Best Irp Podcasts (2024)

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Anne Sebert Kuhlmann on the Impact of Menstrual Poverty on Vulnerable Individuals 34:21

2h ago34:21

34:21

Menstrual poverty, or unmet menstrual hygiene needs, is defined as a lack of appropriate menstrual products in necessary quantities; access to soap and water for proper hygiene; or ways to dispose of or wash used sanitary materials. The experience of menstrual poverty can have far-reaching impacts on mental and physical health, the ability to work,…

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Katherine Michelmore On Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Housing Stability for Low-Income Families 29:00

1M ago29:00

29:00

When the Child Tax Credit (CTC) was expanded in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 crisis, it provided more support to parents and on a monthly basis. In addition, some very low-income families were eligible to access the CTC for the first time. In this episode, Dr. Katherine Michelmore shares insights from the paper that she co-authored with Natasha…

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Greg Wilson on Racialization in the Nonprofit Sector 34:04

2M ago34:04

34:04

Black-Led Organizations (BLOs) are organizations led by an Executive Director and have a majority of full-time employees identifying as African American. BLOs face challenges (e.g., limited funding, diminished agency, exploitation) which can be explained through the framework of racialization. In this episode, Dr. Greg Wilson discusses his research…

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Anna Godøy and Jennie Romich on the Impacts of Increasing the Minimum Wage for Working Parents and Child-Care Workers 28:05

3M ago28:05

28:05

Minimum wage workers, especially those with children, face barriers to affordable child care. Child care costs can prevent working parents who earn minimum wage from participating in the labor market. Alternately, many child-care workers also face financial barriers because they, too, earn minimal wages. Therefore, increasing the minimum wage would…

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Carl Gershenson On Eviction and the Rental Housing Crisis in the Rural United States 37:11

4M ago37:11

37:11

There are more than 17 million renters in the rural Unites States. While popular perceptions of eviction may be that they are predominantly an urban issue, low-income rural renters face some unique challenges in finding and maintaining secure housing. Dr. Carl Gershenson shares insights from his extensive work on eviction, and in particular from th…

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José Loya On How Race, Gender, And Age affect Access To Mortgage Credit And The Implications For Inequality 36:22

5M ago36:22

36:22

Homeownership is one of the most common ways to accumulate wealth and promote intergenerational economic mobility in the United States. But even with laws and policies designed to ensure equal access to housing and financing, access to mortgage credit is far from equal. Factors like the race, gender, and age of the applicant can result in less favo…

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Marci Ybarra on Challenges for Latina Mothers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic 31:37

7M ago31:37

31:37

COVID-19 interrupted life on multiple levels for many people regardless of race, economic class, or citizenship. For Latina mothers who either lacked legal status or were part of a mixed-status household, the pandemic intensified the challenges they faced even before this health and economic crisis. In their paper, “No Calm Before the Storm: Low-In…

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Jesse Rothstein On Ways To Reduce Intergenerational Poverty 28:02

8M ago28:02

28:02

Experiencing poverty in childhood can hinder a person’s opportunities throughout their own lifetime, and those of their children and grandchildren as well. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a report titled “Reducing Intergenerational Poverty.” For this episode, we're joined by Jesse Rothstein, who serve…

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Maretta McDonald on Wealth Inequality and Housing Values of Black Meccas in the New South 27:30

9M ago27:30

27:30

Black Meccas are cities where it appears that Black communities thrive more-so than other places in the United States. However, the housing values of Black-owned properties in these areas are substantially lower compared to their white counterparts, revealing the presence of wealth inequality even in cities where Black people are thought to experie…

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IRP Book Talk: Luke Shaefer on “The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America” 37:00

10M ago37:00

37:00

Where you live can affect the quality of education you receive, your chances of finding a good job, and even how long you might live. In their new book, “The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America,” Dr. Luke Shaefer and his co-authors Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson create a new way of looking at poverty, called the Index o…

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Jessica Pac on the Effects of Child Poverty Reductions on Child Protective Services Involvement 21:03

10M ago21:03

21:03

Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement is common, especially for children experiencing poverty, or who are Black or Native American. About a third of children are subject to a CPS investigation before their 18th birthday, but research shows reducing child poverty could help change this. In this episode, Dr. Jessica Pac discusses the recent pap…

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William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen on Why It’s Time to Pay Reparations to Black Americans 46:55

11M ago46:55

46:55

Reparations for Black Americans is not a new idea—before the U.S. Civil War had ended, there was a proposal to provide freed Black people with “40 acres and a mule.” That did not materialize, and in the ensuing century and a half, the Black descendants of formerly enslaved people have faced systemic injustices, discrimination, and violence. In this…

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Dayna Johnson on How Racism and Poverty Contribute to Sleep Disparities 35:37

