Oxford Policy Pod

Oxford Policy Pod

19 episodes

A bi-weekly policy podcast based out of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The Oxford Policy Pod explores pressing policy issues around the globe and is produced by students reading for a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. The podcast explores contemporary policy challenges that policymakers face all over the world, and taps into the rich diversity of policy experience and insights of the student body and faculty. The executive producer for season 3 is Lian Ryan-Hume. The show is hosted by Sruthi Palaniappan, edited by Allisha Azlan, produced by Jessica Krejcie, and researched by Manuel Azuero, Veniecia Laylor, Nandita Venkatesan, Paolo Tejano, Adam Flaherty, Mayra Gramani, Frédérique St-Jean, and Laura Caccia. The podcast is supported by the staff of the Blavatnik School of Government. To keep up with the latest on our episodes, follow us on Instagram @OxfordPolicyPod_ and Twitter @OxfordPolicyPod.

Podcasts

Dr. Paul Monk on Democracy, the Classical World, Geopolitics, and Finding One's Purpose

Published: Dec. 6, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds

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Ema Grajcarova on Slovakia, mental wellbeing, gender policy, and reflections on the MPP

Published: Nov. 29, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 3 seconds

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Shuab Gamote: An Unconventional Educational Journey

Published: Nov. 22, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 32 seconds

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Unlocking the social value of employment through Social Employment

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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The Government Outcomes Lab: Researching new models of collaboration for better social outcomes

Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 57 seconds

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How to employ 300,000 youth - the story of South Africa's Presidential Employment Stimulus

Published: Sept. 4, 2023, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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Policy in Action: A Conversation with UK Council Members

Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 7 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 16 seconds

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Policy in Action: The UAE civil service

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Driving Change in Governance: A Conversation with Dean Ngaire Woods

Published: July 20, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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Unleashing the power of AI: governments as consumers and regulators

Published: June 25, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds

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Exploring Liberia's Upcoming Election

Published: June 9, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 33 seconds

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Making change: lessons from post-apartheid South Africa

Published: May 27, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 58 seconds

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Financing nature conservation

Published: April 4, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds

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Successful developmentfor realfrom practitioner's eye

Published: March 20, 2023, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 33 seconds

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Vaticans policy work in thinking and on the ground

Published: March 7, 2023, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 30 seconds

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Ukraine 1 year: Memory, forgetting and social media in modern warfare

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 1:58 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds

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Colombian President Ivan Duque - Would you have done anything differently?

Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 40 seconds

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Getting real about measuring environmental impact

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 57 seconds

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Reaching your citizens as a minister

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds

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Health, climate and COPs - Debrief COP27 Part II

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 52 seconds

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What happened at COP27? Part I

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 2 seconds

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Season 5

Published: Dec. 14, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds

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How China Exercises Soft Power

Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 3:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 8 seconds

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Education in the Post-COVID world

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 54 seconds

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Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals

Published: July 14, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 30 seconds

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Ten Months On: Afghanistan in the Aftermath

Published: June 22, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 14 seconds

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Latin American Elections 2022

Published: May 28, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds

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A Just Energy Transition for Africa

Published: May 10, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Earth Month Series: Responding to Climate Displacement

Published: April 12, 2022, midnight
Duration: 43 minutes 16 seconds

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Earth Month Series: Climate Change and National Security

Published: April 5, 2022, midnight
Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds

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International Women's Month: Closing the Economic Gender Gap

Published: March 29, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 34 seconds

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Why are cities facing a housing affordability crisis?

Published: March 22, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 3 seconds

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Russias War on Ukraine: Perspectives from a War Historian

Published: March 15, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds

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Season 4

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds

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Unpacking the Crisis in Syria: the Role of the International Community and Humanitarian Organizations

Published: July 7, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds

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Africa Rising from the Pandemic: Building Forward Better

Published: May 26, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 52 seconds

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Regulating Big Tech: Policies for the Digital Age

Published: March 29, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 23 seconds

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Gender inequalities and COVID-19: an International Women's Day special

Published: March 8, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 34 seconds

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What is happening in Myanmar?

Published: March 2, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds

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Who decides? Free speech in the age of social media

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 29 seconds

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The Paris Climate Agreement under the Biden era

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds

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The ethics of vaccine distribution

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 8 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds

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Season 3

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds

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A new chapter in Venezuelas agony

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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Prison reform, what is it good for?

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 11 seconds

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What happened in Lebanon?

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 31 seconds

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Crisis in Education

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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Make America Vote Again!

Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Season 2

Published: Sept. 11, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 24 seconds

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South Africa's Covid Response, What went wrong?

Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 38 seconds

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The politics of policymaking with Dame Helen Ghosh

Published: June 2, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 53 seconds

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Government in a time of Coronavirus

Published: May 8, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds

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Constitutionally speaking with Kate ORegan

Published: April 3, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds

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Holding Governments Accountable

Published: March 17, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 19 seconds

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A counter to populism

Published: March 6, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 5 seconds

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A post-Brexit future

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 8 seconds

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