Policy Currents Podcast
1) Black Americans’ vaccine hesitancy, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military, rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, and more.
What’s behind the high levels of vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans; the link between sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military; why President Biden can’t turn back the clock on t...Show More
2) Stress is the most common reason why teachers quit, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, America’s shrinking middle class, and more.
Stress topped the reasons why teachers quit—even before COVID-19; a reimagined U.S. strategy for the Middle East; building a path toward peace in Yemen; reasons to be wary of new domestic terrorism la...Show More
3) Regulating hospital prices to cut spending, a COVID-19 vaccine strategy that prioritizes ‘active’ people, what the Capitol attack means for security clearances, and more.
Setting or capping hospital prices could save billions; curbing “low-value” health care; how vaccinating the most active can protect the most vulnerable; the calculus of Myanmar’s generals; and how th...Show More
4) Alternatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, how couples can sleep better during the pandemic, and more.
Israelis’ and Palestinians’ views on their conflict; how sexual assault and sexual harassment affect separation from the U.S. military; what new COVID-19 variants mean for the vaccination effort; Amer...Show More
5) What the pandemic has revealed about America’s unemployment system, why stopping domestic extremism will be difficult, how housing insecurity may affect sleep, and more.
The pandemic is changing the way we think about the unemployment system; it will be harder to stop domestic extremists than homegrown jihadists; the relationship between housing insecurity and sleep; ...Show More
6) Transgender troops, America’s high prescription drug prices, food insecurity in Black neighborhoods, and more.
Allowing transgender troops to serve in the military; U.S. prescription drug prices are more than double those in other countries; food insecurity during the pandemic; the history of attacks on Wester...Show More
7) Why we should keep COVID-19 vaccines moving, a commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack, media literacy, and more.
Keeping COVID-19 vaccines moving can save more lives; why we need a national commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack; using media literacy education to counter “Truth Decay”; a U.S. grand st...Show More
8) Why we need to brace for more violence, COVID-19 vaccine questions and answers, how to reform the U.S. mental health system, and more.
The threat of continued political violence after the U.S. Capitol attack; insights from RAND experts on COVID-19 vaccines; transforming mental health care in America; the spike in telehealth use early...Show More
9) Wednesday’s siege on the Capitol, Americans’ psychological distress, medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccines, and more.
A statement from RAND’s president and CEO on the U.S. Capitol Siege; psychological distress during the pandemic; how to address medical mistrust about COVID-19 vaccinations; family caregivers as front...Show More
10) RAND’s most popular research projects of 2020: COVID-19 and schools, income inequality, foreign interference in U.S. elections, and more.
Our top 10 list of RAND research projects covers a wide range of topics, including how COVID-19 is affecting schools, educators, and students; new findings on gun laws; foreign interference in U.S. el...Show More