Great Ideas

About Great Ideas

America faces challenges. But we’ve also got smart people who spend every day coming up with great ideas for how to meet those challenges. That's what this show is all about. Washington's top policy experts from across the ideological spectrum – the people that our leaders listen to – explain how an issue or a policy works, and then share their newest, most innovative ideas for making it work better. No shouting. No crossfire. Just ideas. Great ideas. Excerpts available in collaboration with PoliticusUSA.com.

Publisher

Matt Robison

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Feb 2021

Latest episode

20 Oct 2022

Latest episodes

10 of 68 episodes have a transcript.

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   20 Oct 2022TRANSCRIPT

   Why Are We So Miserable, And How We Can Be Happier?

   Host Catherine Sanderson, a psychology professor at Amherst College, explores the widespread unhappiness in America and offers insights into achieving greater personal happiness.

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   13 Oct 2022TRANSCRIPT

   Is the 2022 Election Going to Work?

   Host [Host Name] interviews Bob Brandon, President of the Fair Election Center, about the challenges and outlook for the 2022 American elections.

3. 

   29 Sept 2022TRANSCRIPT

   Is Big Tech Just Poison, or Can It Be Fixed?

   Host [Host Name] interviews Erin Simpson of the Center for American Progress about fixing big tech's harms and restoring the internet's potential.

Inside a recent episode

Why Are We So Miserable, And How We Can Be Happier?

Published 20 Oct 2022 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And to me, that's what's particularly powerful because lots of us kind of go through life thinking happiness is something that happens to us. It depends on fortune or genes or luck. And what the research now tells us is that's just wrong. Happiness for most of us involves effort. Is that effort a learnable skill? […]

Who has been a guest on Great Ideas

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• Catherine Sanderson
• Bob Brandon
• Erin Simpson
• Erik Loomis
• Rachael Eisenberg

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