Tag Archives: WRGW
GW WonkCast S3E11-3: Above the Fold: Facebook, Privacy, and Surveillance
The latest Above the Fold covers Mark Zuckerberg’s recent trip to Washington. Last month, news broke that the data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal data of 87 million Facebook users. Are policies needed to regulate Facebook or can it regulate itself? Learn how the hearing went and more as co-Host Gabe Moss and Staff Writer […]
GW WonkCast S3E10-1: Above the Fold: The Omnibus Bill and Higher Education
This #abovethefold discusses parts of the new omnibus bill that President Trump signed before the Easter recess. Specifically, what does this new spending bill do for higher education in this country? If you are an undergrad, graduate, or future college or university student, listen up! Hear about changes to the Pell grant, work study, and […]
GW WonkCast S3E9-2: Above the Fold: Using Predictive Analytics to Address Gun Violence in Schools
Last Friday, the GW WonkCast team joined WRGW News to discuss a new approach to a timely and difficult issue: gun violence. co-Host Erik LaDue and Brief Policy Perspectives Staff Writer Cory Lancaster join WRGW News anchors Harris Kay and Robert O’Shaughnessy to discuss how predictive analytics could be used to reduce gun violence in schools. […]
GW WonkCast S3E7-1: Below the Fold: Minimum Wage Violations and the Primordial Soup of Policy Making
This week, our #BelowtheFold goes meta. co-Host Katherine Lundie starts off by discussing a Politico investigation into the enforcement of minimum wage violations. In six states, there are no investigators dedicated to enforcing these violations. Next, co-Host Gabe Moss kicks off a discussion about the theory of the primordial soup of policy making. How do […]
GW WonkCast S3E5-3: Above the Fold: Changes in the Nuclear Defense Strategy
This week on Above the Fold, we’re talking nuclear weapons. Learn about the Department of Defense’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which outlines the U.S. nuclear defense strategy. Hear what’s in the review and what has changed, followed by a discussion on the role nuclear weapons play today. Recorded live at GW’s WRGW radio station, GW WonkCast […]
GW WonkCast S3E4-3: Above the Fold: Automation and the U.S. Workforce
This week’s Above the Fold covers domestic automation and how new technologies and artificial intelligence are impacting the American workforce. Recorded live at GW’s WRGW radio station, GW WonkCast co-Host Katherine Lundie and blog Staff Writer Cory Lancaster join Harris Kay, Robert O’Shaughnessy, and Matthew Williams from the WRGW News team. Hear about the new Amazon […]
