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Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon and White House correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss what we now know about the background and political views of Luigi Mangione, the suspected assassin of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, and the public's reaction to the latest news about the murder. They also ponder the reason why Democratic senators have so far declined to meet with Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard. Next, Andrew and Carl talk to political scientist Lara M. Brown about Tuesday's speech by President Biden at the Brooking Institution where he defended his administration's economic record. Also, a look at how the Biden presidency will be remembered by historians. Then, RealClearInvestigations reporter Julie Kelly and Carl Cannon discuss her recent RCP article outlining how the Justice Department has pressed forward with arresting and trying January Sixth Defendants, despite President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to pardon some of them.

Summary Jorhena Thomas (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss her career as an analyst and passion for intelligence education. Jorhena spent 8 years in the FBI as an Intelligence Analyst.  What You'll Learn Intelligence What makes a great analyst Her thoughts on the “Intelligence Cycle” The Robert Levinson case  How the FBI adapted after 9/11 Reflections Teamwork and collaboration  The importance of education Episode Notes Andrew is joined by Jorhena Thomas: educator, mentor, and analysis extraordinaire. It was a pleasure to have Jorhena in the studio to discuss to her career, which began at the Federal Bureau of Investigation where she served as an intelligence analyst for 8 years. She moved on to work at the Washington D.C. Fusion Center, the District of Columbia Deputy Mayor's Office, and in private consulting. She currently lectures at both American University and Georgetown University, and serves as the Director of Mentorship and Professional Advancement at Girl Security. And…  Women make up 59% (more than half!) of the FBI's Intelligence Analysis workforce. This has come along way since the first female FBI special agents, Joanna Pierce Misko and Susan Roley Malone, were hired in 1972. However, the work is not done. SpyCast is proud to highlight Jorhena's work with Girl Security, supporting, mentoring, and training the next generations of women in intelligence.  Quotes of the Week “All my time with the FBI really gave me an appreciation for partnerships, and understanding everyone has a role to play. And if you respect what they do and they respect what you do, then you can really get some good work done. And I think sometimes people look down on others who don't do what they do. And my attitude is, if they did what you do, then you don't need to be here” – Jorhena Thomas Resources  SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* The Counterintelligence Chief with FBI Assistant Director Alan Kohler (2023) SPY CHIEFS: From Navy Analyst to State Dept. Intelligence Chief – Ellen McCarthy's Journey (Part 1 of 2) (2022)  SPY CHIEFS: From Navy Analyst to State Dept. Intelligence Chief – Ellen McCarthy's Journey (Part 2 of 2) (2022) My Global Career as a Female FBI Agent with Kathy Stearman (2021) Special Operations, FBI, NSC, et al – Serial Collaborator Karen Schaefer (2021) *Beginner Resources* What is Intelligence Analysis and Why is It So Important?, National American University (2020) [Short article] FBI Field Intelligence Groups and Fusion Centers, Department of Homeland Security (n.d.) [Fact sheet]  What is The Intelligence Cycle?, SOCRadar (2022) [Short article] DEEPER DIVE Books How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence, D. Omand (Penguin, 2020)  Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, R. J. Heuer (Echo Point, 2017)  Reducing Uncertainty: Intelligence Analysis & National Security, T. Fingar (SUP, 2011) The FBI: A History, R. Jefferys-Jones (Yale, 2007) Articles How to Think Like an Intelligence Analyst, Z. T. Brown, Medium (2021) 9/11 and the Reinvention of the Us Intelligence Community, E. Kamarck, The Brooking Institution (2021)  No body, no burial, no peace for Iran hostage Bob Levinson's family, J. G. Meek & C. Finnegan, ABC News (2021) Getting from Awareness to Action on Disinformation, J. Thomas, The Cipher Brief (2020) Tabletop Exercises to Combat Disinformation, J. Thomas, Medium (2020) How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11, C. Nobel, Harvard Business School (2016)  Video Adding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to National and Homeland Security, Education, Intelligence, and Fusion Centers (2023)  Women FBI Agents: In Their Own Words, FBI (2012) Primary Sources  FBI Washington Field Office Statement on the 16th Anniversary of the Abduction of Robert A. Levinson, FBI Washington (2023) The Internal Effects of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Reprioritization, Office of the Inspector General (2004) United States Patriot Act (2001)

