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WPTF Afternoon NewsPhil Napoli: Duke Univeristy Sanford School of Public Policy on the Cancellation of Stephen ColbertThe entertainment world is still buzzing after CBS announced it will cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert next May—bringing an end not just to Colbert’s run, but to the entire Late Show franchise, which began in 1993. Despite Colbert consistently leading late-night ratings, CBS cited financial pressures as the key reason for the decision. The surprise move has sparked broader questions about the future of late-night television in the age of streaming and changing viewer habits.Phil Napoli, professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss what the cancel...2025-07-2207 min
Locked On Blue Devils - Daily Podcast On Duke Blue Devils Football & BasketballMEET THE RECRUITS: Ayden Cain, Obinna Umeh & Tyson Sanford | Duke Blue Devils PodcastJJ Jackson chats with Class of 2026 recruits Ayden Cain, Obinna Umeh and Tyson Sanford as Manny Diaz continues to put together an impressive recruiting class.Twitter: @LO_BlueDevils | @_JJ_Jackson_The Locked On Blue Devils Podcast with host JJ Jackson is a daily show that brings you the latest news & headlines from Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Every day, we will discuss the biggest stories from Duke Basketball and Football and feature special guests including athletes, coaches and insiders for an in-depth look. Locked On Blue Devils is a part of the Locked On Podcast Network.2025-07-1845 minLocked On Blue Devils - Daily Podcast On Duke Blue Devils Football & BasketballTyson Sanford Interview - Class of 2026 Duke CB CommitJJ Jackson chats with Suwanee, GA cornerback Tyson Sanford about his decision to commit to Duke Football. Twitter: @LO_BlueDevils | @_JJ_Jackson_ The Locked On Blue Devils Podcast with host JJ Jackson is a daily show that brings you the latest news & headlines from Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Every day, we will discuss the biggest stories from Duke Basketball and Football and feature special guests including athletes, coaches and insiders for an in-depth look. Locked On Blue Devils is a part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Sup...2025-07-0917 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityThe Erosion of Democracy: "Much Quicker Than Expected"Before Donald Trump became president the first time, Daniel Ziblatt warned about the possibility that he might pull the United States toward an authoritarian-style government. Ziblatt, a Harvard professor, described the dangers in his book, "How Democracies Die", co-authored with Steven Levitsky. Three months into Trump's second administration, their warnings appear prescient.2025-05-0625 min
Policy 360Keys to Tackling the U.S. Housing CrisisThe price of housing has skyrocketed in recent years. Scholars estimate we are short between two and five million homes nationwide. Warren Lowell spent the last several years immersed in American housing policy as part of his PhD studies at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. For one study, he interviewed real estate developers and investors. He joins Sanford interim Dean Manoj Mohanan podcast to talk about what he learned. Read show notes/transcript at our website.2025-04-1019 minPolicy 360Explainer: What Dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Will Cost AmericansIn the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, Congress established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB. It protects Americans from predatory practices by consumer finance companies. The CFPB enforces federal laws and investigates fraud and abuse. It has sent over 6.8 million complaints to companies for resolution so far. The bureau has been targeted for massive cuts by the new administration which, thus far, have been blocked by a federal judge. Mallory SoRelle, a consumer finance expert and author of Democracy Declined: the Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection, talks with Manoj Mohanan, interim Dean of Duke’s Sanford Sch...2025-04-0120 min
News & ViewsDuke University Professor Emeritus Philip J. Cook on the impacts of gun violence on AmericansDuke University Sanford School Emeritus Professor of Public Policy Phil Cook (Photo: Sanford School of Public Policy)
Across the United States, gun violence continues to be an ever-more-serious national plague. According to the latest mortality data from the CDC, firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have soared by 50% since 2019. In 2023, firearms remained the leading cause of death among American youth for the third year in a row.
So what impact is this having on the attitudes of average Americans? A new report published in the Proceedings of the National A...2025-03-3115 minPolicy 360Explainer: What Dismantling the Department of Education Really MeansWhat does it mean for the country that President Trump has signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education? Leslie Babinski, a researcher who focuses on education and former director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy talks about this extraordinary change with guest host Anna Gassman-Pines, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Read show notes/transcript.2025-03-2418 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityMarty Baron On the Press Under SiegeDuring the first Trump presidency, Marty Baron and the newspaper he ran, the Washington Post, was a journalistic model for holding the administration to account.They enjoyed the backing of the Post's billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. They embraced their role with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness".Things are different now. I spoke with Baron about Trump 2.o, the media's coverage of it, and America's path ahead. 2025-02-2841 minPolicy 360Why is Everybody So Interested in Greenland and the Arctic?The new administration’s interest in cold, snowy regions of the world might have come out of the blue to many Americans, but not to Tim Nichols. He leads the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy Master of National Security Policy program – and he teaches about the growing strategic importance of Greenland and the broader Arctic. He joins Manoj Mohanan, interim public policy dean at Duke to discuss how melting ice is opening up international competition related to shipping and mineral drilling. Read show notes/transcript.2025-02-2015 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke University"Don't Allow Yourself to Get Bulldozed": A Nobel Laureate on Resisting AuthoritarianismMaria Ressa is one of the handful of journalists that have won the illustrious Nobel Peace Prize, sharing the prize for her work safeguarding freedom of expression by holding an authoritarian government of the Phillipines for its brutality and attacks on the independent press. Born in Manila and educated in Princeton, she straddles the two countries with her work as the co-founder and CEO of online Filipino news site Rappler and as a Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Her memoir, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator", warns...2025-01-2721 minPolicy 360A New Administration Considers NATO President Trump returns to the White House with his “America First” approach - a strategy critics say often comes at the expense of international alliances and multilateral commitments. Duke professor Susan Colbourn, a historian specializing in NATO, joins Manoj Mohanan, interim Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke to discuss the topic. She’s the author of Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO, and is associate director of the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy. Read show notes/transcript. 2025-01-2329 minPolicy 360Election 2024: Towards More Civil DiscourseIt’s no secret that Americans’ ability to engage in meaningful conversations across political, cultural, and ideological divides feels more strained than ever. In this episode, we discuss how to bring people together. Two words: civil discourse. Duke professor Abdullah Antepli is a nationally recognized expert in civil discourse. Recently he’s been teaching a course on the topic and is creating public forums for dialogue between people with opposing views. Antepli leads Polis, Duke’s Center for Politics. He talks with Manoj Mohanan, interim Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke. This epi...2024-12-1726 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityThe House Democratic Leader on Why "We Fell Short" in the 2024 ElectionCongressman Hakeem Jeffries wrote a new illustrated book, "The ABCs of Democracy," simply framing for young audiences his preferred choices for our country. American values over autocracy, benevolence over victory. In the new episode of Bedeviled, I talk to Jeffries about why American voters did not embrace his party's message in 2024, including warnings that Trump poses a danger to democracy itself. He discussed his worries about the incoming Trump administration, where Democrats can work with Republicans, and how Democrats can win back power in 2026 and beyond. 