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PricePod - Public Policy Conversations

USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

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Each month, the PricePod bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering new perspectives on how public policy impacts our lives and communities. Our conversations with USC Price School faculty range far and wide, from issues like traffic gridlock and the homelessness crisis to the spiraling cost of healthcare and corruption in politics. Whether you’re a policy wonk, a student, or simply curious about how research can change our world, the PricePod is your source for informed, engaging ...
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Far too often, governments behave like toddlers. They’re fickle. They don’t like to share. And good luck getting them to pay attention to any problem that isn’t directly in front of them. They like to push each other to the brink, and often do. But when they don’t, it’s usually because other people enter the proverbial room. Private citizens who step up and play peacemaker when their governments won’t or can’t. People who strive for collaboration and understanding, and sometimes end up findi ...
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Work Pants Finance is the show for MBAs, entrepreneurs, and other professionals who want their financial plan to work as hard as they do. Work Pants Finance's theme is learning through experience - the good, the bad, and the ugly! Work Pants Finance sits at the center of life, business, career, and money and brings it all together with humanity, wit, and wisdom.
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How did the United States Constitution become the supreme law of the land? Who wrote it? What issues did they face? Why is the Constitution important to us today? The Constitution is under attack at the same time few Americans can answer simple questions about what it says and what it means. Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 addresses these important issues in a unique blend of interviews with nationally acclaimed scholars and experts and lively, upbeat songs from the n ...
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The first part of today’s episode concerns differentiating between ‘race’ and ‘culture’ to understand why certain groups tend to congregate and socialize. While race and culture follow similar lines, race is something you are born with and culture is something you learn. In familiarizing yourself with a culture, you may feel more accepted or at lea…
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When it comes to politics, Americans don’t agree on much these days, but they do agree that they don’t like Congress. Just 16% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, according to a June Gallup poll, continuing a trend of low approval ratings for the legislative body. That may be for good reason. From repeated battles for the House speak…
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Exploring the pitfalls of “Working While Queer” (Part 1 of 2); Malawi’s Constitutional Court upholds anti-queer sex laws, Dutch Supremes order marriage equality in Aruba and Curacao, Labour’s win is no bed of roses for U.K. queers, French voters reject a right-wing swing, a trans woman becomes Japan’s first to change legal gender without surgery, a…
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The South African a cappella singing of The Joy; what's new in reggae featuring Barrington Levy, Mighty Joshua, Undercover Cockney, Jahill, Jamaican Jazz Orchestra, Prince Fatty and the Hempolics; the music of Colombia's Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, who will be performing in Richmond this week; Qwanqwa is where Ethiopian tradition meets free jazz; …
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This week Fleri finally gets to share his experience at the World Series of Poker and some of the similarities he noticed between high-stakes poker and trading. They also talk about the importance of not fading trend days and protecting capital to ensure they are able to capitalize on the abundant opportunities these day’s present. Fleri and Baba Y…
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Encore: Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week we welcome back from Albuquerque, New Mexico Mr Def-i. Hip-hop artist, producer and educator, he’s been staying busy, touring and promoting his album “Blue Hour.” Bringing us a nice smooth mix of Indigenous Hip Hop. Find out all about Def-i and what's new on his webpage at www.def-i.com…
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The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org and/or www.sbbradio.netOn this episode we feature all new music in the first hour a…
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How your body breaks down in extreme heat. We start with paper Twenty-Seven Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You: Deadly Heat in the Era of Climate Change. Medical terms explained. Short clips from Ecoshock interview with lead author Dr. Camilo Mora included. Australian heat and health expert Elizabeth Hanna makes it all clear (replay). Quick review of 15…
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Backbeat's got vintage music from 1928 to 2024, blues to country, jazz to pop, gospel to mambo featuring Amos Milburn, The Louvin Brothers, Howlin' Wolf, Big Fancy, Latin star Don Tosti (pictured) and many more. Another musical feast coming your way.Backbeat is also available in a 56-minute version with breaks. I am happy to provide custom station …
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– Matt O’Branain from the Julian Assange campaign joins Tony and Martin. Matt, from NZ, had been campaigning to free Assange for many years and came to UK for this reason. – Matt recently met General Petraeus and asked him whether the incarceration of Julian Assange was good for America. – It was Matt’s idea in 2022 to have a human chain around Bel…
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This week’s archive show starts off with a message from those two beloved All-American cultural icons — and yes — I can only be talking about Britney Spears and Timothy Leary! Then we get lost in time as Big Brother seems to be arriving several decades late. Next, we describe the “Martha Mitchell Effect” (which is not as crazy as it sounds). After …
