Best Pippa Hanson Podcasts (2025)

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From Potential to Performance: Unlocking Youth Athletic Development - Jamie Barnes and Nathan Dance 20:30

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Exercise Physiologists Jamie Barnes and Nathan Dance explore how to nurture young athletes through smart training, balanced development, and long-term performance strategies. Each episode contains p…

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History in the Making: Victor Davis Hanson on Strategika’s Century Mark, Examining Wars Present and Past 59:46

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For the past dozen years, Hoover’s online publication Strategika has examined contemporary conflicts and national security challenges by assembling academics of varied thought to re-examine past struggles. On the occasion of its 100th issue, historian Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover’s Martin and Ilie Anderson senior fellow and the man tasked with bring…

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California Update: Pippa Can’t Win . . . Gavin Can’t Lose? 56:06

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The big political news in California: its state legislature agreeing to a Nov. 4 special election to decide whether to temporarily return congressional redistricting to lawmakers – by doing so, California is adding more Democratic House seats and offsetting Republican gains in Texas via that state’s mid-decade redistricting efforts. Hoover senior f…

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All Roads Lead to . . .? Barry Strauss on Jews vs. Rome, the Fate of Empires and Republics 48:56

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Three times in ancient history, the Jewish people revolted against the Roman Empire – the end result being genocide, enslavement, exile, and religious oppression. Barry Strauss, the Hoover Institution’s Corliss Page Dean senior fellow and author of the newly released book Jews Vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Peopl…

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Twice Bitten: Why ACL Injuries Can Strike Again - Zac Rouse 29:48

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Physiotherapist Zac Rouse about the reasons behind ACL re-ruptures, exploring the physical, biomechanical, and rehabilitation factors that can make a second injury more likel…

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Like Father, Like Son? Joseph Torigian on Chinese Governance, Xi Jinping’s Paternal Influence 47:54

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One way to examine the thinking and ruling style of Chinese President Xi Jinping: his father’s role in the rise and evolution of Chinese-brand communism. Hoover research fellow Joseph Torigian, author of the recently released The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, discusses how the elder Xi’s involvement in…

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California Update: He Can Run (For President), But Can He Hide (From His Record)? | Gavin Newsom 43:41

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent visit to early-primary South Carolina, followed by his return home and hinting at a special election to re-politicize California’s redistricting process in order to add more Democratic seats in Congress (as a counter to Texas’ legislature doing the same to pad the present House GOP majority), seems further evid…

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Pollsters’ Perspectives: Did 2024 Realign US Politics ... Beyond the Age of Trump? | Revitalizing American Institutions | Hoover Institution 26:06

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While last year’s US presidential election didn’t lack for historical quirks – an incumbent president dropping out of the race soon before his party’s convention; for only the second time, a former president returned to office – opinions differ as to the campaign’s long-term effect on America’s political landscape. In a special edition of Matters o…

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Injured and Unsure: Your Legal Options Explained - Katie Minogue (Maurice Blackburn Lawyers) and Lynda Miller 35:04

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Lawyer Katie Minogue from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and Physiotherapist Lynda Miller about what options are available for people who are injured at work, on the roads, or in …

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Trump Tariff Outcomes: Is the “Less-Worse” Case a Best-Case Scenario? 44:26

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What’s the most likely outcome for President Trump’s tariff strategy – trading partners capitulating, America’s economy and exceptionalism crumbling, or something in the middle? Hoover fellows and economists Michael Bordo and Mickey Levy discuss a recent paper they’ve published on the history of tariff impositions and four possible outcomes (none o…

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California Update: (Misguided) Plans, Trains, and Automobiles 56:22

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What do an electric-vehicle mandate, a structural budget deficit, and chronic homelessness and affordable housing woes have in common? The answer: they are policy headaches likely awaiting California’s next governor. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s California on Your Mind w…

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Grace and Grit: Balancing Elite Ballroom Dance and Exercise Physiology with Molly Sceney 23:28

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Exercise Physiologist Molly Sceney about balancing being an elite Ballroom dancer and an Exercise Physiologist. Each episode contains practical tips and insights on how you c…

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California Update: The World’s 4th-Largest Economy – and the Home of “Shaq State”? 53:09

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New data points to California as the world’s fourth-largest economy, supplanting Japan (with India likely soon surpassing the Golden State). What does that say about California as an economic powerhouse and a nation-state plagued by a dark economic underside (inflation, high cost of living, middle-class squeeze)? Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian an…