2024-11-1334 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityElection 2024: Through Duke Students' EyesIn this episode, something different: the views of Duke students on next week's presidential election. Young voters represent a key target for both Vice President Kalama Harris and former President Donald Trump. Those under 30 lean Democrat, so Harris is working to maximize her advantage on college campuses and elsewhere. Trump seeks to narrow his deficit among young voters, especially young men, as part of his broader strategy for a winning coalition.Meet Sherman Criner, Evan Brown, and Annika Aristimuno. On this episode of Bedeviled, they give us a window into how young voters see America's...2024-10-3059 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityThe Long Haul to Protect Democracy with Ian BassinAn unbroken record for transferring power peacefully after free and fair elections has made America a model for the world. The violent Jan 6 insurrection on behalf of Donald Trump broke it. Our guest, Ian Bassin, is a former lawyer in Barack Obama's White House and heads the watchdog group Protect Democracy. The non-profit and non-partisan organization seeks to check what it believes are authoritarian attacks on the United States, and to preserve democracy with a unified and cross-ideological strategy.2024-10-0244 minPolicy 360Election 2024: Racial Wealth Inequality and PolicyDuke professor William A. (Sandy) Darity joins host Manoj Mohanan, interim Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, to discuss his research on the racial wealth gap and its historical roots. They examine the implications of various policy proposals, including reparations and baby bonds, and how these policies might address the persistent disparities between Black and white households. This episode is part of our ongoing series of policy-focused conversations related to the 2024 election2024-09-1821 minPolicy 360Election 2024: Better Support for Families In this episode we will explore a policy idea that Republicans and Democrats seem to agree upon: expanding the Child Tax Credit. Duke professors Anna Gassman-Pines and Lisa Gennetian join host Manoj Mohanan, interim Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke, to discuss their recent op-ed, "Cash Alone Won’t Relieve ‘Surviving’ American Families." They delve into the history of the Child Tax Credit and its beneficial yet incomplete impact on working-class American families. The episode is the first in a series of policy-focused conversations related to the 2024 election. Also: welcome to our new host, M...2024-08-2920 min
The HPScastJonathan Stromseth - Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public PolicyOn this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jonathan Stromseth, Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Jonathan teaches and researches globalization, foreign aid and governance reform work in Asia. We talk about Jonathan’s time spent across Asia working for the U.S. international development organization, the Asia Foundation, his transition to lead China and Southeast Asia policy planning for the U.S. State Department and his most recent role at the Brookings Institution. We also discuss his latest focus: climate change and innovations.Learn more about Jonath...2024-05-2221 min
Embrace: This Next-Level Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.Arabella and the Reluctant Duke: A Sweet Regency Romance by Sofi LaportePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/768693to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Arabella and the Reluctant Duke: A Sweet Regency Romance
Series: #2 of The Wishing Well Series
Author: Sofi Laporte
Narrator: Ella Lynch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Release date: May 1, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Religious Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
A runaway Duke’s daughter. A dashingly handsome blacksmith. A festering secret. Everything was a lie ....until it all unravelled. Being a Duke’s daughter is not what it’s cut out to be. Surely, there must be more to life than embroidery, balls, an...2024-05-016h 09
The Leading Voices in FoodGrocery and meal insight from the Baby’s First Years project A growing number of research studies show that the cognitive and brain development of low-income children differs from that of children in higher income families. For any family, that is a concerning statement. Today's podcast features a project called Baby's First Years, a multi-year effort to test the connections between poverty reduction and brain development among very young children. Here to talk about what the study has revealed so far is Dr. Lisa Gennetian from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, and Dr. Sarah Halpern-Meekin from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin...2024-04-0115 minPolicy 360A Conversation With Writer Isabel WilkersonIn 2016, President Barack Obama awarded her the National Humanities Medal for "championing the stories of an unsung history." A conversation with Isabel Wilkerson. --- Isabel Wilkerson, an esteemed American journalist and author, visited the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy recently to meet with students and present the 2024 Terry Sanford Lecture. Born in Washington, D.C., and a graduate of Howard University, Wilkerson’s career in journalism included notable positions at The New York Times, recognized with the Pulitzer Prize in 1994, becoming the first woman of African-American heritage to win the award in journalism. ...2024-03-1247 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityA Top Elections Expert on the Challenge of 2024Few Americans know more about the nuts and bolts of American elections than Nate Persily. A professor at Stanford Law School, he was named research director of President Obama's special commission to explore improvements in the American voting experience in 2013. That makes him ideally suited to analyze the storms swirling around a 2024 campaign that poses an existential threat to the American experiment.2024-03-0138 minPolicy 360Fresh Ideas to Curb Food WasteJasmine Crowe-Houston is a social entrepreneur and founder of Goodr.co. Jasmine started her journey cooking soul food for hungry unhoused people in her kitchen in her one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. She fed upwards of 500 people a week for years with pop-up kitchens and parks and parking lots. Then in 2017, she founded Goodr, a technology-based food waste management company that connects firms with food surpluses to nonprofit organizations that can use the food. She has worked with organizations that have food waste issues, like the Atlanta International Airport, Hormel Foods, and Turner Broadcasting. T...2024-01-1824 min
The Leading Voices in FoodEfficient Food Rescue and Waste Prevention - a Business Strategy Our guest today is Jasmine Crowe-Houston, social entrepreneur, and founder of Goodr.co. Jasmine started her journey cooking soul food for hungry unhoused people in her kitchen in her one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. She fed upwards of 500 people a week for years with pop-up kitchens and parks and parking lots. Then in 2017, she founded Goodr, a technology-based food waste management company that connects firms with food surpluses to nonprofit organizations that can use the food. She has worked with organizations that have food waste issues, such as the Atlanta International Airport, Hormel Foods, and Turner Broadcasting. Today, Goodr has...2024-01-1724 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityWith Democracy on the Line, Liz Cheney on Putting Country Over PartyLiz Cheney is not merely a conservative. She was born and raised in the GOP. But when President Trump tried to overturn his 2020 reelection defeat to Joe Biden, Cheney found the line she wouldn't cross for her party. It cost Cheney her House seat. Now, she's written a new bestselling book, Oath and Honor, which warns American voters that preserving our democracy requires preventing Trump from ever returning to the Oval Office.2024-01-1034 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalYou're the Duke That I Want by Lenora BellPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/671725to listen full audiobooks.
