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  • 95: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Balancing Act (Part 2)

    95: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Balancing Act (Part 2)
    2025/06/16

    This is the second episode in a two-part conversation on the challenges facing Mexico domestically and in its relationship with the United States.

    Tony Payan, director of the Center for the U.S. and Mexico, joins “Baker Briefing” to examine the host of issues facing the U.S.-Mexico relationship under Presidents Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum. His conversation with David Satterfield covers tariffs and the future of the North American trade agreement, Trump’s executive order designating cartels as terrorists — which has led to U.S. visa restrictions for some Mexican politicians — and the brewing water crisis facing Sheinbaum as drought at the border persists.

    Featured:

    Tony Payan, Ph.D., https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/tony-payan

    Follow Tony on X: https://x.com/PayanTony

    Follow Tony on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-payan-373bb870/

    This conversation was recorded on May 14, 2025. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://bit.ly/3ZVKOIX

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    24 分
  • 94: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Balancing Act (Part 1)

    94: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Balancing Act (Part 1)
    2025/06/09

    This is the first episode in a two-part conversation on the challenges facing Mexico domestically and in its relationship with the United States.

    Mexico held its first judicial elections on June 1, following last year’s sweeping overhaul of the judiciary. Center for the U.S. and Mexico Director Tony Payan joins “Baker Briefing” to discuss the implications of the reforms and other domestic challenges facing President Claudia Sheinbaum as she carries forward the political project of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — including Mexico’s complex public safety landscape and mounting public debt.

    Featured:

    Tony Payan, Ph.D., https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/tony-payan

    Follow Tony on X: https://x.com/PayanTony

    Follow Tony on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-payan-373bb870/

    This conversation was recorded on May 14, 2025. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://bit.ly/445QmTK

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    19 分
  • Introducing the ‘Texas Briefing’ Podcast

    Introducing the ‘Texas Briefing’ Podcast
    2025/06/06

    Introducing “Texas Briefing,” a new podcast that brings expert insights into the challenges shaping life in the Lone Star State. Institute scholars and their guests will untangle issues in health, the economy, climate resilience, and more to understand how policy matters are impacting communities, from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast.

    In our first series, senior health policy fellow Elena Marks explores issues in reproductive health — including new abortion legislation, teen access to contraception, and the impact of the abortion ban on the state’s OB-GYN workforce pipeline — with guests Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune, Kari White of Resound Research for Reproductive Health, and Manatt Health’s Alex Morin.

    Listen to the first two episodes in the series now, wherever you get your podcasts.

    Learn more on our website: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/texas-briefing

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    1 分
  • 93: Putting Safety First in the Firearm Policy Debate

    93: Putting Safety First in the Firearm Policy Debate
    2025/06/02

    Drs. Sandra McKay and Eric Fleegler, both experts in the Baker Institute Firearm Injury Prevention and Safety Program, joined “Baker Briefing” to discuss the worsening gun injury epidemic ahead of our fourth annual firearm injury prevention conference on June 6.

    They discussed areas of consensus among firearm-owners and non-owners alike, including child access prevention laws and age purchasing regulations, and prospects for commonsense gun legislation at the Texas and national levels.

    Featured guests:

    • Sandra McKay, M.D., FAAP, https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/sandra-mckay

    • Eric Fleegler, M.D., MPH, https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/eric-fleegler

    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Christopher F. Kulesza et al., “The State of Student Mental Health in Houston Schools,” Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, May 13, 2025, https://doi.org/10.25613/6823-6W19.

    This conversation was recorded on May 20, 2025.

    A transcript of this episode is available here: https://bit.ly/3SnjEXs

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    32 分
  • 92: As the US Steps Back, Can China Fill the Void?

    92: As the US Steps Back, Can China Fill the Void?
    2025/05/26

    In its first months, the second Trump administration has upended the alliances, institutions, and norms that have anchored U.S. foreign policy for decades — hiking tariffs on virtually all countries, downplaying U.S. military commitments, and all but dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development. Meanwhile, as the U.S. steps back from a world order that’s largely of its own making, China is attempting to fill the void.

    Steven Lewis, director of the Baker Institute China Studies Program, joined “Baker Briefing” to discuss what China’s global soft power campaign looks like and how successful it’s proven thus far.

    Featured guest:

    • Steven Lewis, Ph.D., https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/steven-w-lewis

    This conversation was recorded on May 13, 2025.

    A transcript of this episode is available here: https://bit.ly/43djVT8.

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    26 分
  • 91: What Lies Ahead for Syria?

