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Policy on Purpose
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Policy on Purpose is a podcast from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. We dive into real-world and timely policy topics with leading experts from the school as well as the policy world at large.
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Unpacking clean energy transition in Texas with LBJ School energy experts Doug Lewin, Emily Beagle and Joshua Rhodes
Mar 31, 202501:05:50Tap to summarizeWhat does the future of clean energy in Texas look like? On January 28, 2025, the LBJ School partnered with Canary Media and David Roberts of Volts to host an afternoon of discussions about policies shaping the clean energy transition with top experts from academia, industry and media. LBJ faculty Doug Lewin and Webber Group […]
Transcribe →Meet the Mayors: Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham on Urban Innovation and the Austin-Manchester Sister City Partnership
Mar 14, 202501:09:47Tap to summarizeWhat does city governance look like across the pond? The Mayor of Greater Manchester shed alight on his experience for the LBJ School. Elected in 2017, Mayor Andy Burnham has led initiatives to transform Greater Manchester’spublic transportation, improve housing, and most recently, collaborated with Austin Mayor KirkWatson to establish a “sister city partnership” between the […]
Transcribe →Policy Leadership in the Age of AI – AI in National Security Policy
Dec 2, 202401:16:33Tap to summarizeThis is the fourth installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at the Bass Lecture Hall on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the […]
Transcribe →Policy Leadership in The Age of AI: AI in Teaching and Learning
Nov 25, 202401:12:37Tap to summarizeThis is the third installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at the Bass Lecture Hall on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the […]
Transcribe →Policy Leadership in the Age of AI – AI and the Future of Work
Nov 18, 202401:06:50Tap to summarizeThis is the second installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at Bass Lecture Hall on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the ethical […]
Transcribe →Policy Leadership in the Age of AI – The Future of Precision Healthcare: Perspectives on Health AI Policy
Nov 11, 202401:12:20Tap to summarizeThis is the first installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at the LBJ Auditorium on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the ethical […]
Transcribe →Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Will Inboden on the Reagan presidency and the role the United States played in ending the Cold War
Jan 26, 2023Tap to summarizeDr. Will Inboden, a national security scholar from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, masterfully describes Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy and the role of the United States in ending the Cold War, in a discussion moderated by Bill Shute, Executive Director of the LBJ Washington Center. This is […]
Transcribe →Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Jeremi Suri on America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy
Dec 21, 2022Tap to summarizePresidential historian and scholar Dr. Jeremi Suri discusses a country rebuilding itself as it wrestles with competing visions of democracy, race and freedom, in a conversation moderated by Bill Shute, Executive Director of the LBJ Washington Center. Dr. Suri shares his analysis of democracy, starting in 1865 when the Confederacy was militarily defeated and continues […]
Transcribe →Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Sarah Coleman on the politics of immigration in modern America
Oct 27, 2022Tap to summarizeHistorian and Texas State University professor Dr. Sarah Coleman examines the history of the battles over U.S. immigrants’ rights since 1965—and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties and more in conversation with Associate Director of Research at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School, Dr. […]
Transcribe →Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Peniel Joseph on American’s struggle for racial justice
Oct 12, 2022Tap to summarizeHistorian and civil rights scholar Dr. Peniel Joseph discusses a powerful interpretation of the ongoing struggle for racial justice, calling this period as transformative as the movements post-Civil War and during the civil rights era as outlined in his new book, The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century, with LBJ […]
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