Policy Currents
The Policy Currents podcast highlights new research findings, commentary, multimedia, and events from the RAND Corporation. Hosted by Evan Banks and Deanna Lee, with new episodes every Friday.Podcasts
Looking back at the big policy stories of 2023.
Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
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Can psychedelic-assisted therapies help veterans with PTSD?
Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 28 seconds
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How economics might lead to peace in Gaza, the link between climate change and conflict, "crime-free housing" policies.
Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds
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Insights on the Israel-Hamas war, promoting the 988 hotline, the nuclear threat facing South Korea.
Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds
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Veterans Day: Supporting those who served
Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 23 seconds
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The information war between Israel and Hamas, recreational cannabis, gun violence in America.
Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds
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What Happens When AI and Gene Editing Come Together?
Published: Oct. 27, 2023, 3 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 27 seconds
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Expert insights on the Israel-Hamas war.
Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 11:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 45 seconds
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The risk of escalation in Ukraine, estimating disaster recovery costs, detecting deepfakes.
Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds
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Exposure to Trauma in the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities
Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds
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'All work and no pay for teachers, the costs of insomnia, connections between wildfires and food insecurity.
Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 6:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
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Preparing for a Future with More Flooding
Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds
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Why Ukraine isnt like World War I, an alternative to student loans, the tech Cold War.
Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 4 seconds
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Mauis wildfires, regulating artificial intelligence, New York Citys housing crisis.
Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 41 seconds
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Russias private military contractors, Truth Decay and national security, stackable college credit.
Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes
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U.S. and allied defense strategy, supporting Ukrainian refugees, the mental health crisis in U.S. jails.
Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds
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Dysfunction on Russias front lines, Indias regional diplomacy, stopping mass shooters who seek fame.
Published: July 21, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 2 seconds
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This weeks NATO summit, Russias failures in Ukraine, why superintendents are stressed.
Published: July 14, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds
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Taiwan, whats next for Wagner fighters, the importance of having legal counsel.
Published: July 7, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds
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Teacher well-being, Russian private military companies, AI conspiracy theories.
Published: June 23, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 14 seconds
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Reconstructing Ukraine, what to do about wildfires, virtual mental health care.
Published: June 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds
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Extremist beliefs among veterans, space traffic management, crises facing the Russian military.
Published: June 9, 2023, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds
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What teachers think about carrying guns to school, F-16s for Ukraine, commercial space flight.
Published: June 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds
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The End of Title 42: What's Next for U.S. Immigration Policy?
Published: May 19, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 1 second
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The emergency phase of the pandemic ends; reducing labor trafficking in the United States; the history of great-power wars.
Published: May 12, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 20 seconds
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Violence in Sudan, preventing alcohol-related deaths, the North Korean nuclear threat.
Published: April 28, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds
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Environmental justice, mental health care, why America should stick with Europe.
Published: April 21, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 41 seconds
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Truth Decay and national security, gun violence, how Ukraine could blockade Crimea.
Published: April 14, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 2 seconds
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Dementia and national security, Finland joins NATO, the four-day school week.
Published: April 7, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 45 seconds
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Preventing school violence, dealing with drug cartels, neurodiversity and national security.
Published: March 31, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds
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The Iraq War 20 years later, the pandemic and prison education, North Koreas latest threats.
Published: March 24, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
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Opioids in America, Silicon Valley Banks demise, Taiwans semiconductor dominance.
Published: March 17, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds
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U.S. security cooperation with China and Russia, artificial intelligence, supporting students civic skills.
Published: March 10, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds
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A look back at the war in Afghanistan, the Ohio train derailment, state data on gun deaths.
Published: March 3, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
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Russias war in Ukraine reaches the one-year mark: a conversation with RANDs Dara Massicot.
Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 43 seconds
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Earthquake in Turkey and Syria, improving data collection on gun violence, sexual assault in the military.
Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 14 seconds
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The State of the Union, Chinas spy balloon, mental health first aid training.
Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 24 seconds
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Lessons from the war in Ukraine, U.S.-France cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, software supply chain risk.
Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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Avoiding a long war in Ukraine, responding to the gun violence crisis, limits on teachers instruction.
Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds
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Space governance, the war in Ukraine, protecting critical infrastructure.
Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds
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Gun policy in America, the myth of Americas Ukraine fatigue, the COVID outbreak in China.
Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
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A Conversation with RANDs CEO, Jason Matheny
Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
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Civic infrastructure, Kim Jong-un's daughter, Indias ambiguous position on Russia.
Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 9 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 8 seconds
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The racial wealth gap, building a more diverse teacher workforce, Ukrainian reconstruction.
Published: Dec. 10, 2022, 12:30 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 1 second
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Protests in China, the harm in negotiating with Russia, trauma in the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds
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Declining dementia rates, the dangers of deepfakes, data privacy after Roe.
Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds
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Veterans Day: Helping veterans succeed in civilian jobs, a bakery that doubles as a business school, Black Americans military service.
Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 43 seconds
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Lessons learned from COVID-19, planning to end the war in Ukraine, reducing deaths in law enforcement custody.
Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 6 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds
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Racism and patient safety, abortion after the Dobbs ruling, space mirrors.
Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 42 seconds
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Russias latest gambits, support for Chinese President Xi Jinping, machine learning.
Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds
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Legalizing cannabis, the Russian nuclear threat, digital offshoring.
Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 22 seconds
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Civic education in America, Russias coercive behavior toward the West, Twitters bot problem.
Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 6 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds
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RAND insights on the war in Ukraine, U.S. policy in the Middle East, building a more diverse teacher workforce.
Published: Sept. 23, 2022, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds
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U.S. national security after Roe, supporting women veterans, responding to the next pandemic.
Published: Sept. 16, 2022, 9 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds
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Back to school, telemedicine abortion, diversity in the military.
Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 9 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds
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Incarceration and homelessness in L.A., Russias ongoing military struggles, NATO expansion.
Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 14 seconds
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Politicized topics in schools, where the war in Ukraine may be headed, post-quantum cryptography.
Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds
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RANDs new president and CEO, bias in health care algorithms, U.S.-China crisis communications.
Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds
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Talking to Russia, how racial bias compounds, the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Published: July 29, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds
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The U.S. economys pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides.
Published: July 22, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds
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How Americans store their guns, the dangers of replacement theory, the war in Ukraine.
Published: July 15, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 27 seconds
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The repeal of Roe v. Wade, the dangers of deepfakes, Americas new mental health hotline.
Published: July 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 46 seconds
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Synthetic opioids, Ukrainian grain, the metaverse.
Published: June 24, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 41 seconds
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Teachers stress, U.S. strategy toward Russia, addressing open-air drug dealing in San Francisco.
Published: June 17, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds
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RANDs new president and CEO, how Americans view diplomacy and diplomats, transportation equity.
Published: June 10, 2022, 6 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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Gun policy in America, tracking online extremism, the war in Ukraine.
Published: June 3, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds
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Tackling Truth Decay, how tech experts view the military's use of artificial intelligence, regulating outer space.
Published: May 13, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 29 seconds
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How better data can help refugees, homelessness in L.A., burnout among health care providers.
Published: May 6, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 1 second
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Considering a peacekeeping operation in northern Ukraine, supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a new response to synthetic opioids.
Published: April 29, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 13 seconds
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Russian mercenaries, how to respond to potential Russian cyberattacks, Moscows failure to reform its economy.
Published: April 22, 2022, 4 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 6 seconds
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How insurgency could give Ukraine an edge, curbing U.S. hospital prices, policies to support single mothers.
Published: April 8, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds
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Helping Ukrainian refugees, the data on environmental racism, tracking wastewater to stay ahead of COVID-19.
Published: April 1, 2022, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
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Our latest on Putins war in Ukraine, including insights on Russias early stumbles, the refugee crisis, and the possibility of regime change in Moscow.
