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
Don’t be fooled by deepfakes
Deepfakes are videos that make a person appear to say or do something they did not say or do, and they are coming to an election near you. With the 2020 election contests coming up, how can we guard …
00:14:29 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
On racism and white supremacy
The language of racism and white supremacy is all around us; people are getting hurt, and also killed. But racism also pervades our public policies. To address these issues and how to move forward, t…
00:34:08 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Protecting American elections from foreign interference
In June, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that “the Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections,” and just recently the Senate In…
00:23:21 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
What really drives voters to the polls?
Brookings Press Director Bill Finan sits down with Donald P. Green, the J.W. Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. Doctor Green is co-author, with Alan S. Gerber, of "," now …
00:25:45 |
Fri 26 Jul 2019
What can we do to reduce unplanned pregnancies?
Nearly half of the pregnancies in the United States each year are unplanned, and such unwanted or mistimed pregnancies can create negative outcomes for women, children, and families. Greater access t…
00:36:36 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
The US in Southeast Asia, and the China challenge
Jonathan Stromseth, a senior fellow and Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies at Brookings, interviews Brookings President John R. Allen about the strategic significance of Southeast Asia, US…
00:34:26 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Americans fear the wrong threats
The authors of a new book argue that national security “fearmongering” is causing U.S. leaders to focus more on the threats that Americans perceive—like terrorism and nuclear war—than the ones that e…
00:37:04 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
Advancing opportunity in California’s Inland Empire
After three years of intensive collaboration with Brookings, public, private, and civic leaders in California’s Inland Empire have launched an ambitious strategy to expand opportunity and grow middle…
00:55:03 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Where does nationalism come from?
Liah Greenfeld, professor of sociology, political science, and anthropology at Boston University, talks with Brookings Institution Press Director Bill Finan about her new book, "." She explains her b…
00:30:58 |
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Rebroadcast: Former USTR Charlene Barshefsky on the obstacles to a US-China trade deal
This is a rebroadcast of a "Dollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast" episode. On it, former United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky joined host to discuss the history of the Unite…
00:28:56 |
Wed 19 Jun 2019
How to fix capitalism for America’s workers
From slow wage growth, to increasing numbers of men out of the labor market, to rising inequality and rising compensation for CEOs, today’s capitalism may not be working for workers. In May, the Guar…
01:03:06 |
Fri 14 Jun 2019
The power of parents in accelerating global education progress
Senior Fellow , director of the at Brookings, says that global organizations project that by 2030 half of the world's young people will not have the 21st-century skills and academic competencies the…
00:28:37 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
China’s epic push for cleaner energy
In its dominance of low-carbon industries that range from solar and wind power, to electric vehicles, to more-efficient coal combustion, China is emerging as a clean-energy juggernaut. That’s accordi…
00:41:27 |
Fri 31 May 2019
Preparing for the next recession
When the next recession comes, and it certainly will, how will policymakers respond? In a from the and the , a group of experts propose new and updated antirecession solutions to boost the economy …
00:42:55 |
Fri 24 May 2019
The power of private investment for the developing world
Foreign aid money from governments is getting scarcer, and in the U.S., private philanthropy exceeds US government funds in the foreign assistance realm. But, what about the role of business and priv…
00:34:44 |
Fri 17 May 2019
How to avoid a great power war over small stakes
In the East China sea, in waters bounded by Japan, China, and Taiwan, lies a small archipelago of uninhabited islands known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands, and in China as Diaoyu Islands. Both count…
00:46:35 |
Fri 10 May 2019
Congressional oversight in the Trump era
In our constitutional system, congressional oversight of the executive branch is an important tool. As a co-equal branch of government, and the one that passes legislation and appropriates funds to c…
00:31:30 |
Fri 03 May 2019
Offensive cyber operations in US national security
A discussion about a new volume from the Brookings Institution Press on the increasing role of offensive cyber operations in U.S. national security. Herbert Lin and Amy Zegart are co-editors of “.” L…
00:33:33 |
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?
, senior fellow in the at Brookings, interviews , author of the new book from the Brookings Institution Press, “.” Elgindy is a nonresident fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy and previously…
00:52:13 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
A primer on India’s general elections
India has started its multi-phase, weeks long general elections that will determine the composition of the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament, and also the next prime minister. Results will…
01:01:01 |
Fri 12 Apr 2019
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