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Matters of Policy & Politics is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to matters of governance and balance of power at home and abroad. It is hosted by Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.
As the successor to Hoover’s Area 45 podcast, which focused on Trump-era issues and controversies, Matters of Policy & Politics will examine the direction of federal, state, and local leadership and elections, with an occasional examination of national security and geopolitical concerns, all featuring insightful analysis provided by Hoover Institution scholars and guests.
Podcasts will be released weekly, with engaging topics and fellows.
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Matters Of Policy & Politics: California Update: It’s Not Just the Tacos That Are Fishy
A nascent 2026 governor’s race (will vice president Kamala Harris “pull a Nixon” and give it a go?), plus a fond remembrance of the late Bill Walton.
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Matters Of Policy & Politics: Presidential Debate Shake-Up: Who Trumped Whom? | Bill Whalen and Ben Ginsberg | Hoover Institution
The merits of the new debate schedule, what it means for the future of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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Matters Of Policy & Politics: California Update | Bill Whalen and Lee Ohanian | Hoover Institution
Campus protests, ballot machinations, a Governor “Roman around.”
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Matters Of Policy & Politics: Bringing America Together | Bill Whalen and Bill Bradley | Hoover Institution
Why Senator Bill Bradley keeps Rolling Along.
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Matters Of Policy & Politics: America’s Economic Riddle | Bill Whalen and Mickey Levy | Hoover Institution
Mickey Levy on higher employment and higher prices.
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Matters of Policy & Politics: Revisiting Freedom’s Cause: David Davenport and Checker Finn on Rejuvenating Civic Education | Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
Better ways to engage K-12 and college students in the understanding and appreciation of the concept of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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Democrat my whole life but listening to this podcast has changed my views and made me more open to conservative viewpoint us. Highly recommend.
Worse pollster in America they’re in the bag for the left
this show are always wrong, they all hate President Trump and lie though there teeth to support the lying, cheating democrats who support the corrupt joebiden . The big lie? Only big lie here are the two morons who couldn’t find there way out of closet. Particularly the smug arrogant lawyer. No more for me