Best 70 Public Policy Podcasts in the US

Here is our list of top Public Policy podcasts you can listen to or contact them for your outreach campaign. Find hosts, booking agents and producers info for each podcast for collaboration.

1. New Books in Public Policy

New Books in Public Policy
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Interviews with Scholars of Public Policy about their New BooksSupport our show by becoming a premium member!

Producer/Network

New Books Network

Email

****@newbooksnetwork.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.1/5

Reviews

22

Avg Length

50 mins
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2. Conduit Street Podcast

Conduit Street Podcast
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From the halls of the State House to the heart of county government, the Conduit Street Podcast breaks down

Hosts

Kevin Kinnally (Male), Michael Sanderson (Male)

Producer/Network

Maryland Association of Counties

Email

****@mdcounties.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

32

Avg Length

42 mins

3. McDermott+

McDermott+
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McDermott exclusively serves the health industry with one-stop policy and lobbying services supported by

Hosts

Maddie News (Female), Julia Grabo (Female), Debbie Curtis (Female), Rodney Whitlock (Male)

Producer/Network

McDermott+

Email

****@mcdermottplus.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

9

Avg Length

13 mins

4. Policy Chats

Policy Chats
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Join us for chats with various voices in the public policy world about today's most pressing societal issues.

Producer/Network

UCR School of Public Policy

Email

****@ucr.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

9

Avg Length

54 mins

5. The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week

The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week
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The Free Market Voice for Wisconsin and the home of the most important public policy debates in the nation.

Producer/Network

The MacIver Institute

Email

****@maciverinstitute.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

11

Avg Length

19 mins

6. Policy for the People

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Welcome to Policy for the People, a show that explores the public policies that can lift up all Oregonians.

Host

Juan Carlos Ordóñez (Male)

Producer/Network

Oregon Center for Public Policy

Email

****@ocpp.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

12

Avg Length

28 mins

7. The Georgetown Public Policy Review Podcast

The Georgetown Public Policy Review Podcast
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Policy decisions matter to you every day. We're here to explain them.

Producer/Network

GPPR

Email

****@gppreview.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

20

Avg Length

38 mins

8. Evidence First

Evidence First
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Policymakers talk about solutions, but which ones really work? MDRC's Evidence First podcast features

Host

Leigh Parise (Female)

Producer/Network

MDRC

Email

****@mdrc.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

23 mins

9. EJB Talks: Rutgers Bloustein School Experts

EJB Talks: Rutgers Bloustein School Experts
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Faculty, staff, and guest experts from the Edward J. Bloustein School at Rutgers, The State University of New

Host

Stuart Shapiro (Male)

Producer/Network

Bloustein School

Email

****@rutgers.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

22 mins

10. Public Policy and Society (Video)

Public Policy and Society (Video)

The Public Policy and Society series provides a platform for policy makers, policy critics, and innovative

Producer/Network

UCTV

Email

****@ucsd.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

1

11. JPAM's Closer Look

JPAM's Closer Look
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JPAM's Closer Look is a deep-dive discussion with Journal of Policy Analysis & Management (JPAM) authors who

Host

Seth Gershenson (Male)

Producer/Network

Journal of Policy Analysis & Management

Email

****@american.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

4

Avg Length

64 mins

12. Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang Podcast
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Entrepreneur, best-selling author, nonprofit founder, philanthropist, and former Presidential Candidate

Host

Andrew Yang (Male)

Producer/Network

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Email

****@yang2020.com

Listener Type

Investors, CEOs, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

3174

Avg Length

45 mins

13. The Public Square®

The Public Square®
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The national radio broadcast of the American Policy Roundtable aired coast-to-coast, hosted by Dave Zanotti

Host

Dave Zanotti (Male)

Producer/Network

The American Policy Roundtable

Email

****@thepublicsquare.com

Listener Type

Investors, CEOs, Educators

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

117

Avg Length

48 mins

14. Let's Find Common Ground

Let's Find Common Ground
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The Bully Pulpit has merged with the Let's Find Common Ground podcast. As the tone of public discourse

Hosts

Robert Shrum (Male), Mike Murphy (Male)

Producer/Network

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

21

Avg Length

62 mins

15. All Things Policy

All Things Policy
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Ever wondered how automation will change the world? Maybe you puzzle over what India could do to ease traffic

