The Cornell Policy Review Podcast

May 30 2024 5 ep. 28 mins 72
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Episode 34: Feeding the Flame: Discussing America’s Need for Civic Education

May 30 2024 28 mins  
Join Norie Wright (MPA '24) as she sits down with Alejandro Ramos (MPA '25) to further discuss his Cornell Policy Review publication “Igniting Democracy: America’s Burning Need for Civic Education” and the obstacles facing citizen participation in American democracy today.

Episode 34: Using Game Theory and Economics to Examine Corruption with Dr. Kaushik Basu

May 09 2024 21 mins  
Join James Paterek (MPA '25) and Savannah Jolie Whitehead (MPA '25) as they talk with Basim Ali (MPA '25) and Yiming Zhong (MPA '24) about Dr. Kaushik Basu, Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at the Department of Economics at Cornell. Yiming and Basim spoke with Dr. Basu about his career path and how game theory can be used to better understand economics and corruption

Episode 33: Handling the Switch from Public Sector to Twitch: Q&A with Lauren Nunes

Mar 29 2024 12 mins  
Join James Paterek (MPA '25) and Savannah Jolie Whitehead (MPA '25) talk with Lauren Nunes (MPA '97), exploring her journey in the MPA program and her career shift from the public sector to a private role at Twitch. This episode is also the official relaunch of the Cornell Policy Review podcast, with new episode formats and series coming to you from the Cornell MPA program

Episode 32: Delivering Humanitarian Aid in War Zones

Oct 26 2023 37 mins  
Jasmin Higo (MPA '23) interviews Daniel Arukwe Johansen (MPA '15) on his work with the United Nation World Food Programme (WFP) in the Yemen country office. Their conversation spans how to effectively contextualize data, the challenges and opportunities working in high-stake environments like war zones, and the remarkable resilience of both humanitarian workers and [especially] the

Episode 31: Leadership for Contemporary Democracy with Dr. Balu

Apr 27 2023 40 mins  
MPA Fellow and CPR Podcast Manager Mahwish Khan sits down with Dr. Ramaswami Balasubramaniam to discuss how to exercise leadership to render more effective democracies in the contemporary world. They dive into a hopeful conversation about the true definition of leadership, the relationship between government leaders and grassroots citizen power, and the challenges democratic leader