April 21, 2023 Fifth Graders Fight for New Mexico State Aroma | ATA Episode 5 Young students in New Mexico made history when they convinced lawmakers that the smell of roasting chilis should be the state's official aroma. They researched, wrote letters, testified in hearings and celebrated when the Governor signed the... Podcast, Across the Aisle Podcast
April 16, 2023 Childhood Vaccinations in Post-Pandemic America | OAS Episode 184 We sat down with Pam Shaw, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, to discuss the decline in childhood vaccination rates over the past couple of years and how the pandemic may have affected that. Also on the show is... Podcast, Our American States Podcast
April 9, 2023 Grappling With Juvenile Justice | OAS Episode 183 Two experts on juvenile justice join the podcast to discuss how legislatures are dealing with the issue and how a new report on youth incarceration report points to a number of reasons why locking up young people does not make society safer and... Podcast, Our American States Podcast
March 26, 2023 Coaching, Leadership and Legislative Staff | LTIS Episode 18 On this episode, host Tim Storey sits down with Paul Danczyk, director of Executive Education in Sacramento for the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy and co-director of the Legislative Staff Management Institute,... Podcast, Legislatures: The Inside Story Podcast
March 19, 2023 Exploring Bipartisanship | ATA Episode 4 State legislators increasingly are promoting civility and bipartisanship. One trainer says, “Civility is not just good manners, it's really being able to get something done.” We’ll discuss how that work is going and why... Podcast, Across the Aisle Podcast
March 12, 2023 Remembering Bobby Silverstein and the Fight for Social Justice | OAS Episode 182 On this podcast, we look back on the life of Robert “Bobby Silverstein,” a legal powerhouse in the world of disability rights and often called the behind-the-scenes architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Former Iowa Sen.... Podcast, Our American States