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Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community? It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, California. In this two part interview about the politics and development possibilities in Mendocino County, specifically in the North end of Ukiah, where a large shopping center is proposed that would be 700,000…
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Firkin, The Murphs and The Mahones get things off to a Celtpunk start, then we ease into instrumental goodness from Mary Frances and Talisk, explore Catalan and Nordic flavours with ROS, Gangar and Basco and finish with the ethereal and electronic from The Gloaming and The Afro Celts. As full as any musical hour can be, it's Celt In A Twist!…
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Sign up for our weekly e-blast at worldbeatinternational.com and you'll get, among other things, our monthly Top 30 chart which stacks up our favourite tracks for you. This hour we skim off the top 10 from our latest chart and tag on some homegrown global from Ottawa's Dystoh and their take on You've Got The Eyes Of A Stranger and another fresh spi…
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The Repository is an oubliette of musique concrete, nocturnal emanations and audio oddities. An hour of strange music, spoken word musical mash ups of questionable taste. All material is royalty-free, public domain or Creative Commons. This show makes perfect late-night fare. Please let us know if you are broadcasting this show. Our host, Jack Bail…
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Maintaining one's health is challenging for those whose basic needs such as housing and food are unmet. A new effort in Central Arkansas, Providence Park, seeks to address the needs of people who are chronically unhoused, offering permanent housing and wrap-around services including healthcare for those in need. Host Craig Wilson talks to Providenc…
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Thank you to all of our listeners for tuning into the podcast this year. We’re taking a short break this summer to record new conversations that explore the impact of public policy with USC Price School faculty. In the meantime, here are some highlights from our first season, where our guests offered evidence-based insights that paint a more nuance…
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Maternal health has finally risen to the forefront of policy conversations in Arkansas, driven by the startling statistic that our state has the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. Improving maternal health outcomes should be reason enough for policymakers to invest in positive change, but sometimes it helps to outline the economic benef…
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Four years ago, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett received some of the worst news imaginable: her son, Eliot, was diagnosed with a fatal neuromuscular disease. In her quest to save her son, she learned of a gene therapy that ultimately helped Eliot, but she ran into roadblocks that made it difficult to access this life changing treatment. Her story, recentl…
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When we’re well rested, we can start our day in a good mood and are better able to respond to whatever the day brings. There are, however, many different things that can keep us from getting a good night’s sleep. For some, minimizing common disruptions to sleep is not enough, as they deal with sleep disorders that cause problems with the quality, t…
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Recent elections outcomes have made many Americans question the accuracy of public polling. Political polls for the 2016 and 2020 presidential contests, for example, generally underestimated the support for former President Donald Trump. In many ways, measuring public opinion is more difficult than ever, but polls are still often accurate. They als…
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It’s been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic first swept the globe, shutting down schools and businesses and killing more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. alone. In response to the crisis, governments implemented public health policies that would come to define life for the next few years: Mask mandates, stay at home orders, vaccines and boo…
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One impact of the pandemic on our healthcare system is that it inspired some necessary creativity and interest in new ways of providing care. One alternative care model that saw increased interest was the hospital-at-home model. About 150 hospitals have adopted this model, in which hospitals provide intensive care at home for patients with certain …
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There are several programs underway in Arkansas aimed at improving maternal and infant health outcomes. One such program is Life360 HOMEs, part of Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me, or ARHOME, the latest iteration of Medicaid expansion in the state. Life360 HOMEs are designed to provide additional, intensive supports to a number of target popu…
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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell discusses the lack of trust between police and the communities they serve. The challenge climaxed in 2020 with the murder of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide protests and calls for police reform. But McDonnell, now director of the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the USC Price School, says po…
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Author of "Life in the Negative World", Aaron Renn, joins me to discuss his new book. Key take-aways are: Dig your well before you’re thirsty. As I reflect on Aaron’s career in business, influencing public policy, and now helping readers and listeners directly, It’s clear how each piece of the puzzle builds on what went before in his career. Aaron …
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