Budget deep dive: Where things stand on reconciliation
House Democrats wrapped up markups for the 13 sections of the reconciliation package this week, sending the draft text to the Budget Committee where it’ll be compiled before heading to the Rules Commi...
17 Sep 202120min
Political Theater: Can Congress stay bipartisan on Olympic oversight?
Congress is deeply split, but not when it comes to the Olympics. Former U.S. women's national gymnastics’ team doctor Larry Nassar’s serial sexual abuse of female gymnasts provoked bipartisan action t...
15 Sep 202118min
Fintech Beat: Exit interview with Brian Quintenz
Former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz joins Fintech Beat to talk about his tenure and the recent confrontations between the crypto industry and government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
14 Sep 202125min
Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: Reconciliation, infrastructure and the social safety net
President Joe Biden made clear from his first day in office that social justice issues are at the top of his economic agenda. A "human" infrastructure bill remains on Congress's to-do list, which incl...
9 Sep 202134min
‘Detainee 001’ and the untold story of the American Taliban, John Walker Lindh
Filmmaker Greg Barker’s new documentary, “Detainee 001” comes at a turning point in U.S history and its timing could not be more ideal. The story of John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban” makes for...
8 Sep 202126min
Political Theater: Was the sad, messy end in Afghanistan inevitable?
President Joe Biden this week declared that the longest war in U.S. history was over, and that after evacuating thousands of Americans and Afghan allies, there was no vital national security interest ...
1 Sep 202126min
Fintech Beat: Encore: Innovating informal economies through COVID-19
The United Nations Capital Development Fund’s lead for digitalization in West Africa provides an insider’s account of the region's innovation curve, and how mobile payments, digital identities and eco...
31 Aug 202126min
Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: MLK III: ‘Listen with your ears, hear with your heart’
Martin Luther King III joins Equal Time to talk with Mary C. Curtis about his father’s “I have a dream" speech, voting rights today and personal memories of his father. Fifty-eight years after his fat...
26 Aug 202131min
