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NCSL Podcasts

Learn about the people, policies and politics of America"s state legislatures with NCSL"s three podcasts: "Our American States," "Across the Aisle" and the special limited series "Building Democracy."

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00:22:15

Legislative Leadership and the Infinite Game | OAS...

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2025/12/07

On this episode we sat down with Curt Stedron, director of NCSL’s Legislative Training Institute, to discuss a presentation he made at this year’s Legislative Summit in Boston on how game theory can help legislative leaders better understand the notion of leading in an infinite game. Stedron draws on the work of game theorist James Carse and author Simon Sinek, who popularized Carse’s theories. Stedron explained that the legislature, like many other areas of life, is really an infinite game, where

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00:46:50

Power and the People: Distributed Energy Resources...

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2025/11/23

Distributed energy resources or DERs, things such as rooftop solar panels on homes and small businesses, home or business batteries and electric vehicles are an important option in managing demand for electricity. When these resources are combined through the use of software, they can create what’s called a virtual power plant.On this podcast, we talk with two experts in the field: Rebekah de la Mora, a senior policy analyst at the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, and Lakin Garth,

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00:27:19

Unretirement and the Over-50 Worker | OAS Episode 251

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2025/11/09

On this episode, we talk with Carly Roszkowski, vice president of financial resilience programming at AARP. She joined the podcast on the sidelines of NCSL's Legislative Summit in Boston in August where she was appearing on a panel called “Unretirement: Rethinking Work in the Age of Longevity.”She explained how demographic trends mean the lion's share of the workforce growth is among the over-50 crowd, and in a related trend, that more than a fifth of retirees are working full or part-time jobs

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00:42:46

Private Equity and Health Care | OAS Episode 250

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2025/10/26

Private equity investment in health care facilities has grown substantially in the past decade. There have been hundreds of such acquisitions of health care facilities in the past decade, including physician practices, nursing home facilities, and hospitals involving hundreds of billions of dollars.At its most basic, private equity investors take over a health care company with the intention of increasing its value and reselling it for a profit. Advantages of such a strategy can be more capital

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00:38:08

Energy Security for Tribal Lands | OAS Episode 249

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2025/10/19

Tribal households in this country pay more than the average for electricity, and members of tribes often face a higher energy burden--the percentage of household income spent on energy—than many people. Also, there also are about 17,000 homes on tribal land have no electricity, according to a 2023 U.S. Department of Energy report to Congress. The report also noted the critical need for electricity infrastructure on tribal lands, some of which has been addressed through federal grants, loans and

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00:33:49

Getting Back to College | OAS Episode 248

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2025/10/05

There are more than 38 million people in the U.S. under 65 who have completed some college courses but did not receive a degree or certificate. Dozens of states have set ambitious post-secondary goals and part of reaching those goals includes bringing those back into the educational system. On this episode, we get the perspective from two people about how to bring those learners back into the system. Terah Crews is the CEO of ReUp Education, an focused on that population. Illinois Representative La

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00:18:41

The Long View of Legislative Reform | OAS Episode 247

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2025/09/28

On this episode, we’re joined by Pev Squire, a political science professor at the University of Missouri and an expert on state legislatures. He's the author of several books on legislatures and government, and he joined the podcast to discuss his latest book, “Reforming Legislatures: American Voters and State Ballot Measures 1792- 2020.” The deep dive into about 1,500 ballot measures related to the operations of the legislature that were put to voters over more than 300 years provided Squire with a

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00:30:47

The Potential of Geothermal Power | OAS Episode 246

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2025/09/14

On this episode, we dive into geothermal energy, a process that involves tapping into underground reservoirs of heat and steam and using that heat either directly or to generate electricity. Geothermal is attracting the attention of state lawmakers who are looking for additional clean energy sources, new techniques to generate geothermal energy by pumping water into heated layers of the Earth, make geothermal an option in areas of the country where the underground reservoirs of hot water have

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00:18:18

Advice and Some Memories From Staff Veterans | OAS...

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2025/09/07

On this episode, two legislative staffers offer some advice to people new to working at the legislature. Kate Wolf, a legislative aide in the Nebraska Legislature, and Morgan Hall, a fiscal analyst in the Georgia House budget office talked about surprises early in their careers, what attracted them to legislative service and what they wish they'd known before they started their jobs.ResourcesLegislative Staff Resources, NCSL

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00:25:53

Understanding Kids, Smartphones and Social Media |...

