Dr. Will Inboden, a national security scholar from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, masterfully describes Ronald Reagan's foreign policy and the role of the United States in ending the Cold War, in a discussion moderated by Bill Shute, Executive Director of the LBJ Washington Center. This is the subject of his new book The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War and the World on the Brink.



This event is the fourth and final installment of a special series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past" with four Texas-based policy experts discussing how our shared history impacts today's political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. “Policy Lessons from the Past” is presented by the LBJ School Washington Center. Visit lbj.utexas.edu/podcast for more info.

Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Will Inboden on the Reagan presidency and the role the United States played in ending the Cold War

Presidential historian and scholar Dr. Jeremi Suri discusses a country rebuilding itself as it wrestles with competing visions of democracy, race and freedom, in a conversation moderated by Bill Shute, Executive Director of the LBJ Washington Center. Dr. Suri shares his analysis of democracy, starting in 1865 when the Confederacy was militarily defeated and continues through 2022. This is the subject of his new book Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.



This event is the third installment of a special series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past" with four Texas-based policy experts discussing how our shared history impacts today's political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. “Policy Lessons from the Past” is presented by the LBJ School Washington Center.

Visit lbj.utexas.edu/podcast for more info.

Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Jeremi Suri on America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy

Historian and Texas State University professor Dr. Sarah Coleman examines the history of the battles over U.S. immigrants’ rights since 1965—and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties and more in conversation with Associate Director of Research at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School, Dr. Sergio Garcia-Rios. Dr. Coleman is the author of “The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern America.”



Dr. Coleman’s conversation is the second installment of a special four-part series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist,” in which Texas-based policy experts discuss how our shared history impacts today's political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. “Policy Lessons from the Past” is presented by the LBJ School Washington Center. Visit lbj.utexas.edu/podcast for more info.

Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Sarah Coleman on the politics of immigration in modern America

Historian and civil rights scholar Dr. Peniel Joseph discusses a powerful interpretation of the ongoing struggle for racial justice, calling this period as transformative as the movements post-Civil War and during the civil rights era as outlined in his new book, The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century, with LBJ School Washington Center Executive Director Bill Shute.



Dr. Joseph’s conversation is the first installment of a special four-part series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist,” in which Texas-based policy experts discuss how our shared history impacts today's political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy. “Policy Lessons from the Past” is presented by the LBJ School Washington Center. Visit lbj.utexas.edu/podcast for more info.

Policy Lessons from the Past: Dr. Peniel Joseph on American’s struggle for racial justice

Those that cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In a special series titled “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist,” four Texas-based policy experts will discuss how our shared history impacts today's political environment, spanning topics like racial justice, immigration, global confrontations and the very nature of democracy.




“Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist” is presented by the LBJ School Washington Center. For more info, visit lbj.utexas.edu/podcast

Introducing “Policy Lessons from the Past: U.S. history with a Texas twist”

In this special episode of Policy on Purpose, Dean JR DeShazo recognizes the people, mission and legacy of the LBJ School in his inaugural 2021 State of the College.  Find out more at lbj.utexas.edu.

Inaugural State of the College 2021 from LBJ School Dean JR DeShazo

This episode, the fourth in the LBJ School's podcast series Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, looks at the sum total of this legislative session, from the extraordinary circumstances forced upon it by COVID-19 and high-impact social issues including abortion and transgender rights to the fight between state and local governments over police budgets, voting and how to handle the pandemic. Two former Texas lawmakers — Larry Gonzales, who represented District 52 (2010–18) and Sherri Greenberg, a professor of practice at the LBJ School who represented District 48 (1991–2001) analyze what happened this session, the tension between both the legislative chambers and state and local government, and that explosive final night as the session was gaveled out.



This episode of Policy on Purpose was mixed and mastered by Morgan Honaker, Oscar Kitmanyen, and Ean Herrera.

Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 4: A Stunning Conclusion

This third episode in the LBJ School's podcast series Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature assesses the measures in the Texas Senate and House to overhaul the state's energy market, strengthen its electrical grid and address energy prices during the February Freeze. Varun Rai, LBJ's associate dean for research and the director of The University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute, joins Sherri Greenberg, a professor of practice at the LBJ School and a former Texas state representative (1991–2001) to analyze what is happening in each chamber and where Texas' energy market is likely to stand at the end of this legislative session.



 This episode of Policy on Purpose was mixed and mastered by Alejandra Arrazola and Will Kurzner.

Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 3: Energy, Utilities and the Texas Grid

In episode 2 of Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature, Victoria deFrancesco Soto, LBJ's assistant dean for civic engagement, talks with former U.S. Congressman Beto O'Rourke, now an adjuct assistant professor at the school, about the restrictive voter provisions laid out in SB7 and HB6. They discuss how the bills, which would eliminate measures taken in 2020 to expand voting in Texas, would affect specific populations, how they fit into the larger landscape of voting restrictions nationwide, and their chances of passing this session.