12M ago35:37

35:37

Many people suffer from not getting enough sleep from time to time. But for many people of color and those who are living in low-income neighborhoods and housing, additional factors may contribute to chronic poor sleep quality. Those factors can have long-term impacts on their health and well-being, including higher rates of heart disease, diabetes…

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Tiffany Green on How Charging Dads for the Medicaid Costs of Their Baby’s Birth Affects Child Support 19:38

1y ago19:38

19:38

Wisconsin is one of a few states with a Birth Cost Recovery program, which bills unmarried, non-custodial fathers for the birth costs of their child when the mother is on Medicaid. But the impacts of these policies on the children and both parents have not been studied closely. In this episode, Dr. Tiffany Green discusses the report that she co-aut…

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Jamila Michener on How State Interference with Local Housing Policy Impacts Tenant Health and Racial Equity 42:12

1y ago42:12

42:12

Whether renters have access to safe, high-quality housing has serious implications for health and health equity. Local housing policy often focuses on community residents’ particular needs, yet state law can preempt local ordinances, frequently with detrimental results. In this episode, Dr. Jamila Michener discusses two of her recent papers, “Entre…

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Crystasany Turner on the Strengths, Challenges, and Cultural Assets of Family Child Care Professionals 23:03

1y ago23:03

23:03

Family child care is the care of non-relative children within the providers' home. Thirty percent of family child care professionals are women of color, and oftentimes the cultural assets they contribute to the field of early care and education are diminished or disregarded. In this episode, Dr. Crystasany Turner discusses her research highlighting…

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IRP Book Talk: Zach Parolin on “Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19” 31:52

1y ago31:52

31:52

In his new book, Dr. Zachary Parolin explores three perspectives on poverty—poverty as a risk factor, poverty as an expression of access to current resources, and poverty as a stratifying factor—and how they affected people during the COVID-19 pandemic. He advocates for policy approaches that will both prepare us for the next large-scale economic d…

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Manny Teodoro On Increasing Water Affordability through a Permanent Federal Water Assistance Program 38:28

1y ago38:28

38:28

The federal government established a temporary water assistance program to alleviate the burden of water costs on households during the COVID-19 pandemic. Establishing a permanent water assistance program can increase long-term water affordability for households. In this episode, Dr. Manny Teodoro discusses the report he co-authored for the Nationa…

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Svetlana Shpiegel on Measuring Resilience Over Time Among Young Adults with Foster Care Experience 34:59

1+ y ago34:59

34:59

There are known protective factors that can help young people exiting foster care to thrive by reducing or eliminating the challenges that they often face. By measuring resilience over time, and viewing it as “a state, not a trait,” there is more opportunity to create networks and systems to support these young people as they transition to adulthoo…

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Mina Addo on the Impacts of Non-Standard Work on Retirement Security 25:35

1+ y ago25:35

25:35

While non-standard work is not a new concept, technology has fueled a recent rise in independent contracting, freelancing, temporary, on-call, and “gig" work. Much of the research on non-standard work has focused on its precarious nature and lower economic security for active workers. In her recent paper, "The Retirement Implications of Non-Standar…

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Brittany Battle on the Negative Impacts of Probation and Other Types of Community Supervision 23:31

1+ y ago23:31

23:31

Probation is often considered to be a kinder, gentler alternative to incarceration. But there are significant financial and emotional costs associated with home confinement that affect not just the person who is under supervision, but their families and communities as well. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Brittany Battle. She is an Assistant Prof…

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Daniel Auguste On Barriers To Entrepreneurial Success For Low- And Middle-Income People 29:26

1+ y ago29:26

29:26

Self-employment can be a choice, or undertaken by necessity. In the United States, on average, 10 to 12% of the labor force is engaged in some form of self-employment. That proportion can be higher in times of economic downturns, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. But low- and middle-income workers face many obstacles to being successful in thei…

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Elizabeth Linos on Reducing Stigma To Increase Participation in Safety Net Programs 21:19

1+ y ago21:19

21:19

Estimates are that 20–50% of people eligible for social safety net programs don’t access them. While there may be many factors contributing to that gap, recent research has focused on the role that stigma plays. In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Linos joins us to discuss the paper she co-authored with Jessica Lasky-Fink, titled “It's Not Your Fault: R…

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Deyanira Nevarez Martinez On The Latinx Paradox And Homelessness 26:00

1+ y ago26:00

26:00

Official measures of homelessness seem to indicate that the Latinx community is less affected than most other minoritized racial groups. But this aspect of what is called “The Latinx Paradox” might in fact be due to the extent of homelessness in Latinx communities being obscured by other factors. In this episode, Dr. Deyanira Nevarez Martinez share…

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Hope Harvey on Doubled-Up Households 23:19