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Tariff-ic Or Tariff-ied? What Polling Says About Trump 2.0 55:02

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Donald Trump’s first 100 days since returning to office have been prolific – the most executive orders issued in the early days of a presidency – and seemingly in a constant state of political turbulence. What do the polls indicate about Trump’s performance to date? David Brady and Douglas Rivers, Hoover Institution senior fellows, and Stanford Uni…

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Navigating the Change: Real Talk on Perimenopause and Menopause with Kat Walker and Lynda Miller 37:45

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Physiotherapists Lynda Miller and Kat Walker about Perimenopause, Menopause and how to navigate this stage of life. Each episode contains practical tips and insights on how y…

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Elective Surgery: Obamacare’s 15th Anniversary, Federal Healthcare Reform, and California’s Medi-Cal Woes 32:35

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Once a policy lightning rod that ended political careers, the Affordable Care Act (aka, “Obamacare”) has proven to be remarkably resilient with last month marking the 15th anniversary of its being signed into law. Lanhee Chen, the Hoover Institution’s David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies and co-chair of Hoover’s Healthcar…

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California Update: Open Season on the Governor’s Open Mic 53:59

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The good news for California governor Gavin Newsom is that his new podcast has the left and the right buzzing. The bad news is that neither side likes what is covered in his podcasts, as the governor makes nice with conservative and liberal provocateurs and thought leaders. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whale…

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Michael Hartney on the Federal Role in Education, Outcomes v. Totems, and Union Clout 53:51

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President Trump’s signing of an executive order calling for the downsizing of the US Department of Education (DOE) raises concerns related to the federal versus state balance in K-12 policy. Michael Hartney, the Hoover Institution’s Bruni Family fellow, discusses the book he is currently writing on the 2020 pandemic’s lasting impact on schools, and…

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Achieving Geopolitical Objectives: Andrew Grotto on American “Economic Statecraft” 47:21

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Curtailing strife and safeguarding America’s global standing requires military strength, diplomatic reach, a gravitational pull to the concepts of liberty and opportunity, and a strategy for economic growth beyond America’s shores. Andrew Grotto, a Hoover visiting fellow and veteran of two past White House national security teams, discusses the whi…

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Strength Training for Children - Lynda Miller and Jamie Barnes 22:30

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Physiotherapist Lynda Miller and Exercise Physiologist Jamie Barnes about strength training for children, is it safe?, how to incorporate it safely and effectively. Each epis…

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War and Peace . . . and a Changing Europe 45:10

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Ukraine’s acceptance of a 30-day ceasefire, since rejected by Russia, shows the challenge in bringing an end to Eastern Europe’s three-year war of attrition. Meanwhile, Germany’s national election delivers a new chancellor (once a coalition government is brokered) who’s both a “transatlanticist” and a believer in a more independent Europe ramping u…

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A “Middle School Dance” of Trust | Renewing Civics Education – Preparing for American Citizenship 29:19

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In an Information Age during which decentralized news and information have contributed to a greater lack of trust in government and traditional media outlets, is it possible to restore confidence in both institutions? Nick Mastronardi, a Hoover Institution veteran fellow and software innovator in the field of public-sector communications, discusses…

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Cooperation, Not Compromise in the Classroom | Renewing Civics Education – Preparing for American Citizenship 35:43

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Does a Stanford University initiative reinstating a century-old tradition of American civics learning offer a roadmap for the future of higher education? In this installment, Josiah Ober, a Hoover Institution senior fellow and a Stanford professor taking part in the Stanford Civics Initiative, discusses the path forward in citizenship education wit…

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California Update: Like a Good Neighbor . . .? 54:01

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Los Angeles confronts the grim reality of a multi-year effort to clean up and rebuild after its devastating wildfires; Governor Gavin Newsom makes a big disaster-relief ask in Washington; and intrigue abounds in next year’s gubernatorial race. Hoover Institution senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributor…

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Patriotism vs. Indoctrination | Renewing Civics Education – Preparing for American Citizenship 37:01

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Can colleges and secondary schools teach American civics (i.e., an examination of the republic’s good and bad experiences) without being jingoistic? Peter Berkowitz, the Hoover Institution’s Tad and Dianne Taube senior fellow and teacher of a course in American conservatism that’s part of the Stanford Civics Initiative, contends that “patriotism” i…

