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Statecraft

Santi Ruiz
Congress
Inflation
Covid-19
Legislative Process
Constituent Communication
Digital Competency
Technology
Advanced Market Commitment
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
Institutional Capacity
Public Engagement
Vaccine Development
Public Health Policy
Biological Weapons Convention
Sverdlovsk
Woodrow Wilson
Council Of Economic Advisers
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
CIA
Domestic Policy Council

Statecraft is an interview series about how policy actually gets made. Subscribe at www.statecraft.pub to get new interview transcripts in your inbox once a week. www.statecraft.pub

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This episode was originally recorded on October 18th at the Progress Conference in Berkeley. Because of the federal shutdown, Director Kratsios called in virtually.

Michael Kratsios is Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Pol... more

Today we’re talking about housing. The ROAD to Housing Act passed the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee 24-0 in late July. Last week — despite the shutdown — it cleared the Senate. It’s a package of 27 pieces of legislation to boos... more

Today, we’re joined by Bobby Fijan. He’s a co-founder of the American Housing Corporation, a startup building housing for families in cities. A burning question motivates his work: How do you make cities places where families can live and thrive? He ... more

Today, I’m joined by Anup Malani. He’s a professor of law at the University of Chicago, currently on leave, serving as the first Chief Economist at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This means he oversees economic analysis for the agency ... more

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Recent Guests

Will Poff-Webster
Legislative council for Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii
Senate
Episode: Is the Senate Fixing Housing Policy?
Alex Armlovich
Senior housing policy analyst at the Niskanen Center
Niskanen Center
Episode: Is the Senate Fixing Housing Policy?
Brian Potter
Senior infrastructure fellow at IFP and author of the Construction Physics Newsletter
IFP
Episode: Is the Senate Fixing Housing Policy?
Bobby Fijan
Co-founder of the American Housing Corporation, focused on building housing for families.
American Housing Corporation
Episode: Why We Don't Build Apartments for Families
Anup Malani
Professor of law at the University of Chicago and chief economist at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Episode: How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs
Dean Ball
Former Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Episode: How to Write the AI Action Plan
Dan Wang
Author of 'Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future', experienced in Chinese technology and politics.
Episode: Leninist Technocracy with Grand Opera Characteristics
Judge Glock
Director of Research at the Manhattan Institute
Manhattan Institute
Episode: Four Ways to Fix Government HR
Dr. Rob Johnston
Intelligence Community veteran and ethnographer, author of "Analytic Culture in the US Intelligence Community"
Episode: How to Be a Good Intelligence Analyst

Host

Santi Ruiz
Host of Statecraft, with a background in journalism and a focus on policy discussions.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 82 ratings
  • Fascinating, Insightful, Extremely Underrated

    This is quickly becoming one of my go-to podcasts! Santi does a fantastic job sourcing guests with experience in key issues, asking interesting questions, and engaging intelligently with the responses. It’s clear he prepares well for every episode. The topics are often complex, but these conversations always leave me with a fresh and better-informed perspective.

    If you love policy, economics, and America, this show is 110% worth your time.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    RobbyAstle
    United States14 days ago
  • Really good

    I think I may have some differing political views from Santi, but listening to someone earnestly trying to figure out how to make this work is such a profound breath of fresh air. State capacity! Requisition rules! LFGoooooo!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Pod person 1000
    United Statesa month ago
  • Robert Moses says five stars

    If you love and hate Robert Moses, this is the podcast for you.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Great45742
    United States2 months ago
  • Good

    Santi is cool

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    shfmmmmz
    United States2 months ago
  • Packed with insights

    Santi does a great job of getting compelling insights delivered in a digestible way. I particularly appreciate how he pauses his guests where appropriate to define a term or acronym that may not be widely known outside of their subject matter expertise.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jerry Manderer
    United States2 months ago

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Valuable for anyone interested in understanding the mechanisms behind government decision-making.
High-quality discussions that make intricate policies accessible to a broader audience.
Insightful interviews with experts who shed light on complex topics.

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#249
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#155
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#182
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Talking Points

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How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs
Q: How do you think about bending the cost curve in healthcare?
Bending the cost curve means reducing costs while maintaining quality, focusing on how existing technologies are used effectively to ensure efficient healthcare delivery.
How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs
Q: How do you tackle Medicare fraud without harming patients?
We want to switch to a proactive strategy of identifying fraud using claims data patterns to prevent unnecessary spending before problems occur.
How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs
Q: What are the main challenges you face regarding healthcare spending?
The major challenge is balancing increasing demand for federal healthcare spending due to a growing elderly population with the shrinking tax base that supports it.
How to Bring Down Healthcare Costs
Q: What are you doing all day as chief economist?
I break down my job into three parts: providing advice on perspective decisions, managing discrete projects, and conducting economic research to understand various healthcare topics.
How to Write the AI Action Plan
Q: How do we get an agency that isn't formally required to do a thing to try and do that thing?
We need to rely on careful work from OSTP, a well-structured rollout, and the political weight of high-profile endorsements from leadership.

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The content primarily focuses on the intricacies of policy-making by interviewing political appointees and civil servants. Episodes aim to unpack how decisions are made within government, featuring discussions on a variety of relevant topics including artificial intelligence, civil service reform, foreign aid, and infrastructure challenges. Noteworthy elements include a diverse range of expert guests from different fields, providing both historical insights and contemporary perspectives on governance. The podcast emphasizes transparency in government processes and seeks to engage listeners with thought-provoking discussions on the dynamics of political decision-making.

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1. Will Poff-Webster
2. Alex Armlovich
3. Brian Potter
4. Bobby Fijan
5. Anup Malani
6. Dean Ball
7. Dan Wang
8. Judge Glock

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