The Overton Window Podcast

‘That’s wrong. It’s morally wrong. It’s economically wrong. It’s just bad policy.’

Richard Vedder on his career as a policy advocate professor

James M. Hohman | June 17, 2022

‘Not yet, but we’re close’

Jeremy Baker on changing policy through candidate recruitment

James M. Hohman | June 3, 2022

'Transparency is for government and privacy is for people'

Heather Lauer on getting lawmakers to pass donor privacy laws

James M. Hohman | May 20, 2022

‘Powers that no one had exercised before’

Daniel Dew and Michael Van Beek on gubernatorial authority in emergencies

James M. Hohman | May 6, 2022

‘You keep grinding and grinding and grinding — it's almost like a rugby scrum —until there is that opening’

Russ Latino on the legislative battle for tax cuts in Mississippi

James M. Hohman | April 22, 2022

'These past two years in general really show you that when parents band together they can really push for change'

Corey DeAngelis on the rush the fund students and tweeting for school choice

James M. Hohman | April 8, 2022

‘At the start, it had nothing to do with policy, it was about us understanding the issue’

Randy Hicks on taking a bottom-up strategy to state policy reform

James M. Hohman | March 25, 2022

‘They are trying to juggle all these different values and different demands.’

Jason Hayes on how states manage their parks and forests

James M. Hohman | March 11, 2022

‘People will vote for the party that does not raise their taxes.’

Grover Norquist on the Politics of Tax Reductions

February 25, 2022

'Remember When We Thought Cellphones Were Going to Cause Brain Cancer?'

Michelle Minton on the nicotine policy debate

James M. Hohman | February 11, 2022

“Get Out There, Motivate Others, And Do What You Believe In”

Tori Aultman on campus engagement during COVID

James M. Hohman | January 28, 2022

“Don’t Stop. Keep Talking to People. Keep Promoting the Idea.”

Byron Schlomach on the power of research in public policy

James M. Hohman | January 14, 2022

“Public Resources Should be Put to Public Use”

Matthew D. Mitchell and Jonathan Riches on outlawing favoritism

James M. Hohman | December 17, 2021

“I Think Right Now We’re in a Really Good Place to Change Higher Education.”

Jenna Ashley Robinson on how to keep tuition down and improve higher education

James M. Hohman | December 3, 2021

“It Worked Like in the Textbooks — and Nothing Ever Does.”

How to amend the Michigan Constitution, with Leon Drolet

James M. Hohman | November 19, 2021

“You Just See Policy Failure all Over the Place”

Alisha wants to know about American shipping regulations

James M. Hohman | November 5, 2021

“That is not scary. In fact, that is empowering.”

Leonard Gilroy on reforming pension systems across the country

James M. Hohman | October 22, 2021

“You Quickly Realize That This is an Injustice and it has to be Fixed.”

Jennifer Butler on federal rule making on a union dues skim operation

James M. Hohman | October 8, 2021

“Wouldn’t we all be Happier if we Didn’t Have to Listen to and Talk about Blaine Amendments? But They Exist.”

Ben DeGrow on how the COVID-19 pandemic might change education policy

James M. Hohman | September 24, 2021

“Their Vision of Unionization in the 21st Century Comes From the 1930s.”

Steve Delie and Vinnie Vernuccio on the future of unionism

James M. Hohman | September 10, 2021

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