Ways & Means "Shorts"

Series produced by Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

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Ways & Means is a podcast featuring bright ideas to improve society. These "shorts" are designed for a radio audience.

Each Ways & Means podcast episode combines personal stories and pioneering public policy research. Ways & Means "Shorts" are 3-minute stories for a radio audience.

The Ways & Means podcast is hosted by journalist Emily Hanford.

Ways & Means is produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.
http://www.waysandmeansshow.org/

E-mail us: Carol Jackson (carol.m.jackson@duke.edu)


10 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Afterschool programs can provide students with additional education opportunities. But a Duke University researcher says these programs can also u...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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More than 1,800 newspapers nationwide shut down or drastically downsized in the last 15 years. Many cities or towns now exist in “news deserts” – p...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:12
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The question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
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A research teams treks the Himalayas to investigate why tapping rivers for power works in some places, but not others.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 03:36
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Research with commuters in Durham, NC shows what gets them to leave their cars behind and take alternate transportation.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 03:18
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Research shows that when people are reminded that they are parents, they are more likely to be concerned about climate change.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:08
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Today, women outnumber men on college campuses, but that wasn't always the case. Before the 1960s, colleges routinely used gender quotas to suppres...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 3
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This election cycle is being billed as another “Year of the Woman” … with a record number of female candidates running for office. Despite increasi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
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From the Ways & Means podcast, the story of how gerrymandering got out of hand ... and what’s being done to change it.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:28