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 race gap in multigenerational poverty; Census 2020 findings
On this two-part episode, Senior Fellow William Frey from the Metropolitan Policy Program answers a few questions about recent and upcoming 2020 Census data. Also, Brookings scholar Richard Reeves an…
00:55:36 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
The art of war in an age of peace
The world is in an age of peace, relatively speaking. Great powers are not fighting each other and haven’t for a long time. But, the expert guest on this episode says, the United States must stay goo…
01:00:01 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
Regulating markets most efficiently
On this episode, an interview with Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings and the Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development. He discusses the mis…
00:33:16 |
Fri 28 May 2021
China’s middle class in dynamic Shanghai
In his new book, “Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping U.S.-China Engagement,” Brookings expert Cheng Li, who directs the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, argues that American policymakers sho…
00:36:04 |
Fri 21 May 2021
Bipartisan criminal justice reform
A discussion on criminal justice reform with Rashawn Ray, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings, and Brent Orrell, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wh…
00:49:11 |
Fri 14 May 2021
How mothers spend their time
More than one in ten mothers of young children left their jobs due to child-care responsibilities at some point in 2020. That’s one of ten facts in a new report from The Hamilton Project at Brookings…
00:31:06 |
Fri 07 May 2021
Girls' education is key to climate change solutions
Three people involved in addressing climate change through girls’ and gender-equal education share their insights and policy ideas about how a green learning agenda can help address the climate crisi…
01:02:38 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Can Taiwan have security AND the good life?
Richard Bush, whose experience with Taiwan spans decades, discusses his new book, “Difficult Choices: Taiwan’s quest for security and the good life,” just published by the Brookings Institution Press…
00:39:20 |
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Betting on the future with infrastructure
Infrastructure is front and center in the Washington DC policy debate, and with President Biden’s 2.3 trillion dollar proposal on the table, this won't be another so-called infrastructure week that c…
00:55:22 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
What online forum discussions reveal about segregation in DC public schools about segregation in DC public schools
How does an online community, dominated by privileged parents, discuss its local school system? In a new report titled “We all want what’s best for our kids: Discussions of D.C. public school options…
00:26:29 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Why teacher diversity benefits students of color
Teacher diversity is teacher quality, and students of color especially benefit by having teachers who look like them, says Michael Hansen, co-author with Seth Gershenson and Constance A. Lindsay of "…
00:42:08 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
An American journalist in Cold War Moscow
In "Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War," award winning journalist Marvin Kalb tells the story of how as a young reporter and student of Russia he was …
00:30:49 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Policy priorities for women, by women
March is typically a time to celebrate women’s contributions in history, but the past year of COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on women – especially women of color. On this episode, in hono…
00:37:43 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Proposals for US climate leadership and managing built environment risks and costs
On this sixth and final episode from the Blueprints for American Renewal and Prosperity project, two Brookings experts discuss their blueprints for climate and resilience. Nathan Hultman is a nonresi…
00:41:17 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Lessons from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, 10 years on
March 2021 marks ten years since an earthquake off Japan’s Pacific Coast and the tsunami it caused led to reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to melt down, releasing radiation and f…
00:31:22 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
Proposals to meet global challenges in artificial intelligence and technology regulation
On this fifth episode from the Blueprints for American Renewal and Prosperity project, two Brookings experts discuss their blueprints for strengthening governance to meet key international challenges…
00:46:11 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Proposals to streamline and improve US government performance
On this fourth episode from the Blueprints for American Renewal and Prosperity project, Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds talks about how to make Congress a better place to work, and Senior Fellow Elaine …
00:45:06 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
How social networks impact economic mobility
Who do you turn to for support and access to opportunities? Who can help you with information about a new job, or educational choices, or health care and housing? This is your social network, your so…
00:39:06 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
The US-China strategic rivalry in Southeast Asia
In this episode, a discussion about a new book from the Brookings Institution Press titled "Rivalry and Response: Assessing Great Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia." In this timely volume, leading exp…
00:19:29 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
How Africa can emerge stronger after COVID-19
Earlier this year, the Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) at Brookings released the latest edition of the annual Foresight Africa report. AGI Director Aloysius Uche Ordu, also a senior fellow in Global E…
00:52:23 |
Sat 06 Feb 2021
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