Title: You're the Duke That I Want
Series: #1 of The Thunderbolt Club
Author: Lenora Bell
Narrator: Beverley A. Crick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Release date: December 26, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
USA Today bestseller Lenora Bell returns with a Grease-inspired rom-com about an innocent lady who clashes with a sexy rake, the first book in a brand-new series sure to delight fans of Sarah MacLean, Tessa Dare, and Julia Quinn. Raised by an overprotective mother, bookish romantic Sandrine Oliver craves adventure, but nothing exciting ever happens in her sleepy sea...2023-12-269h 30
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityWhy Enough was Enough for Cassidy HutchinsonCassidy Hutchinson is the former White House aide who testified at the public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 attack. She is the author of Enough, a riveting account f her White House experience and her warnings and concerns about threats to democracy posed by Donald Trump.2023-12-1838 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalIt Had To Be a Duke: A Novel by Vivienne LorretPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676898to listen full audiobooks.
Title: It Had To Be a Duke: A Novel
Series: #1 of The Liars’ Club
Author: Vivienne Lorret
Narrator: Faye Adele
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
Release date: November 28, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorret launches a new series with a sparkling romance about a spinster, a duke, and a fake engagement that blurs the lines between enemies and lovers… Verity Hartley always tells the truth. Well, mostly. However, when her snooty neighbor returns to their sm...2023-11-2811h 24
Ways & MeansClimate Migration: Why People Leave and What Might Help Them StayIn this episode of Ways & Means: the hidden role that climate plays in the story of migration. How a changing climate is driving thousands of people to enter the U.S. each year. And how relatively small, inexpensive changes on the ground could make a difference with a daunting geopolitical problem. This is the seventh episode in our “Climate Change Solutions” series, where we look at research-based ideas to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Sarah Bermeo is a political economist and associate professor of public policy and political science in the Sanford Schoo...2023-11-1626 min
Embrace: This Next-Level Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.The Duke’s Deceitful Governess by Caroline LeePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700749to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Duke’s Deceitful Governess
Series: #1 of Surprise! Dukes
Author: Caroline Lee
Narrator: Philip Alces
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Release date: November 14, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Love is a luxury he can't afford . . . For years, he was known only as Blackrose's Blade, an elite assassin in the employ of the Crown. But after a mission cost him the use of his leg, Rourke Lindsay has unexpectedly inherited a dukedom . . . and along with it, the headache of a pair of hellion twins. Now, he's in dire need of a m...2023-11-149h 23Policy 360He's on a Quest to Find Depth in a Distracted WorldCal Newport's books, with titles like Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email, have sold over two million copies worldwide. He’s a contributing writer for the New Yorker, weighing in on hot button tech issues of the day. He is also a professor and a founding member of Georgetown University’s Center for Digital Ethics. He joins host Judith Kelley, Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, to talk productivity and focus in the face of communication overload. Cal Newport was on Duke’s campus to give the fall 2023 Crown Lecture i...2023-10-2542 minPolicy 360How Support Outside of School Can Lead to Better Student OutcomesIn this episode: how a program that supports kids outside of the school hours is driving student educational outcomes. New research shows that programs like Student U, which provides extra academics to participants after the school day and on summer breaks, along with field trips, social workers for families and more, should be considered closely as models by policymakers. The results indicate “comprehensive services outside of time spent in school can yield valuable benefits for disadvantaged students.” Guests: Alexandra Zagbayou is a professor of the practice at Duke Sanford. She previously was part of the founding team of St...2023-10-0734 min
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke UniversityThe View from the Oval Office with President BidenIn a rare interview, President Biden talks about battling Donald Trump and the threat to American democracy.2023-10-0321 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalLady Delilah Dares A Duke by Sofie DarlingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/675595to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Lady Delilah Dares A Duke
Series: #4 of Windermeres in Love
Author: Sofie Darling
Narrator: Carmen Rose
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Release date: August 22, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Delilah just wants one perfect summer . . . Sebastian suspects he may just want Delilah . . . But taming a Wild Windermere isn't for the faint of heart. Delilah is following her dreams . . . Every heroine needs a nemesis, and for Lady Delilah Windermere there's no more perfect villain than His Grace Sebastian Crewe, the Duke of Ravensworth. He ruined everything three years ago, but t...2023-08-224h 55
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Romance, HistoricalMiss Prim and the Duke of Wylde by Stephanie LaurensPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682662to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Miss Prim and the Duke of Wylde
Series: #13 of The Cynster Next Generation Series
Author: Stephanie Laurens
Narrator: Matthew Brenher