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California Update: A Not-So-Special Session in Sacramento And Reasons for Hope in 2025 52:06

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The following episode was recorded on December 10, 2024. An adventurous year in California politics and policy ends with a special legislative session to “Trump-proof” the Golden State. Will a pair of would-be reformers – a newly elected mayor of San Francisco and a Los Angeles district attorney, both of whom ran against the status quo, be able to …

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High School Confidential (The Role of Civics in K-12 Ed) | Renewing Civics Education – Preparing for American Citizenship 28:47

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Do high-school students – including those fortunate to attend America’s most prestigious universities – enter college with a solid understanding of American civics (i.e., the republic’s origin and design) or is it more a case of remedial learning? In this installment of Renewing Civics Education – Preparing for American Citizenship, Paul Peterson, …

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India, Before It Was Cool 54:05

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A new survey released by the Hoover Institution – part of Hoover’s Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations – offers a window into a handful of challenges facing the world’s fifth-largest economy and emerging world power. Sumit Ganguly, the inaugural director of the Huntington Program, joins Hoover research fellow Dinsha Mistree in a …

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“Don’t Know Much About” . . . America? | Renewing Civics Education – Preparing for American Citizenship 43:45

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The Hoover Institution is launching a new limited podcast series featuring experts grappling with how to reinvigorate civics education across America. Renewing Civics Education: Preparing for American Citizenship is a five-part podcast series that will feature a range of experts on aspects of civics, such as civics instruction, the role of the medi…

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How to Return to Sport after a Serious Injury - Chris Volkov 22:18

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Pippa Hanson talks with Physiotherapist Chris Volkov about returning to sport after a serious injury, how to safely do this to reduce the chances of a new injury. Each episode contains practical tip…

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California Update: Rising from the Ashes – What’s Next for Los Angeles? 54:42

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Los Angeles’s devastating wildfires have prompted a series of troubling questions, ranging from the city and county’s reported lack of preparedness and apparently outdated water infrastructure to the crisis-management skills of state and local leaders. And are those same leaders capable of rebuilding both swiftly and in a commonsense manner, as opp…

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Now What Do We Do? | Saints, Sinners, & Salvageables 47:25

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And so the great American election crisis that was destined to be, didn’t happen – the end-result stirring relatively little in the way of legal challenges or disruption of the constitutional process, with the public feeling better about the democratic process (or so the post-election polls suggest). In this, the last of four installments on electi…

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America’s Shifting Latino Vote: Tectonics Trumps All? 51:46

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Among the surprise results in this year’s American election: a victorious Donald Trump improving his numbers among Latino voters to a level not seen in 20 years and George W. Bush’s re-election (the only other time this century that the Republican choice won the popular vote). David Leal, a Hoover Institution adjunct senior fellow and University of…

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California Update: The Golden State’s Black-and-Blue Election 50:42

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The verdict on California’s November election? America’s largest “blue” state emerged black-and-blue as voters sent bruising, non-progressive messages regarding public safety, wage increases, and future approval of local bonds. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s California on …

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Restoring Confidence in Congress: Will the House Come to Order? 55:05

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By most metrics – a 16% job-approval rating, failing to deliver budgets much less conducting itself in a stately manner – the U.S. House of Representatives isn’t living up to the Founding Fathers’ ideals. How to restore the public’s confidence in the ways of Capitol Hill? Brandice Canes-Wrone, the Hoover Institution’s Maurice R. Greenberg senior fe…

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America Votes – The System Holds | Saints, Sinners, & Salvageables 48:56

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And so the great election meltdown that was supposed to happen didn’t – across America this week, tens of millions of voters going about their business in a seemingly orderly fashion, with a decisive outcome favoring one presidential candidate and his party. In this, the third of a four-part series on election integrity, Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover In…

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California Update: Election Eve In The Golden State – The Times (And The L.A. Times) They Are A-Changin’ 54:33

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What to expect in a California election that shows some prominent big-city incumbents in trouble and an anti-crime ballot measure steamrolling to victory? As Election Day approaches, Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s California on Your Mind web channel, join Hoover senior pro…

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Episode 78: In Which Kristan Higgins Contemplates Lad Lit and Po-Fam Romance 1:05:55

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In this engaging conversation, Nancy chats with bestselling author Kristan Higgins, exploring her journey from aspiring writer to successful novelist. Kristan shares her experiences in the publishing industry, her writing process, and the evolution of her work from romance to women's fiction. The discussion also delves into the importance of social…