At the core of the regulatory state is the notice and comment process. Agencies propose what they're going to do, the public gets to comment, and agencies have to respond to those comments. It's an imperfect system, to be sure, but it's fundamental to making sure that agencies act with good information and with democratic legitimacy.So what happens when those comments start being made not by people, but by ChatGPT or other large language models? Or how about when agencies themselves use these AI tools to analyze the comments they receive, or even perhaps to write the regulations themselves?To talk through these issues, Alan Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and Senior Editor at Lawfare, spoke with Bridget Dooling and Mark Febrizio, both of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. They spoke about their recent Brooking Institution report on the issue and how they think the regulatory state should deal with generative AI.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of united states leading think tanks, Brooking Institution, in an analytical article on Nigeria's highly anticipated new government that will come into being after the forthcoming general elections, has placed a heavy weighting on fiscal and economic reforms, charging the incoming president to have an unwavering determination to implement policies that must deliver an inclusive and competitive economy, in what is described as a set of ‘must-do' activities for the new leader of Africa's largest economy by gross domestic products (GDP) and the continent's most populated.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4581134/advertisement

Hub Dialogues (part of The Hub, Canada's daily information source for public policy – https://www.thehub.ca) are in-depth conversations about big ideas from the worlds of business, economics, geopolitics, public policy, and technology.The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.This episode features Sean Speer in conversation with Brooking Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves about his thought provoking new book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It. If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's daily email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Subscription is free. Simply sign up here: https://newsletter.thehub.ca/.The Hub is Canada's leading information source for public policy. Stridently non-partisan, The Hub is committed to delivering to Canadians the latest analysis and cutting-edge perspectives into the debates that are shaping our collective future.Visit The Hub now at https://www.thehub.ca. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is Britain's place in a populist age? Is Anglo-American democracy decaying? Has politics become over-personalized around populist leaders? What does this mean as war scares impact Eastern Europe? To better understand the security implications of this, I spoke with Dr. Fiona Hill, a Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at the Brooking Institution and who served in the National Security Council of the Trump administration for this week's #BritainDebrief for the Atlantic Council. She is the author most recently of There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century, a memoir of her life and time in government. How did serving in the Trump administration change her view of US politics? Has UK foreign policy become overly-personalized?

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, welcomes to the virtual studio Carmel Bowman and Maggie Hettinger, two sisters who have decided to do something real & effective about climate change. Maggie lives in Bullitt Co. and Carmel lives in Bardstown. They've teamed up with Citizens' Climate Lobby, a grassroots organization that has a plan that was introduced to the US Congress as the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. With the Louisville Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby, they'll be presenting a virtual “show” for the interested public on Thursday, June 3rd at 7pm called "Ready for a Solution?! It's in Your Hand!" Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2895680117366177/ Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdu2prjsoHNOmtFzfMM8Yt8sx7IrfXTwa?fbclid=IwAR1wHlRHDNwks80qcvuwvPVRY6T5_y_RTfFPcc0gZQQm5M8E3fMzF_9s3p8 Carmel is a mom and Centre College graduate. She's played several roles as a volunteer with Bernheim Forest and Kentucky Water Watch, a Montessori teacher, a Girl Scout leader, a church and community musician—even a “hillbilly” for the Kentucky Flavor Traveling Roadshow. Her post-pandemic plans are to focus on empowering herself and others to deal with climate change, and bridging differences through respectful and compassionate communication. Maggie is a semi-retired musician and teacher living just outside of Bernheim Forest in Bullitt County. She is passionate about the climate, live music, wild edible foods and mushrooms. As a grandmother, she has been known to lead joyful musical parades around the yard. This year CCL's National Conference will be online: “The Push for a Price on Carbon"" Saturday-Sunday, June 12-13, 1-5pm both days. You'll get updates on what's happening in Washington, D.C., from keynote speaker Adele Morris, economist at the Brooking Institution, and CCL's government affairs team. Other keynote speakers Jasmine Sanders, Executive Director of Our Climate, and Jerry Taylor, President of Niskanen Center, will share what their organizations are doing this year in support of climate solutions. At the breakout sessions, you'll have the opportunity to hear from faith groups, local leaders, businesses and more about their perspectives on the push for a price on carbon. You'll be trained on actions you can take in your community, with the media, and with your members of Congress. Additionally, they are offering 4 seminars on Sunday, June 13th at 1pm that will dive deeper into the topics than a regular conference breakout. Registration is free. For more information go to http://cclusa.org/pushforaprice. As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