2y ago23:19

23:19

In this episode, we hear from Hope Harvey about doubled-up households in the United States and why she thinks we should be paying more attention to the situations of people who are living in shared households. Professor Harvey is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Kentucky, where she is a research affiliate at the Universi…

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Jamein Cunningham on How Segregation Affects Homicide Rates 21:53

2y ago21:53

21:53

High levels of segregation can have significant impacts on communities and the individuals living in them. New research uses railroad tracks as a measure of segregation and overlays data on homicide deaths to determine if people of color living in highly segregated communities are more at risk. In this episode, Dr. Jamein Cunningham shares the find…

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Nidia Bañuelos on Valuing the Skills and Assets of Lower Income and Underrepresented College Students 26:01

2y ago26:01

26:01

In this episode, we hear from Nidia Bañuelos about how we can better value and measure the assets that college students from low income and traditionally underserved backgrounds bring to their education and to their later careers. Bañuelos is an assistant professor in the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an …

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David Brady on Labor Unions and U.S. Poverty 30:03

2y ago30:03

30:03

Labor unions receive relatively little attention in U.S. poverty research and our guest for this episode, Professor David Brady, says that this is an unfortunate omission. His research in a paper with Tom VanHeuvelen finds that being in a household with a union member and even being in a state with higher rates of union membership are both correlat…

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Joseph Mullins on Valuing Parental Time and Children's Development in the Design of Cash Transfer Programs 30:01

2y ago30:01

30:01

When it comes to cash transfer programs like welfare for single parents and especially mothers, most of the evaluation and economic modeling efforts have focused on how those programs impact the amount of paid work single parents do. However, there's been less attention to the value of parental time and how that matters for children's development. …

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Nick Hillman on the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Act 27:25

2y ago27:25

27:25

The Biden administration's plan to alleviate federal student loan debt has the potential to reduce the debt of approximately 43 million Americans, and almost half of those borrowers will have their debt forgiven completely. The move has prompted praise from some, and strong criticism from others. In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Nick Hill…

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Youth Trauma and Resilience in Contexts of Poverty with Noni Gaylord-Harden, Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Alvin Thomas 1:04:11

2y ago1:04:11

1:04:11

IRP recently hosted Dr. Noni Gaylord-Harden, Dr. Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Dr. Alvin Thomas for a webinar conversation on Youth Trauma and Resilience in Contexts of Poverty. They discussed how a growing body of research has begun to change understandings of how toxic environments can affect young people, particularly African American boys and young me…

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Casey Stockstill on Economic and Racial Segregation in Preschools 35:08

2+ y ago35:08

35:08

For this episode, we hear from Dr. Casey Stockstill about research she did to better understand economic and racial segregation in preschools. Dr. Stockstill spent time observing in two highly rated preschools in the same city: One was a Head Start location where nearly all of the children were students of color and from lower income families and t…

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Kathryn Edin on the 25th Anniversary of "Making Ends Meet" 39:19

2+ y ago39:19

39:19

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low Wage Work, by Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein. The book was based on interviews with low-income single moms that took place between the late 1980s and early 1990s. Edin and Lein detailed the women's household budgets, the strategies they u…

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Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana on Race and the Financial Toolkit 24:44

2+ y ago24:44

24:44

Where we get information about money and how to manage it can have long-lasting impacts on financial security and wealth accumulation. While there are some commonly shared sources of information that shape our attitudes and beliefs, there are also some significant differences across racial and ethnic groups. In this episode, Dr. Zawadi Rucks-Ahidia…

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Brieanna Watters and Robert Stewart on Native Americans and Monetary Sanctions 35:13

2+ y ago35:13

35:13

In this episode of the Poverty Research & Policy Podcast, we hear from Brieanna Watters and Robert Stewart about a paper they coauthored* on Native Americans and Monetary Sanctions involving the criminal legal system. They discuss how Native American experiences in relation to the legal system are often unique, how the rural nature of Indian Countr…

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José Pacas on the Puzzle of Measuring Rural Poverty in the Supplemental Poverty Measure 34:59

2+ y ago34:59

34:59

In this episode, we hear from José Pacas about data challenges involved in measuring rural poverty in the Supplemental Poverty Measure or SPM and how the subtleties of poverty measurement can have real world implications for the lived experiences of low-income people in rural places. Dr. Pacas is currently serving on a National Academy of Sciences,…

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Whitney Gent on How Homelessness is Portrayed in Movies and Why it Matters 34:04

2+ y ago34:04

34:04

People experiencing homelessness are more often part of the background in movies than featured as the protagonists. But when they are the focus of a film, the ways that they and those who feel moved to help them are portrayed can have a big impact on how the public and policymakers think about homelessness and possible solutions. In this episode, w…

