Episodes

Monday Mar 10, 2025
35. How do Teachers Improve Early in their Career?
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks to Eric Taylor of the Harvard Graduate School of Education about the extent to which teachers improve over the course of their careers.

Thursday Jan 16, 2025
34. Effects of Drinking Water Contamination on Birth Outcomes
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Elaine Hill of the University of Rochester about the consequences of modest levels of drinking water contamination that are compliant with federal regulations.

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
33. Equity Implications of Property Tax Reassessments
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Jour our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor David Schwegman about the equity implications of a change to Philadelphia's Property Tax Reassessment policies.

Monday Nov 11, 2024
32. Recycling Habits and Policy in New York City
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Dylan Brewer of The Georgia Institute of Technology about the resiliency of New Yorkers' recycling habits and, more generally, the basic economics of municipal recycling programs.

Monday Oct 07, 2024
31. The Long Lasting Consequences of School Shootings
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Robin McKnight of Wellesley College about long-lasting and widespread consequences of school shootings.

Monday Apr 15, 2024
30. Evictions and Psychiatric Treatment
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks to Professor Catherine Maclean of George Mason University about her research on the impact of access to psychiatric treatment centers on evictions and housing stability.

Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
29. Should the Public Fund Professional Sports Stadiums?
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks to JC Bradbury of Kennesaw State University about the economics and politics of public funding for professional sports stadiums.

Monday Dec 04, 2023
28. The Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Our host talks with Taylor Odle about his Vernon Memorial Prize-winning paper with Lauren Russel about the Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degree programs.

Monday Oct 30, 2023
27. The Thin Blue Line in Schools
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks with Lucy C. Sorensen, SUNY Albany and Shawn D. Bushway, SUNY Albany & Rand, about police in schools.

Monday Oct 02, 2023
26. Infant Safe Havens
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Dr. Lindsey Bullinger, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, talks about Infant Safe Havens.