Richard Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brooking Institution whose research focuses on the middle class, inequality and social mobility. His latest book is Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It. Our conversation really challenges us all to reconsider our own American Dream story and more importantly what we're doing to help or hinder the dreams of others.  Links to learn more about: Richard Reeves Dream Hoarders The Future of the Middle Class Find out more: https://movingupusa.com/podcast  HOST Bob McKinnon is a writer, designer, and teacher who asks us to reconsider the way we see success and the American Dream.  His work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, NPR, and PBS. His own journey out of poverty was captured in his TEDx talk: How Did I End Up Here. Through his writing and this podcast, he hopes to pay tribute and thanks to all those who have helped him and others move up in life. CREDITS Attribution is distributed in part by Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative from PBS flagship station, WNET in New York, reporting on poverty, justice, and economic opportunity in America. You can learn more at pbs.org/chasingthedream. This show was edited by No Troublemakers Media. Music by Jonnie “Most” Davis. Our final credit goes to you, the listener, and to everyone who helped you get to where you are today. If this show has reminded you of someone in particular, make their day and let them know.

2020 has been a year marked by crisis and transformation. What can we expect next? In this special series, Paul Laudicina talks to The Brooking Institution's David Wessel about the state of the economy, options government leaders could take to revive the economy in the short term, and the long-term prospects for the U.S. and its relationships with countries around the world. Coronavirus: A World Transformed is produced by the Global Business Policy Council at Kearney, a think tank deciphering today's biggest changes and their effects on global business. Learn more at kearney.com/gbpc. 

We look at the U.S. Census Bureau’s attempts to build relationships with faith communities to overcome mistrust and suspicion.

We look at the U.S. Census Bureau’s attempts to build relationships with faith communities to overcome mistrust and suspicion.

Latinoamérica, un continente que parece vivir en una especie de eterna convulsión. Problemas económicos y sociales, ningún momento es ideal para recibir una pandemia, pero, sin duda, el coronavirus se hizo presente y llegó a una Latinoamérica no tan fortalecida como lo podría estar Europa, en todos los aspectos especialmente, en el económico. El Covid 19 genera un triple impacto en latinoamérica, a nivel económico, social y sanitario.¿Qué sucede en estos países latinoamericanos? ¿Por qué pueden verse mucho más afectados por la crisis del Covid 19? César Miguel Rondón analiza el tema junto a tres destacados economistas Dany Bahar @dany_bahar, senior fellow del programa Global Economy and Development en Brooking Institution; Cristina Parilli @cristinaparilli, Fulbright Scholar actual Candidata al Master in Behavioral Science en la University of Pennsylvania y Ronald Balza @RonaldBalzaG, Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincodigo/message

We look at the U.S. Census Bureau’s attempts to build relationships with faith communities to overcome mistrust and suspicion.

Demographer William Frey talks about the importance of an accurate census count and how attempts to insert a citizenship question threatens that accuracy.

The crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is exposing the harsh reality of America's racial, health, and economic disparities. In cities across the United States, black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than their white counterparts. A combination of environmental, economic, structural, and political factors -- fueled by decades-old housing policies, educational inequities, poverty, and structural racism -- are often cited the main reasons behind the racial gap in COVID-19 deaths. Politicians, lawmakers, and activists alike are pleading with the federal government for race-inclusive data in testing. But is that enough? What other policy recommendations should be considered? And, will this pandemic and the outcry over the disproportionate death rate be a catalyst for real structural change -- or will it serve to only reinforce existing hierarchies? A sociologist and Rubenstein Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Dr. Ray researches the mechanisms that manufacture and maintain racial and social inequality. His work also speaks to ways that inequality may be attenuated through racial uplift activism and social policy.

My guest today is Washington Post columnist and Brooking Institution senior fellow E.J. Dionne, who has written a timely book that makes the case for how Joe Biden can bring the Progressive and Moderate wings of the Democratic Party together. The book is called "Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country." Dionne calls for a Politics of Remedy and a Politics of Dignity, premised in a shared vision of citizenship. He advocates for what the scholar Robert Wright first called, “Progressives Realism,” which embraces democratic and social justice concerns, but also takes into account America’s role in a dangerous world, rife with threats from countries like Russia, China and a handful of regional autocracies.

