Talk Policy To Me Podcast​

Talk Policy To Me is a podcast that spotlights the personal stories and creative solutions from the next generation of public policy leaders. It’s brought to you by the Berkeley Initiative for Young Americas and the Goldman School of Public Policy. On the show, we highlight advocates, policymakers, and researchers who are doing innovative work – those people who show us that policy is both powerful and personal. The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent those of the Initiative for Young Americans, the Goldman School, or the University of California.

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This year, researchers found that the last 22 years were the driest consecutive years in the North American southwest in over a millennium. The pace and scale of climate change...
The annual number of anti-LGBTQ bills filed has skyrocketed over the past several years, from 41 in 2018 to 240 and counting in the first three months of this year....
In 2016, California voters legalized recreational cannabis through Prop 64. Now, five years after legalization, city’s are grappling with the difficulty of prioritizing social equity in the cannabis licensing process...
The Republican Party and the Democratic Party take different approaches to talking about race and racism. While politicians in the Republican Party have used coded language or “dog whistles” to...
This is the second episode in a two-part series about changing how we vote in the United States. In today’s episode, Talk Policy To Me reporter Elena Neale-Sacks talks with...
In recent months and years, legislation meant to make it more difficult to vote, especially for Black and brown people, has proliferated in some state legislatures. But problems with the...
As of 2021, there were 30 million online dating users in the US and 321 million users worldwide. Despite this massive number of users, there’s very little policy that regulates...
In February 2020, the Oakland City Council passed Oakland’s Fair Chance Housing ordinance. The legislation was the first in California — joining cities nationwide like Seattle and Portland — to...
With 59% of the US population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the increased availability of booster shots, and the rise of a new variant, having a highly vaccinated public is incredibly...