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Lindsey Bullinger on Evaluating Risk of Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic 19:10

2+ y ago19:10

19:10

When the pandemic hit, many people who study child maltreatment, abuse, and neglect were worried that some children might be at greater risk due to more time at home and other factors that the pandemic could exacerbate. But at the same time, many children had less access to other adults who might be able to notice if something was wrong. For this e…

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Prentiss Dantzler on the Concept of Who Deserves to Have Access to Public Housing 19:31

3y ago19:31

19:31

In this episode, we hear from Professor Prentiss Dantzler about how perceptions of who lives in public housing – and who deserves that type of support – have developed over the past century, and how that has affected the urban poor and particularly people of color. His research includes reviewing the congressional testimony around the issue of prov…

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Quentin Riser on Family Income Instability and How it Might Affect Kids' School Readiness 19:23

3y ago19:23

19:23

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Quentin Riser about how family income instability in early childhood affects children's school readiness and later outcomes. He talks about how administrative data, such as in the Wisconsin Administrative Data Core, can offer a more complete picture of the financial ups and downs that young families face, and how t…

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Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt in Conversation about Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City 1:00:55

3y ago1:00:55

1:00:55

IRP recently had the privilege of hosting New York Times reporter and author Andrea Elliott and NYU Professor of Social Work Darcey Merritt for a conversation about Elliot’s book Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City. They talked about the family in the book, the child welfare system and race, how we think about meeting the …

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Anna Gassman-Pines on Early Impacts of the Pandemic for Parents in Service Occupations 15:50

3y ago15:50

15:50

When the pandemic hit the United States in March of 2020, Anna Gassman-Pines and her colleague Elizabeth Ananat were already conducting a text message survey among service workers who had children. As early-pandemic lockdowns and business closures began, Gassman-Pines and Ananat were able to pivot and began asking the people they were surveying abo…

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Amy Castro On Early Results From Guaranteed Income Programs 34:50

3y ago34:50

34:50

For this episode of the Poverty Research and Policy Podcast, we hear from Professor Amy Castro about the concept of Basic Income, and what she and her team are learning from data coming in from pilot projects around the country. Professor Castro is Founding Director of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research and an Assistant Professor of Social P…

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Amelie Hecht on Universal Free School Meal Programs 14:31

3y ago14:31

14:31

In this episode we hear from Dr. Amelie Hecht about universal free school meal programs and how the pandemic may have shifted the outlook for this kind of program. Dr. Hecht is a fellow in the IRP National Poverty Fellows Program where she is in residence at the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the federal Administration for Children …

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Juan Pedroza on Immigrant Health, Place, and the Pandemic 24:09

3y ago24:09

24:09

For this episode of the Poverty Research and Policy Podcast, we hear from Juan Pedroza about immigration in the United States, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and how place matters when it comes to thinking about immigrant health. Pedroza is an Assistant Professor of Demography, Migration and Inequality in the Sociology Department at the University of Calif…

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Judi Bartfeld on Food Insecurity Rates and the Increase in SNAP Benefits 26:33

3y ago26:33

26:33

In this episode, Judi Bartfeld shares how the COVID-19 pandemic, and the social safety net’s response to it, has affected food insecurity in the United States. She also explains how the permanent increase in SNAP benefits that took effect October 1, 2021, fits into the larger picture of ensuring that people have consistent access to nourishing food…

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Mustafa Hussein on the Broader Effects of Local Living Wage Ordinances 25:59

3y ago25:59

25:59

In this episode, Mustafa Hussein talks about living wage ordinances that were passed in the 1990s and 2000s in cities across the United States. These ordinances were only directed at relatively small groups of lower wage workers in these cities, but Dr. Hussein and his team set out to see if these smaller ordinances would have larger impacts on the…

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J. Michael Collins on whether allowances help to develop financial capability 20:40

3y ago20:40

20:40

In this episode, we hear from IRP Affiliate J. Michael Collins, Professor of Public Affairs and Consumer Science at UW-Madison and the director of the Center for Financial Security. He talks about whether parents from different racial and ethnic groups and with varying income levels are more or less likely to give their children an allowance. He al…

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Adrian Huerta on the School Experiences of Gang-Associated Youth 28:27

3+ y ago28:27

28:27

In this episode we hear from Adrian Huerta of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Huerta shares his research that came from talking to gang-associated youth in high school, what their education experiences looked like, and how that translated to what they thought about the options they had when it came to going…

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Maia Cucchiara on the Hidden Curriculum of Parenting Education 27:13

3+ y ago27:13

27:13

For this episode, we hear from Maia Cucchiara, a professor of Urban Education at Temple University. She talks about low-income mothers’ experiences with parenting education courses, which are designed to teach parenting techniques and about things like child development. They might be offered in schools or community settings and participation is so…

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