Ashley Rogers Berner, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, joins Oren for a discussion of educational pluralism: the key to ensuring choice and standards in K–12 schools. They survey the international landscape, trends in educational philosophies, and what it would look like to fully embrace a pluralistic model in the United States.

For more, check out Ashley's new book, Educational Pluralism and Democracy and the following pieces she's written for American Compass:

• Introducing Pluralism to Public Schooling
• A Sustainable Path to School Choice
• Make Good (School) Choices

On this special Earth Day episode of the podcast, Oren is joined by Thomas Hochman, a research associate at the Foundation for American Innovation. They discuss American energy policy, the promise of nuclear, climate change, regulatory hurdles, and much more.

For more from Thomas, check out:

• A Nuclear Renaissance?, The New Atlantis
• It’s Not Just NEPA: Reforming Environmental Permitting, American Affairs
• Foundation for American Innovation

On this episode of the American Compass Podcast, Oren is joined by Michael Pettis, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, for an in-depth discussion of the dollar as the global reserve currency: pros, cons, and what it all means for the American economy.

Further Reading

• The High Price of Dollar Dominance (Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs)
• Bad Trade (Michael Pettis, American Compass)
• Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Balancing U.S. Trade