Published: March 25, 2022, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds
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Keeping Russians informed about the war, considering a no-fly zone over Ukraine, and treating pain conditions among U.S. service members.
Published: March 18, 2022, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 41 seconds
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Putins (ir)rationality, understanding Americas gun policy debate, and teacher diversity.
Published: March 11, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 59 seconds
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How to ensure Russias war on Ukraine doesnt turn into a war with NATO, insights from RAND on the State of the Union, and the future of space.
Published: March 4, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds
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Russia attacks Ukraine, the link between substance use and sex trafficking, anti-bias education in U.S. schools, and more.
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds
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The humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in womens health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.
Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 34 seconds
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What school district leaders are worried about, how to break the cycle of conflict with Russia, a new report on synthetic opioid trafficking, and more.
Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 7 seconds
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NATOs open-door policy, U.S. health care payments, supporting climate migrants.
Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 19 seconds
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Reforming the Pentagons policies on civilian casualties, school principals well-being, alcohol use in the COVID-19 era.
Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds
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Deterring Russia (now and later), the value of citizen science, strengthening the Americas blood supply, and the latest from RAND Art + Data.
Published: Jan. 21, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 25 seconds
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Technologies that manipulate the climate, the Ukraine-Russia crisis, savings from biosimilars.
Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds
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The parallels between extremism and addiction, measuring recidivism risk, global vaccine diplomacy.
Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds
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RANDs most popular research projects of 2021: Why teachers quit their jobs, violent extremism in America, U.S. prescription drug prices, and more.
Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 39 seconds
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The pay gap between female and male doctors, understanding Americas weird job market, social and emotional learning.
Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 29 seconds
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A potential Russian invasion in Ukraine, Taiwans new defense strategy, climate migration, and how Americans feel about vaccine globalism.
Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 8:15 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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An Update on the Campaign for RAND
Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 7 seconds
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Addressing anti-Asian racism, the instability of great-power rivalries with Russia and China, the rise in extremist online activity.
Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds
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Tracking news manipulation during the pandemic, the threat of another civil war, preventing health insurance loss.
Published: Nov. 19, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds
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Veterans Day: Helping veterans experiencing homelessness, better care for veterans with brain injuries and PTSD, and easing transitions to the civilian workforce.
Published: Nov. 12, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
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How to deal with a nuclear North Korea, preventing sexual violence in the military, supporting immigrant children in U.S. schools.
Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds
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Why we should measure GDP2, whats behind prescription drug shortages, a look at quantum technology.
Published: Oct. 29, 2021, 6:45 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 29 seconds
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Why the U.S. doesnt need more nukes, increased infant deaths during the pandemic, preventing veteran suicide.
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 7:45 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds
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China-Russia ties, considerations when raising the minimum wage, womens health research.
Published: Oct. 15, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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Assessing the four-day school week, countering domestic violent extremism, racial disparities in who is convicted of more-serious speeding charges.
Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 26 seconds
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Supporting undocumented and asylum-seeking K12 students, what drives U.S. adversaries to use military forces, the end of Californias eviction moratorium.
Published: Oct. 1, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds
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U.S. prescription drug prices, the flaw of unemployment insurance, and mitigating the effects of disasters.
Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
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Addressing vaccine hesitancy, the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and environmental racism.
Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds
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Yesterdays attacks in Kabul, just how many lives COVID vaccines have saved, and the competition for virtual-reality dominance.
Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 4 seconds
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Expert insights on Afghanistan and new RAND survey results as parents, students, and educators prepare to head back to school.
Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 4 seconds
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Defunding prisons, how to deter ransomware attacks, overcoming barriers to COVID-19 vaccinations, and more.
Published: Aug. 13, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 39 seconds
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Helping students learn media literacy skills, sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the Army, an effort to build supportive housing in L.A., and more.
Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds
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The link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters mental health, and more.
Published: July 30, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds
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Continued vigilance is needed to end the pandemic, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, disinformation on social media, and more.
