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What is the Senate filibuster and why should we care? – with Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker
Season 1 Episode 7
Former Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the filibuster for a special episode, recorded live at the Baker Center in Knoxville in Septembe…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
What still ails us a decade after the Affordable Care Act? – with Nancy-Ann DeParle and Larry Van Horn
Season 1 Episode 6
Senior Obama official Nancy-Ann DeParle and Vanderbilt professor Larry Van Horn join Governors Bredesen and Haslam for a lookback on the decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act and offer …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
What can be done about the affordable housing crisis? – with Laurie Goodman and Erskine Bowles
Season 1 Episode 5
Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff, and Laurie Goodman, an Institute fellow and founder of the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute, join Governors Bredesen and Haslam …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
How important is it to address our national debt? – with Paul Ryan and Barry Eichengreen
Season 1 Episode 4
Former US House Speaker Paul Ryan and Professor Barry Eichengreen join Governors Bredesen and Haslam for an informative conversation about our $31 Trillion national debt. Ryan, now a guest lecturer a…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Where do charter schools fit in public education? – with Nina Rees and Kaya Henderson
Season 1 Episode 3
Nina Rees, President & CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and Kaya Henderson, CEO of Reconstruction US, co-host of Crooked Media’s “Pod Save the People”, and former Chancellor o…
Published on 3 years ago
Are we moving fast enough to address climate change? - with Al Gore and Jeff Lyash
Season 1 Episode 2
Former Vice President Al Gore, Founder & Chairman of the Climate Reality Project, recounts the bipartisan history of environmental legislation including Howard Baker’s decisive support for the Clean …
Published on 3 years ago
What can we do about gun violence? - with Arne Duncan and David French
Season 1 Episode 1
From red flag laws to gun idolatry and the impact of the new bipartisan gun bill, Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education, and David French, Senior Editor of The Dispatch, join Governors Bred…
Published on 3 years ago
Introducing “You Might Be Right”
Season 1
Introducing “You Might Be Right,” a new podcast from the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee that seeks to facilitate civil conversations about tough topics li…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago