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Policy Minded

Policy Minded

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 On Policy Minded, we pick the brains of the world’s top policy experts. In each episode, RAND researchers join us for conversations that go beyond the headlines—bringing you insights you can't find anywhere else. Listen and subscribe today to get smarter about the policy issues that shape the world.©2025 The RAND Corporation. All rights reserved. Politics & Government Science
Episodes
  • Avoiding Nuclear Escalation in a Conflict with China

    Avoiding Nuclear Escalation in a Conflict with China
    Jun 12 2025

    What if China invades Taiwan, the United States intervenes, and the world’s two superpowers engage in direct military conflict? RAND experts Dahlia Goldfeld and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga discuss how the United States could prevail in such a scenario without triggering catastrophic nuclear escalation.
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    52 mins
  • School's Out. How Are America's Teachers Doing?

    School's Out. How Are America's Teachers Doing?
    Jun 5 2025

    As teachers across the country pack up their classrooms for summer break, we sit down with RAND education researchers Elizabeth Steiner and Ashley Woo. They discuss their recent findings on teachers' stress, compensation, use of AI, and more.
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    40 mins
  • Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl

    Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl
    May 30 2025

    RAND's David Luckey discusses what's contributing to the supply of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the United States, the biggest challenges to stopping the flow of these drugs across U.S. borders, and why we need a “whole-of-nation” approach to address the crisis.
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    29 mins

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