Published: July 23, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds
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A step toward paying college athletes, the risk of pandemic-era birthday parties, helping college freshmen overcome COVID-19 learning loss, and more.
Published: July 16, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 4 seconds
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The RAND Art + Data artist residency program, sexual violence in the U.S. Army, supply chains and cybersecurity, and more.
Published: June 25, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds
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Teachers stress in the pandemic era, Russias global interests, promoting social equity through infrastructure investments, and more.
Published: June 18, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds
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Chinas quest for global primacy, understanding the coronavirus origin story, the U.S.-Russia summit, and more.
Published: June 11, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds
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Declaring freedom from COVID-19 prematurely, sexual assault in the U.S. military, geoengineering, and more.
Published: June 4, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 27 seconds
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Vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of Truth Decay, a strategy for prosecuting the Capitol rioters, Arctic diplomacy, and more.
Published: May 21, 2021, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds
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The urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
Published: May 14, 2021, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds
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China's disappeared Uyghurs, what the U.S. can do to get the world vaccinated, policing in America, and more.
Published: May 7, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds
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President Bidens address to Congress, Russian and Chinese COVID-19 disinformation, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and more.
Published: April 30, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 46 seconds
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How to make summer learning count, U.S. deterrence in the gray zone, why so many Americans are stuck outside the middle class, and more.
Published: April 23, 2021, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
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How the pandemic is shaping demographic trends, targeting vaccines to high-contact people, the Iran Threat Network, and more.
Published: April 16, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds
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Trust in the CDC, learning from firsthand accounts of violent extremism, a federal vehicle miles traveled fee, and more.
Published: April 9, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
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How to support Asian Americans, the U.S. gun policy debate, routine cancer screenings during the pandemic, and more..
Published: March 26, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds
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How game theory can help the vaccine rollout, the Abraham Accords, telemedicine use during the pandemic, and more.
Published: March 19, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds
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COVID-19 testing in schools, giving a voice to family caregivers, preparing for daylight saving time, and more.
Published: March 12, 2021, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds
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Black Americans vaccine hesitancy, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military, rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, and more.
Published: March 5, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds
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Stress is the most common reason why teachers quit, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, Americas shrinking middle class, and more.
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds
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Regulating hospital prices to cut spending, a COVID-19 vaccine strategy that prioritizes active people, what the Capitol attack means for security clearances, and more.
Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
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Alternatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, how couples can sleep better during the pandemic, and more.
Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds
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What the pandemic has revealed about Americas unemployment system, why stopping domestic extremism will be difficult, how housing insecurity may affect sleep, and more.
Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 43 seconds
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Transgender troops, Americas high prescription drug prices, food insecurity in Black neighborhoods, and more.
Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds
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Why we should keep COVID-19 vaccines moving, a commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack, media literacy, and more.
Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
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Why we need to brace for more violence, COVID-19 vaccine questions and answers, how to reform the U.S. mental health system, and more.
Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds
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Wednesdays siege on the Capitol, Americans psychological distress, medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccines, and more.
Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds
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RANDs most popular research projects of 2020: COVID-19 and schools, income inequality, foreign interference in U.S. elections, and more.
Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds
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Americans ongoing financial struggles, how we can learn from the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, Bidens Africa strategy, and more.
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
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Vaccine nationalism, reviving civic education, what the U.S. Coast Guard needs for Arctic missions, and more.
Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds
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Rebuilding Americas civic infrastructure, Bidens DNI pick, the grim outlook for Syrian refugees, and more.
Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds
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Allocating scarce resources during a pandemic, insights from Americas educators, the lopsided telework revolution, and more.
Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds
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Support for veterans with mental health and substance use disorders, changes to psychedelic drug policy, the vital role of family caregivers, and more.
Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds
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The Internet of Bodies, COVID-19 as a preexisting condition, how to cope with election anxiety, and more.
Published: Nov. 6, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 25 seconds
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Why vaccine nationalism could be costly, how voters feel about a pandemic election, why women are leaving the workforce, and more.
Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds
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Fighting back against Truth Decay, how to spend opioid settlement funds, Chinas lack of friends, and more.
Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds
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Russian propaganda on Facebook, the prospects for domestic terrorism during election season, protecting the U.S. electric grid, and more.
Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds
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Election interference on Twitter, U.S. insulin prices, unemployment insurances history with Black workers, and more.
Published: Oct. 9, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 56 seconds
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How Russia targets U.S. elections, Americans increased alcohol consumption, Black workers and COVID-19, and more.
Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds
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Conducting Safe and Secure Elections in 2020
Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
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What private health plans pay compared to what Medicare pays, when COVID-19's global spread really began, laws that could reduce firearm deaths, and more.
Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
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The growing risk of wildfires, Americas wealth gap, COVID-19 screening in the workplace, and more.
Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds
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Americas declining global influence, planning for a COVID-19 school year, Abes resignation, and more.
Published: Sept. 11, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds
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Voting in the age of COVID-19, why the Postal Service is so essential, why some in law enforcement may be open to defunding the police, and more.
Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 38 seconds
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The potential for a new era of radicalization, insights into the gender pay gap, why the Israel-UAE deal doesnt merit the hype, and more.
Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds
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The new RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy, high unemployment in Los Angeles, food consumption in the UK, and more.
Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
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Preparing for a COVID-19 election, how the pandemic is affecting artists, North Koreas deadly artillery, and more.
Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
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The future of U.S.-China competition, mobile tools used to track COVID-19, supporting parents during the pandemic, and more.
Published: July 31, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 27 seconds
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How to reopen schools, an opportunity to increase affordable housing, helping post-9/11 veterans, and more.
Published: July 24, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 54 seconds
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The COVID learning slide, how to fight Russian trolls, racial disparity in unemployment benefits, and more.
Published: July 17, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds
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Online shopping during the pandemic, life in a riskier world, a step toward defunding the police in Los Angeles, and more.
Published: July 10, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 43 seconds
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The U.S. Postal Service and the pandemic, preparing for the election, reducing child deaths in Nigeria, and more.
Published: June 26, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 54 seconds
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Protests and police reform after George Floyds killing, facial recognition bans, gun policies that will likely reduce deaths, and more.
Published: June 19, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 23 seconds
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Using air travel data to predict COVID risk, planning for a heat wave, how to persuade Americans to get a vaccine, and more.
Published: June 12, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds
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A statement by RANDs president and CEO, paying the bills during COVID-19, Americas growing wealth gap, and more.
Published: June 5, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 17 seconds
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The health and economic consequences of states reopening, the dangers of Truth Decay during this crisis, helping refugees, and more.
Published: May 22, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 32 seconds
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Why we need a blueprint for a post-vaccine world, helping domestic abuse victims during COVID-19, the pandemic's historic economic effects, and more.
Published: May 15, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds
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The public health and economic effects of reopening America, using police powers for pandemic response, China's mask diplomacy and more.
Published: May 8, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 19 seconds
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Unintended consequences of a proposed COVID-19 cure, another wave of economic destruction, North Korea after Kim Jong Un, and more.
Published: May 1, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds
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Gun policy in America, what schools will be like when they reopen, preparing for a COVID-19 hurricane, and more.
Published: April 24, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 4 seconds
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Whos in charge during a pandemic, reducing medical supply shortfalls, helping people experiencing homelessness, and more.
Published: April 17, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 43 seconds
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How hospitals can increase critical care capacity, reforming the U.S. unemployment system, supporting farmworkers, and more.
Published: April 10, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 9 seconds
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Battling COVID-19: preventing a mental health crisis, addressing food insecurity, personalizing online learning, and more.
Published: April 3, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 1 second
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COVID-19 and the economy, strengthening the U.S. blood supply, how the pandemic could affect the Gaza Strip, and more.
Published: March 27, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 5 seconds
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Published: March 20, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds
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Why estimates of COVID-19's fatality rate might keep changing, limiting out-of-network payments to hospitals, RAND's fundraising campaign, and more.
