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The Brookings Institution
The Current
The Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from Brookings experts on breaking news and changing policies. In under ten minutes, learn not only what happened, but why, and how to make sense of it.
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4.7 stars from 314 ratings
Good presentation on where the Current wants our Republic to head regarding our first amendment rights. As a counterpoint to the erroneous inference that Trump directed his DOJ to prosecute his political enemies Katy offered no case examples whereas Trump has clearly been harassed and prosecuted...Read full review »
333710 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/05/24
9/27 making housing affordable
The discussion makes it clear that the only path to affordable housing is federal government intervention in the market - the capitalist free market has failed. But the government experts must move slowly, cautiously, and incrementally with their socialist mandates so as to ease the tax paying...Read full review »
333710 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/28/24
Very Good
Exceptional, but far too infrequent. I do appreciate the longer episodes with the star studded panels, those have been great. If we can’t get episodes often, then I’d enthusiastically vote for this format. We don’t get any Brookings expert panel podcasts anywhere else; how about here? That’s...Read full review »
RJG179 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/26/23
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