Hosts

Arindam Goswami (Male), Shobhankita Reddy (Female), Aishwaria Sonavane (Female), Anisree Suresh (Female), Ashwin Prasad (Male)

Producer/Network

Takshashila Institution

Email

****@takshashila.org.in

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

5

Avg Length

34 mins

16. Hacks & Wonks

Hacks & Wonks
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Hacks & Wonks is a show hosted by political consultant Crystal Fincher, who talks with Policy Wonks and

Host

Crystal Fincher (Female)

Producer/Network

Crystal Fincher

Email

****@officialhacksandwonks.com

Listener Type

Journalists, Activists, Political Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

54

Avg Length

50 mins

17. Coffee with Cascade

Coffee with Cascade
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Are you wondering why homelessness is up in Oregon? Or why traffic is just never-ending? Grab an

Hosts

John A. Charles, Jr (Male), Kathryn Hickock (Female)

Producer/Network

Cascade Policy Institute

Email

****@cascadepolicy.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

9

Avg Length

2 mins

18. Four Degrees to the Streets

Four Degrees to the Streets
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The Four Degrees to the Streets Podcast explores neighborhood design and urban policy topics through the

Hosts

Nimotalai (Female), Jasmine (Female)

Producer/Network

Four Degrees to the Streets

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

29

Avg Length

46 mins

19. Policy 360

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Policy 360 is a series of audio conversations from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Host

Judith Kelley (Female)

Producer/Network

Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Email

****@duke.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

28 mins

20. Show-Me Institute Podcast

Show-Me Institute Podcast
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Where liberty comes first.

Host

Susan Pendergrass (Female)

Producer/Network

Show-Me Institute

Email

****@showmeinstitute.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

18

Avg Length

26 mins

21. Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new

Hosts

Nick Hanauer (Male), David Goldstein (Male)

Producer/Network

Civic Ventures

Email

****@pitchforkeconomics.com

Listener Type

Investors, CEOs, Educators

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

1436

Avg Length

40 mins

22. Congressional Dish

Congressional Dish
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An independent podcast examining what the U.S. Congress is doing with our money and in our names.

Host

Jennifer Briney (Female)

Producer/Network

Jennifer Briney

Email

****@congressionaldish.com

Listener Type

Activists, Political Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

1106

Avg Length

68 mins

23. KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'
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Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters

Host

Julie Rovner (Female)

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Government Officials, Medical Professional

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

488

Avg Length

40 mins

24. ChinaPower

ChinaPower
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A podcast unpacking critical issues underpinning China's emergence as a global power.

Host

Bonny Lin (Female)

Producer/Network

CSIS

Email

****@csis.org

Listener Type

Investors, Journalists, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4/5

Reviews

191

Avg Length

42 mins

25. Tipping Point New Mexico

Tipping Point New Mexico
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Podcast of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.

Hosts

Walter Drangmeister (Male), Paul J. Gessing (Male)

Producer/Network

Paul Gessing

Email

****@riograndefoundation.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.2/5

Reviews

33

Avg Length

45 mins

26. Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon

Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon
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No Jargon, the Scholars Strategy Network's monthly podcast, presents interviews with top university scholars

Hosts

Lizzy Ghedi-Ehrlich (Female), Lisa M. Hernandez (Female)

Producer/Network

The Scholars Strategy Network

Email

****@scholarsstrategynetwork.org

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

208

Avg Length

37 mins

27. Future Hindsight

Future Hindsight
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A weekly show that takes big ideas about civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for you.

Host

Mila Atmos (Female)

Producer/Network

Future Hindsight

Email

****@futurehindsight.com

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Students

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

195

Avg Length

42 mins

28. Max Politics

Max Politics
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Max Politics is a New York politics podcast hosted by journalist Ben Max featuring in-depth interviews with

Host

Ben Max (Male)

Producer/Network

Max Politics

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

47

Avg Length

61 mins

29. The Libertarian Angle

The Libertarian Angle
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Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss current events from a libertarian perspective. The Libertarian

Hosts

Sheldon Richman (Male), Jacob Hornberger (Male)

Producer/Network

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman

Email

****@fff.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

49

Avg Length

40 mins

30. The Science of Politics

The Science of Politics
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The Niskanen Center's The Science of Politics podcast features up-and-coming researchers delivering fresh

