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Benjamin Domenech: Medicare Part D

HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech discusses the threats to Medicare Part D and the state of health care in America.

Brent Skorup: Spectrum Crunch

ITTN PODCAST: Host Jim Lakely talks with Brent Skorup, director of operations and research at the Information Economy Project at the George Mason University School of Law. Skorup is the author of a new paper published by the Mercatus Center titled "Reclaiming Federal Spectrum: Proposals and Recommendations." Skorup and Lakely talk about why government policy is creating a "spectrum crunch" that is affecting everyone with a mobile device, and what to do to solve the problem.

Mike McShane: Common Core Is Going to Get Worse

SRN PODCAST: High-quality national education standards sounded like such a good idea. But as Common Core rolls out in classrooms across the country, teachers and parents are finding this great idea has lots of problems. Michael McShane is an education research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and he's been writing a 10-part series called "Dispatches from a Nervous Common Core Observer." The former teacher joins the podcast to discuss how a little less PR and a little more critical thinking would have dissuaded more states from excitedly tossing their students into this nationwide experiment. He raises concerns about curriculum, testing, teacher preparation, and the looming specter of federal entanglement.

Demian Brady: BillTally Shows Shift Toward Spending Restraint

BTN PODCAST: The National Taxpayer Union Foundation's annul BillTally report evaluates every spending bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. For the first time in 12 years there were more in Congress who wanted to cut spending overall than those who wanted to drastically increase spending.

Charlotte O’Hara: Obstacles in Repealing Renewable Power Mandates

ECN PODCAST: Former Kansas Rep. Charlotte O’Hara discusses the obstacles slowing efforts to repeal costly renewable power mandates.

Eric Abrahamson: The Politics of the American Dream

FIRE PODCAST: Historian and author Eric John Abrahamson of John Hopkins University discusses government's long involvement in promoting homeownership and the relationship between government and the housing sector.
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