Brookings Podcast Network

The Brookings Podcast Network presents the best in public policy audio content. BPN is a platform for high-quality, informative, and relevant discussions with public policy experts about their ideas and solutions to the most important challenges of our time.

Quite By Accident Podcast 9 Episodes Limited Series

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.

2023

Global India Podcast New Episodes 9 Episodes

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.

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity New Episodes 14 Episodes 2 Seasons

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.

The Current Podcast New Episodes 178 Episodes

The Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from Brookings experts 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.

Reimagine Rural 10 Episodes 1 Season

Tony Pipa visits rural towns across America, listening as local people tell the story of how they are enacting positive change in their communities and learning how public investment in rural people and places can lead to increased and equitable prosperity.

The TechTank Podcast New Episodes 87 Episodes

TechTank, a biweekly podcast from Brookings’s Center for Technology Innovation, 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.

Foresight Africa Podcast 38 Episodes 2 Seasons

The Foresight Africa podcast celebrates the dynamism and optimism across Africa and explores strategies for broadening the benefits of growth to all people of Africa. Hosted by Aloysius Uche Ordu, director of the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution.

Climate Sense Podcast 9 Episodes Limited Series

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.

Dollar and Sense The Brookings Trade Podcast

Dollar and Sense Podcast 137 Episodes

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.

2018-2023

Vying for Talent 9 Episodes Limited Series

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

Recession Remedies Podcast 11 Episodes Limited Series

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.

17 Rooms Podcast 20 Episodes Limited Series

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.

Brookings Cafeteria Podcast 430 Episodes

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

2013–2022