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The Issue Brief

by Bipartisan Policy Center

The Issue Brief is a weekly podcast from the Bipartisan Policy Center and BPC Action, hosted by Michael Kelley. Each episode takes one issue moving through Congress, or in the news, and breaks it down in twenty minutes or less: what's happening, why it matters, and what it means for the week ahead. Built for congressional staff, media, and anyone who needs to get up to speed fast, The Issue Brief is the audio version of BPC's trusted explainers and issue briefs, distilled into a format you can listen to on the way to work, between meetings, or before you brief your boss. No spin. No filler. Just the facts you need to understand what's happening and why it matters. New episodes every week. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Latest episodes

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Michael Thorning on What Happens in Congress After Election Day

Michael Thorning, director of structural democracy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, joins The Issue Brief host Mike Kelley to explain what happens between Election Day an

Nov 2
21 min

Will Adler on Mail Voting

Will Adler, research director of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Elections Project, explains how mail ballots are verified and counted, what the Supreme Court's Watson rul

Oct 19
13 min

Jason Fichtner on Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment

Jason Fichtner, executive director of LIMRA's Retirement Income Institute, explains how Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment is set and what a 3.5% increase means

Oct 12
17 min

Introducing The Issue Brief

The Issue Brief is a new weekly podcast from the Bipartisan Policy Center and Bipartisan Policy Center Action. Host Michael Kelley takes one issue moving through Congress

Oct 9
1 min

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