New America Podcasts

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This feed includes all MP3 recordings published on NewAmerica.net, from short interviews to full-length event audio.

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New America NYC: The Insurgents

January 23, 2013
In The Insurgents, Fred Kaplan masterfully tells the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by General David Petraeus, who plotted to change the American military from within. David Plotz moderates.
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The Sidebar: Dispatch from Syria and Spy Doctors

January 17, 2013
Barak Barfi reports on the real state of the Syrian Civil War after returning from a recent trip to the country, and Charles Kenny explains why mixing public health campaigns with covert operations is disastrous. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.
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The Sidebar: Top Picks

January 10, 2013
Emily Parker, Colonel Thomas Lynch, and Brian Fishman weigh in on Obama's picks for top national security and foreign policy posts. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.
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The Sidebar: Over the Cliff and Hitting Your Limit

January 4, 2013
Marc Goldwein explains how Congress brokered the fiscal cliff deal, and warned of rocky terrain still ahead as legislators tackle across-the-board spending cuts and the debt ceiling. Danielle Kehl discusses the real reason that broadband providers implement data caps, and why anyone with a mobile device should care. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.
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The Sidebar: Taking on Guns and Brains on Trial

December 20, 2012

Robert Wright weighs in on whether the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will spur a gun control policy change. Kayla Pope and Hank Greely, who we recorded after an October New America event, discuss the developing field of using brain science in the courtroom. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.

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Asset Building Podcast: Managing Shifted Risk

December 17, 2012
Financial responsibility and risk have shifted from institutions and businesses to individual households over the last three decades. This trend, accelerated by recent state budget cutbacks in social service programs, means many families are left to navigate a more complex system on their own. Can cities use technology and policy innovation to bridge the gap?
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The Sidebar: Osama Revisited and Internet Indecision

December 14, 2012
Peter Bergen discusses how the new movie "Zero Dark Thirty" stacks up to the real account of how Osama bin Laden was captured and killed. Rebecca MacKinnon provides post-game analysis of the Internet governance summit in Dubai that wrapped up this week. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.
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Constitution Watch Podcast: Laying Down the Law

December 13, 2012
Elizabeth Weingarten and Marianne Ibrahim, the co-founder and executive manager of Egypt's Al-Gisr Center for Development and Dialogue, discuss the draft constitution's most controversial elements – and what must be changed before the articles are set in.
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Constitution Watch Podcast: Hope and Chaos in Egypt

December 13, 2012
Leila Hilal talks to Nadine Sherif of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies about how the recent tumult in Egypt has coalesced the opposition to President Morsi in Cairo and strengthened the Egyptian national identity.They also discuss the most important elements of Egypt's draft constitution.
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Education Watch Podcast: Apps, Reading, Head Start and Kindergarten

December 10, 2012
With news last week of federal grants for early education, Lisa Guernsey of New America talks about a forthcoming paper by Maggie Severns on big reforms underway in Head Start. Laura Bornfreund points out problems with half-day kindergarten and the Common Core standards. Laura and Lisa discuss new findings in a report on early literacy and technology.
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