PolicyCast
Hosted by Ralph Ranalli · Harvard Kennedy School
4.5from 86 ratings
- 216
- Episodes
- 1
- Transcribed
- 86
- Ratings
- 2013
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About PolicyCast
PolicyCast explores research-based policy solutions to the big problems and issues we're facing in our society and our world. Host Ralph Ranalli talks with leading Harvard University academics and researchers, visiting scholars, dignitaries, and world leaders. PolicyCast is produced at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
- Publisher
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jan 2013
- Latest episode
- 17 Jul 2025
Latest episodes
1 of 216 episodes have a transcript.
17 Jul 2025
Forget smaller or bigger. If you want better government, invest.
4 Jun 2025
Christiane Amanpour says objective journalism means pursuing truth—not neutrality
16 May 2025
The Arctic faces historic pressures from competition, climate change, and Trump
Inside a recent episode
Happiness in an age of fear and grievance
Published 30 Jul 2021 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So There's two questions embedded than that. Number one is what is the role of other serving behavior and love? And then the second is what is the role of love and happiness? So I'll take it kind of two steps to begin with. Other-serving behavior is the essence of love. Love is not a feeling. St. Thomas Aquinas really pointed this out nicely, but it's been validated in eight ways this Sunday in the imperfect social science world. St. Thomas Aquinas said that love is the will of the good of the other. It's a commitment. Martin Luther King put this really, really nicely. He's our great American orator and gave up a sermon in 1957, a very famous sermon on the Gospel of St. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Elizabeth Linos
- Christiane Amanpour
- John Holdren
- Jennifer Spence
- Iris Bohnet
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 3,144,023
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 80 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 60
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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Ralph Ranalli host the show. Published by Harvard Kennedy School.
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