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In Washington, DC, the story often ends when Congress passes a law. For us, that’s where the story begins. We examine the consequences of what happens when powerful people act — or fail to act. This season, Jillian Weinberger explores the big ideas from the 2020 presidential candidates: how their ideas worked, or didn’t work, in other places or at other times. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Where the US already has a border wall from 2020-02-19T09:00
Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, are known as “Ambos Nogales” — “both Nogaleses.” The city straddles the border of Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. For a long time, a hole-riddled chain-link fence...
ListenFamily Dollar(s) from 2020-02-05T09:00
Natasha Razouk wants to give her 7-year-old the best possible life. She buys big boxes of fresh tomatoes at Costco, and she gets her daughter warm boots, a good coat, and school supplies each year....
ListenSaving Private Health Care from 2020-01-31T09:00
Janet Feldman has been paying for private insurance for years. She does so even though Australia has a robust public insurance option. But when she was diagnosed with a serious illness, her doctor ...
ListenHow Taiwan got Medicare-for-All from 2020-01-29T09:00
In the early 1990s, the government of Taiwan decided to try an experiment. In just nine months, they completely revolutionized their health care system, covering every Taiwanese citizen through a s...
ListenGreen New Germany from 2020-01-22T08:00
Two decades ago, Hans-Josef Fell quietly started a revolution in his home country, with a law that looks a lot like part of the Green New Deal endorsed by many Democratic candidates. That law trans...
ListenHow to stop an epidemic from 2020-01-08T08:00
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is running for president with a plan to fight the opioid epidemic. Her legislation would dramatically expand access to addiction treatment and overdose prevention, and it woul...
ListenThe Impact of 2020 from 2020-01-06T09:00
In this season preview, Vox’s Jillian Weinberger calls a fellow native Ohioan to discuss the perils of Swing State pride during presidential elections, and their frustration with the way election c...
ListenThe Impact of 2020 from 2020-01-06T09:00
In this season preview, Vox’s Jillian Weinberger calls a fellow native Ohioan to discuss the perils of Swing State pride during presidential elections, and their frustration with the way election c...
ListenThe Impact of 2020 from 2020-01-06T09:00
In this season preview, Vox’s Jillian Weinberger calls a fellow native Ohioan to discuss the perils of Swing State pride during presidential elections, and their frustration with the way election c...
ListenNew season, new host from 2019-12-16T09:00
Sarah Kliff returns for a farewell and a handoff to The Impact's new host, Jillian Weinberger, who has a preview of what's to come in our next season. If you're not already, subscribe to The Impac...
ListenDenmark’s paternity leave problem from 2018-12-14T10:00
Denmark gives new parents nearly a year off work after they have a baby. Most of that time can be taken by either parent — but dads take barely any time at all. That has consequences for Danish me...
ListenThe incredible shrinking city from 2018-12-07T10:00
For decades, Memphis grew by bringing its suburbs into the city limits. City officials thought this suburb-gobbling policy would be an economic boon-- that it would bring in tax revenue. Instead, t...
ListenLeaving Baltimore behind from 2018-11-30T10:00
Baltimore is running a unique housing experiment that gives longtime residents vouchers to leave the city’s poorest, most violent neighborhoods for new homes in more affluent suburbs nearby. In thi...
ListenWhat schools look like when we fund them fairly from 2018-11-23T10:00
All across the country, it seems like a given: places with more expensive houses have nicer schools because they can pay higher taxes. That’s just how education seems to work. Except in Vermont. Tw...
ListenFood fight! from 2018-11-16T10:00
22% of New Yorkers are obese. In Chicago it is more than a quarter of the city. Obesity puts people at risk of diabetes, heart disease, even certain kinds of cancer. A couple of years ago, both cit...
ListenDeportation without representation from 2018-11-09T10:00
While the federal government is trying to deport as many immigrants as possible, Oakland, California, is running a policy experiment to help immigrants stay in their communities. The city is giving...
ListenSit in a circle. Talk to other pregnant women. Save your baby’s life? from 2018-11-02T09:05
A decade ago, South Carolina was one of the most dangerous places in America for a baby to be born. But now, it’s taking an unconventional approach to fixing it: having pregnant women sit in circle...
ListenIs fixing campaign finance as easy as giving everyone $100? from 2018-11-02T09:00
Seattle is running the country’s most radical experiment to fix campaign finance. Last year, the city sent every resident $100 that they could donate to the local campaign of their choice. Seattle ...
ListenSeason 2: The most interesting policy experiments across the country from 2018-10-26T09:00
The Impact’s second season focuses on states and cities as laboratories of democracy. Unlike our gridlocked Congress, local governments are constantly implementing exciting new policy. This season,...
ListenHelp us make season 2! from 2018-01-08T11:00
We're making season 2, and we need your help! We want to know about local policy experiments from around the country. These can be at the state, county, or city level, and can cover any kind of pol...
ListenHow California saves moms from dying in childbirth from 2017-12-04T11:00
The United States has an astoundingly high maternal death rate. It is three times higher than the UK, eight times higher than Norway, and still climbing. But California does way better than the res...
ListenThe black robe effect from 2017-11-27T10:00
What is the best way to care for patients with severe mental illness? The United States has struggled with this question for decades. In 1963, President Kennedy signed a law that was supposed to tr...
ListenThis robotic pelvis reduces teen pregnancy from 2017-11-20T11:00
American women are changing up their birth control. The use of IUDs and implants has increased 6000% in the United States since 2002. That's the result of specific policy choices made in Washingto...
ListenThe controversial way doctors fight pain without opioids from 2017-11-13T11:00
On this episode of The Impact, we’re looking at a possible future for pain treatment. It’s an idea known as “pain acceptance,” and in the wake of the opioid epidemic, it is gaining traction among A...
ListenThe policies that created the opioid epidemic from 2017-11-06T12:24
There's a well-known narrative about the opioid epidemic: pharmaceutical companies and dirty doctors pushed misinformation and addictive drugs on patients. But there's also a policy story here, abo...
ListenIt’s time to face the fax from 2017-10-30T10:00
Why are fax machines still such a staple of American health care? We talk to a pair of policy makers who hatched a plan to replace paper files and fax machines with electronic medical records. We e...
ListenThe curious case of the $629 Band-Aid from 2017-10-16T10:00
How does a Band-Aid wind up costing so much money? Why are American health care prices so incredibly high? Vox’s new podcast, the Impact, explores how policy affects real lives. This season, we’re ...
ListenIntroducing The Impact from 2017-10-09T10:00
The Impact is a show about how policy affects people. In Washington, the story often ends when Congress passes a law. For us, that’s where the story begins. We follow the choices that legislators, ...
ListenIntroducing The Impact from 2017-10-09T10:00
The Impact is a show about how policy affects people. In Washington, the story often ends when Congress passes a law. For us, that’s where the story begins. We follow the choices that legislators, ...
ListenIntroducing The Impact from 2017-10-09T10:00
The Impact is a show about how policy affects people. In Washington, the story often ends when Congress passes a law. For us, that’s where the story begins. We follow the choices that legislators, ...
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