
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