Cumhurbaşkanı Tayyip Erdoğan’ın Beyaz Saray’da ABD Başkanı Donald Trump ile gerçekleştirdiği zirve sonrası Rusya’dan alınan hava savunma sistemi S-400 krizinin hâlâ aşılamamış olması öne çıktı.Beyaz Saray'dan zirve sonrası gelen “Diğer cephelerde ilerleme sağlamak için, Türkiye'nin Rus S-400 hava savunma sistemini satın almasını içeren sorunları çözmemiz çok hayati" açıklaması da bunun güçlü kanıtı olarak duruyor.Rusya uzmanı Dr. Kerim Has, AhvalPod’da Moskova’dan programında Trump-Erdoğan zirvesinin olası sonuçlarını ve Rusya’ya bakan yönünü konuştuk.Has, “Askeri ihtiyaçlar dolayısıyla değil, tamamen siyasi nedenlerle alınan S-400’lerin rafa kaldırılması zannımca oldukça zor” diyor.Ancak Kerim Has, ABD’den gelen baskı ile S-400 krizinin önümüzdeki dönemde tırmanacağını söylüyor ve ekliyor:“Belki S-400’le kalmayacak, su-35 alımı da gündeme gelir. 2020 mart ayından itibaren Erdoğan böyle bir adım atabilir. Bu iş biraz Batı cenahından bakıldığında çığrından çıkabilir.”Has’a göre bu ziyaret, Erdoğan’ın şahsi bir ziyareti…“Mevcut şartlarda bir Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanının ziyaret yapmasını gerektirecek bir durum yoktu” diyen Has, “Yaptırımlar, mal varlığı araştırılması talebi ve Ermeni Soykırımı tasarısının ABD Temsilciler Meclisi’nden geçmesi, Trump’ın ‘Aptal olma’ ve Halkbank dosyası olsun bu ziyareti Erdoğan bizzat yapmak istedi. Mal varlığı konusundaki tehdit önemliydi. Trump’ın yardımcısı (Mike Pence) havadayken Amerikan Kongresi yaptırım tasarısını kabul etmişti ve bu bir sopa olarak kullanıldı ve bunun neticesinde ateşkes imzalandı” ifadesini kullanıyor.Has, sopa politikasının ABD tarafından işe yaradığının görüldüğüne dikkat çekiyor. Rusya uzmanına göre Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan tarafından bu ziyaretin en büyük artısı, bütün başlıklarda zaman kazanması. ABD tarafında ise Trump biraz rahatlamış gözüküyor. Beş senatörün toplantıya katılması ile Senato’nun gazı alınmış izlenimi var. Ancak krize neden olan başlıca sorunların çözüme kavuşmadığı gerçeği ortada…S-400 meselesinde ABD tarafından CAATSA yaptırımlarının hayata geçirilip geçirilmeyeceğinin birkaç 2020 mart ayından sonra belli olacağını belirten Has, “Askeri ihtiyaçlardan değil de siyasi nedenlerle alındığı için Ankara’nın önceden Kremlin’e ödediği bir çeşit rüşvet olarak değerlendiriyorum. Bunun için de 15 Temmuz ve yolsuzluklar gibi konular da dahil” görüşünü dile getiriyor.“Türkiye’nin Rusya’nın bir uydusu olma yoluna doğru evriliyor süreç” diyen Has, sözlerine şöyle devam ediyor:“Türk-Rus ilişkileri de çok riskli bir düzlemde ilerliyor. Ruslar açısından da bakıldığında onların dış politikada yoğurt yiyişi risk alarak bu işe girmeleri yolunda. Ruslar, bütün yumurtalarını Erdoğan sepetine koymuş durumdalar. Türkiye’de herhangi bir iktidar değişikliği onlar açısından da öngörülemez bir tablo ortaya koyacak. Barış Pınarı harekatı 1 oldu ama 2 olacak mı olmayacak mı göreceğiz. Hâlihazırda Suriye ordusu Türkiye sınırına konuşlanmış durumda. Ruslar, Türk ordusu barajın kapaklarını tekrar açacaklar mı bunu göreceğiz. Bu da biraz Rusların risk alması ile bir durum…”Kerim Has ayrıca Rus medyasında Rusya’nın Suriye’de Hmeymim ve Tartus üsleri sonrası şimdi de Kamışlı'da 3. askeri üssü olabileceğinin konuşulduğunu dikkat çekiyor.