New America Podcasts

Data, like diamonds, can be mined. But is data forever? Or, in other words, can you find love by creating a data-based algorithm for online dating sites like match.com? That’s how Amy Webb found her husband. She documents her digital romance in a new book, “Data, a Love Story.” But Christine Rosen is skeptical. The Schwartz Fellow is writing a book that cautions against using too much tech to mediate human experiences– arguing that Yelp and Match.Com may be stealing away theserendipitous experiences that enrich our lives.

Hillary Clinton admirers are beginning to wonder: What will become of her women and girls programs and policies - and her focus of 21st Century Statecraft in John Kerry's new State Department? It's only been a few days since he took the wheel, but he's already elevated a couple of items to the top of his agenda: revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and focus on mitigating the region's many conflicts - like civil war in Syria and Iran's controversial nuclear program.

Emerson Fellow Alexandra Starr’s research on immigrant entrepreneurs challenges the assumption that immigrants steal jobs. She explains why this large and rising cohort is creating jobs and boosting economic growth. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.

Every parent of college-aged kids fears the eye-popping complexity of applying for financial aid, but that complexity can actually end the college dream – and the American dream - for some students. In this In the Tank Podcast, New America Managing Editor Fuzz Hogan talks to Education Policy Program Director Kevin Carey and Schwartz Fellow Jason DeParle about some of those stuck students, and discusses how better policy can help fix the crisis.