 This episode of Policy on Purpose was mixed and mastered by Harris Codini and Will Kurzner.

Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 2: Voting Rights and Restrictions

In this episode of the LBJ School's new podcast series "Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature," Distinguished Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch, an expert on the criminal justice system, correctional oversight and juvenile justice, talks with Alycia Welch, associate director of the COVID Corrections and Oversight Project at the LBJ School and a longtime criminal justice reform advocate. They discuss the bills surrounding criminal justice policy and policing this session, including Second Look, Raise the Age, parole reform, independent oversight for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the George Floyd Act and bail reform. They also look at what legislators aren't addressing as the session nears its close.



 This episode of Policy on Purpose was mixed and mastered by Alejandra Arrazola, Harper Carlton, and Sofia Salter.

Eye on the Lege: Inside the 87th Texas Legislature – Episode 1: Criminal Justice Reform

In the final episode of “From a Great Society to a Resilient Society,” host Steven Pedigo talks with LBJ School faculty experts Patrick Bixler, William Inboden and Kate Weaver about our shared future at the intersections of climate change, national security and global development. This podcast series is a continuation of a policy toolkit released by the LBJ School in December 2020. Learn more:  https://lbj.utexas.edu/resiliency-toolkit



 This episode of Policy on Purpose was mixed and mastered by Sofia Salter and Will Kurzner.

From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 5 – A Resilient Future in a Globally Connected World

General revenue sharing has been described as "paying for teachers in Manhattan and streetlights in Buffalo." Leading economic and public finance experts James Galbraith, Michael Lind and Martin Luby join Steven Pedigo to talk flexible funding, why successful economic policies lay groundwork for future policy changes, and if a job guarantee is part of the future.  This podcast series is a continuation of a policy toolkit released by the LBJ School in December 2020. Learn more:  https://lbj.utexas.edu/resiliency-toolkit

From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 4 – Public Finance

LBJ School experts Ruth Wasem and Michele Deitch join "From a Great Society to a Resilient Society” to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted two of society’s most vulnerable populations: immigrants and prison and jail populations. Host Steven Pedigo talks with Wasem and Deitch about the conditions that led to COVID-19’s impact on these populations and potential opportunities for bipartisan legislation at the federal and state levels.  This podcast series is a continuation of a policy toolkit released by the LBJ School in December 2020. Learn more:  https://lbj.utexas.edu/resiliency-toolkit

From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 3 – Impact of COVID-19 on Society’s Vulnerable

In episode 2 of the LBJ School's special series "From a Great Society to a Resilient Society," host Steven Pedigo talks with the LBJ School's Dr. Michael Hole and Professor Sherri Greenberg about resilient and healthy communities, public health and the economy, and equitable vaccine distribution. Learn more about resiliency in the age of COVID-19 at lbj.utexas.edu/resiliency-toolkit

From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 2 – Public Health

This is episode 1 of the LBJ School's new podcast series From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Building a resilient future in a globally connected world. In this six-part series, host Steven Pedigo engages LBJ School policy leaders on the future of our world through the lens of resiliency. 



In this episode, Pedigo is joined by federal policy experts Don Kettl and presidential historian Jeremi Suri to talk about leadership and decision making in a post-Trump world. 

From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Episode 1 – Leadership

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson shared his vision of what would become known as the “Great Society”—an America where the air and water are clean, poverty and racial injustice have been eliminated, and all its citizens can develop their full potential and share in the promise of America.  But the gap between LBJ’s aspiration and our current reality is as wide today as it was then. From the LBJ School, this is a series on the future of leadership, national security, climate change, education and more through the lens of resiliency.  Launching in January 2021: From a Great Society to a Resilient Society: Building a resilient future in a globally connected world.

Episode 27 – Introducing Resiliency in the Age of COVID-19

U.S. Census Director Dr. Steven Dillingham joins Policy on Purpose to discuss the 2020 census, why it counts and how students can get involved.

Episode 26 – U.S. Census Director Dr. Steven Dillingham

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan visited the LBJ School on November 13, 2019, as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Leaders Series. In this episode, Mayor Duggan talks about efforts to revitalize the city of Detroit in an equitable way.

Episode 25 – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan shares before and after story of Detroit

Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and director of the upcoming PBS documentary Democracy Rebellion, talks about grassroots efforts in Texas to combat big money politics, gerrymandering and voter suppression.

Episode 24 – Democracy Rebellion in Texas

Former NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen joins guest host and Urban Lab Director Steven Pedigo to discuss ways policymakers can leverage public-private partnerships to future-proof cities.

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