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 49 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens explores what happens when fate tosses two people who had no intention of marrying each other into the hothouse of a noble betrothal under the avid eyes of the ton. A gentleman seeking a suitable wife is forced by fate and unhelpful circumstance to become engaged to a lady w...2023-08-171h 49Policy 360Former Senator Richard BurrRichard Burr retired recently from public service after serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2005) and three in the U.S. Senate (2005-2023). He came to Duke’s campus to speak to students in Professor Jon Rosenwasser’s Master of National Security Policy course, PubPol 890: Promise and Peril of US Intelligence. While on campus, he spoke with Duke Sanford School of Public Policy Dean Judith Kelley about bipartisanship, political polarization, and the importance of passing down to children and grandchildren the tradition of service. Transcript & Resources 2023-04-1433 minPolicy 360Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack ObamaStephen J. Hadley served as deputy national security advisor, and then national security advisor to President George W. Bush. He recently edited a new book, along with Duke professor Peter Feaver and others, Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama. The book is a collection of the national security and foreign policy memos that were prepared for the transition between the Bush and Obama administrations. The memos are now declassified and are made public in this book for the very first time, along with detailed post scripts from the original memo writers. 2023-04-0449 min
Ways & MeansBringing Water to Thirsty Fields With Help From the SunIn this episode of Ways & Means – New research into how solar mini-grids could change lives for farmers in Ethiopia, and why that matters for the climate as a whole. This is the fifth episode in our Climate Change Solutions series, where we look at surprising answers to the question of what we can do to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Jonathan Phillips, Director, James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University Rahel Bekele, Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, DREAM Project Team Member Marc Jeuland, faculty member at Duke San...2023-03-3020 min
Ways & MeansHow Cleaner Cookstoves Can Help Build a Healthier PlanetUpgrading stoves for people in the developing world could bring about a double win: improving people’s lives while making a big contribution to fighting climate change. We follow along with Duke Professor Subhrendu Pattanayak on a research trip to rural Kenya, and are invited into people's homes to see how they cook, and what might make them change their methods. This is the fourth in our series Climate Change Solutions, a look at surprising answers to the question of what we can do to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guest: Subhrendu Pattanayak, Oak...2023-03-0818 minPolicy 360Philip Cook's Book: Policing Gun ViolenceIt's no secret that the United States has major issues with gun violence and police brutality, but with a growing distrust between communities facing high rates of gun violence and law enforcement, how can we prevent future crimes and make our communities safer? Judith Kelly, Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University considers this question and more with Professor in the School of Public Policy and author of Policing Gun Violence Philip Cook. Guest: Philip Cook, emeritus Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and author of Policing Gun Violence which came...2023-03-0336 minPolicy 360Plastics: The Climate Connection and Policy PossibilitiesPlastics are a huge part of our everyday life, and most people know that plastics contribute to litter, but did you know that plastics also add to climate change? Host Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, Judith Kelley discusses this issue and potential policy solutions with Duke Ph.D. candidate Zoie Diana. Guest: Zoie Diana, Ph.D. candidate in Marine Science & Conservation at Duke University, speaks about her research of the harmful effects of plastics and the connections to public policy. This is the fourth in a series of conversations about climate change....2023-02-1618 minPolicy 360Carbon TaxCO2 emissions play a major role in climate change. Guest host and J.D./UPEP doctoral candidate Gabriela Nagle Alverio speaks with Sanford Professor and Interim Director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Brian Murray about different carbon tax approaches and their pros and cons for curbing emissions. Guest: Brian Murray: Interim Director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Research Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy, and at the Nicholas School of the Environment This is the third in a series of conversations about climate change. Read...2023-01-2026 min
Ways & MeansGreener Pastures: The search for climate-friendly ways to raise animals.In this episode of Ways & Means, we explore the impacts of meat production. Can we find a better way to raise animals as food and help the planet at the same time? This is the third in our series Climate Change Solutions, a look at surprising answers to the question of what we can do to help cool a rapidly heating planet. Guests: Cameron Oglesby, journalist and Duke Sanford School of Public Policy Master of Public Policy student North Carolina farmer Johnny Rogers Jennifer Curtis, Firsthand Foods Lee Miller and Michelle Nowlin, Duke’s Env...2022-11-1722 minPolicy 360Climate MigrationClimate change is forcing many people to move due to environmental stressors like heat, hurricane, and drought. Duke Sanford School of Public Policy Dean Judith Kelley speaks with Kerilyn Schewel and Sarah Bermeo of the Duke Center for International Development about emerging climate migration patterns and how research might better inform policy. Guests: Sarah Bermeo: Director of Graduate Studies of the Master of International Development Policy in the Sanford School; Author of Targeted Development: Industrialized Country Strategy in a Globalizing World Kerilyn Schewel: Lecturing Fellow at Duke’s Center for International Development at Duke University; Leader of...2022-10-1931 min
Ways & MeansGetting Strategic with SolarLocation, location, location. Place matters a lot when it comes to the impact solar panels can have on the environment. The biggest environmental benefit comes from regions powered by coal. If your local electric utility runs on coal and you install solar panels on your home, it means that the power plant doesn’t have to burn as much coal to power your home, and that is really good for the climate. In this episode of Ways & Means: getting strategic when it comes to solar subsidies. This is the second episode in our series, Climate Change Solutions....2022-10-1218 min
Enjoy The Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!One Night with the Duke by Jodi Ellen MalpasPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/55653to listen full audiobooks.
