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Willie Soon: The Sun and Global Warming

Solar scientist Dr. Willie Soon explains the sun’s role in global climate change.

R.J. Lehmann: National Flood Insurance Program

FIRE PODCAST - C-FIRE Deputy Director R.J. Lehmann discusses provides an update on efforts to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, including a May 9 Senate subcommittee hearing on flood insurance reauthorization.

Jay Lehr: The EPAs Original Mandate

ECN PODCAST - Heartland Institute Science Director Dr. Jay Lehr explains how EPA has strayed from its original mandate.

Ted Dabrowski: Paradigm Shift Needed for Illinois Pensions

By many measures Illinois is one of the nation's most fiscally dysfunctional states. One indication of the dysfunction is the state's pension system for government workers, conservatively estimated to have an unfunded liability of $85 billion. The governor has proposed pension reforms but Ted Dabrowski of the Illinois Policy Institute says much bolder reforms are needed to solve the problems.

John Graham: Interstate Health Insurance

HCN PODCAST - Benjamin Domenech talks with John Graham of the Pacific Research Institute about why interstate health insurance purchasing has failed in Georgia.

Andrew Collins: How to Start a Charter School

SRN PODCAST - Starting a school can be a thrilling idea, but how do parent groups, entrepreneurs, and community organizations go about it? Andrew Collins, director of school development for the Arizona Charter Schools Association, joins the School Reform News podcast to explain the startup process. Creating a high-quality charter school requires a lot of work, paperwork, organization, research, and persistence, he says. It usually takes at least two years from idea to opening the doors. What happens in those two years? Listen in to find out.
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