Published: March 13, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds
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The coronavirus intensifies, cyber threats from drones, Truth Decay and the media, and more.
Published: March 6, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 56 seconds
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Responding to Russian subversion, the first supervised drug consumption site in the U.S., artificial intelligence, and more.
Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds
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Why the U.S. should extend New START, assessing Trumps Middle East peace plan, new tobacco products, and more.
Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 38 seconds
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The unintended consequences of punishing pregnant women for substance use, Zimbabwe after Mugabe, U.S. infectious disease response, and more.
Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 27 seconds
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The State of the Union, how voting might improve your health, coronavirus, and more.
Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds
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Community schools show promising results, the costs of Brexit uncertainty, coronavirus, and more.
Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds
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Australias devastating fires, how artificial intelligence could manipulate the masses, fentanyl, and more.
Published: Jan. 24, 2020, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 26 seconds
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U.S.-Turkish relations, helping commercial airports meet rising demand, overhauling Americas education and employment system, and more.
Published: Jan. 17, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds
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Iran, Iraq, and the death of Soleimani, plus new RAND research.
Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds
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RAND experts on the killing of Qassem Soleimani, breaking down Kim Jong Uns latest threat, opioid settlement funds, and more.
Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 36 seconds
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The Most Popular RAND Research from 2019
Published: Dec. 27, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds
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How Americans consume the news, U.S.Iranian relations, Louisianas education reforms, and more.
Published: Dec. 13, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds
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What the U.S. can do about Hong Kong, Russias strategy in the Middle East, medical marijuana, and more.
Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds
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Medicare for 50-to-64-year-olds, how to assess climate change plans, antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and more.
Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 56 seconds
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Tools to fight disinformation online, the negative consequences of punishing pregnant women for drug use, how to ensure public trust in artificial intelligence, and more.
Published: Nov. 16, 2019, 3:30 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds
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Saving veterans from suicide, the economic benefits of physical activity, helping people return from prison, and more.
Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds
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Why we should talk more about violent white supremacy, the risks of using power outages to prevent wildfires, how to resolve the Hong Kong crisis, and more.
Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds
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Effects of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, using drones to deliver blood, a Q&A on climate policy, and more.
Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 6:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds
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The economic benefits of delaying school start times, the latest on Brexit, how streaming apps could help Americans be more active, and more.
Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds
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The emerging risk of virtual societal warfare, understanding Irans domestic debates, supervised consumption sites, and more.
Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds
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Chinas 70th anniversary, why women belong in wargaming, challenges facing U.S. Army families, and more.
Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 1 second
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Healing the invisible wounds of war, how not to confront China, why teachers may need more than a pay raise, and more.
Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds
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Transforming U.S. workforce development for the 21st century, the evidence on stand your ground laws, the teen vaping epidemic, and more.
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds
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Recovery in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian, what to do about hostile social manipulation, the state of al Qaeda 18 years after 9/11, and more.
Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds
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The future of fentanyl, taking action to address mass shootings, teaching teen girls about national security, and more.
Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds
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What Americans spend on illegal drugs, back-to-school tips from a sleep expert, why tariffs on China arent working, and more.
Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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Preventing suicide in correctional facilities, the rise of fentanyl, whats next for India and Kashmir, and more.
Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds
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Gun policy after El Paso and Dayton, maintaining Americas role in the Pacific, following ISISs financial trail, and more.
Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds
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How consumers respond to data breaches, fentanyls role in the U.S. opioid crisis, new security risks at correctional institutions, and more.
Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds
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Boris Johnson takes over as British PM, introducing teen girls to wargaming, health risks for migrant children detained at the border, and more.
Published: July 26, 2019, 6:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds
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Cost barriers to playing youth sports, whos liable when autonomous vehicles get hacked, looking ahead to U.S.-North Korea talks, and more.
Published: July 19, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds
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Media literacy education as a way to fight Truth Decay, the importance of school principals, turning screen time into outdoor time, and more.