Title: One Night with the Duke
Series: Belmore Square, Book 1
Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas
Narrator: Aurora Dawson-Hunte
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
Release date: 08-23-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 65 ratings
Genres: Royalty
Publisher's Summary:
It's 1814 and nineteen‑year‑old Eliza Melrose is about to be launched into London's high society—much to her dismay. The last thing she wants is a husband. Eliza's "misplaced" thirst for adventure, knowledge and the creative word is a bone of contention for her father, who battles endlessly to keep her curiosity and ambiti...2022-08-2310h 51Policy 360Bipartisan Report Calls for Rebalancing U.S. Priorities Towards ChildrenAccording to a recent bipartisan report from the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institution, the federal budget inadequately addresses children's needs. After three years of work, the group's consensus outlines a range of budget-neutral policy recommendations. Guests: Michael Strain, the Director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and one of the working group co-chairs. Lisa Gennetian, Pritzker Professor at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and affiliate at Duke's Center for Child and Family Policy, who was a part of the working group. Get show notes, transcript and credits 2022-04-0823 min
DebuggerDefending Democracy extended cuts: Ken Rogerson, Duke Sanford School of Public PolicyKen Rogerson teaches at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy, where he is the director of graduate studies. He explained that market economics alone cannot create incentives for companies to address the harms caused by new technologies.l2022-04-0109 min
DebuggerDebugger in 10: Executive Ed program at Duke - June 13-15, 2022Cybersecurity isn't just for IT workers -- for geeks -- anymore. Everyone, at every level of every organization, must make it a priority. Executives who sit on boards of directors should play a critical oversight role as companies make their cybersecurity plans, but many have little training or expertise in this area. Duke's Univerisity has put together a training program that will help fill this knowledge gap. In this episode of Debugger in 10, Duke professor David Hoffman describes the program. It combines the expertise of Duke’s public policy school, computer science department, engineering school, and law school. The pro...2022-03-3108 min
Ways & MeansDebugger Presents: Begged and BorrowedSpecial Takeover: The Debugger podcast has taken over the Ways & Means feed for a three-part series: Defending Democracy (and Us!) from Big Tech. This episode is the third of the series. Large technology companies are so powerful they now threaten democracy. They are too big to sue, and current regulations are not holding them responsible for their actions or outcomes. What can be done when a large tech company is doing something that is harmful to society? How can the technology companies that want to differentiate themselves demonstrate they are behaving responsibly? Well – this isn’t the first...2022-03-1654 minWays & MeansDebugger Presents: What Hasn't WorkedSpecial Takeover: The Debugger podcast has taken over the Ways & Means feed for a three-part series: Defending Democracy (and Us!) from Big Tech. This is episode two of that series. Very large tech companies fit into a special tech category called “platforms.” Companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Amazon are so big – it’s like they are on a raised on a platform at a country fair, and can be heard all over the fairgrounds. The platform gives them an advantage; because they can be heard by more people, their technology can have a more impactful reach. Th...2022-03-0948 minWays & MeansDebugger Presents: Too Big to SueSpecial Takeover: The Debugger podcast has taken over the Ways & Means feed for a three-part series: Defending Democracy (and Us!) from Big Tech. In this episode: It’s critical to understand just how hard it is to tell big tech companies what to do. The United States’ legal system is set up for a fair fight, but in practice tech firms are often able to act as their own judge and jury. They control everything from what apps we see, to what data they collect about us to whether or not misinformation and hate speech circulate widely onli...2022-03-0242 minWays & MeansSeason 7 is comingSeason 7 launches Wednesday March 2 with a series: "Defending Democracy (And Us!) From Big Tech." The three-part series explores how powerful big tech companies are, and what governments can do to keep them accountable. The series is hosted by journalist Bob Sullivan, and is a collaboration with the Debugger podcast. Thanks to the Cyber Policy program at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, and Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics. Promo music: Footsteps on Alden and the Corner Office. Blue Dot Sessions, Creative Commons license.2022-02-2801 minPolicy 360COVID & Families Across CulturesCOVID-19 has upended lives around the world. Prior to the pandemic, Jennifer Lansford and her colleagues were conducting in-depth. multi-year research on children and families in nine countries. They are now expanding their research to consider COVID-19 and children and parents’ mental health. Jennifer Lansford is a research professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University where she’s an affiliate of Duke’s Center for Child & Family Policy. Get show notes, transcript & credits 2022-02-0925 minPolicy 360Dr. Jim Yong KImDr. Jim Young Kim is a physician and anthropologist who previously served as the President of the World Bank. As a student at Harvard he co-founded the influential non-profit Partners in Health with Dr. Paul Farmer. Kim has received the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and was named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World." Dr. Kim sat for a wide-ranging conversation with the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy Dean Judith Kelley. The two discuss China, the challenge and the need to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, and how anyone can use their...2021-11-2451 min
Embrace: This Next-Level Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.[German] - Croyden Manor - Hochzeit mit einem Duke: Celeste by Kajsa ArnoldPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579603to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [German] - Croyden Manor - Hochzeit mit einem Duke: Celeste
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England, Saint Albans 1850Grayson Brisbin, Duke of Croyden, hat fünf Probleme. Er muss seine Schwestern verheiraten, bevor er selbst in den Stand der Ehe treten kann. Dies stellt sich schwieriger heraus als gedacht, denn wie findet man einen Ehemann, der es nicht nur auf Geld und Ansehen abgesehen hat? Als der Duke of Le...2021-11-154h 51Policy 360Redistricting and American DemocracyScholars, practitioners, advocates and students gathered recently at Duke University to examine the topic of redistricting, the process of drawing congressional boundaries. The conference included judges and mathematicians, investigative reporters, and more. Each contributed insights to try and untangle the complex web that redistricting had become. This episode includes comments from: James Andrew Wynn, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Jonathan Mattingly, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Duke University Tyler Dukes, Investigative Reporter, Raleigh News & Observer and Adjunct Instructor in the Sanford School of Public Policy...2021-11-1039 min
Bob 'n Joyce Talk HR 'n ODOvercoming Burnout - An Interview with Joe DotyIn today’s podcast, our guest, Joe Doty, shares how to be aware of and overcome workplace burnout. Joe is Executive Director at Feagin Leadership Program and Duke School of Medicine Leadership Development Program (LEAD).
Nowhere has burnout been more prevalent than for frontline medical workers. In his role at the Duke School of medicine, Joe has seen close-up the impacts of burnout on medical professionals.
