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Ways & Means

Ways and Means features bright ideas for how to improve human society. The show is produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

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S8 Episode 5: Bringing Water to Thirsty Fields With Help From the Sun

S8 Episode 5: Bringing Water to Thirsty Fields With Help From the Sun

In this episode of Ways & Means – New research into how solar mini-grids could change lives for farmers in Ethiopia,... Read more

30 Mar 2023

20mins

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S8 Episode 4: How Cleaner Cookstoves Can Help Build a Healthier Planet

S8 Episode 4: How Cleaner Cookstoves Can Help Build a Healthier Planet

Upgrading stoves for people in the developing world could bring about a double win: improving people’s lives while makin... Read more

8 Mar 2023

18mins

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Welcome Lauren Rosenthal

Welcome Lauren Rosenthal

We are thrilled to welcome Lauren Rosenthal to the Ways & Means host chair! Lauren is an award-winning reporter and ... Read more

8 Mar 2023

1min

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S8 Episode 3: Greener Pastures: The search for climate-friendly ways to raise animals.

S8 Episode 3: Greener Pastures: The search for climate-friendly ways to raise animals.

In this episode of Ways & Means, we explore the impacts of meat production. Can we find a better way to raise animal... Read more

17 Nov 2022

22mins

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S8 Episode 2: Getting Strategic with Solar

S8 Episode 2: Getting Strategic with Solar

Location, location, location. Place matters a lot when it comes to the impact solar panels can have on the environment. ... Read more

12 Oct 2022

18mins

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S8 Episode 1: Paying for a Healthy Planet

S8 Episode 1: Paying for a Healthy Planet

The Amazon has been called the lungs of the planet. Its dense jungles play a key role in absorbing the Earth’s greenhous... Read more

14 Sep 2022

22mins

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Debugger Presents: Begged and Borrowed

Debugger Presents: Begged and Borrowed

Special Takeover: The Debugger podcast has taken over the Ways & Means feed for a three-part series: Defending Demo... Read more

16 Mar 2022

54mins

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Debugger Presents: What Hasn't Worked

Debugger Presents: What Hasn't Worked

Special Takeover: The Debugger podcast has taken over the Ways & Means feed for a three-part series: Defending Demo... Read more

9 Mar 2022

48mins

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Debugger Presents: Too Big to Sue

Debugger Presents: Too Big to Sue

Special Takeover: The Debugger podcast has taken over the Ways & Means feed for a three-part series: Defending Demo... Read more

2 Mar 2022

42mins

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Season 7 is coming

Season 7 is coming

Season 7 launches Wednesday March 2 with a series: "Defending Democracy (And Us!) From Big Tech." The three-part series ... Read more

28 Feb 2022

1min

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