Published: July 12, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds
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How to end U.S. roadway deaths by 2050, changing how America decides on wars of choice, a mental health social marketing campaign, and more.
Published: June 28, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds
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The costs of U.S.Iran confrontation, discipline reform in Americas schools, why the North Korea problem is bigger than nukes, and more.
Published: June 21, 2019, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds
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Understanding the Hong KongChina relationship, lessons for state education reform, addressing perceived gender bias in the U.S. Coast Guard, and more.
Published: June 14, 2019, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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What can be done about ISIS detainees, a program that helps reduce homelessness, Modis reelection in India, and more.
Published: June 7, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 2 seconds
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Theresa May resigns, ways to prevent veteran suicide, Irans network of fighters, and more.
Published: May 31, 2019, 6:30 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds
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How the news has changed in the digital age, rising U.S.-Iranian tensions, new rules for the internet, and more.
Published: May 17, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
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Private health plans pay hospitals much more than Medicare would, common-sense solutions to the border crisis, reducing opioid deaths, and more.
Published: May 10, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds
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How the Mueller report might affect Russia, ISISs leader resurfaces, uncertainty over Brexit, and more.
Published: May 3, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 49 seconds
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A program that helps children exposed to trauma, why women belong in Coast Guard crews, making outer space safer, and more.
Published: April 26, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds
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What educators think about school reform, tackling the opioid crisis, the latest on U.S.-Iran relations, and more.
Published: April 19, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds
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Spending estimates under Medicare for All, the benefits of principal pipelines, graphic warning labels on cigarettes, and more.
Published: April 12, 2019, 9 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds
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NATOs 70th anniversary, food deserts, gender diversity in the Coast Guard, and more.
Published: April 5, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds
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Russian social media influence, congestion pricing in Manhattan, cryptocurrencies, and more.
Published: March 29, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds
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The Christchurch shootings, the UKs post-Brexit prospects, Cost Plus 50, and more.
Published: March 22, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds
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Infants with opioid withdrawal symptoms, peace talks in Afghanistan, intentional bias in artificial intelligence, and more.
Published: March 15, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds
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How humans handle speed, paying people to use lower-price health care providers, gun policy in America, and more.
Published: March 8, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 27 seconds
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The growing criminalization of Americas youth, the Trump-Kim summit, how cities can prepare for climate change, and more.
Published: March 1, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds
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Irans efforts to spy on the U.S., how to improve terrorism prevention, the costs of Russias foreign policy decisions, and more.
Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds
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Americans financial fragility, assessing the effectiveness of a border wall, U.S. gun policy, and more.
Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 10 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds
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Insights from RAND after the State of the Union, another U.S.-North Korea summit, reformulating OxyContin, and more.
Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds
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U.S.-Taliban peace talks, single-payer health care, comparing threats from Russia and China, and more.
Published: Feb. 1, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds
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Four problems on the Korean Peninsula, holding hackers accountable, triaging climate change, and more.
Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 19 seconds
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The critical roles of federal workers, withdrawing from Afghanistan, reinventing public policy graduate school, and more.
Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
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What a border wall can accomplish, confusion over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, reducing student suspensions, and more.
Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds
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U.S. pressure on North Korea, consumer reactions to data breaches, the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and more.
Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds
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The Most Popular RAND Research from 2018
Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds
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Syrian refugees can contribute to local economies, prospects for Brexit, marijuana legalization, and more.
Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds
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Heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites, the risk of political violence in America, U.S. immigration policy options are limited, and more.
Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 5:48 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds
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Deterring aggression abroad, what to do about North Korea, a wellness program that uses the Apple Watch, and more.
Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds
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What we know about PTSD, a new research initiative on guns in America, helping kids cope with trauma, and more.
Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 6:39 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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The challenges facing veterans and their loved ones, a chance for bipartisan infrastructure policy, realignment in the Middle East, and more.
Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 5:10 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds
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The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, countering Russian social media influence, "Medicare for All" myths, and more.
Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds
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Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 1 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
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