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On the Evidence, 162 episodes. Page 1 of 2.

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138 | Addressing Rising Healthcare Costs in States

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137 | Increasing the Resilience of African Smallholder Farmers

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136 | How a Fintech Company Helps Workers in Africa Access Credit and Savings with Smartphones

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135 | It’s the Evidence, Stupid: GAO’s Report on Evidence-Based Policymaking and What Comes Next

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134 | Modernizing State Public Health Data Policies and Practices

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133 | Boosting the Use of Social Policy Research

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132 | Embedding Data and Innovation Across California State Government

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131 | How Expanded Tax Credits Benefited Family Well-Being

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130 | The Evidence-Based Benefits of Employee Ownership

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129 | How Evaluation Can Support Housing Justice and Community Change

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128 | How Better Data Interoperability Can Improve Care Delivered To Patients

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127 | Ensuring Evidence Use in Public Policy with Brookings Institution Pres. Cecilia Rouse

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126 | How AmeriCorps Uses Data to Support Communities Through National Service and Volunteerism

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125 | 20 Years of Evidence-Based Poverty Reduction from the Millennium Challenge Corporation

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124 | AcademyHealth’s New CEO on AI, Climate Change, and Other Topics of Health Services Research

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123 | Validating Natural Climate Solutions with Better Data

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122 | Reflecting on Juneteenth and Our Collective Equity Journey

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121 | NORC and Mathematica CEOs on the Future of Data and Evidence

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120 | Improving Health through Responsible Use of AI

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119 | Max Stier on Using Data to Improve the Federal Government

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118 | Moving from Evidence Generation to Evidence Use in President Biden's 2025 Budget

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117 | Moody’s Mark Zandi on Being a Voice for Data-Driven Decisions in Public Policy

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116 | Applying AI to Improve Health Policy Research

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115 | Improving the Impact of Social Programs Through Better Evaluation

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114 | How Virtual and Group Tutoring Could Address Learning Loss

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113 | An interview with U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos

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112 | Lessons for States Interested in Hospital Global Budgeting

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111 | Homeschooling, Inequities in Disability Policy, and Improving Child Health Through School

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110 | Our Listeners on the Most Important Developments in Evidence and Well-Being in 2023

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109, Part 2 | Improving Health Equity by Transforming Public Health Data Systems

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109, Part 1 | Improving Health Equity by Transforming Public Health Data Systems

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108 | How Artificial Intelligence Can Advance Health Equity

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107 | Elizabeth Linos on Bolstering the Public Sector Workforce and Improving Government Services

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106 | Jennifer Pahlka on Government in the Digital Age

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105 | How Colorado Committed to Supporting Teacher Diversity and Why it Matters to Students

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104 | Michael Mann on Taking Action to Address the Climate Crisis

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103 | OMB Evidence Team on Evidence-Based Policymaking and Federal Evaluation

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102 | Gayle Smith on the Federal Role in Global Response to Health and Climate Crises

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101 | Using Data to Advance Equitable Outcomes from Pre-K through the Workforce

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Bonus Content | J.B. Wogan Reflects on 100 Episodes

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100 | Robert Shea on the Federal Government’s Progress in Using Evidence

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99 | Understanding Why More Eligible Kids Got Free Meals During Pandemic Summers

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98 | Developing Education Programs to Prevent Violence and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean

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97 | Building on the Evidence Act

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96 | Addressing Fragmented Health Care

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95 | The Role of Evidence in Solutions Journalism

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94 | Christina Ciocca Eller on White House Year of Evidence for Action

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93 | Inside Arizona’s Investment in Evidence-Based Foster Care Prevention

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92 | Evidence-Based Policy in President Biden's 2024 Budget

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91 | Solutions for Preventing Heart Attacks, Improving Patient Health, and Reducing Health Spending

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90 | Supporting Families Through Equity-Infused Program Change

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89 | Teacher Coaching: A Solution to Learning Loss and Teacher Burnout?

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88 | Helping Job Seekers with Low Incomes During Recessions and Recoveries

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87 | A Conversation with Mathematica’s 2022 Summer Fellows

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86 | The Present & Future of Computational Social Science

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85 | Human Services Agencies Pursue Environmental Justice

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84 | Advancing Equity and Addressing the Climate Crisis in 2022, the Year of Evidence for Action

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83, Pt. 2 | Abigail Aiken on Using Research to Inform Abortion, Reproductive Health Policy

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83, Pt. 1 | Abigail Aiken on Using Research to Inform Abortion, Reproductive Health Policy

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82 | Confronting the Climate Crisis with Data and Evidence

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81 | Addressing the Health Risks Posed by Extreme Heat

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80 | Lessons from Contact Tracing During the Pandemic

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79 | Using Data Transparency to Control Hospital Costs

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78 | Addressing the Cash Cliff in Safety Net Programs: Lessons from a National Demonstration

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77 | Addressing a Primary Care Workforce Crisis

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76 | The Costs of Untreated Maternal Mental Health Conditions

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75 | Human Services Adapted During the Pandemic. What Will Stick?

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74 | Globalizing Evidence-Based Solutions for an Interdependent World

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73 | Ensuring Equity as Wastewater Testing for COVID-19 Matures in the United States

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72 | Bayesian Methods Could Provide the Key to Answering Which Policies Work Best for Whom

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71 | The Role of Evidence in Local Spending of Pandemic Fiscal Relief Funds

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70 | Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Promoting Equity in Higher Ed

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69 | Understanding the Equity and Justice Dimensions of Energy Policy Decisions

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68 | Reflecting on Evidence and Insights in 2021 and the Year Ahead

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67 | Advancing Racial Equity in Fatherhood Programs

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66 | Removing Barriers to Child Care for Parents in Education and Training Programs

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65 | Learning from Foundations' Push to Advance Equity through Evidence

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64 | Lessons from a National Health Initiative that Helps Address Social Needs

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63 | Inside an Initiative to Diversify the Field of Computational Social Science

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62 | Improving the College and Career Readiness of High School Students with Disabilities

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61 | Anita Summers on a Pioneering Career in Economics and Public Policy Research

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60 | Lessons from a Successful Medicare Program Integrity Demonstration

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59 | Lessons from Southwest Detroit's Efforts to Support Informal Child Care

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58 | Learning from an Early Childhood Nonprofit that Serves Fathers

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57| Your Contact Tracing Workforce Can Drive Equity and Mitigate Infectious Disease Risks

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56 | How Fatherhood Programs Supported Dads During the Pandemic

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55 | A Conversation about Diversity, Equity, and Justice

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54 | The Value and Feasibility of COVID-19 Testing in K-12 Schools

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53 | Using Evidence to Guide Employment Assistance Strategies during and after the Pandemic

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52 | Supporting Economic Mobility Through Coaching and Navigation

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51 | Modeling the Spread of COVID-19 on College Campuses

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50 | Reflecting on 2020, Previewing 2021

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49 | A One-Stop Shop for Information about State Approaches to COVID-19 Contact Tracing

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48 | Maternal Health Care in India during and after the Pandemic

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47 | Investing in Education for Success in the Long Run

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46 | On the Need to Build and Diversify the Teacher Pipeline

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45 | How to Reopen Schools Safely and With Minimal Disruptions

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44 | Lessons from COVID-19 Impacts on Connecticut's Long-Term Care Facilities

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43 | Blending Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation in Government

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42 | Early Lessons for Effective and Equitable Contact Tracing