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WonkTalk Podcast
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Featuring the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, Neil Irwin, Sarah Kliff, Brad Plumer, Suzy Khimm, and Dylan Matthews, along with guests from inside the newsroom and outside Washington, WonkTalk is a substantive and irreverent conversation on the top policy news of the day. It's politics, but without all the stupid stuff.
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Reasons for (some) optimism during a terrible week -- WonkTalk
Apr 19, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Ezra Klein and Jim Tankersley try to find some good news amid a week of horrible events.
Transcribe →What's the right conclusion to draw from the deficit? -- WonkTalk
Apr 18, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeWonkBlog's Neil Irwin and Brad Plumer discuss Carmen M. Reinhart's findings in her book "This Time is Different," and the right conclusions to draw on national debt.
Transcribe →WonkTalk: Is there a way to find out if laws actually work?
Apr 17, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe government does very little to find out which programs produce the best results for the money spent on them.The Washington Post's Brad Plumer and Dylan Matthews of WonkBlog discuss the merits of an evidence-based government.
Transcribe →The White House's war on smokers -- WonkTalk
Apr 11, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Sarah Kliff and Brad Plumer of WonkBlog discuss President Obama's proposed cigarette tax that would help fund early childhood education.
Transcribe →Obama's budget: The $4.6 trillion difference -- WonkTalk
Apr 10, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Ezra Klein and Dylan Matthews of WonkBlog discuss President Obama's budget proposal.
Transcribe →What the brain map tells us about the state of American science -- WonkTalk
Apr 3, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Brad Plumer and Sarah Kliff of WonkBlog discuss President Obama's government-sponsored initiative to map the human brain.
Transcribe →How Ezra Klein offended Twitter -- WonkTalk
Apr 2, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Ezra Klein and Brad Plumer debate the usefulness of Twitter and call for a better way to distill the overload of information.
Transcribe →What role does central banking policy play in the economy? -- WonkTalk
Apr 1, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Ezra Klein and Neil Irwin of WonkBlog discuss central banking policy after the financial crisis and the opposing views about its role in the state of the economy.
Transcribe →Is the EPA ready to tackle climate change? -- WonkTalk
Mar 29, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeThe Washington Post's Sarah Kliff and Brad Plumer discuss the Environmental Protection Agency's new rule that would require cleaner gasoline and lower-pollution vehicles nationwide.
Transcribe →Does disability insurance create a culture of dependency? -- WonkTalk
Mar 28, 201300:13:51Tap to summarizeWonkBlog's Dylan Matthews and Brad Plumer discuss a recent NPR story about the extraordinary growth of America's disability system.
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