Show-me Institute Podcast

On May 19, Show-Me Institute senior fellow of education policy Michael Q. McShane joined The Pete Mundo Morning Show to set the record straight on ESAs. Listen to more of The Pete Mundo Morning Show: https://www.kcmotalkradio.com/pete-mundo-morning-show/

Download A Public Safety and Policing Plan for NYC's Next Mayor: https://www.manhattan-institute.org/public-safety-for-nyc-next-mayor Hannah E. Meyers is director of the policing and public safety initiative at the Manhattan Institute. Most recently, she managed corporate and private investigation teams for an international firm and directed research strategy for a counter-extremism NGO. She served for five years with the Intelligence Bureau of the New York City Police Department, partnering with detectives on counterterrorism investigations and bringing one of the first state-level terrorism cases to prosecution. During her time at NYPD, she also supervised an intelligence analysis team and was seconded to the FBI. Earlier in her career, Hannah did think tank research pertaining to terrorism and human rights, was a contributing writer on a variety of topics, and served as deputy director of policy for a New York State gubernatorial nominee.

On May 13, David Stokes joined The Gary Nolan Show to discuss a gas tax increase that is headed to the Governor's desk and a trend in Missouri local government - tax outsiders. Listen to more of The Gary Nolan Show: https://939theeagle.com/the-gary-nolan-show-on-demand/

Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Read Brian's piece in National Review titled - Four Principles for a Conservative Infrastructure Alternative: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/four-principles-for-a-conservative-infrastructure-alternative/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Read the ProPublica story here: https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pace-loans As reported by ProPublica's Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne, more than 100 homes with PACE loans in metropolitan Kansas City and St. Louis are at risk of being sold at public auctions after their owners fell at least two years behind on payments, according to a ProPublica analysis. Of those homes, at least 29 are slated for sale at auction this year. On April 29, 2021, David Stokes joined The Gary Nolan Show to discuss what PACE loans are, the issues with them and why oversight is vital when the government decides to outsource to the private sector.

Andy's piece in The Dispatch: https://thedispatch.com/p/what-the-narrative-on-school-reopenings Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on education, civil society, and the principles of American conservatism. He currently serves as the chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission and was previously the president of the Maryland State Board of Education. His other government experience includes serving as an aide in the White House Domestic Policy Counsel of President George W. Bush, legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, New Jersey deputy commissioner of education, and legislative aide at the Maryland state legislature. Previously, Smarick was a senior fellow and director of the program on civil society, education, and work at the R Street Institute, as well as a Morgridge Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He helped found a college-prep charter school for disadva

On Thursday, April 15, 2021, Dr. Susan Pendergrass joined The Gary Nolan Show to provide an update on House Bill 349. HB 349 would establish the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program. The program would allow taxpayers to claim a tax credit of up to 50 percent of their tax liability for contributions to educational assistance programs. The funds would be pooled in ESAs for use on tuition, textbooks, tutoring services, and other costs.

In 2012, James Whitford founded the True Charity Initiative to advance nationally the cause of privately-funded effective charity at the most local level. His work has appeared in Heritage Foundation’s Index of Culture and Opportunity, Patrick Henry College’s Newsmaker Series, World, The Christian Post, and The Hill. Learn more at www.truecharity.us The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

William Mattox currently serves as the Director of the J. Stanley Marshall Center for Educational Options at The James Madison Institute. In this role, he works with a wide variety of researchers, policymakers, educators, and parents to promote innovative reforms designed to make it possible for all K-12 students to obtain a high-quality education tailored to their unique needs, interests, aptitudes, and learning styles. The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Developers have asked the City of Boonville for a tax-increment financing (TIF) subsidy to “help” them build a new subdivision for 400 homes in Boonville. On March 11, 2021, David Stokes joined The Gary Nolan Show to discuss Find more information at ShowMeInstitute.org

Aaron Hedlund is chief economist at Show-Me Institute and an associate professor with tenure in the economics department at the University of Missouri-Columbia as well as a research fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. From 2020 to 2021, Hedlund was the Chief Domestic Economist and Senior Adviser at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Before joining the CEA, he was also the Acting Director of Academic Outreach and Senior Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity. His other public policy experiences include stints at the Heritage Foundation and the International Trade Commission as well as service in senior state-level advisory roles. Hedlund's research focuses on the intersection of macroeconomics, finance, real estate, and labor. Some of the topics he has studied extensively include the causes and consequences of housing booms and busts, the forces driving up college tuition and student debt, and the macroeconomic implications of China's economic transformation. He has also

Lee Habeeb is CEO and founder of American Private Radio and host of Our American Stories. Download the Our American Stories podcast on Itunes, Google Play, Spotfiy or wherever you find your podcasts and visit ouramericanstories.com to find an affiliate station near you. Join us for a virtual event with Lee on Thursday, March 18 2021. Register here: https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/uncategorized/the-power-of-storytelling-connecting-policy-with-people The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Howard J. Wall directs the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University. Prior to joining Lindenwood in 2011, he was a vice president and regional economics adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. While at the St. Louis Fed, he established and directed the Center for Regional Economics-8th District (CRE8), which provided economic analyses of issues affecting state and local economies. In addition, Dr. Wall spent 10 years as an academic in the economics departments at West Virginia University and Birkbeck College, University of London; had two stints as a visiting scholar at the Bank of Japan; and was a senior Fulbright scholar at the Instituto de Economa de Montevideo, Uruguay. He has published more than 50 papers in scholarly journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,

James V. Shuls is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Missouri St. Louis and a Distinguished Fellow in Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute. The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

On this episode, Susan Pendegrass is joined by Michael Podgursky and David Rose. Michael Podgursky is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri Columbia, a senior advisor on urban education and economic development at Saint Louis University and sits on the board of directors of the Show-Me Institute. Dave Rose is a Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. They discuss David’s new book, Why Culture Matters Most. The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

On January 21 David Stokes joined Gary Nolan on The Gary Nolan Show to discuss the news that Lake Ozark leaders want to address legitimate road issues along the heavily used Bagnell Dam and Valley roads with a new transportation development district (TDD).

David Stokes joined Gary Nolan on Thursday, January 14 to discuss the possibility of a new online sales tax in Missouri. Listen to The Gary Nolan Show here: https://www.garynolan.com/

David Stokes appeared on The Gary Nolan Show on January 7 to discuss HB 607, Columbia's new trash bag regulations, and more. Listen to the full show here: https://www.garynolan.com/

Dr. Jeff Milyo is a Professor and Department Chair in the department ofPolitical Economics, Law and Economics, Health Economics at the University of Missouri - Columbia. His new book, Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What the Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters (with David Primo), is available now. The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity.

Ron Rice is a Senior Director at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Ron C. Rice has over 15 years of public policy experience in the fields of education, urban development, and community empowerment initiatives as an executive state government appointee and two-term local elected official