    91: What Lies Ahead for Syria?
    2025/05/19

    Syria’s 13-year civil war came to a stunning end on Dec. 8, 2024, when rebel fighters led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham succeeded in toppling the brutal dictatorship of Bashar Assad. With the country now deeply fragmented and impoverished, what will the future of governance be under the transitional government of Ahmad al-Sharaa?

    Rana B. Khoury, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Ibrahim Al-Assil, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joined “Baker Briefing” to discuss the regional reaction to Dec. 8, the structural challenges facing the rebuilding process, and prospects for the return of refugees and internally displaced Syrians.

    Featured guests:

    • Ibrahim Al-Assil, DIA, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, https://www.mei.edu/profile/ibrahim-al-assil

    • Rana B. Khoury, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, https://ranakhoury.com/

    This conversation was recorded on April 29, 2025. A transcript of this episode is available here.

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    33 分
  • 90: Hospital Price Transparency Rules Still Aren’t Working

    90: Hospital Price Transparency Rules Still Aren’t Working
    2025/05/07
    Federal hospital price transparency rules went into effect in 2021. Four years later, hospitals across the country — including the four largest hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, as assessed in a new Baker Institute brief — still aren’t complying. On this episode of “Baker Briefing,” Vivian Ho explains why opacity in pricing is a key driver of rising health care costs and what policymakers can do to tackle the problem. Mentioned in this episode: Derek Jenkins, Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul, and Vivian Ho, “Prices Versus Costs: Unpacking Rising US Hospital Profits,” Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, September 6, 2024. Lunna Lopes et al., “Americans’ Challenges With Health Care Costs,” KFF, March 1, 2024, https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/. Shameek Rakshit et al., “The Burden of Medical Debt in the United States,” Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, February 12, 2024, https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/the-burden-of-medical-debt-in-the-united-states/. Sebastian Spataro Solorzano, Blake Davidson, and Vivian Ho, “Revisiting Price Transparency at Texas Medical Center Hospitals,” Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, April 29, 2025. You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org. Additional sources for this episode: American Hospital Association, Trend Watch Chartbook 2018: Trends Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems (2018), https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2022/11/2018-TrendWatch-Chartbook-Full.pdf. Zach Cooper et al., “The Price Ain’t Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured,” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134, no. 1 (February 2019): 51–107, https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjy020. Health Affairs, “The Role Of Administrative Waste In Excess US Health Spending,” October 6, 2022, https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/role-administrative-waste-excess-us-health-spending. Salpy Kanimian and Vivian Ho, “Why Does the Cost of Employer-Sponsored Coverage Keep Rising?,” Health Affairs Scholar 2, no. 6 (June 2024), qxae078, https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxae078. Lunna Lopes et al., “Health Care Debt in the U.S.: The Broad Consequences of Medical and Dental Bills,” KFF, June 16, 2022, https://www.kff.org/report-section/kff-health-care-debt-survey-main-findings/. Anne Martin et al., “National Health Expenditures in 2023: Faster Growth as Insurance Coverage and Utilization Increased,” Health Affairs 44, no. 1 (2025): 12–22, https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01375. Anu Singh, “Hospital and Health System M&A in Review: Financial Pressures Emerge as Key Driver in 2023,” Kaufman Hall, January 18, 2024, https://www.kaufmanhall.com/insights/research-report/2023-hospital-and-health-system-ma-review. Laura Tollen, Elizabeth Keating, Alan Weil, “How Administrative Spending Contributes to Excess US Health Spending,” Health Affairs, February 20, 2020, https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/administrative-spending-contributes-excess-us-health-spending.
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    24 分
  • 89: America’s AI Strategy Is Falling Short

    89: America’s AI Strategy Is Falling Short
    2025/05/05

    We’re in a new era of discovery in the history of artificial intelligence, but rapid advances in the technology are also bringing major risks. Moshe Vardi, a leading expert in computational engineering and Baker Institute fellow, joins the podcast to discuss the ethical and strategic choices on AI facing the U.S. amid its competition with China and the unintended consequences of outsourcing our thinking to machines.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Moshe Vardi, “Big Tech, You Need Academia. Speak Up!,” Communications of the ACM 68, no. 5 (2025): 5, https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3727870.

    This conversation was recorded in front of a live studio audience on April 17, 2025. Learn about future live recordings of the “Baker Briefing” podcast by subscribing to our “Events Digest” newsletter at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/newsletter.

    You can follow @BakerInstitute on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
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    41 分