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.
PolicyCast
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216 episodes
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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.
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Recent Episodes
July 17, 2025
Forget smaller or bigger. If you want better government, invest.
HKS Professor Elizabeth Linos explains to host Ralph Ranalli how investing in people, process, and feedback loops creates better government, regardless of size.
June 4, 2025
Christiane Amanpour says objective journalism means pursuing truth—not neutrality
Christiane Amanpour, award-winning journalist, discusses her philosophy that objective journalism pursues truth by giving all sides a hearing, not treating them equally, in an interview with Ralph Ranalli.
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The Arctic faces historic pressures from competition, climate change, and Trump
Harvard Kennedy School Professor John Holdren and Jennifer Spence, director of the Arctic Initiative, discuss the Arctic's critical pressures with host Ralph Ranalli, revealing global impacts and policy solutions.
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