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Close Encounters Of The Coos County Kind | Saints, Sinners, & Salvageables 46:13

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Justin Grimmer, a Hoover Institution senior fellow and Stanford University political scientist, joins Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow and a preeminent authority on election law, to discuss what the former’s visit to Coos County, Oregon, revealed about trust in the election process and the challenges invol…

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“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” of Election Integrity | Saints, Sinners, & Salvageables 56:51

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 56 min listen Hoover Institution | Stanford University Like a storm headed to America’s shores, the November forecast calls for the sound and fury of a contentious election that challenges the public’s trust in democracy. Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow is a preeminent author…

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Games People Play 42:40

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Why did the “best and brightest” of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations continue with a flawed Vietnam strategy despite years of wargaming simulations warning that there were no good outcomes for American involvement? Jacquelyn Schneider, the Hoover Institution’s Hargrove Hoover Fellow and director of Hoover’s Wargaming and Crisis Simulation In…

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Episode 77: In Which Cecelia Mecca Juggles 54:06

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Cecelia Mecca, a full-time romance author, shares her journey from being an English teacher to becoming a successful author. She talks about how she transitioned to full-time writing and the challenges she faced along the way. Cecelia also discusses the importance of finding the right genre and niche, and how it has contributed to her success. She …

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Bill-Signing Recap – Deep Fakes, Deep Dodges...and Deeply Indebted to an NBA Owner 53:00

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Who are the winners and losers now that California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed off on hundreds of legislative bills? Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s California on Your Mind web channel, join Hoover senior product manager Jonathan Movroydis to discuss why the past month…

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What Polling Says About Trump, Harris And An Election “Doom Loop” 1:03:45

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Is the current presidential election lining up along the same lines as the past two Trump referenda with a small number of swing states and an even smaller subset of issues (in 2024: jobs, inflation, immigration, and wars) deciding who will become America’s 47th president? David Brady and Douglas Rivers, Hoover Institution senior fellows and manage…

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A (Better) Government for the People: Michael Boskin on the Future of Federalism 50:56

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Since the founding of the republic, America’s leaders have pondered the question of federalism and the proper divide between national and local government regarding such thorny matters as infrastructure, healthcare financing, and education. Michael Boskin, the Hoover Institution’s Wohlford Family Senior Fellow and former chair of the White House’s …

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Knee pain in adolescents - Rick Whitehead 22:09

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Keeping up with life is a podcast where we empower you with health, business and family life strategies for you to live your best days. In this Episode Exercise Physiologist Jamie Barnes talks with Physiotherapist Rick Whitehead about Osgood-Schlatter disease, a common cause of knee pain in adolescents, how it occurs and how to best mange it. Each …

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Episode 76: In Which Julia Jarrett Talks about Hanson. (Dreamy Sigh.) 1:02:19

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Julia Jarrett is a Canadian author of spicy romance novels. She started with small-town romance but recently branched out into sports romance, specifically baseball. In this episode, Nancy and Julia talk about where Julia's ideas for her books come from and what goes on in their plot coaching sessions. Julia shares her strategies for launching book…

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Matters Of Policy & Politics: California Update: Kamala Raises the Roof, But Can She Deliver on Housing? 49:44

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The Democratic National Convention turns out to be a tale of two Californians – Vice President Kamala Harris becoming her party’s standard-bearer; Governor Gavin Newsom left out of the speakers’ lineup (other than a two-minute cameo during the roll-call vote). Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contri…

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Matters Of Policy & Politics: Is “Kamalomics” A Return to Price Controls . . . and Counting Matzo Balls? 45:58

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As Kamala Harris attempts to succeed where fellow Californian Richard Nixon fell short in 1960 – win the White House as a sitting vice president amidst a complicated economy – she takes a page from the Nixon presidency and wades into what government can do about the high cost of goods and services (specifically, food prices). Economist David Hender…

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Matters Of Policy & Politics: How Likely is a Gaza Cease-Fire and a Saudi Mega Deal? 46:19

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For the past two weeks, after Hezbollah rockets struck a Golan Heights town and Israel forces retaliated with strikes on targets in Beirut and Tehran, the world is bracing for further violence in the Middle East, fearing the conflict will escalate into a regional war. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration presses for a cease-fire agreement in Gaza. H…