Host

Matt Grossmann (Male)

Producer/Network

Niskanen Center

Email

****@msu.edu

Listener Type

Investors, Journalists, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

67

Avg Length

56 mins

31. The Imprint Weekly

The Imprint Weekly
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The Imprint Weekly Podcast offers listeners a regular review of news and trends in America's child welfare

Host

John Kelly (Male)

Producer/Network

The Imprint

Email

****@imprintnews.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

48

Avg Length

54 mins

32. CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
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This is CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics, formerly CQ on Congress, which has all of the audio content from

Host

David Lerman (Male)

Producer/Network

CQ Roll Call

Email

****@cqrollcall.com

Listener Type

Journalists, Policy Makers, Academic Researchers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

59

Avg Length

34 mins

33. Incorruptible Mass

Incorruptible Mass
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Our goal is to help people transform state politics. We investigate why it's so broken, imagine what we could

Hosts

Jordan Berg Powers (Male), Jonathan Cohn (Male), Anna Callahan (Female)

Producer/Network

Anna Callahan

Email

****@incorruptiblemass.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

38 mins

34. Institute of Policy Studies

Institute of Policy Studies
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The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) was established in 1988 as an independent think-tank to study and

Producer/Network

Institute of Policy Studies

Email

****@nus.edu.sg

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

61 mins

35. Facts About PACs Podcast

Facts About PACs Podcast
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The Facts About PACs Podcast is the #1 PAC podcast in America. The show is produced especially for the

Host

Micaela Isler (Female)

Producer/Network

National Association of Business Political Action Committees

Email

****@nabpac.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

19

Avg Length

16 mins

36. Management Matters Podcast

Management Matters Podcast
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Where Policy Meets Practice, Public Administrators Who Make Government Work, and Work For All.

Host

Terry Gerton (Male)

Producer/Network

National Academy of Public Administration

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

20

Avg Length

29 mins

37. Across the States

Across the States
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People spend far too much time looking just at the federal government. The same is true with podcasts.

Producer/Network

American Legislative Exchange Council

Email

****@alec.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

16 mins

38. Rules of the Game: The Bolder Advocacy Podcast

Rules of the Game: The Bolder Advocacy Podcast
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Nonprofits are important advocates on issues critical to every community, but sometimes the rules and

Producer/Network

Bolder Advocacy

Email

****@afj.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

26

Avg Length

21 mins

39. Charter Cities Podcast

Charter Cities Podcast
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The Charter Cities Podcast explores how charter cities can help solve some of the largest challenges of the

Host

Mark Lutter (Male)

Producer/Network

Mark Lutter

Email

****@cci.city

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

16

Avg Length

42 mins

40. Beltway Beef

Beltway Beef
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Podcast by National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Producer/Network

National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Email

****@beef.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

14

Avg Length

11 mins

41. The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast

The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast
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This podcast is focused on economics, finance and public policy, with a common thread to exploring some of

Host

Jon Hartley (Male)

Producer/Network

Jon Hartley

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

29

Avg Length

56 mins

42. Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition

Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition
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Your essential source for in-depth discussions and unique insights into the politics, policies, and systems

Host

Casey Dreier (Male)

Producer/Network

The Planetary Society

Email

****@planetary.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

22

Avg Length

67 mins

43. Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview

Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview
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In depth interviews with leaders in ag policy

Producer/Network

www.agri-pulse.com

Email

****@agri-pulse.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

25 mins

44. The Henry George Program

The Henry George Program
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Dedicated to exploring several forgotten economic ideas. Can they solve modern problems? The housing crisis

Host

Mark Mollineaux (Male)

Producer/Network

Mark Mollineaux

Email

****@kzsu.stanford.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

31

45. Brownstein Podcast Series

Brownstein Podcast Series
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Podcast by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Hosts

Gregory A. Vallin (Male), Russ Sullivan (Male), Rosemary Becchi (Female)

Producer/Network

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Email

****@bhfs.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

28 mins

46. Budget Watchdog All Federal

Budget Watchdog All Federal
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The podcast is dedicated to making sense of the budget, spending, and tax issues facing the nation. We cut

Host

Steve Ellis (Male)

