State of the State Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matt Grossmann and Charles Ballard
Each month on the State of the State Podcast, professors Charles Ballard, Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld and Director Matt Grossmann aim for a lively discussion of Michigan policy and current events. They’ll run down three or four hot topics, pointing to research on each policy issue. In the first edition, they cover income tax cuts, Detroit’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, and the proposal for a part-time legislature. This podcast comes to you from the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, where the focus is policy, leadership and research in MSU's College of Social Science.
“On this month’s State of the State Podcast, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research Assistant Director Arnold Weinfeld, along with MSU Economist Dr. Charles Ballard discuss the current state of the economy including the factors impacting inflation and what does or does not constitute a recession. The guest this month is Dr. Johannes Bauer, Director of the Quello Center at Michigan State University discussing the new “MOON-Light” project. Spearheaded by MSU and funded by a $10.5 million federal Broadband Infrastructure Program grant through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Michigan Open Optical Network – Leveraging Innovation to Get High-Speed Technology (MOON-Light) will lead to equal and open access to broadband services to all Michiganders and can be leveraged to deliver education, healthcare, and employment services. This podcast comes to you from the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, and WKAR.”
Challenges are underway on declared candidates for Michigan's gubernatorial race. Michigan's governor and Legislature are debating how to budget $5 billion in revenues and a new ballot proposal makes changes to Michigan's toughest-in-the-nation term limits. This State of the State Podcast features host Arnold Weinfeld, associate director of Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, MSU Economist Charles Ballard and guest Rich Studley. Studley is retired Michigan Chamber of Commerce CEO and now a leader of a bipartisan effort to update term limits and to call for the state's first constitutionally mandated legislative financial disclosure.
From a policy perspective, who do we trust and why? When we think about COVID, in the U.S. and Great Britain, among those we trust, doctors, scientists and media were at the top of our lists of the most trusted sources of information. But why would we trust those sources the most? Michigan State University assistant professor Dr. Joseph Hamm, of the university's School of Criminal Justice explores key insights from his research rooted in extensive focus group conversations and national surveys in two countries. He shares new transatlantic research results -- published by the British Academy -- with podcasters Dr. Matt Grossmann, Arnold Weinfeld and Dr. Charles Ballard from MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Find the research report at https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-british-academy-publishes-studies-examining-covid-vaccine-engagement-in-uk-and-usa/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=announcement
Michigan is a welcoming state where the state's refugee resettlement leaders work with local government and nonprofit agencies to integrate newly arriving families and individuals. The March 2022 edition of Michigan State University's State of the State Podcast is produced by MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR). It welcomes regulars -- Host Arnold Weinfeld, associate IPPSR director. IPPSR Director Dr. Matt Grossmann and MSU Economist Charles Ballard. The edition's guest is Ben Cabanaw, Michigan state refugee coordinator working in the state's Office of Global Michigan in the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO). He's helping to coordinate the state's resettlement of refugees from around the world, most recently from Afghanistan and Ukraine.
All eyes will stay on Russia, Ukraine, inflation and November’s mid-term elections, Michigan State University’s IPPSR podcasters are forecasting, with new State of the State results showing that Michigan has soured on the economy and President Joe Biden. Uncertainty sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already pushed up the price of gasoline. Russia and Ukraine are major wheat and corn growers, and their conflict will raise prices at the grocery stores, projects Charles Ballard, MSU economist and a member of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) podcast team. He joined IPPSR Director Dr. Matt Grossmann and host Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld in the monthly broadcast produced by IPPSR and WKAR, MSU's public media. With war-strangled supply disruptions and shortages, along with rising demand powered by economic stimulus checks, extra unemployment benefits, consumers are likely to find goods and services in short supply or delayed, Ballard said. Podcasts also cast their eyes on inflation, it's effect on national and statewide election races, tax cuts and Michigan's latest outlook measured in the State of the State Survey. They're sour on the economy, their own pocketbook, that of their community and that of Biden and his Build Back Better infrastructure initiative when it's associated with his name. They do like the initiative's components and remain positive about Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as she seeks re-election in November 2022.
Tax cut fever is raging around the country as inflation rises and mid-term election strategies are heating up. In the first State of the State Podcast of 2022, podcasters from Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research talk taxes, the economy, the elections near term, mid-term and long-term. What to watch for in the near term: • Surveys showing Michigan citizens and policy insiders believe that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should win re-election. But beware, the out of power party typically emerges as a winner in mid-term elections. • New General Motors Corp. investments in Michigan, the choice between short-term tax cuts and investment in long-term state needs, long-term concerns about the viral pandemic COVID-19. • Calls for greater transparency in Michigan campaign finance reporting requirements. On the show: Host Arnold Weinfeld, associate director of Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research; IPPSR Director Dr. Matt Grossmann; Emeritus Economist Dr. Charles Ballard and guest Simon Schuster, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.
