Policy on Purpose

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  Unpacking clean energy transition in Texas with LBJ School energy experts Doug Lewin, Emily Beagle and Joshua Rhodes 31.03.2025 1h 5min

  What does the future of clean energy in Texas look like? On January 28, 2025, the LBJ School partnered with Canary Media and David Roberts of Volts to host an afternoon of discussions about policies shaping the clean energy transition with top experts from academia, industry and media. LBJ faculty Doug Lewin and Webber Group […]
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  Meet the Mayors: Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham on Urban Innovation and the Austin-Manchester Sister City Partnership 14.03.2025 1h 9min

  What does city governance look like across the pond? The Mayor of Greater Manchester shed alight on his experience for the LBJ School. Elected in 2017, Mayor Andy Burnham has led initiatives to transform Greater Manchester’spublic transportation, improve housing, and most recently, collaborated with Austin Mayor KirkWatson to establish a “sister city partnership” between the […]
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  Policy Leadership in the Age of AI – AI in National Security Policy 02.12.2024 1h 16min

  This is the fourth installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at the Bass Lecture Hall on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the […]
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  Policy Leadership in The Age of AI: AI in Teaching and Learning 25.11.2024 1h 12min

  This is the third installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at the Bass Lecture Hall on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the […]
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  Policy Leadership in the Age of AI – AI and the Future of Work 18.11.2024 1h 6min

  This is the second installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at Bass Lecture Hall on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the ethical […]
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  Policy Leadership in the Age of AI – The Future of Precision Healthcare: Perspectives on Health AI Policy 11.11.2024 1h 12min

  This is the first installment of our four-part podcast series on our Policy Leadership in the Age of AI symposium, which was hosted at the LBJ Auditorium on October 1st, 2024. As part of UT’s 2024 initiative, the Year of AI, we brought together public, private, and academic leaders for crucial discussions on the ethical […]
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  Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Will Inboden on the Reagan presidency and the role the United States played in ending the Cold War 26.01.2023

  Dr. Will Inboden, a national security scholar from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, masterfully describes Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy and the role of the United States in ending the Cold War, in a discussion moderated by Bill Shute, Executive Director of the LBJ Washington Center. This is […]
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  Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Jeremi Suri on America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy 21.12.2022

  Presidential historian and scholar Dr. Jeremi Suri discusses a country rebuilding itself as it wrestles with competing visions of democracy, race and freedom, in a conversation moderated by Bill Shute, Executive Director of the LBJ Washington Center. Dr. Suri shares his analysis of democracy, starting in 1865 when the Confederacy was militarily defeated and continues […]
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  Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Sarah Coleman on the politics of immigration in modern America 27.10.2022

  Historian and Texas State University professor Dr. Sarah Coleman examines the history of the battles over U.S. immigrants’ rights since 1965—and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties and more in conversation with Associate Director of Research at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School, Dr. […]
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  Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Peniel Joseph on American’s struggle for racial justice 12.10.2022

  Historian and civil rights scholar Dr. Peniel Joseph discusses a powerful interpretation of the ongoing struggle for racial justice, calling this period as transformative as the movements post-Civil War and during the civil rights era as outlined in his new book, The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century, with LBJ […]
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  Introducing “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist” 05.09.2022

  Those that cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In a special series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist,” four Texas-based policy experts will discuss how our shared history impacts today’s political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. […]
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  Inaugural State of the College 2021 from LBJ School Dean JR DeShazo 30.09.2021

  In this special episode of Policy on Purpose, Dean JR DeShazo recognizes the people, mission and legacy of the LBJ School in his inaugural 2021 State of the College.  Find out more at lbj.utexas.edu.
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  Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 4: A Stunning Conclusion 09.06.2021

  This episode, the fourth in the LBJ School’s podcast series Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, looks at the sum total of this legislative session, from the extraordinary circumstances forced upon it by COVID-19 and high-impact social issues including abortion and transgender rights to the fight between state and local governments over police budgets, […]
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  Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 3: Energy, Utilities and the Texas Grid 03.05.2021

  This third episode in the LBJ School’s podcast series Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature assesses the measures in the Texas Senate and House to overhaul the state’s energy market, strengthen its electrical grid and address energy prices during the February Freeze. Varun Rai, LBJ’s associate dean for research and the director […]
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  Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 2: Voting Rights and Restrictions 26.04.2021

  In episode 2 of Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, Victoria deFrancesco Soto, LBJ’s assistant dean for civic engagement, talks with former U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke, now an adjuct assistant professor at the school, about the restrictive voter provisions laid out in SB7 and HB6. They discuss how the bills, which would […]
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  Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 1: Criminal Justice Reform 19.04.2021

  In this episode of the LBJ School’s new podcast series “Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature,” Distinguished Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch, an expert on the criminal justice system, correctional oversight and juvenile justice, talks with Alycia Welch, associate director of the COVID Corrections and Oversight Project at the LBJ School and a […]
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  From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 5 – A Resilient Future in a Globally Connected World 03.03.2021

  In the final episode of “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society,” host Steven Pedigo talks with LBJ School faculty experts Patrick Bixler, William Inboden and Kate Weaver about our shared future at the intersections of climate change, national security and global development. This podcast series is a continuation of a policy toolkit released by […]
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  From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 4 – Public Finance 17.02.2021

  General revenue sharing has been described as “paying for teachers in Manhattan and streetlights in Buffalo.” Leading economic and public finance experts James Galbraith, Michael Lind and Martin Luby join Steven Pedigo to talk flexible funding, why successful economic policies lay groundwork for future policy changes, and if a job guarantee is part of the […]
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  From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 3 – Impact of COVID-19 on Society’s Vulnerable 10.02.2021

  LBJ School experts Ruth Wasem and Michele Deitch join “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society” to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted two of society’s most vulnerable populations: immigrants and prison and jail populations. Host Steven Pedigo talks with Wasem and Deitch about the conditions that led to COVID-19’s impact on these populations and […]
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  From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 2 – Public Health 03.02.2021

  In episode 2 of the LBJ School’s special series “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society,” host Steven Pedigo talks with the LBJ School’s Dr. Michael Hole and Professor Sherri Greenberg about resilient and healthy communities, public health and the economy, and equitable vaccine distribution. Learn more about resiliency in the age of COVID-19 at lbj.utexas.edu/resiliency-toolkit