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30,000 Leagues

The Policy Lab

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Society & Culture

Government

Frequency: 1 episode/64d. Total Eps: 14

30,000 Leagues explores the depths of some of the most vexing policy questions of our time. Hosted by David Yokum, cognitive neuroscientist and Director of The Policy Lab at Brown University, 30,000 Leagues features researchers and policymakers who use rigorous scientific methods in pursuit of a better understanding of what actually works in the world, leading to more effective policies and the future of evidence-based government.

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How should Rhode Island spend $1.1 billion?

Season 1 · Episode 12

jeudi 11 novembre 2021 • Duration 01:03:02

How would you spend $1.1 billion? The question sounds like something that most of us only dream about, but it’s a very real question with real implications that Rhode Island faces as leaders decide how to spend the $1.1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.

Guest co-hosts Jonathan Womer and Lisa Vura-Weis spoke with Michael DiBiase, President and CEO of the RI Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) and Linda Katz, Co-Founder and Policy Director of the Economic Progress Institute, who helped author a Rhode Island Foundation report called “Make it Happen: Investing for Rhode Island’s Future”.

This episode dives into the report, which is a combination of policy analysis and public stakeholder input, and presents a set of spending recommendations including housing, behavioral health, workforce development, and more.

About our guest co-hosts: Jonathan Womer is a Senior Advisor and Head of Budgeting at The Policy Lab, and Lisa Vura-Weis is a Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group.

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How can data shape your approach to parenting?

mercredi 18 août 2021 • Duration 56:39

What's the right kind of school and at what age should a particular kid start? How can you best manage TV and social media time?

In this episode, we take a deep dive into a data-driven approach to parenting with Emily Oster, Brown professor of economics and mom of two and author of "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years." In her latest New York Times bestseller, Emily offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more.

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Can money buy you happiness? (with Mike Norton)

Season 1 · Episode 4

lundi 23 septembre 2019 • Duration 01:07:50

Can money make you happy? How should you spend the 20 dollars in your pocket right now? Is mo’ money really mo’ problems? We are joined today by Mike Norton, a Professor of Harvard Business School and Co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, which tries to answer these common questions. This conversation, though funny, will also leave you humbled about how you might do better at spending your money on what you care about in life.

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What is the future of the energy grid? (with Macky McCleary)

Season 1 · Episode 3

lundi 9 septembre 2019 • Duration 01:00:31

A few weeks ago there was a blackout in New York City and it caused all sorts of problems: traffic and subway gridlock, people trapped in elevators, no working appliances or computers. It is really a window into what our life would look like if there weren’t abundant electricity everywhere. So today we talk with Macky McCleary, former Administrator of the RI Division of Public Utilities, current partner at Innogy consulting, and a senior fellow at the policy lab, about the future of energy. Listen in to hear about the impact of the changing energy grid on the climate and your everyday life.

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How do you raise a three-year old? (with Emily Oster)

Season 1 · Episode 2

vendredi 23 août 2019 • Duration 48:15

We're joined by The Policy Lab's Emily Oster, bestselling author of Cribsheet and Expecting Better, for a conversation about how data can help us become better, more relaxed parents.

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How can government data be leveraged for public good? (with Amy O'Hara)

Season 1 · Episode 1

mercredi 7 août 2019 • Duration 01:06:32

A conversation about the messy intersection of data governance, evidence building, and privacy in pursuit of leveraging our administrative data for the public good. With Amy O'Hara, Director of the Massive Data Institute at Georgetown University.

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How effective is the Year Up workforce development program? (with David Fein)

Season 1 · Episode 11

lundi 10 mai 2021 • Duration 01:07:03

Year Up is a workforce development program that aims to bridge the opportunity divide and help young low-income adults who don't have a college degree find meaningful work. But how effective is it?

Join us for a conversation with David Fein of Abt Associates about his newly-released five-year results from a major randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of Year Up.

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Special Edition: A Deep Dive with Governor Dan McKee

Season 1 · Episode 10

mardi 27 avril 2021 • Duration 20:13

Governor Dan McKee became the 76th Governor of Rhode Island in unique circumstances, but he is no stranger to governing.

In this episode, David Yokum sits down with Governor McKee to discuss how his experience as Mayor and Lt. Governor prepared him to lead, policy priorities for Rhode Island, and the role of science in government.

Take a deep dive with us and get to know Rhode Island's new Governor.

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Why Are We Bored? (with John Eastwood)

Season 1 · Episode 9

mercredi 16 décembre 2020 • Duration 01:06:15

You're mindlessly scrolling through your phone, holding the entirety of the internet in your hand, but you're still bored out of your gourd. Why? And what can you do about it?

In this episode, David Yokum sits down with John Eastwood, co-author of Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University to discuss his research on boredom and its association with the unengaged mind.

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Rhode Island’s plan for re-opening our communities (with Dr. James McDonald, RI Dept of Health)

mercredi 29 avril 2020 • Duration 42:21

It’s April 28th, 2020, and we’re a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Here in Rhode Island we’ve been under a stringent, stay-and-home order for the past 30 days.

States across the country are starting to consider when and how to responsibly lift these restrictions. Yesterday, Governor Raimondo released a framework for how to reopen the state, called “Reopening RI: Charting the Course.” It describes three phases of progression, and the metrics we’ll monitor to know when to move from one phase to the next.

Today we’re joined by Dr. James McDonald, Medical Director of Rhode Island's Department of Health, to talk about that framework and give a picture of what life might look like over the coming weeks and months, depending on how Covid-19 evolves.

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