Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses how Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan would affect Medicare.

The Effect of Chairman Ryan's Radical Budget Plan on Medicare

Erica Williams, Policy Analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses how proposed budgets put forth by many governors would greatly harm their states residents.

Governors Budgets Proposals: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy, discusses how Medicaid block grant proposals would harm seniors, children, and people with disabilities, as well as states.

Radical Medicaid Proposals Could Add Millions to Ranks of Uninsured

Liz McNichol, Senior Fellow with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses the facts about state and local workers: who they are, what they do, and how their pay compares to their private sector counterparts.

Basic Facts About State and Local Workers

Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, and Dottie Rosenbaum, Senior Analyst, discuss the Work Support Strategies Initiative and their report on improving the delivery of key services to needy families.

Improving the Delivery of Key Work Supports at this Critical Moment

The jobs report for February is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.

The February Unemployment Report and What It Means for the Economy

Nick Johnson, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy discusses the budget situation in Wisconsin.

Tax Cuts Worsening Wisconsin's Budget Problems

James Horney, the Center's Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.

Examining the President's Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2012

Erica Williams, policy analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses troubling trends in governors' new budget proposals.

Troubling Trends in Governors' Budget Proposals

The jobs report for January is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.

CBPP on January Jobs Report

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation's premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. The Center's podcasts feature policy experts who provide updates and background on key issues in the news.  Additional audio and video can be found at http://www.cbpp.org/multimedia

I have a criticism of this podcast - which is otherwise brilliant and necessary: the podcasts are far too short.

Searching for interesting content from iTunes requires a few minutes. If you are looking for something to listen to on the way to work (or at work), to/at the grocery store, etc., it is too much of a hassle to set another program up every 3-5 minutes. 

The brevity of these CBPP podcasts makes them useless when driving, to name one example, because a driver can not safely set up a new podcast while in the road. This means the entire iTunes library is useless after just 3-5 minutes of content, unless the driver is willing to take the time to pull over, retype a new search, and wait until it downloads. 

On the other hand, the information in the podcasts is wonderful, useful and informative. But again, so brief that it would be quicker to pull it up online from a website.

Too short

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The basics of the food stamp program is discussed by the Center's Director of Food Assistance Policy, Stacy Dean.

The Food Stamp Program

Trends in income and taxes for the highest-income taxpayers is discussed by Chuck Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy at the Center.

Tax Trends for the Top 400 Taxpayers

Chuck Marr, the Center's Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses how our federal tax dollars are spent.

Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?

The federal government deficit, debt, and interest is explained by Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, Jim Horney.

The Deficit, Debt, and Interest

John Podesta

President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, John Podesta, offers his opening remarks at the Progressives and the National Debt conference, co-sponsored by CBPP and the Center for American Progress on September 30, 2009, in Washington, DC.

John Podesta's opening remarks at CAP/CBPP event

Recent developments in climate change legislation are discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.

Low-Income Consumers and the Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill

A state spending restriction called TABOR and its harmful effect on states is explained by the Center's state project coordinator, Robb Gray.

TABOR's harmful effect on states

Edward Kleinbard

Lily Batchelder

Edward Kleinbard, Professor of Law at USC and former Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, and Lily Batchelder, Professor at NYU's School of Law discuss options for raising revenues at the Progressives and the National Debt Conference.

Edward Kleinbard and Lily Batchelder at the CAP/CBPP event

The Center's Director of Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, discusses the safety net's response to the recession before the U.S. House of Representative's Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family.

The Safety Net's Response to the Recession

Robert Greenstein

Executive Director Robert Greenstein offers his opening remarks at the Progressives and the National Debt conference co-sponsored by CBPP and the Center for American Progress on September 30, in Washington, DC.

Robert Greenstein's opening remarks at CAP/CBPP event

The jobs report for September is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.

CBPP on September Jobs Report

The false claim that the health reform law uses revenues from Social Security and premiums from a new long-term care insurance program to offset the cost of health reform is discussed by Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy.

Health Reform Myths & Realities: Episode 2

Jim Horney discusses the false claim that the health reform law's Medicare savings are meaningless.

Health Reform Myths & Realities: Episode 3

Will Fischer, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center, discusses the President's plan to preserve affordable housing.

Transforming Rental Assistance

The nuances of climate change legislation, and how the Senate and House bills will protect low-income families, are discussed by the Center's Chief Economist, Chad Stone.

Protecting Low-Income Consumers in Climate Change Legislation

The Center's Chief Economist, Chad Stone, testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on how low-income households will be affected by climate change policy.

Climate Change Testimony

Senior advisor Iris Lav discusses voters' rejection of TABOR —  a strict state spending restriction —  in Washington and Maine, and the implications for other states.

Maine and Washington Reject TABOR

The false claim that the health reform law hides the true cost of health reform by collecting its new revenues in the early years and delaying spending until later years is discussed by Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy.

Health Reform Myths & Realities: Episode 1

The Senate Finance Committee's health reform plan is discussed by Senior Fellow, Judy Solomon.

Understanding the Senate Finance Committee's Health Reform Bill

The jobs report for October is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.

CBPP on October Jobs Report

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