Policy Punchline

Policy Punchline

Hosted by Maddie Feldman and Alice McCarthy · Princeton University

4.8from 34 ratings

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185
Episodes
8
Transcribed
34
Ratings
Monthly
Cadence
2019
First episode

About Policy Punchline

Created and produced by Princeton students, Policy Punchline sits down with the thinkers, leaders, and innovators defining public policy today. Each episode features in-depth interviews with leaders shaping today’s most pressing debates. We bring rigorous analysis and accessible storytelling to the issues that matter. Sponsored by the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance and the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies at Princeton University. Visit us on policypunchline.com

Publisher
Princeton University
Category
news
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
19 Jan 2019
Latest episode
15 Oct 2026
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8 of 185 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Old Are Hoarding Everything. Now What? With Sam Moyn

  2. 14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    From Panama to the Orange Bubble to Negotiating with Terrorists, with Rachael Greenberg ‘14

  3. 8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Sherpa's View: Four Decades of French Diplomacy with Philippe Etienne

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The Old Are Hoarding Everything. Now What? With Sam Moyn

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But maybe within those societies, there's hope. But I'm not seeing a lot. So I really think we should avoid crisis and think more in terms of intergenerational conversation about how we could relax some of the fears around dying and irrelevance, and especially the lack of care that declined often involves in the American welfare state and on the other hand just make a case that blacks and women have made successfully in our country whatever the limitations that there's an injustice and you know like whites were involved in the civil rights movement and older people can be involved in the destruction of gerontocracy if we make a moral case and so that's what I've mainly tried to do. […]

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  • Samuel Moyn
  • Rachael Greenberg
  • Philippe Etienne
  • Brendan Greeley
  • Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

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Maddie Feldman and Alice McCarthy host the show. Published by Princeton University.

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