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Hoover Institution 100 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

The Hoover Daily Report (HDR) is a compendium of links to commentary and analysis by Hoover’s fellows and affiliated scholars in newspapers, journals, blogs, and broadcast media. It highlights the breadth and depth of Hoover’s scholarship and its impact on policy formation. The podcast is produced by the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University.

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Hoover Daily Report | October 13, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 13, 2026 Oct 13, 2026 315 Today, David Henderson summarizes the scholarly contributions of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in economics; John Cochrane presents economic statistics to show why Americans are upset about the prices of many goods and services today; and Chester Finn discusses the motivation behind the development of Hoover’s Civic Profile tool. Hoover Daily Report | October 13, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 12, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 12, 2026 Oct 12, 2026 386 Today, Senior Fellow Robert Hall is awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; John Cochrane explains the significance of this prize award and Hall’s contributions to macroeconomics; and Peter Berkowitz lays out why, in his view, the United States will either “conserve liberty and virtue together or lose both.” Hoover Daily Report | October 12, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 9, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 9, 2026 Oct 9, 2026 355 This Friday, Elizabeth Economy speaks with an expert on Chinese technology about the state—and the stakes—of the race between China and the United States to develop frontier artificial intelligence capabilities; a defector explains how media brought into North Korea on flash drives and smuggled among the youth there has the potential to undermine the brutal Kim dictatorship; and Bill Whalen speaks
Hoover Daily Report | October 8, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 8, 2026 Oct 8, 2026 357 Today, H.R. McMaster speaks with a former president of Peru about leadership lessons from his government service and subsequent study of philosopher Sir Francis Bacon; David Henderson connects the concept of consumer surplus to the conveniences of modern life; and Bill Whalen asks the price to electoral competition of a California ballot measure that would simply, yet powerfully, change how the st
Hoover Daily Report | October 7, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 7, 2026 Oct 7, 2026 382 Today, a new paper from Hoover scholars suggests California’s proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act will face serious legal challenges if approved by voters in November. California Decides evaluates a ballot measure that would set up a fast lane for select California building projects, and the GoodFellows welcome Michael Auslin to talk about the Declaration of Independence and whether “the spirit of ’
Hoover Daily Report | October 6, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 6, 2026 Oct 6, 2026 311 Today, Hoover invites you to an event examining the presidency in historical context, featuring David Kennedy and Niall Ferguson; Steven Koonin and Scott Atlas propose a framework for analyzing policy failures involving “the consensus trap”; and Isabel Lopez Ysmael examines the impact of high-skill immigration on opportunities for American workers. Hoover Daily Report | October 6, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 5, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 5, 2026 Oct 5, 2026 333 Today, the Russell Kirk Center awards Eugene Volokh its prestigious prize for advancing free speech and expression; Matthew Turpin analyzes how youth unemployment is likely to trouble the Chinese Communist Party for years to come; and Joshua Rauh sits down with Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge to discuss the significant fiscal challenges facing the United States. Hoover Daily Report | October
Hoover Daily Report | October 2, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 2, 2026 Oct 2, 2026 305 This Friday, Condoleezza Rice sits down for a wide-ranging Q&A in Arkansas on her upbringing in Alabama and her distinguished career in government; Steven Koonin sorts data center myths from realities; and an excerpt from the Hoover Institution Press’s recently released The Troika sheds light on spycraft and state power in East Germany.  Hoover Daily Report | October 2, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 1, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | October 1, 2026 Oct 1, 2026 431 Today, Hoover invites you to vote for our finalists in the Signal Awards, which recognize excellence in podcasting each year; David Henderson uses the contributions and contradictions of John Adams to propose a method for evaluating the morally mixed records of eminent historical figures; and Henderson, along with fellow economists John Cogan and Michael Boskin, evaluates how Thomas Sowell left hi
Hoover Daily Report | September 30, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | September 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 300 Today, Hoover announces a major new initiative to comprehensively transcribe the Richard Nixon White House tapes, offering unparalleled insight into the decision-making of the 37th president; a new explainer offers an overview of California’s ballot Proposition 4, concerning public financing of elections; and Barry Strauss outlines several lessons from the Iran War, drawing on his expertise in mil
Hoover Daily Report | September 29, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | September 29, 2026 Sep 29, 2026 351 Today, Condoleezza Rice appears on Fox News to discuss how best to manage artificial intelligence, rogue agents and all, as well as her view of how the Iran conflict ends. Three Hoover podcast episodes have been nominated for Signal Awards. And Hoover scholars explore high-skilled migration’s impact on US workers, and the Proposition 42 California ballot initiative. Hoover Daily Report | September
Hoover Daily Report | September 28, 2026
Hoover Daily Report | September 28, 2026 Sep 28, 2026 339 Today, Vladimir Kara-Murza explains how Russia’s opposition is leveraging the discontent of that nation’s youth against the dictatorial Putin regime; a new episode of Free Speech Unmuted covers what the law says about press access in the White House; and Terry Anderson makes the case that the repeal of a “roadless” rule by the Forest Service will actually improve public land management, not spell

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