As 2021 comes to a close, the IPPSR State of the State Podcasters ask whether tragic shootings of schoolchildren will lead to new gun laws and how abortion questions before the U.S. Supreme Court will play out in Michigan and the country. How do these issues mesh with COVID-19 variants, inflation, the job market, labor market and the economy overall? They're joined by MSU Foundation Professor Peter Savrolainen, a sociomobility leader, who describes MSU's campus as an ideal location to test autonomous buses like the one rolled out this past November. It should be on the road in 2022. See: https://mobility.msu.edu/
The economy and elections intertwine in this Institute for Public Policy and Social Research State of the State Podcast from Michigan State University. Our podcasters come from the university's top minds on elections, redistricting and the economy -- Economist Dr. Jon Eguia, IPPSR Director Dr. Matt Grossmann, Economist Dr. Charles Ballard with host Arnold Weinfeld, associate IPPSR director. What's ahead with the economy, the mid-term elections and Michigan's redistricting?
The Institute for Public Policy and Social Research podcasters ask about supply chain, economic, election and racial issues. Will supply chain issues dampen holiday hopes? Is long-term inflation on the horizon? How polarized is our state and country over the issues of diversity, equity and inclusion? New research offers new insights.
Redistricting, the prospects of inflation and the grand opening of a unique building supporting STEM education -- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics -- at Michigan State University. Our State of the State Podcast features IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld, Economics Professor Emeritus Charles Ballard and guest Sandra Lupien, director of MassTimber at MSU. MassTimber is beautiful, lightweight, sustainable and links our natural environment to the developments of urban and rural communities. Learn more here!
How soon will we see economic effects from COVID's Delta Variant? What effect will a slowing population -- as told in the U.S. Census -- have on Michigan's economy? It's all in the latest State of the State Podcast from the Institute of Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. Podcasting: IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld, Emeritus State of the State Director Charles Ballard and Dr. Monique Turner, MSU communication professor and department chair.
This issue of Michigan State University's State of the State Podcast warns consumers about the hazards of global counterfeiting -- especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Michigan's awash in a budget surplus, reopening post-pandemic and finding politics somewhat boring in the new administration of President Joe Biden.
State of the State Podcasters Dr. Matt Grossmann and Arnold Weinfeld take to the air to talk loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, potential return to "normalcy" following the pandemic, COVID recovery and infrastructure investment, and the state's new voting district maps. Their guest is Suann Hammersmith, executive director of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The commission is charged with drawing new congressional and legislative voting lines on the basis of the latest U.S. Census. The state of the State Podcast is a production of Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at ippsr.msu.edu.
In the age of pandemic, IPPSR's fully vaccinated podcasters discuss vaccines, their effect on the economy and politics and how speedily misinformation and disinformation can be injected into social media. This month's lineup: Host Arnold Weinfeld, associate director of Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research; IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, professor of political science; Charles Ballard, MSU professor of economics, and Dustin Carnahan, assistant professor, MSU Department of Communications.
Redistricting, stimulus checks and an improving economy appear on their way to the state of Michigan and its local governments. Michigan State University's State of the State podcast cues up this month with analysis from IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld, MSU Economics Professor Charles Ballard and podcast guest Economist Mary Schulz, associate director of the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy in MSU Extension.
Nearly a year into the pandemic coronavirus of 2020, Michigan State University's State of the State Podcasters tackle insights into the Influenza of 1918 and its parallels to current times. If we fail to learn from of lessons of the past, we are surely bound to see it repeated in our future, the broadcasters caution. Yet, we see citizens lining up for vaccines and a brightening economy ahead. From the university's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, a hub for policy, leadership, research.
This post-election IPPSR Podcast explores Election2020. Did President Donald Trump and President-Elect Joe Biden have coattails? How will the economy fare as the pandemic coronavirus continues to flare? IPPSR Podcast November stars Director Matt Grossmann, State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard and Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld.
It's the Election 2020 edition of Michigan State University's State of the State Podcast. Listen in to IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann to find out which party appears to be ahead in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 vote. Review the nation and Michigan's economy with State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard. Then learn how to play Election Madness with MSU Political Scientist Eric Juenke.
