As part of KUNC’s mission to not only entertain, but to educate as well, the station airs our seminars which focus on domestic policy, foreign policy, social issues, health, the economy, natural resources, and the environment. Visit KUNC and listen to Seminars at Steamboat.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Inequality and the American Dream. Led by Richard Reeves is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and co-director of the Center on Children and Families.
Inequality and the American Dream2 from KPA Productions on Vimeo.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
U.S. – Russia Conflict: The New Normal? Led by Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center and an expert on U.S. relations with the states of the former Soviet Union, particularly Russia.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Radical Islam and Terrorism, Views from the U.S. and Europe. Led by two Brookings Institution scholars, William McCants, a fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, and Philippe Le Corre, a visiting fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe.
Monday, July 11, 2016
It’s Even Worse Than It Was: Examining Our Political Mess. Led by Norman Ornstein, political scientist and contributing writer for The Atlantic, a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal, and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
Monday, August 24, 2015
The New Middle East Disorder. Led by Martin Indyk, Executive Vice President of the Brookings Institution
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Drones: Can They Revolutionize Aviation Without Endangering Safety and Privacy? Led by Craig Whitlock, a journalist who covers the Pentagon and national security for the Washington Post
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Food or Consequences? Global Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability. Led by Chris Barrett, Director of the Charles Dyson School of Applied Management and Economics at Cornell University.
Monday, July 20th, 2015
The Shifting Dynamics Between Men and Women: Implications for Marriage, Work and More. Led by Hanna Rosin, a senior editor at Atlantic magazine and author of The End of Men and the Rise of Women
Thursday, August 14th, 2014
Cyber Insecurity. Exploring what it means for national security and what we can do about it. Led by Richard Danzig, Chairman of the Board of the Center for a New American Security and former Secretary of the Navy.
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Ethical Challenges, Ethical Answers. This seminar is led by Arthur Caplan, Director of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University Langone Medical Center.
Monday, July 28th, 2014
A discussion about U.S. Relations with Russia, Ukraine, and the Former Soviet Region. Led by Matthew Rojansky, Director of the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center.
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
Charles Murray, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Timothy Smeeding, director at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. Moderator: Belle Sawhill, a founder of the Seminars and senior fellow at Brookings Institution.
Robert O’Harrow, a reporter specializing in cybersecurity on the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post…
A discussion moderated by Belle Sawhill, Brookings Institution economist and founding member of the Seminars with:
- Martin Feldstein, Chief Economic Adviser to President Ronald Regan and professor of economics at Harvard University
- William Gale, Vice President and Director of the Economics Studies Program at The Brookings Institution