S4 Episode 3: A Small Green Idea to Power Rural Nepal A research team from Duke University treks into the Himalayas to investigate why a promising way to deliver electricity to those who need it, the micro-hydro minigrid, sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t.…
S4 Episode 2: A Greener Commute: One City’s Story Using behavioral economics to nudge commuters into leaving their cars behind. …
S4 Episode 1: How Parenthood Affects Climate Change Skeptics Explore new research into how to overcome partisanship when it comes to belief about climate change.…
Climate Change Miniseries Season 4 launches with a miniseries featuring policy ideas for understanding and dealing with our changing climate. …
Ways & Means Podcast Wins Award for International Series Ways & Means wins CASE Award for the second year in a row.…
S3 Episode 6: Life After Loss for Orphans in Africa A research team is testing a novel new approach to helping orphans in Kenya get mental healthcare. …
S3 Episode 5: Childbirth, Babies & Bonuses New research on how providing incentives for doctors in the developing world might help more women survive childbirth. (Malur, India.)…
S3 Episode 4: How Sputnik Sent Women to College How the authors of the National Defense Education Act turned politics of crisis into a law that opened the door to college for millions of American women.…
S3 Episode 3 How Do Criminals Get Their Guns? Learning about how criminals actually get their guns could lead to a change in how law enforcement does its job. …
S3 Episode 2: Robots, WikiLeaks & The Fight Against Human Trafficking There’s evidence that diplomacy and public shaming are helping shine a light on a problem that depends on secrecy to survive: human trafficking.…
S3 Episode 1: Slum Detectives How researchers are using Google Earth to find the undocumented slums of India.…
S2 Episode 7: Secret Life of Muslims How hyper-vigilance about the possible threat of Muslim-American violence might be making all Americans less safe.…
