CESO Newsletter Archive

On The Beijing Brief, Brookings China scholars and expert guests take listeners behind the scenes in Washington, D.C., and Beijing to unpack the forces shaping U.S.-China relations and China’s political, economic, and technological ambitions.

On Metro Blueprint, Brookings Metro scholars and a guests discuss ideas and actions to create more prosperous, just, and resilient communities in America.

On Democracy in Question, host Katie Dunn Tenpas interviews guests about American politics and democracy. This season unpacks the 250-year-old Declaration of Independence phrase by phrase, finding the throughline between America’s founding ideals and our democracy today.

Over 100,000 Americans are dying of drug overdoses annually. On The Killing Drugs, host Vanda Felbab-Brown interviews leading experts on the devastating synthetic opioid crisis to find policies that can save lives in the United States and around the world.

Brookings scholar Stephen Hess didn’t plan to start working in Eisenhower’s White House at age 25—he began his career at the heart of American politics quite by accident. Hosted by Katie Dunn Tenpas, Hess shares some of his favorite stories from 60 years as a presidential staffer, advisor, and scholar in Washington, D.C.

How does India deal with its friends and rivals, and see its role in the world? On Global India, host Tanvi Madan and guests unpack India’s foreign policy and its international impact for experts and new learners alike.

Vying for Talent focused on the role human talent plays in the sprawling competition between the United States and China. Ryan Hass and Jude Blanchette hosted expert guests to explore how the United States can improve its competitive edge for the future.

TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with experts and policymakers to share data, ideas, and policy solutions that address the challenges of our digital world.

The Brookings Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from experts at the Brookings Institution on breaking news and current policy conversations. In these short episodes, learn not only what’s happening, but why and how to make sense of it.

Recession Remedies focused on the economic policy response to COVID-19 and lessons for future recessions. Expert guests joined host David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at Brookings, to evaluate a different aspect of the fiscal and monetary response.

Intersections was a podcast where two experts discussed angles on policy issues, hosted by Adrianna Pita, from 2016 to 2019.

The Foresight Africa podcast provides unique insights and innovative solutions to Africa’s most complex development challenges, while highlighting the continent’s opportunities in order to advance impactful engagements between Africa, the United States, and the global community. Hosted by Landry Signé, senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program and the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings.

In this podcast series, experts from the Center on the United States and Europe and their guests explore why protests emerged in emerging democracies like Turkey and Russia, how those respective governments reacted to protests, and how these cases compare to protests in other emerging democracies around the world.

From local ports and markets to international trade and diplomacy, Brookings Senior Fellow David Dollar and guests explained issues of our global trading system and its impact on our everyday lives.

Climate change is happening, but not everyone agrees on the causes or the solutions. On Climate Sense, host Samantha Gross talks with experts to bring sense to the climate debate, break down what’s happening, and explain what we can do about it.

The Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity connects you to cutting edge economic policy research and the renowned economists who create it. Each episode features an introduction to new research and a discussion with the author on key takeaways and policy implications.

For over eight years, the Brookings Cafeteria podcast presented interviews by Fred Dews with policy experts and public officials, exploring their ideas and solutions for the most pressing public policy problems of our time.

17 Rooms podcast focused on actions, insights, and community for the Sustainable Development Goals and the people driving them. The show was co-hosted by John McArthur at Brookings and Zia Khan at The Rockefeller Foundation.