“Kamışlı hava üssüne S-400 konuşlandırırsa Rusya’nın Suriye, Türkiye ve Irak hava sahasında kazanabileceği avantaj vurgulanmış” diyen Has, “Umarım Ankara, Rusya’dan aldığı S-400’lerini yine Rusya’ya karşı kullanabileceğini düşünerek almamıştır. Rusya ileride Kamışlı’ya S-400 de konuşlandırır mı bilemem ama bu ihtimalin de konuşuluyor olduğunu hatırlamakta yarar var. Kamışlı, Kürtlerin yaşadığı bir yer. Rusya’nın da Kürtlere kültürel özerklik verme planını da göz önünde bulundurmak lazım. Bir sene sonra buranın Rusya’nın hava üssüne dönüşme ihtimali güçlü duruyor.Kerim Has’a, Brooking Institution’da Türkiye Çalışmaları Direktörü ve ayrıca Washington’daki National Defense University’de ulusal güvenlik stratejileri profesörü olan Ömer Taşpınar’ın, "Benim duyduğuma göre Putin, istese Erdoğan'ı zor durumda bırakacak birçok dosyaya sahip. Yolsuzluklardan tutun da 15 Temmuz'un gerçek yüzüne gidebilecek kadar kirli dosyalar var elinde” sözlerini de sorduk.Has, “Bu durum Moskova’da konuşuluyor, sır değil” diyor ve şöyle devam ediyor:“Ama bunun delillendirilmesi ister istemez ortaya çıkacak. İlk Reza Zarrab olayı 2011 kasım veya aralıkta zannediyorum. Zarrab’ın 15 adamınının 150 milyon dolar keş taşırken Ruslar tarafından yakalandıkları ve Rusların bunu Türkiye tarafına bildirilmesi ile savcıların bunu araştırmaya başladığını biliyoruz. Dolayısıyla Rusların 17-25 Aralık meselesine Türkiye’den daha hâkim olduğuna şüphe yok. Rusya’nın da elinde Zarrab veya ekibinin gerçekleştirdiği veya onunla ilişkili kişilerin gerçekleştirdiği para trafiğine ilişkin ciddi bir yekünün olduğunu ben duymuştum.15 Temmuz’a geldiğimizde ise o mesele daha tartışılan bir mesele. Rusya da bu da herkesin bildiği mesele. Günler öncesinden 15 Temmuz’un günü ve saatine kadar bu durumu Türk tarafına en üst düzeyde ilettiği ama bu konuda Türkiye tarafının bir önlem almadığı biliniyor. Dolayısıyla önlem alınmamışsa acaba işin içinde onlar da mı var sorusunu gündeme getiriyor.S-400’lerin neden 15 Temmuz’dan sonra gündeme geldiğini ve uçak düşürülmesi konusunda darbe girişiminden iki hafta önce özür dilenmesini anlayabilirsiniz. Muhtemelen Erdoğan uçak krizi nedeniyle özür dilemeseydi 15 Temmuz ya olmazdı ya da ötelenirdi. S-400’ler meselesi aynı zamanda ileride ortaya çıkabilecek bir Maduro senaryosunun diyeti de denebilir. Bu 15 Temmuz diyeti her geçen gün daha da artacak. Erdoğan’ın içeride yaşadığı siyasi kriz ve ekonomik kriz derinleşiyor. Toplumsal çöküş ve adalet duygusunun da sıfırının altına düşmesi ile bir iktidar sürdürülmesi var. Ama bunun da bir patlamaya yol açabilme ihtimali var.Gerek 15 Temmuz olsun gerek iktidarın yaşadığı kriz olsun Rusya’ya bağımlılığı daha da artıracağını ve bunun riskli bir süreç olduğunu söylemem lazım. Türkiye medcezir bir dış politika izlemek zorunda. Şahsi kanaatim, IŞİD dosyaları olsun, mal varlığı olsun bunlar hep bu büyük devletlerin kullanarak, sıkıştırarak bir politika izlemesine yol açıyor.”