If it's September, there are only weeks left until the 2020 Presidential Election. Listen in to MSU Economist Charles Ballard talk about the economy and the election during the pandemic coronavirus. Then Michigan Political Leadership Program Co-Directors Susy Avery and Steve Tobocman talk about how preparation for public service can change your life.
Who's winning -- Trump or Biden -- in Michigan? Where's the economy -- in Michigan and the nation -- headed? Will we -- healthcare and patients -- overcome the pandemic coronavirus? Plus a groundbreaking new study that shows a racial wage gap especially in the Great Lakes Region and Michigan. Two Michigan State University economists, a political scientist and a workforce and economic development specialist discuss all in the State of the State Podcast from MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.
In this time of uncertainty and coronavirus challenge, high speed internet boosts educational opportunity for K-12 learners. It also poses economic challenges. Researchers from the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University ponder greater needs as COVID-19 sends teachers and students to distance learning and those who can to work from home.
Critical conversations here on COVID-19 and its effect on Michigan and the nation's elections, its candidates, economy and K12 education. From the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research -- focusing on policy education, political leadership and survey research -- in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University.
Michigan State University State of the State podcaster hosts talk the state's presidential primary elections, the economy and all in the light of the coronavirus and COVID19. With the economy challenged by pandemic, the nation has entered a recession, says MSU economist Charles Ballard.
The Michigan State University State of the State podcasters crisscross the state's issues in this edition, Their travel through the issues leads from the state's upcoming March 10 primary -- and the presidential candidates -- to clean water issues and efforts to repair the state's roads. One forecast: A Goldman Sachs announcement to be on guard for a stock market correction and the coronavirus. Taxes are on the agenda. Finally, the podcast welcomes a report concluding that a new effort to improve the state's lowest-performing schools show modest but positive results and researchers are looking ahead to an 18-month checkup.
All about consumer confidence, how much we trust government and how we rate Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. President Donald Trump are featured in this State of the State Podcast. The monthly Institute for Public Policy and Social Research podcast tracks down research from its State of the State Survey and other advancements. The Institute, known as IPPSR, is at home at Michigan State University in the College of Social Science and focuses on policy education, leadership training and survey research -- a synergistic combination. IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, MSU Economist Charles Ballard, director of IPPSR's State of the State Survey, and IPPSR Associate Director Arnold Weinfeld tackle key topics as the 2020 election season begins.
In this, the last State of the State Podcast of 2019, podcasters talk about legislative initiatives before and after 2020, the flat-but-hopeful economy and the effects of nonprofit philanthropy on governing financially strapped communities. The monthly Institute for Public Policy and Social Research podcast tracks down research from its State of the State Survey and other advancements. The Institute, known as IPPSR, is at home at Michigan State University in the College of Social Science and focuses on policy education, leadership training and survey research -- a synergistic combination. Our hosts: IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard with regular appearances by IPPSR Associate Director Arnold Weinfeld and this month's special guest Sarah Reckhow, associate professor of political science at MSU.
Every month, the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research tracks down research from its State of the State Survey and other advancements to illuminate in this recorded podcast. The Institute, known as IPPSR, is at home at Michigan State University in the College of Social Science and focuses on policy education, leadership training and survey research -- a synergistic combination. Our hosts: IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann and State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard with regular appearances by IPPSR Associate Director Arnold Weinfeld.
Where are the substitute teachers in Michigan? Do new laws prevent retirees from returning to the classrooms to fill temporary vacancies? Or is it a lack of supply in response to demand? New Michigan State University research from Nathan Burroughs, Ph.D., senior research associate in the College of Education, outlines the need. He's joined by podcast regulars Arnold Weinfeld, associate IPPSR director, and Charles Ballard, director of IPPSR's State of the State Survey. And with them is IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann returning from sabbatical.
It's the back-to-school issue! Bethany Wilinski, MSU assistant professor of teacher education, joins State of the State Podcast hosts Arnold Weinfeld, associate IPPSR director, and economist Charles Ballard, State of the State Survey Director. She shares joint research into pre-K teaching and what teachers of our youngest learners need for on-the-job satisfaction. Weinfeld and Ballard review the economy. Recession signs ahead?
It's all about politics, tariffs and the popular vote -- read that as redistricting -- in this edition of the State of the State Podcast distributed by Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. IPPSR's three podcasters this month are Interim Director Arnold Weinfeld, economist Charles Ballard and political scientist Corwin Smidt.
Making the move to AVs -- autonomous vehicles -- will have its challenges, but promises expanded mobility and new opportunities. Michigan State University is mastering mobility on campus and beyond as new research explores what technology-driven vehicles can do for older adults and moving goods and services. On the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research broadcast: mobility researcher Shelia Cotten, MSU foundation professor in the Department of Media and Information, economist Charles Ballard and interim IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld.
A new public opinion survey finds that Michigan residents are familiar with the Line 5 oil pipeline, they're worried about a spill into the Straits of Mackinac and they're even more worried about a spill into icy waters. This is another episode of Michigan State University's State of the State Podcast. This episode features a geographer, an economist and two social scientists reviewing public opinion on an environmental question and the future of the state's economy.
It's post-election 2019 and new survey research details what the state thinks about energy sources, especially as some sources, notably that generated by the state's nuclear stations, are aging and may need to be replaced. Arnold Weinfeld, interim director of Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, goes over the data with State of the State Director Charles Ballard and this month's guest, Sharlissa Moore, a faculty member with positions in the university's College of Engineering and James Madison College.
Every month or so, the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research tracks down research from its State of the State Survey and other advancements to illuminate in this recorded podcast. The Institute, known as IPPSR, is at home at Michigan State University in the College of Social Science and focuses on policy education, leadership training and survey research -- a synergistic combination.
It's all about Election 2018 in this edition of the State of the State Podcast. There's comments and analysis from IPPSR's Interim Director Arnold Weinfeld and from MSU Economist Charles Ballard, director of IPPSR's State of the State Survey (SOSS). Plus, hear the latest updates from early SOSS results, yielding Michigan's attitudes and opinions on their 2018 votes, how an endorsement of President Donald Trump affects their vote and whether they believe a wall should be built between the U.S. and Mexico.
With the 2018 mid-term elections just days away, IPPSR Podcasters tackle projections from the State of State Survey. This month's online broadcasters are IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld, economist State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard and guest Zachary Neal, MSU associate professor of psychology and global urban studies. His work focuses on the depth and bredth of political polarization.
Michigan's primary election is in the books, and now let the analyzing begin. Next up: party conventions, tough campaigns and November's general election. From the governor's race to the grassroots economy, IPPSR experts give their take on Michigan news and events. This edition features Interim IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld, State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard and IPPSR Affiliate Eric Scorsone, founding director of MSU Extension's Center for Local Government, Finance and Policy.
Michigan's primary elections are coming up in August. The General Election is in September. IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann, Associate Director Arnold Weinfeld and State of the State Director Charles Ballard preview the coming elections, talk about the economy and its effect on the elections, turnout and what's ahead for the party in power.
With a forward look to Elections 2018, hosts IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann and State of the State Director Charles Ballard tackle tough issues along with Associate IPPSR Director Arnold Weinfeld: Why do we think our taxes are too high? Do we fear political and social change too much? Are there profound splits in the Democratic and Republican Parties? What will voters find the most important issues as we approach November's elections?
2018 elections are right around the corner and hosts IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann and State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard join IPPSR Associate Director Arnold Weinfeld in unveiling new SOSS results. On the broadcast: gubernatorial races and ballot issues including part-time legislature, gerrymandering, marijuana use.
Hosts IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann and State of the State Survey Director Charles Ballard add IPPSR's Associate Director Arnold Weinfeld to the broadcast. Their focus in this edition is IPPSR's State of the State Survey and its latest results: levels of consumer confidence in Michigan and state residents' attitudes on President Donald Trump and Gov. Rick Snyder's job performance.
This is the first of 2018's State of the State Podcasts and the third lively discussion on topics that are often at the forefront of Michigan's legislative, advocacy and citizen debate. This month, hosts Matt Grossmann and Charles Ballard team with Kristi Bowman, who serves as Michigan State University's Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law. She is an education law scholar whose work has examined schools in fiscal crisis, students' free speech rights and racial/ethnic equality in education. This discussion centers on school funding, minority rights and the long Michigan history of equalizing funding across school districts.
In this second State of the State Podcast, guest political scientist Josh Sapotichne, director of Michigan State University's Public Policy Program, joins Matt Grossmann and Charles Ballard. Dr. Grossmann is a political scientist who directs MSU's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Dr. Ballard is an economics professor who directs IPPSR's State of the State Survey.
IPPSR's first State of the State Podcast featuring IPPSR Director Matt Grossmann and Charles Ballard, MSU professor of economics and director of IPPSR's State of the State Survey. A research-based perspective on Michigan's hottest political topics. Their first discussion spotlights proposed Michigan income tax cuts, the potential for a part-time Michigan Legislature and the state's bid for a new headquarters for the online powerhouse Amazon.