In this episode, you will get:
A deeper understanding of why burnout happens
A methodology for ‘seeing’ burnout through self-awareness
The basic skills of leadership, influencing others, and emotio...2021-10-1830 minPolicy 360Inside Military 'Training Villages'Most Americans have no idea that there are elaborate pretend Iraqi and Afghan villages scattered around the United States – on US military bases. The villages are designed to look real. There are people in them - many of the people were born in the Middle East and immigrated to the U.S. They now play pretend versions of themselves, in pretend Middle Eastern villages, in the very real forests and deserts of the U.S. Christopher Sims has been photographing the villages, and he joins Duke Sanford Dean Judith Kelley to discuss his work. Sims is a ne...2021-09-0833 min
Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Fitness, Diet & NutritionStretching for Seniors: The Ultimate Stretching Guide for Seniors, Learn Exercises to Improve Flexibility, Stability and Strength to Stay LiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stretching for Seniors: The Ultimate Stretching Guide for Seniors, Learn Exercises to Improve Flexibility, Stability and Strength to Stay Limber as a Senior Author: Duke Clifton Narrator: Courage Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 19, 2021 Genres: Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Publisher's Summary: Stretching for Seniors: The Ultimate Stretching Guide for Seniors, Learn Exercises to Improve Flexibility, Stability, and Strength to Stay Limber as a Senior As you get older, your body will go through a lot of changes. Your hair will turn grey or white, your skin...2021-03-1903 min
Policy 360Should Congress Make Domestic Terrorism a Crime?On January 27, 2021, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security issued a first-ever National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin due to a heightened threat environment across the U.S., which DHS believes will persist in the weeks following the Jan. 6 Presidential Inauguration. In a recent guest column in the Tampa Bay Times, Duke Professor David Schanzer wrote “Jan. 6 demonstrated to all Americans what many observers have been warning about for years – we have a serious domestic terrorism threat on our hands." Schanzer joins Judith Kelly to explore options to reduce the threat. Schanzer directs the Triangle Center on T...2021-02-0228 min
Policy 360South Africa After the RainbowDuke Professor Anne-Maria Makhulu joins Dean Judith Kelley to compare the current racial and socioeconomic disparities of South Africa with the disparities that have been made increasingly apparent over the past decade in the United States. The scholars discuss the countries' similarities and differences with regards to the coronavirus response, responses to police violence, movements for racial equity, and more. Makhulu says that one lesson to be learned from this comparison is that "the intractable problems that South Africa confronts are in fact the same intractable problems that the United States confronts. And there has to be a conversation...2020-12-0345 min
Policy 360Engaging the Evil EmpireThe end of the Cold War is often considered a bit of a geopolitical anomaly. In 1980 the increasing antagonistic relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union caused many to fear that the conflict was once again on the path to nuclear fallout. President Regan famously characterized the Soviet Union as the “evil empire” and while Soviet media described U.S. foreign policy as “nuclear insanity.” Then suddenly, things quickly shifted. The two superpowers started cooperating and even more surprisingly the Soviet Union collapsed by the end of the decade and just like that the Cold War...2020-11-2036 minPolicy 360The Day After Election Day: An Expert RecapIn a special episode, Policy 360 joins a panel of Duke University experts for a debrief the day after election day 2020. Sanford professors Mac McCorkle, Director of POLIS: Center for Politics, and Deondra Rose, director of Research at POLIS: Center for Politics, moderate a discussion with four other professors here at Duke. John Aldrich is a professor of Political Science and an expert on politics in the United States. Duke Law School professor Guy-Uriel Charles is an expert on constitutional law, election law, campaign finance, and more political issues in the United States. He is also...2020-11-051h 11
Ways & MeansReparations: How it Could HappenThe question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end of the Civil War. It’s getting new traction in the 2020 election. Duke Professor William "Sandy" Darity has created a Reparations Planning Committee to flesh out the details of how a reparations program would work. This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Find out more at polis.duke.edu 2020-10-2921 min
The Leading Voices in FoodThe Role and Promise of Rural Faith Communities in Solving Issues of HungerFood insecurity in children is a tragic issue around the world and in the US. In America, the issue is especially changing in rural areas. Rural faith communities often play a central role in addressing rural child hunger, and the support needs and desires of these organizations are nuanced by their faith tradition. This is the subject of a report done jointly by the Duke World Food Policy Center and the No Kid Hungry program of Share Our Strength. It is entitled, Rural Child Hunger and Faith Community Engagement. Joining us today are three experts on this issue. Emma...2020-10-2719 min
Ways & MeansSecrets of Great Political LeadershipWhat makes a great political leader in a deeply divided time, and what can we learn from one of the most striking examples in history? Listen to the story of Nelson Mandela and learn about the surprising strategies that made his leadership work. This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Find out more at polis.duke.edu2020-10-1516 min
Ways & MeansWhen Local News Dries UpThe decline in local news is having a real effect on democracy. A look at why local news is struggling -- and what can be done about it. This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Find out more at polis.duke.edu2020-10-0124 min
Ways & MeansThe Battle over Guns in America - What's ChangedOn this episode we ask – how did the gun control movement become a force in American politics after being overshadowed for so long by the NRA? In a word: money. This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis: the Center for Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy2020-09-1723 minPolicy 360Philanthropy Series: Helping People with Means to GiveThomas J. Tierney is an expert in smart philanthropy and co-founder of the Bridgespan Group which provides management consulting to nonprofits and philanthropists. He is the co-author of Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results, which is intended for philanthropists and nonprofits with the resources to do big things to make big changes in the world. Our guest host is Alex S. Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and former director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard. This is part of a two-part series is produced in partnership with t...2020-09-1034 minPolicy 360Philanthropy Series: Share Our Strength's Billy ShoreBilly Shore is a founder of the organization Share Our Strength, the umbrella organization of No Kid Hungry. Over the past 35 years, the organization has made huge strides in ending childhood hunger in the United States. How have they done it? Listen: This episode is hosted by Alex S. Jones - Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and former director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard. It is part of a two-part series is produced in partnership with the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at the Sanford School...2020-09-1039 min
