157 Behind the White House Podium
Josh Earnest, former White House Press Secretary during the Obama administration, offers his assessment of the Trump administration’s handling of the press, and gives a behind the scenes look at sever...
15 Mar 201732min
156 Turning the Women’s March into a Women's Movement
How do you turn protest into policy? Three HKS experts discuss the aftermath of the historic Women’s March on Washington this past January, and explain what needs to happen next in order to translate ...
8 Mar 201756min
155 Presidential Secrecy
Mary Graham, Co-Director of the Transparency Policy Project at the Kennedy School’s Ash Center, discusses her book Presidents’ Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power, which traces the evolution of...
2 Mar 201720min
154 The Failures of the Travel Ban
Gil Kerlikowske, the recently retired commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and current Institute of Politics fellow, discusses the breakdowns in the rollout of the Trump administration’s...
15 Feb 201722min
153 Steering Clear of Nuclear Fears
HKS Professor Matthew Bunn, co-principal investigator for the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom, explains how the US nuclear arsenal is managed, what the outgoing Obama administration’s $1 ...
13 Feb 201730min
152 Reason for Hope
HKS Professor Kathryn Sikkink shows how human rights efforts over the last century have largely succeeded in improving the living conditions for the vast majority of the world, and that even though th...
1 Feb 201723min
151 Donald Trump and Leadership
Three faculty members discuss the history of presidential leadership, how Donald Trump’s business experience will translate to the federal government, and how his relationship with a republican congre...
18 Jan 201743min
150 Donald Trump and the Economy
Three HKS faculty members discuss the broad economic challenges facing President Donald Trump as he takes office, including the cumulative effects of decades of wage stagnation, rising healthcare cost...
11 Jan 201748min
