NCSL Podcasts
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NCSL Podcasts
Learn about the people, policies and politics of America's state legislatures with NCSL's three podcasts: "Our American States," "Across the Aisle" and the special limited series "Building Democracy."
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Understanding the Cost of Health Care | March 8, 2026
The U.S. health care system is massive. It's a $5 trillion behemoth, nearly 20% of the U.S. economy or more than $15,000 per person per year. The cost...
The Legislature’s Oversight Role | OAS Episode 258
In one fashion or another, all state legislatures exercise oversight of state agencies and programs. They do this in a variety of ways using standing...
Big Changes for Medicaid | OAS Episode 257
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Medicaid is the joint state -federal program created in 1965 that provides free or low -cost health care to about 70 million Americans,...
Growing Focus on Data Centers | OAS Episode 256
There are more than 5,000 data centers in the U.S. and thousands more on the drawing board. The centers are big consumers of energy to power the racks...
Getting Ready for the 2026 Legislative Session | OAS Episode 255
As a new year and a new state legislative session gets underway, we sat down with Tim Storey, the CEO of NCSL, to discuss the coming legislative sessi...
The Power of Mentoring | OAS Episode 254
Institutional knowledge among legislative staff is a core element to maintaining continuity in legislatures around the country. But passing on that kn...
Legislative Leadership and the Infinite Game | OAS Episode 253
On this episode we sat down with Curt Stedron, director of NCSL’s Legislative Training Institute, to discuss a presentation he made at this year’s Leg...
Power and the People: Distributed Energy Resources and Virtual Power Plants | OAS Episode 252
Distributed energy resources or DERs, things such as rooftop solar panels on homes and small businesses, home or business batteries and electric vehic...
Unretirement and the Over-50 Worker | OAS Episode 251
On this episode, we talk with Carly Roszkowski, vice president of financial resilience programming at AARP. She joined the podcast on the sidelines of...
Private Equity and Health Care | OAS Episode 250
Private equity investment in health care facilities has grown substantially in the past decade. There have been hundreds of such acquisitions of healt...
Energy Security for Tribal Lands | OAS Episode 249
Tribal households in this country pay more than the average for electricity, and members of tribes often face a higher energy burden--the percentage o...
Getting Back to College | OAS Episode 248
There are more than 38 million people in the U.S. under 65 who have completed some college courses but did not receive a degree or certificate. Dozens...
The Long View of Legislative Reform | OAS Episode 247
On this episode, we’re joined by Pev Squire, a political science professor at the University of Missouri and an expert on state legislatures.
H...
The Potential of Geothermal Power | OAS Episode 246
On this episode, we dive into geothermal energy, a process that involves tapping into underground reservoirs of heat and steam and using that heat eit...
Advice and Some Memories From Staff Veterans | OAS Episode 245
On this episode, two legislative staffers offer some advice to people new to working at the legislature.
Kate Wolf, a legislative aide in the N...
Understanding Kids, Smartphones and Social Media | OAS Episode 244
On this episode we sat down with Zach Rausch, the chief researcher at the Tech and Society Lab at NYU, and the lead researcher for “The Anxious Genera...
NCSL Legislative Summit: Day 3 | Aug. 6, 2025
This is our third podcast from NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston where the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Joining today's s...
NCSL Legislative Summit: Day 2 | Aug. 5, 2025
We're coming to you again today from NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston where the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Today's gue...
NCSL Legislative Summit: Day 1 | Aug. 4, 2025
For today's episode, we're podcasting from NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston where the organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
We're...
NCSL at 50: The Legacy of Legislators | OAS Episode 240
This episode is the fourth and final show in a series celebrating and exploring the 50th anniversary of NCSL.
On this episode, the focus is on...
Worker Benefits in the New Economy | OAS Episode 239
Nearly 60 million people in the U.S. fall into the broad category of independent workers. Those include contract, temporary and gig workers. Their job...
Helping Wildlife Cross the Road | OAS Episode 238
Our focus on this episode is wildlife crossings, underpasses or bridges built just for animals. Millions of animals are killed by vehicles annually on...
Security Challenges of Utilities in Rural America | OAS Episode 237
Electrical co-ops and public power utilities provide service to about a 100 million Americans, including many rural parts of the nation and counties w...
A New Approach to Competency to Stand Trial | OAS Episode 236
A core tenet of the U.S. legal system is that an accused person must be competent to stand trial, which means a defendant can understand the charges a...
Shortages in the Behavioral Health Workforce | OAS Episode 235
Our focus on this episode is the behavioral health workforce. More than a third of the U.S. population lives in areas with shortages of psychologists,...
The Growing Role of Biosimilars | OAS Episode 234
Biosimilars, a group of drugs that are similar to biologic drugs, which are medications produced using living organisms and are often used to treat co...
The Power of Saying No | OAS Episode 233
Defiance is often thought as a negative trait, but as our guest on this podcast explains, it can actually be a positive force both in the workplace an...
Oral Health Care and Medicaid | OAS Episode 232
Oral health care for children is required in every state under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Plan. But dental coverage for adults is opt...
NCSL at 50: The Legislative Staff Story | OAS Episode 231
This is one in a series of podcasts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Conference of State Legislatures. On this episode we focus on leg...
Helping America Vote | OAS Episode 230
A new book published jointly by NCSL and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission is aimed at serving as a resource for election administrators, secret...
Medicaid and the States: The Post-COVID Era | OAS Episode 229
Medicaid is a program jointly funded by the federal and state governments. It provides health care coverage to nearly 80 million people, primarily tho...
Forty Years of the Women’s Legislative Network | OAS Episode 228
The Women’s Legislative Network of NCSL is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Every female state legislator in the 50 states, territories and the Distr...
What Americans Think About Voting | OAS Episode 227
Since 2008, Charles Stewart III, a professor of political science at MIT, has conducted the Survey of the Performance of American Elections, asking vo...
ATA Oregon Split House | ATA 16
Power-sharing in tied legislative chambers is typically no picnic. But about 15 years ago in Oregon when the House faced a historic tie, things went s...
2025 Legislative Session Preview With Tim Storey | OAS Episode 226
At the start of each year, we sit down with NCSL CEO Tim Storey to discuss the most important issues facing state legislatures in the upcoming session...
Looking at Nuclear Energy’s Future | OAS Episode 225
Nuclear energy plays a significant role in our national energy supply picture and is seen by some as an invaluable piece of a future clean energy syst...
Some Friendly Advice for New Legislators | OAS Episode 224
About 1,000 new lawmakers were elected in November’s election and will be joining their legislatures in the new year. Every legislature is different,...
Wildfire, Utilities and Mitigation Plans | OAS Episode 223
Massive wildfires in the U.S. have caused widespread damage in recent decades. The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas this year, the Marshall Fire in Colo...
Tackling Affordability and Outcomes in Higher Education | OAS Episode 222
Recent polls find that many Americans have declining confidence in higher education, in large part because of the levels of student debt, the cost of...
Election 2024: State Legislative Races and Ballot Measures | Oct. 27, 2024
On this episode, we sat down with two election experts from NCSL to discuss the state legislative races and statewide ballot measures in the Nov. 5 el...