Ways & MeansWhy Young People Don’t Vote – And How to Change ThatFor some reason there's a big gap between young Americans' intention to vote and the chance that they will actually do it. In this episode: why so few young people in the United States vote. This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis: the Center for Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy2020-09-0324 minPolicy 360Local Challenges in a Global Pandemic: Durham's Response to COVID-19Since the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Durham county back in March, the Durham city and county governments have had the tall task to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus while also responding to the struggles of local residents. Sanford alumni Ryan Smith and Mariel Beasley and current MPP candidate Mary Grace Stoneking join Dean Judith Kelley to talk about the local response to the pandemic. All three of our guests worked on the Durham Recovery & Renewal Task Force in order to consult the mayor and the county commissioner on local policy decisions that affected...2020-08-2735 min
The Leading Voices in FoodChanges to SNAP and WIC During Pandemic Are Major InnovationsThis podcast is part of a series focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our food system. Today, we are talking about the changes policymakers have made to SNAP and WIC, the country's largest federal nutrition assistance programs. Our guest Public Policy Professor Carolyn Barnes from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Interview Summary So Carolyn, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the USDA has made quite a few changes to nutrition systems policies. Could you help our listeners understand some of those major shifts? Well, first...2020-08-2710 min
Ways & MeansHow Afterschool Programs Can Empower ParentsWe explore research into how government-funded afterschool programs for poor families are empowering politically motivated parents. Hear from staff and parents about how these programs have inspired change in their community and learn what elements build effective programs. This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis: the Center for Politics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy2020-08-2022 minWays & MeansSeason 5 RelaunchSeason 5 of Ways & Means relaunches Thursday, August 20, 2020. The season is dedicated to issues in U.S. politics and civic life and hot topics in the 2020 elections. The season originally premiered in the spring of 2020, but was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season is a co-production of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University and Duke's Polis: Center for Politics. https://polis.duke.edu/ Music: "Pinky" by Blue Dot Sessions2020-08-1901 minPolicy 360A Wartime President?In late March President Trump said he considers himself a wartime president. The fight against COVID-19 has since intensified; the number of cases in the US doubled in that time. How does Trump compare to wartime leaders of the past? Bruce Jentleson is the William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy. He has held positions as foreign policy advisors to politicians including Al Gore and Bill Clinton. His book is The Peacemakers, Leadership Lessons from 20th Century Statesmanship.2020-04-3025 minPolicy 360Getting Cash Payments to Millions of Americans? Easier Said than DoneDiscussions about providing direct cash payments to Americans have filled Congressional chambers in recent weeks. But discussions are one thing. Getting these payments to million Americans, including those without access to a bank or a stable address, is another. Here to discuss the many challenges of developing a strategy to provide payments to those who need it most is Lisa Gennetian, a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and an affiliate in the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy.2020-04-1630 minPolicy 360He Predicated a PandemicMany in the US were blindsided by the COVID-19 pandemic’s severity. Not Gavin Yamey. In early 2018 he wrote the op-ed, The Odds of a Devastating Pandemic Just Went Up. Yamey is a professor at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and director of The Center for Policy Impact in Global Health, based at the Duke Global Health Institute.2020-04-0140 minPolicy 360Should Political Ads on Social Media be Regulated?In this episode, we sit down with two people with different views for a conversation about social media platforms and political advertising. Matt Perault is a former director of Public Policy at Facebook. Phil Napoli is author of Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age. Both are faculty members at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke. Matt Perault's podcast is TBD: Technology By Design Phil Napoli's book is Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age Read the episode transcript Music: Blue Dot Sessions / Licensed und...2020-02-0526 minWays & MeansSeason 5 PreviewSeason 5 of Ways & Means returns Wednesday February 19, 2020. This season we are partnering with Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy to look at big ideas related to the 2020 election.2020-02-0501 minPolicy 360Designing Tech Policies for an Audience of BillionsIs tech moving too fast for policymakers to catch up? A conversation with Matt Perault. He served as a director of public policy at Facebook. He is now a faculty member at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke, and director of the Center on Science and Technology Policy. Music: The Zeppelin by Blue Dot Sessions Music licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2020-01-2225 minPolicy 360Soda Tax 101Being obese puts people at risk for chronic disease like diabetes and is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. In this episode we explore a policy approach to deal with this epidemic – a tax on sugary drinks. Kelly Brownell, director of the World Food Policy Center at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University breaks down the research and policy behind the approach. Subscribe to the Leading Voices in Food podcast Read the episode transcript Music: Donnalee by Blue Dot Sessions / Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2020-01-0824 minPolicy 360Climate Change, Protest and PolarizationWith recent scientific reports on the effects of climate change, climate strikes around the world and big companies like Amazon promising action, climate change is a topic that is important to research and understand. We discuss climate-related policy ideas with Billy Pizer, an expert in climate change policy, law and legislation. Billy Pizer is Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy and senior associate dean in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Subscribe to the Policy 360 podcast Read the episode transcript Music: Li Fonte and The Zeppelin by Blue Dot Sessions / Licensed under...2019-09-2535 minPolicy 360The Unseen Health Effects of Forest FiresNew research shows forest fires are actually more harmful than we've previously thought. It's not just about the impact they may have on the environment or on the economy, but also on human health, especially unborn children. Guest: Subhrendu Pattanayak, Oak Foundation Environmental and Energy Policy Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University Subscribe to the Policy 360 podcast Read an episode transcript Read more about Subhrendu Pattanayak’s research Music: Night Light and The Zeppelin by Blue Dot Sessions / Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2019-09-0621 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, Action & AdventureHeartless Duke by Scarlett ScottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartless Duke Series: #2 of League of Dukes Author: Scarlett Scott Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 14, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Action & Adventure Publisher's Summary: He's the Duke of Carlisle, leader of a secret branch of the Home Office charged with keeping the peace amidst great peril and upheaval. By day, he hunts anarchists and murderers with savage intensity. By night, he rules over London's darkest, most depraved souls. But he's about to meet his match in his latest prisoner. S...2019-06-1403 minWays & MeansAdding Up the Bill for Climate Change Climate change is affecting both nature and the economy. Who will take the hardest hit financially as the world heats up, and can anything be done about it? We meet a commercial clammer in Maine who is figuring out how to deal with the effect climate change is having on his industry. And environmental economist Billy Pizer has been calculating the future costs of climate change. Pizer is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Subscribe to Ways & Means. Music: Theme music by...2019-04-2917 min
