Episodes
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Michael Auslin On Keeping Up With The Kims
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
What’s the status of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? Is his younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, the heir apparent? Michael Auslin, the Hoover Institution’s Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia and co-host of Hoover’s Pacific Century podcast, discusses the family dynamics at play in Pyongyang and possible changes to American diplomacy post-November election.
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
California: Back in Blackouts Again?
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
For the first time in nearly two decades, California faced the prospect of rolling blackouts due to an imbalance between supply and demand for electricity. James Sweeney, a Hoover Institution senior fellow and energy-market scholar, explains the differences between crises present and past, and suggests ways California can better balance population and environmental concerns.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Vice President Harris, Senator Newsom?
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
California Senator Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s running mate and, arguably, first in line to be her party’s next presidential nominee. Dan Walters, a CalMatters columnist and authority on California political issues and policy, explains where Harris fits in the Golden State’s elected mosaic – and why a Biden-Harris victory would trigger competition among California Democrats to replace her in Washington.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Area 45: Tim Kane: Does COVID-19 Trump Immigration?
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
With the fall election less than 90 days away, what happens to immigration reform should the White House and Congress change hands? Tim Kane, an economist and the Hoover Institution’s J.P. Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies, discusses a sensible approach to immigration policy that would balance America’s economic, security and humanitarian concerns – and why the topic isn’t the same flash point it was in the last presidential election.