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Weekly Wonk: When Paid Leave Crosses State Lines
When state action creates a new federal policy frontier
Aug 31
24
WonkCast #39: Paid Leave & the Infrastructure of Inevitability
Dawn Huckelbridge on changing possibility via field building
Aug 26
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Zach Laris
3
1
28:17
Weekly Wonk: Paid Leave Policy Design
Plus visualizing how child welfare financing is frozen in time
Aug 24
39
WonkCast #38: “It’s just loss”
C.A.S.E. CEO Debbie Riley on mental health & child welfare
Aug 12
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Zach Laris
11
1
26:58
Weekly Wonk: TANF's Tensions Raise Deeper Questions
Trump 1.0's TANF Chief Asks "What’s the safety net actually for?"
Aug 10
31
WonkCast #37: Zach Laris on Community InSite
What do we even mean by "prevention"?
Aug 5
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Zach Laris
9
43:30
Weekly Wonk: The Geography of Grants at the Children’s Bureau
Where do discretionary dollars go?
Aug 3
26
July 2026
WonkCast #36: Aly Brodsky & Child-Centric Policy
Serious ideas need to be able to survive contact with reality.
Jul 29
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Zach Laris
4
2
34:28
Weekly Wonk: The Children’s Bureau Grant Calendar Crunch
Release a fistful… of funds for the fiscal year, plus leveraging Family First funds and Medicaid, and reconciliation 3.0 hits the Senate stall.
Jul 27
18
WonkCast #35: Dennis Blazey Wants You Talking About Bed Days
“You don’t need their permission...”
Jul 22
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Zach Laris
5
31:55
Weekly Wonk: How Grants Are Shifting at the Children’s Bureau
When discretion is more than just the better part of valor, plus reconciliation and rescinding designated placements
Jul 20
43
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WonkCast #34: Financing Policy Pop Quiz
Why a minor administrative change shifted spending as much as a landmark law
Jul 15
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Zach Laris
5
31:38
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