Critical Value
What does it look like when evidence drives change for people and communities? To find out, we ask influential leaders the tough questions. How do you prioritize the roles of research and facts? How do you turn policy into practice? And how do you hold yourself accountable for diversity, equity, and inclusion progression in your leadership? Evidence in Action (formerly Critical Value) inspires changemakers to lead with evidence and act with equity. At a time when trust in institutions is low and the spread of misinformation is rampant, effective, inclusive leadership is more important than ever. Every episode, Urban Institute’s President Sarah Rosen Wartell and Senior Vice President Kimberlyn Leary will have in-depth discussions with experts and leaders on topics ranging from how to advance equity, public policy impact, and good governance, to designing innovative solutions that achieve community impact, to what it means to practice evidence-based leadership. This feed was formerly Critical Value, now it is Evidence in Action. Both podcasts are produced by Urban Institute and center public policy from an evidence perspective. The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity. We are a trusted source for changemakers who seek to strengthen decision-making, create inclusive economic growth, and improve the well-being of families and communities. For more than 50 years, Urban has delivered facts that inspire solutions—and this remains our charge today.Podcasts
How to Build Vaccine Confidence
Published: July 7, 2022, 2:26 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 11 seconds
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How Community Development Can Promote Equity
Published: June 1, 2022, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds
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How the Safety Net Can Better Serve Young People
Published: March 8, 2022, 12:30 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 25 seconds
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Policy Lessons from Abroad to Inform Pandemic Recovery
Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 3:45 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds
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How Apprenticeships Can Help Diversify the Tech Workforce
Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 57 seconds
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The Books, Podcasts, and TV Shows That Are Getting Us through the Pandemic
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 15 seconds
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How Do Effective School Principals Drive Impact in Education?
Published: July 14, 2021, 2:25 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 53 seconds
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Lifting Millions of Kids Out of Poverty
Published: May 6, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 27 seconds
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Public Leadership in the Time of COVID
Published: March 31, 2021, 12:19 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 30 seconds
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Teaching Kids How to Give
Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 1:39 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 31 seconds
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How to Make Research More Inclusive
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 3:16 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 7 seconds
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Native Communities and COVID-19
Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 2:43 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes
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How Technology Can Improve Government
Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds
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Why Representation Matters in Research
Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 41 seconds
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How the Federal Government Can Support Opportunity For All
Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 1:08 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds
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What Does COVID-19 Mean for the Future of Latino Entrepreneurship?
Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 12:57 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds
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Better Supporting Working Families with Kids in the Time of COVID
Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 12:30 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 52 seconds
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Why Charitable Giving and Philanthropy Matters Today
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 12:55 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds
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Why Closing the Digital Divide Matters
Published: July 9, 2020, 2:58 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 53 seconds
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What Were Reading (and Watching) to Help Reflect on Race, Power and Privilege
Published: June 25, 2020, 2:23 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 37 seconds
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How Can We Alleviate Food Insecurity During the Pandemic?
Published: May 22, 2020, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 26 seconds
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How Can We Address Historic Unemployment Rates?
Published: May 7, 2020, 12:42 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 57 seconds
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Empowering the Next Generation through Higher Education
Published: April 22, 2020, 2:24 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 5 seconds
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How Can We Minimize Coronavirus Risks in Prisons and in Jails?
Published: April 14, 2020, 3:20 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 23 seconds
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How Will the Coronavirus Spending Bill Provide Support During the Pandemic?
Published: March 31, 2020, 6:17 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds
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How Can We Alleviate Economic Insecurity During The Pandemic?
Published: March 20, 2020, 7:40 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 47 seconds
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How can we address housing insecurity during the pandemic?
Published: March 19, 2020, 3:39 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 39 seconds
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Can the Research Process Be Hacked?
Published: March 5, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds
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Sin Taxes Are Sweeping the States!
Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 24 seconds
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How America Spends through the Tax Code
Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds
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Top of Mind: Exciting New Research Ideas for 2020
Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 23 seconds
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Creating A Culture of Giving (Redux)
Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 10 seconds
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Elevate the Debate: How to Drive Fact-Based Policy Conversations
Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds
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#42 Youth Apprenticeship: Connecting High School Students to Work-Based Learning
Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 56 seconds
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How Foundations are Looking to Increase Impact
Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 35 seconds
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How Workforce Systems Improve Access to Skills and Jobs
Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 25 seconds
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Measuring the Latinx Tsunami and its Impact on the US
Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds
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Ripple Effects of our Shifting Immigration Policies
Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 28 seconds
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Artificial Intelligence + Government
Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds
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Your Summertime Reading List!
Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 53 seconds
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Raising the Income Floor for American Workers
Published: July 22, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 43 seconds
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The Gathering Storm of Student Loans
Published: June 26, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 39 seconds
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Research in the Next 50 Years
Published: June 11, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 9 seconds
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Bold Solutions to Improve Financial Well-Being
Published: May 20, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 33 seconds
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Lifelong Learning in a Changing Labor Market
Published: May 6, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
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What is Philanthropys Role in Cities?
Published: April 22, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 29 seconds
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How Denver Is Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle, Part I
Published: March 20, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds
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The Green New Deal
Published: March 11, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds
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The Wealth Gap (Redux)
Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 4 seconds
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How Secure Is Employment at Older Ages?
Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 34 seconds
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Rethinking Long Prison Terms (Redux)
Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
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Creating A Culture of Giving
Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 13 seconds
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How Neighborhood Gun Violence Impacts Communities
Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 6 seconds
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The Amazon Opportunity: Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity
Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 59 seconds
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Thinking Big about Big Data
Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds
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Credit, Savings, and Financial Well-Being
Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds
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Dont Give Up on Homeownership Just Yet
Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 15 seconds
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How to Spend Bezoss $2 Billion
Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds
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Opportunity Zones and Community Development
Published: Sept. 12, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds
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'The Children Are Our Future': Trends in Public Spending on Kids
Published: Aug. 15, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds
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Evidence-Based Policymaking
Published: July 25, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 47 seconds
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Amazon and Economic Development
Published: July 9, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds
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The Geography of Opportunity
Published: June 20, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds
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Mobility from Poverty
Published: June 6, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 21 seconds
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How Cities Can Promote Inclusive Growth
Published: May 23, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 17 seconds
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Mapping Police Violence: A Q&A with Samuel Sinyangwe
Published: May 9, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds
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Treating the Opioid Crisis
Published: April 25, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 33 seconds
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The Fair Housing Act at 50
Published: April 11, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds
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What the New Tax Law Means for Businesses
Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds
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What Is Single-Payer?
Published: Jan. 31, 2018, noonDuration: 13 minutes 26 seconds
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Preparing for Disaster
Published: Jan. 17, 2018, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 7 seconds
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Rethinking long prison terms
Published: Jan. 3, 2018, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 50 seconds
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