Darrell West of The Brooking Institution returns to AFP Conversations to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence. In a new paper, West writes of his concern about the ethical values embedded within AI and the extent to which algorithms respect basic human values. West believes companies must develop an AI ethics code, employ ethicists and review boards, train staff, create audit trails to explain coding decisions, and ultimately provide a means for remediation when AI solutions inflict harm.  

What has been called the fourth Industrial Revolution is fundamentally changing the way we live, work and relate to one another. Host Bill Villano talks with scholar and author Darrell West of the Brooking Institution about his new book “The Future of Work: Robots, AI and Automation."

Show Notes My guest today is Richard Reeves. He’s a social and political commentator and he has written for the several newspapers and magazines in the US and the UK including the Guardian and The Atlantic. He has also written a biography of John Stuart Mill, John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand. Between 2010 and 2012, Richard was director of strategy to the UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. He has also served as director of Demos, the London-based political think-tank. He is currently a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brooking Institution in Washington DC. You can find out more about him at his website www.richardvreeves.com. We discuss All Minus One: John Stuart Mill's Ideas on Free Speech Illustrated, edited by Richard Reeves and Jonathan Haidt, with illustrations by Dave Cicirelli. Selected Quotes “The way that media and communications and societies have developed have not been in the direction that Mill hoped, which was bringing more and more heterodox opinions together in sort of daily productive dialogue, but actually more of a kind of fragmentation where people are able to choose their own media, choose their own messages and create echo chambers, within which we are not actually engaging with other people’s ideas. We’re not subjecting our own ideas to critical scrutiny and having that useful, productive exchange. What we’re doing instead is we’re retreating into mini tribes where we try to only engage people who already think what we think and just confirm what we think. Actually Dave [Cicirelli] said in one of our earlier conversations, he said everybody is looking for the website www.IToldYouIWasRight.com.” "The other bit of Mill’s argument has to be held in the same thought process as the argument for free speech which is that it’s a demand on us as citizens not to just sit passively and wait for someone to come along and argue with us, but it’s a duty of citizenship and a liberal democracy to seek disagreements, to seek those who disagree with us, to be testing our own ideas against others." Transcript This is a professional transcript but it may contain errors. Please do not quote it without verification by listening to the podcast. Chris Martin: My guest today is Richard Reeves. He’s a social and political commentator and he has written for several newspapers and magazines in both the US and the UK, including The Guardian and The Atlantic. He has also written a biography of John Stuart Mill and between 2010 and 2012, Richard was Director of Strategy to the UK’s Deputy Prime Minister. He has also served as Director of Demos, the London-based political think tank and he’s currently a senior fellow in economics studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. You can find out more about him at his website www.RichardvReeves.com. So here is Richard Reeves. Welcome to the show. Richard Reeves: Hi. Thanks for having me. Chris Martin: It’s good to have you on. So you and Jonathan Haidt are about to release an edition of chapter two of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. It’s an edition called All Minus One and it’s illustrated. Tell me a bit about how this came about. Richard Reeves: Well, Jon, through his work at Heterodox Academy, his office had been doing a lot to try and kind of encourage this idea ...

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Alice Rivlin, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office who went on to serve as the Office of Management and Budget director under President Clinton and is now a Senior Fellow in Economics and Health Policy at the Brooking Institution, mulls today’s paradox. At a time where policy makers and legislators have access to more data-based evidence about potential costs and effects of policies than ever before, the institutions that produce these independent analyses are under increasingly strident partisan attack. Dr. Rivlin speaks how evidence-based practitioners got into this tough situation, and how to navigate their way out. She is presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33107]

Benjamin Wittes is senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and the editor of Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy (Brookings Institution Press 2012). He also directs the Campaign 2012 Project for Brookings. This collection of essays on critical national issues ranges from the well-publicized, health care reform, to the wonkish, institutional reform. The book is arranged as a series of critical debates that reflect on the first four years of the Obama administration and ways to improve public policy. Authors include many luminaries in the field including: Thomas Mann, Alice Rivlin, and William Galston. The issues range from domestic, budget deficit and federalism, to international, Iran and Middle East policy. The book could be used in an undergraduate political science course on the election and public policy, but also is a serious evaluation of issues facing policy-makers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Wittes is senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and the editor of Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy (Brookings Institution Press 2012). He also directs the Campaign 2012 Project for Brookings. This collection of essays on critical national issues ranges from the well-publicized, health care reform, to the wonkish, institutional reform. The book is arranged as a series of critical debates that reflect on the first four years of the Obama administration and ways to improve public policy. Authors include many luminaries in the field including: Thomas Mann, Alice Rivlin, and William Galston. The issues range from domestic, budget deficit and federalism, to international, Iran and Middle East policy. The book could be used in an undergraduate political science course on the election and public policy, but also is a serious evaluation of issues facing policy-makers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Wittes is senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and the editor of Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy (Brookings Institution Press 2012). He also directs the Campaign 2012 Project for Brookings. This collection of essays on critical national issues ranges from the well-publicized, health care reform, to the wonkish, institutional reform. The book is arranged as a series of critical debates that reflect on the first four years of the Obama administration and ways to improve public policy. Authors include many luminaries in the field including: Thomas Mann, Alice Rivlin, and William Galston. The issues range from domestic, budget deficit and federalism, to international, Iran and Middle East policy. The book could be used in an undergraduate political science course on the election and public policy, but also is a serious evaluation of issues facing policy-makers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices