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AshCast brings you the latest discussions on democracy, government innovation, and Asia public policy from the halls of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a research center and think tank at Harvard Kennedy School
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42 episodes
Panel 3: Alternative Models of Technological Innovation in History
In the third episode of the Conference on the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence, we hear from speakers Marc Aidinoff, Institute for Advance...
Panel 4: AI in the Public Interest – Federal & State Perspectives
Join us for the final podcast on panel four of GETTING-Plurality's conference on the Political Economy featuring speakers Secretary Jason Snyder, Comm...
Panel 2: Conference on the Political Economy of AI
In the second episode from GETTING-Plurality's Conference on the Political Economy of AI, we hear from speakers Janet Haven, Amba Kak, and Julius Krei...
Introducing the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence
In this first episode of GETTING-Plurality's Conference on the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence, listeners can tune into the opening remar...
Civil Disobedience and Democracy on Campus with Archon Fung and Khalil Gibran Muhammad (Part 2)
In the second half of their conversation, Archon Fung and Khalil Gibran Muhammad continue a discussion of campus protests, civil disobedience, and the...
Civil Disobedience and Democracy on Campus with Archon Fung and Khalil Gibran Muhammad (Part 1)
In part one of a two part conversation, Archon Fung and Khalil Gibran Muhammad discuss campus protests, civil disobedience, and the role speech and de...
A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back
In his newest book “A Hacker's Mind: How the Rich and Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend Them Back,” cybersecurity expert and HKS faculty...
Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice
The United States continues to grapple with creating an accurate, national picture of racial inequality in crime and justice. Criminal justice reform...
Data-Smart City Pod: The Highway of the Future is in Georgia
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In this episode Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Allie Kelly...
Data-Smart City Pod: Trains and the Future of Transit
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Data-Smart City Pod: How Baton Rouge Manages Resiliency Through Data with Mayor Sharon Weston Broome
In this episode Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Sharon Weston Broome, the mayor of Baton Rouge. Mayor Broome talks about leading a data-driven ci...
Data-Smart City Pod: Economic Growth through the Adjacent Possible
This episode is a conversation between Professor Steve Goldsmith and Ricardo Hausmann, the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Pol...
Data-Smart City Pod: Open Mobility as a Service
This episode a conversation between Professor Steve Goldsmith and transit expert Andrew Salzberg. Previously the director of transportation policy at...
Data-Smart City Pod: Building Back Better with Intelligent Infrastructure
This episode is a lightly edited version of a recent panel discussion about our newest paper, “Toward a Smarter Future: Building Back Better with Inte...
Data-Smart City Pod: Public Safety and Policing in Dallas, TX featuring Mayor Eric Johnson
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. They discuss the role of the mayor in maintaining public safety, bala...
Data-Smart City Pod: Leveraging Data and GIS to Correct for Historical, Systemic Racism
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Christen Watts, GIS Manager at the city of Asheville, and Scott Barnwell, the city's Business an...
Data-Smart City Pod: Jack Dangermond on Multi-Dimension GIS and Equity
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Jack Dangermond, the founder and president of Esri. They talk about the way cities can utilize m...
Data-Smart City Pod: Richard Florida on Data, Cities, and Structure
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews the renowned professor, author, and urbanist Richard Florida. They talk about the interconnected...
Data-Smart City Pod: Equity Connected - How San Jose is Expanding Broadband Access
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Kip Harkness, the deputy city manager for San Jose, California. Harkness is in charge of the cit...
Power and Organizing in Twenty-First Century America
On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the Ash Center hosted a book talk of Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America with co-authors...
Data-Smart City Pod: Mayors Address Vaccine Hesitancy
In this special episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Mayor Ras Baraka as part of an event on addressing vaccine hes...
Data-Smart City Pod: The State of Digital Government
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews David Eaves, author and lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Eaves recently...
China Inside Out
On Monday, April 26th, the Ash Center hosted the annual S.T. Lee Lecture on Military History, Strategy, and Policymaking titled “China Inside Out: A C...
Data-Smart City Pod: YMCA and Mission-Driven Data
In this episode, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Maria-Alicia Serrano, Senior Director of Research, Analytics, and Insights at the YMCA of the US...
Estonia's Digital Transformation and Development of X-Road
Estonia's spectacular journey of digital transformation and the development of X-Road by the Nordic Institute of Interoperable Solutions has been a ga...
Voting Rights and Democracy Reform in the States and on the Hill
With Georgia passing legislation to dramatically restrict voting access, and with similar legislation pending in other states, fundamental issues of v...
Data-Smart City Pod: Making Dynamic Data Accessible - GIS in Maryland
In the third episode of Data-Smart City Pod, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Maryland’s Geographic Information Officer Julia Fischer, and Mauree...
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
On Wednesday, March 24th, the Ash Center and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) hosted a discussion of Our Common Purpose, a report issu...
Jack Ma and the Collapse of the World’s Largest IPO
Jack Ma has become the global face of Chinese entrepreneurship and represents the growing influence of private business and capital in China. Yet the...
Data-Smart City Pod: Driving Racial Equity through Data and Mapping
In the second episode of Data-Smart City Pod, Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews Elana Needle, the director of the Racial Equity Anchor Collaborativ...
Citizen Ballot Initiatives: A New Tool for Election Reform
The last several years have seen the growing and successful use of citizen-initiated ballot initiatives to win major election reforms. Some of the mos...
Political Geographies of the Populist Right
Support for populist right-wing parties and candidates has increased considerably across the globe in recent years. In addition to this overall rise i...
Myanmar After the Coup
The February 1st coup launched by Myanmar's military effectively put an end to the country's tentative transition to democracy as civilian political l...
Data-Smart City Pod: Improving Life in Southern California with GIS and Data
In the first episode of Data-Smart City Pod, Professor Steve Goldsmith talks with Rex Richardson and Darin Chidsey, respectively the president and chi...
Election Legislation in the States: Moving Forward or Backward?
The 2020 elections hinged, in dramatic ways, on widely varying state laws and state election procedures. Major changes were made in light of the pande...
Can We Break Out of the Two-Party Doom Loop?
The January 6 Capitol insurrection shows that the United States is facing exceptional challenges to our democracy. Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow in the P...
Coming Soon - The Data-Smart City Pod
New from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Data-Smart City Pod brings on top innovators and leading industry, academic, and...
State Capture
Most Americans pay little attention to the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success i...
Deliberative Democracy and Urban Policy Design in Buenos Aires
In recent years, Buenos Aires City Government has set out to become a more inclusive and sustainable city, with a priority of serving the city's most...
Getting Out the Intersectional Vote: What Do Black Women Voters Want?
On Thursday, November 21st, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and...