Podcasts of key topics and commentaries on academic studies essential to studying public policy
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “The Problems of Public Procurement in Canada: Rule Layering, Strategic Purchasing, and Risk Aversion as a Toxic Stew.”
https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12590 (https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12590).
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “The Pigeons Coming Home to Roost: The Continuing Perils of Contracting Out in Canada”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/capa.12588
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Public Value and Procedural Policy Instrument Specifications in ‘Design for Service.’”
https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2024.2337095 (https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2024.2337095).
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Attributions of Blame and Credit in Policy-Making: Evidence from UK Leadership Tweets During the Swings of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198896388.003.0021 (https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198896388.003.0021).
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “From Demand-Side to Supply-Side Regulation of Government Consultants: Recent Trends in Three OECD Countries”
https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2297741 (https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2297741).
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Blame Avoidance and Credit-Claiming Dynamics in Government Policy Communications: Evidence from Leadership Tweets in Four OECD Countries during 2020-2022 COVID-19 Pandemic"
https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puad029 (https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puad029).
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11 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Calibration and Specification in Policy Practice: Micro-Dimensions of Policy Design”
https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2024.2353929
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10 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “New Policy Tools and Traditional Policy Models: Better Understanding Behavioural, Digital and Collaborative Instruments”
https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2025.2495373 (https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2025.2495373).
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10 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Educating for Uncertainty: Integrating Abductive Reasoning into the Public Policy Curriculum”
https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2025.2506262
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9 Nov 2025
“Is Lobbying for 'Losers'?"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rego.12658
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Beyond Evidentiary Uncertainty: Mitigating Political Risks in Policy Designs”
https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2025.2529624
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Management and Quality: Third-Generation Research into Policy Advisory Systems”
https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puaf023
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Kicked Cans and Poison Pills: Third Generation Policy Advisory System Studies and the Management of Quality Political Advice”
https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puaf002
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “Words Not Deeds: The Weak Culture of Evidence in the Canadian Policy Style.”
https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puae026
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “The Purpose of Policy Portfolios: Design, Intention, and Logic”
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-public-policy/article/purpose-of-policy-portfolios-design-intention-and-logic/0BE3E2306711CDF6F88C96CD0193D7B7
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “A Theory of Policy Advisory System Quality: Hirschman 2.0 or What Makes for Good Policy Advice?”
https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/pp/53/1/article-p44.xml
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9 Nov 2025
PODCAST - “‘Is Lobbying for Losers?’: Corporate Behavior and Canadian Military Procurement Contracting.”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/rego.12658
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