Producer/Network

Taxpayers For Common Sense

Email

****@taxpayer.net

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

10

Avg Length

25 mins

47. Environmental Insights: Conversations on policy and practice from the Harvard Environmental Economic

Environmental Insights: Conversations on policy and practice from the Harvard Environmental Economic
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Environmental Insights: Conversations on policy and practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics

Host

Robert N. Stavins (Male)

Producer/Network

Harvard Environmental Economics Program

Email

****@hks.harvard.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

3.4/5

Reviews

18

Avg Length

30 mins

48. Root of Conflict

Root of Conflict
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Why are some places affected by violence and disorder while others enjoy peace and stability? From the

Hosts

Isabella Nascimento (Female), Hannah Balikci (Female)

Producer/Network

UC3P

Email

****@uchicago.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

16

Avg Length

50 mins

49. Policy Outsider

Policy Outsider
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Policy Outsider from the Rockefeller Institute of Government takes you outside the halls of power to

Producer/Network

Rockefeller Institute

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

2

Avg Length

38 mins

50. CCEP Podcasts - Exploring Policy and Ethics in California

CCEP Podcasts - Exploring Policy and Ethics in California
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Established in 2018 at Cal Poly Pomona, the California Center for Ethics and Policy investigates pressing

Host

Bjcollins

Producer/Network

bjcollins

Email

****@cpp.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

3

Avg Length

36 mins

51. PolicyCast

PolicyCast
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PolicyCast explores research-based policy solutions to the big problems and issues we're facing in our

Host

Ralph Ranalli (Male)

Producer/Network

Harvard Kennedy School

Email

****@hks.harvard.edu

Listener Type

Investors, CEOs, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

80

Avg Length

45 mins

52. Policy on Purpose

Policy on Purpose
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Policy on Purpose is a podcast from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. We

Producer/Network

Policy on Purpose

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.2/5

Reviews

12

Avg Length

71 mins

53. PublicCEO Report

PublicCEO Report
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PublicCEO Report is an episodic video podcast focused on public policy, current events, professional and

Host

Ryder Todd Smith (Male)

Producer/Network

PublicCEO Report

Email

****@tripepismith.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

2

Avg Length

41 mins

54. Talk Policy To Me

Talk Policy To Me
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Old problems. New solutions. In Talk Policy To Me, see public policy with fresh eyes by meeting the next

Producer/Network

Goldman School of Public Policy and Berkeley Institute for Young Americans

Email

****@berkeley.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

25

Avg Length

24 mins

55. Common Sense Digest

Common Sense Digest
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When it comes to legislative proposals, ballot initiatives, or economic trends that could have a lasting

Host

Jon (Male)

Producer/Network

commonsensedigest

Email

****@deftcom.us

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

27 mins

56. On the Evidence

On the Evidence
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A podcast hosted by Mathematica's J.B. Wogan that examines what we know about today's most urgent challenges

Host

J.B. Wogan (Male)

Producer/Network

MATHEMATICA

Email

****@me.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

29

Avg Length

47 mins

57. Building State Capability Podcast

Building State Capability Podcast
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The Building State Capability (BSC) program researches strategies and tactics to build the capability of

Host

Salimah Samji (Female)

Producer/Network

Building State Capability at Harvard University

Email

****@hks.harvard.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

32 mins

58. We Can Do This!

We Can Do This!
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'We Can Do This!' from the National Consumers League, a nonprofit with a 120 year history advocating for

Producer/Network

District Productive

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

3.5/5

Reviews

4

Avg Length

43 mins

59. Building Local Power

Building Local Power
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At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, we work to break the chains of monopoly power in all sectors of our

Producer/Network

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Email

****@ilsr.org

Listener Type

Investors, Community Organizers, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

95

Avg Length

32 mins

60. Orrick Podcasts

Orrick Podcasts
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Orrick lawyers talk with leading thinkers whose ideas are changing the way we practice law.

Producer/Network

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Email

****@orrick.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

6

Avg Length

18 mins

61. Better Planners Podcast

Better Planners Podcast
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Brought to you by the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA), Better Planners is a

Hosts

Shelley Denison (Female), Mary Heberling-Creighton (Female)

Producer/Network

Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

9

Avg Length

48 mins

62. Project Sphere Podcast

Project Sphere Podcast
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Sphere, a collaboration between the Cato Institute and the Brookings Institution, is an online debate

Producer/Network

Cato Institute

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

5

Avg Length

35 mins