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2025/08/24

On this episode we sat down with Zach Rausch, the chief researcher at the Tech and Society Lab at NYU, and the lead researcher for “The Anxious Generation,” by Jonathan Haidt, which was published last year. The core thesis of the book is that we've been overprotecting children in the real world and underprotecting them in the online world. The book points to data about Gen Z, the generation born from the mid-’90s to about 2010 showing significant increases in anxiety, depression and suicide. The

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00:27:51

NCSL Legislative Summit: Day 3 | Aug. 6, 2025

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2025/08/06

This is our third podcast from NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston where the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Joining today's show with some some international perspective are Mark Daly, the chair of the Irish Senate, and Ruth Bajada, the deputy chief of mission for the European Union delegation to the U.S. On Monday and Tuesday I spoke with current and incoming presidents and staff chairs for NCSL. You can check those out wherever you get your podcasts. ResourcesCelebrating 50 years

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00:13:55

NCSL Legislative Summit: Day 2 | Aug. 5, 2025

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2025/08/05

We're coming to you again today from NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston where the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Today's guests are Illinois Rep. Marcus Evans Jr., the incoming president of NCSL, and Lonnie Edgar, deputy director for Mississippi’s Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review and the incoming NCSL staff chair. They will both assume their new positions on Wednesday at the NCSL Business Meeting.ResourcesCelebrating 50 years of

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00:17:56

NCSL Legislative Summit: Day 1 | Aug. 4, 2025

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2025/08/04

For today's episode, we're podcasting from NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston where the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary.We're positing podcasts Aug. 4, 5 and 6 with some voices from the Summit. Today our guests are Utah Sen. Wayne Harper, the president of NCSL, and John Snyder, the Transportation Committee staff administrator for the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission and the NCSL staff chair. Tomorrow, joining us will be Illinois Rep. Marcus Evans Jr., the incoming

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00:16:17

NCSL at 50: The Legacy of Legislators | OAS Episode 240

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2025/08/03

This episode is the fourth and final show in a series celebrating and exploring the 50th anniversary of NCSL. On this episode, the focus is on legislators. Along with Senator Lee, two other lawmakers offer their perspective on the role of state legislator. Also joining the discussion are Tim Storey, the CEO of NCSL, two political scientists with deep knowledge of state legislatures and an NCSL researcher with results of the latest survey of legislators. Earlier episodes charted the history of

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00:41:37

Worker Benefits in the New Economy | OAS Episode 239

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2025/07/20

Nearly 60 million people in the U.S. fall into the broad category of independent workers. Those include contract, temporary and gig workers. Their jobs do not fall neatly into employer-connected benefit systems, so policymakers increasingly are exploring benefits that are instead attached to the worker. Several states have enacted legislation allowing portable benefits to be set up in their state. Other states have created programs that offer automatic enrollment for employees without access to an

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00:39:30

Helping Wildlife Cross the Road | OAS Episode 238

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2025/07/13

Our focus on this episode is wildlife crossings, underpasses or bridges built just for animals. Millions of animals are killed by vehicles annually on U.S. roads, ranging from large mammals like deer to smaller creatures like squirrels and birds. Animal-vehicle collisions result in about 200 human deaths and 26,000 injuries each year.Joining the podcast to discuss the issue are Matt Skroch, director of Pew’s U.S. Conservation Project for the western U.S. and Alaska; Senator Mimi Stewart, a Democrat

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00:26:40

Security Challenges of Utilities in Rural America |...

NCSL Podcasts ·

2025/06/22

Electrical co-ops and public power utilities provide service to about a 100 million Americans, including many rural parts of the nation and counties with persistent poverty. They have many of the same concerns about both physical and cybersecurity as investor-owned utilities, but different challenges in terms of terrain, staffing and resources.On this episode, we focus on those challenges and how utilities in rural parts of the country are coping. Our guests are John Ransom, director of regulatory

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00:39:34

A New Approach to Competency to Stand Trial | OAS...

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2025/06/15

A core tenet of the U.S. legal system is that an accused person must be competent to stand trial, which means a defendant can understand the charges against them and assist their lawyer in preparing a defense. In practice, defendants who need to be evaluated for competency often spend long periods in confinement because of a shortage of behavioral health services. When they are finally released, it's usually without ongoing care. On this episode, we spoke with three people who are involved in

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00:30:07

Shortages in the Behavioral Health Workforce | OAS...

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2025/06/08

Our focus on this episode is the behavioral health workforce. More than a third of the U.S. population lives in areas with shortages of psychologists, counselors and social workers, and nearly two-thirds of shortage areas are rural. Those workforce shortages occur during a period when many experts, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have concluded we have a mental health crisis. Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA,

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00:34:24

The Growing Role of Biosimilars | OAS Episode 234

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2025/05/25

Biosimilars, a group of drugs that are similar to biologic drugs, which are medications produced using living organisms and are often used to treat complex medical conditions. Biosimilars were first introduced to the prescription drug market about a decade ago and as of March, the FDA had approved scores of products that may be used interchangeably for some of the most expensive brand-name biologic pharmaceuticals, treating conditions such as diabetes and cancer. While biologics make up only about

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