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The Overton Window

Mackinac Center for Public Policy
99 episodes   Last Updated: Dec 20, 24
Have you noticed that politicians struggle to enact the things they run on? They find themselves bound by what is popular, or at least their sense of it. The narrow range of policies that they can enact is called the Overton Window. The Overton Window podcast looks at issues around the country and the people changing what is politically possible.

Episodes

Layal Bou Harfouch on bringing empathy into drug policy
Bob Ewing on mastering the art of public speaking
Dave Bondy breaks down the ever-shifting landscape of political journalism
Jon Sanders discusses the feasibility of renewable energy in North Carolina
Michigan Rising Action’s Abby Mitch on holding elected officials accountable
American Culture Project’s John Tillman on winning through upstream engagement
Angela Erickson on project management’s role in ending home equity theft
Josh Bandoch on persuading the left and the right to help America’s poor
Bryan Caplan on using graphic novels to change housing policy
Elizabeth Stelle on winning more school choice in a purple state