Policy 360The Daily Show Writer/Producer Zhubin ParangPolitical satire isn't new, it's been with us throughout history, even Shakespeare's works were packed with political commentary. Lately Political News itself seems more like entertainment television. So how do you make fun of something that already seems like a joke?Our next guest says, it's a blessing and a curse to be a Trump era comedian. Zhubin Parang is a producer for the Daily Show with Trevor Noah having previously served as the head writer for three years. He even majored in political science and sociology at Vanderbilt University. He attended Georgetown law school, he was a corporate...2019-03-2011 minWays & MeansA Greener Commute: One City's StoryWhat motivates commuters to leave their cars behind, and take the bus or a bike to work instead? A government innovation team in Durham, North Carolina recently tested several ideas with real commuters. The best one was so effective, it landed a million-dollar prize from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Guests include Durham mayor Steve Schewel and Joey Sherlock of the Duke University Center for Advanced Hindsight. Sherlock teaches the Behavioral Economics for Municipal Policy Class at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. This is the second of a four-part series looking at policy ideas...2019-03-0616 min
Policy 360Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine Albright served as the 64th U.S. Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton. In this episode of the Policy 360 podcast, she joins Sanford School of Public Policy Dean Judith Kelley to discuss the rise of fascism around the world, concerns about President Trump, the fragility of democracy and the messages hidden in her jewelry. Transcript: https://sites.duke.edu/policy360/2019/03/04/ep-87-madeleine-albright/ Music: Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ Creative Commons License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/2019-03-0523 min
Trending Globally: Politics and PolicySpecial Episode: Madeleine Albright on The Sanford School's Policy 360This week, something a little different. We at Trending Globally came across a great podcast produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University [https://sanford.duke.edu/], and we wanted to share it with you. It’s called Policy 360 [https://sites.duke.edu/policy360/]. On it, Sanford School Dean Judith Kelley interviews scholars, policymakers, and politicians about some of the most pressing public policy issues today. So this week on Trending Globally: a special episode from Policy 360, featuring former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussing the history of fascism and her book Fascism: A Warning.(Music by Vi...2019-03-0424 min
The Leading Voices in FoodLeading Voices in Food Podcast Series IntroThe Leading Voices in Food podcast series features scientists, farmers, policy experts and world leaders all working to improve our food system and food policy. You'll learn about issues across the food system spectrum such as food insecurity, obesity, agriculture, access and equity, food safety, food defense, and food policy. Produced by the Duke World Food Policy Center at the Sanford School of Public Policy.2018-11-0702 minPolicy 360Is The Migrant Caravan A National Security Crisis?The so-called “migrant caravan” has grabbed worldwide headlines. Approximately 3,000 people are walking toward the Southern U.S. border from a variety of countries. The caravan appears to have originated in Honduras, and the travelers say they are headed north for many reasons including fear of violence and gangs in their home countries. Many questions surround who the migrants are, and how the U.S. should deal with them. Sarah Bermeo has been following the situation closely. She is a political economist at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University with expertise in foreign policy, development and...2018-11-0315 minPolicy 360The Wealth of ‘America’s Dependents’You might expect that elderly people would have more wealth than families with kids because they're older and they’ve had more time to save. But Christina Gibson-Davis' research shows the gap in wealth between the two groups has grown "startlingly wide" over the past 25 years. Gibson-Davis is a faculty member at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.2018-10-1613 minPolicy 360Season Premiere, Food PolicyKelly Brownell has stepped away from his role as dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy to launch a new World Food Policy Center at Duke University. He talks with the school's new dean, Judith Kelley, about key challenges that he hopes his new center will begin to address. For example, he hopes to get people in the food and food policy space talking to each other. The academic field is segmented, he says. "There is a lot of depth around particular topics but not much breadth across them and very little communications across them."2018-09-0422 min
Duke Chapel ConversationsBridge Panel: The Enduring Challenge of a Moral EconomyDuke University Chapel hosts a public conversation with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and the Rev. William J. Barber II, "The Enduring Challenge of a Moral Economy: 50 Years After Dr. King Challenged Racism, Poverty, and Militarism." The event was to be part of Duke's 2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration and Duke Chapel's Bridge Panel series, which seeks to connect people from disparate walks of life to discover shared pathways toward the community of God. "In joining with others to begin organizing the Poor People's Campaign 50 years ago, Dr. King was working out of a Christian conviction that racial equity, economic...2018-04-191h 45
DukeUniversityWhat's Driving the Gender Pay Gap? {Episode 1, Zeroing In}Women earn 17 percent less per week than men, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Liz Ananat and Karin Agness debate the pay gap between men and women -- what it means, where it's worst, and what's driving it -- on this episode of Zeroing In: The Numbers Behind the 2016 Election, moderated by Aaron Chatterji.
Zeroing In takes a look at key issues on the election agenda, one number at a time. Numbers matter, but in politics, they can be used to muddy the waters rather than enlighten. Each episode of Zeroing In starts with one key statistic...2016-10-1718 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Literature, ClassicsThe Duke’s Children by Anthony TrollopePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624296to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Duke’s Children
Series: #6 of The Palliser Novels
Author: Anthony Trollope
Narrator: Simon Vance
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Length: 19 hours 57 minutes
Release date: July 19, 2012
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The brilliant conclusion to the Palliser novels, this touching story follows the elderly Duke of Omnium, the former prime minister of England, as he struggles to overcome his grief at the loss of his beloved wife, Lady Glencora. To complicate matters, he must also deal with the willfulness of his three adult children as he tri...2012-07-197h 57
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Teens, Sci-Fi & FantasyMagic Steps Audiobook by Tamora PiercePlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1638 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Magic Steps Subtitle: The Circle Opens, Book 1 Author: Tamora Pierce Narrator: Tamora Pierce Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 06-06-11 Publisher: Full Cast Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 309 votes Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Publisher's Summary: Sandrilene fa Toren has moved to the palace of her uncle, Duke Vedris, to care for him after his recent heart attack. While the two are out riding, Sandry sees a boy named Pasco dance a magic spell. To her dismay she soon...2011-06-0605 min