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S5E3 How Afterschool Programs Can Empower Parents

In this episode: research into how government-funded afterschool programs for poor families are empowering politically motivated…
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S5E2 When Local News Dries Up

On this episode: a look at why local news is struggling, why that matters for democracy…
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S5E1 Reparations: How it Could Happen

The question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United…
Sanford School of Public POlicy at Duke Ways & Means podcast New Season Politics 2020 bonus content: conversations with Deondra Rose, Research Director at Polis

Ways & Means Podcast Dedicates Season Five to Issues in Politics

The Sanford School launches Season 5 of its award-winning documentary podcast, Ways & Means, on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The season is dedicated to issues in U.S. politics and civic life and hot topics in the 2020 elections. This season is made possible by Polis: Center for Politics at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy.…

S4E6 Beyond Elmo: How Puppets Teach Preschoolers Self-Control

New research into how to best help children control themselves in the classroom.…

S4E5: Answering New Parents’ Cries for Help

We go inside an innovative, free public program that helps new moms and dads adjust to life with a newborn.…
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S4 Episode 4: Adding Up the Bill for Climate Change

Who will take the hardest hit financially as the world heats up, and can anything be done about it? …
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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.…
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S4 Episode 2: A Greener Commute: One City’s Story

Using behavioral economics to nudge commuters into leaving their cars behind. …
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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.…
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Climate Change Miniseries

Season 4 launches with a miniseries featuring policy ideas for understanding and dealing with our changing climate. …
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Ways & Means Podcast Wins Award for International Series

Ways & Means wins CASE Award for the second year in a row.…
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