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Talk Policy To Me

Personal stories and creative solutions from the next generation of public policy leaders.

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Episode 210: Talking the CA Housing Crisis

Episode 210: Talking the CA Housing Crisis

NIMBYism, geographical limitation, and weaponized policies have led the state to the biggest housing crisis in state his... Read more

28 Feb 2019

20mins

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Episode 209: Talking Title IX

Episode 209: Talking Title IX

UC Berkeley will spend $30 million on building new softball and beach volleyball teams. While Title IX is widely underst... Read more

21 Dec 2018

18mins

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Episode 104: Talking Mental Health Policy with Professor Lonnie Snowden

Episode 104: Talking Mental Health Policy with Professor Lonnie Snowden

Host Jonathan Stein (MPP/JD '11) speaks with Dr. Lonnie Snowden of UC Berkeley about the stigma around mental health, di... Read more

12 Mar 2018

18mins

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Episode 205: Talking Housing Re-segregation

Episode 205: Talking Housing Re-segregation

As rents continue to skyrocket in the Bay Area, housing displacement is disproportionately affecting people of color. A ... Read more

1 Nov 2018

17mins

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Episode 201: Talking Implicit Bias in Policing with Professor Jack Glaser

Episode 201: Talking Implicit Bias in Policing with Professor Jack Glaser

In the aftermath of the shooting death of Botham Shem Jean by an off-duty Dallas police officer, we're posting a convers... Read more

13 Sep 2018

21mins

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Episode 105: Talking Mental Health Policy with Jessie Harney

Episode 105: Talking Mental Health Policy with Jessie Harney

Goldman School student Jessie Harney speaks with host Jonathan Stein (MPP/JD '13) about mental health support for people... Read more

26 Apr 2018

22mins

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Episode 103: Talking DACA Student Activism

Episode 103: Talking DACA Student Activism

Goldman School student and DACA recipient Vlad Stoicescu Ghica discusses what brought him to the US from Romania, studen... Read more

6 Feb 2018

18mins

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Episode 203: Talking Food Policy

Episode 203: Talking Food Policy

Food surrounds us -- and yet we can become careless about how food is transformed from the farm to something palatable o... Read more

16 Oct 2018

25mins

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Episode 208: Talking UBI, part 2

Episode 208: Talking UBI, part 2

In our last episode on universal basic income, or UBI, a conversation between UC Berkeley MPP ‘20 student Sarah Edwards ... Read more

18 Dec 2018

27mins

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Episode 206: Talking Dockless Scooters

Episode 206: Talking Dockless Scooters

Streets littered with bicycles and scooters represent the latest skirmish between Bay Area city administrators and the t... Read more

13 Nov 2018

49mins

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Special Edition Episode: Talking about Talking Policy

Special Edition Episode: Talking about Talking Policy

For this special edition episode, hosts Reem, Spencer, and Sarah talk about what it means to "talk policy." How do they ... Read more

5 Apr 2019

17mins

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Episode 202: Talking Policing and Criminal Justice Tara Regan Anderson.

Episode 202: Talking Policing and Criminal Justice Tara Regan Anderson.

Tara Regan Anderson (MPP '10) is the Director of Policy for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. She spoke with... Read more

26 Sep 2018

20mins

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Episode 211: Talking UBI, part 3

Episode 211: Talking UBI, part 3

How can we fix the stigma around welfare? Welfare is deeply politicized and often stigmatized. Social support programs a... Read more

7 Mar 2019

31mins

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Episode 204: Talking Elections

Episode 204: Talking Elections

Young voter turnout is lower than overall voter turnout. But, as we approach the 2018 midterm elections, UC Berkeley pub... Read more

19 Oct 2018

27mins

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Episode 212: Talking Carbon Footprinting

Episode 212: Talking Carbon Footprinting

1.5 degrees Celsius. According to a special 2018 report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, that’s ... Read more

21 Mar 2019

43mins

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Episode 213: Talking Carbon Footprinting, Part 2

Episode 213: Talking Carbon Footprinting, Part 2

In Part 2 of our 2-episode carbon footprint series, TPTM hosts Reem, Spencer, and Sarah reflect on the results of their ... Read more

11 Apr 2019

35mins

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Episode 207: Talking UBI, part 1

Episode 207: Talking UBI, part 1

Professor of Economics Hilary Hoynes and UC Berkeley MPP Student ‘20 Sarah Edwards probe whether work is a solid foundat... Read more

30 Nov 2018

51mins

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Episode 319: Talking Identity, the Census, and How We’re All Counted

Episode 319: Talking Identity, the Census, and How We’re All Counted

The 2020 Census launched April 1st, 2020. With it comes yet another time where individuals have to distill their identit... Read more

21 May 2020

27mins

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Episode 318: Talking Democracy in the Era of COVID-19

Episode 318: Talking Democracy in the Era of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought America to a screeching standstill, with most non-essential businesses shutting down, ... Read more

14 May 2020

35mins

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Episode 317: Talking COVID-19, Racial Inequality, and Economic Impacts

Episode 317: Talking COVID-19, Racial Inequality, and Economic Impacts

Continuing with our effort to cover the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy issues, Sarah Edwards (MPP ’20) speaks with... Read more

11 May 2020

18mins

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