WonkCast: People Power Policy
By Zach Laris, Founder & President, Child Welfare Wonk
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Episodes: 29
Description
Conversations with Child Welfare Wonk Founder & President Zach Laris, spotlighting the people, ideas, and tensions shaping child and family policy.
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WonkCast #28: Innovating Amid Aversion to Risk
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May 27, 2026 |
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WonkCast #27: Where You Sit is Where You Stand
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May 20, 2026 |
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WonkCast #26: Family Policy's Power Problem
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May 13, 2026 |
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WonkCast #25 NE Child Welfare Commissioner Alyssa Bish
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May 06, 2026 |
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WonkCast #24: When Policy Outruns Evidence
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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WonkCast #23: Alex Adams 6 Months in at ACF
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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WonkCast #22: Zach Laris Answers Your Questions
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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WonkCast #21: Advocacy Through Constraints
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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WonkCast #20: Lived Experience as a Data Revolution
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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WonkCast #19: An Insider View on Family First
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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WonkCast #18: How Ryan Hanlon Will Lead CB
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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WonkCast #17: The Novel Metrics Quietly Reshaping Child Welfare Policy
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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WonkCast #16: The Uber of Social Isolation
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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WonkCast #15: A Publicly Funded & Voluntary Alternative to Foster Care
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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WonkCast #14 Wendell Primus on Power & Policymaking
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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WonkCast #13: Child Safety & Generative AI
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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WonkCast #12: When Poverty Isn’t Just About Money
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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WonkCast #11: Rep. Danny Davis on Creating Change
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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WonkCast #10: What's Missing in the Cash Assistance Debate
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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WonkCast #9: Testing TANF in Tennessee
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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WonkCast #8: Solving Child Welfare Policy’s Last Mile Problem
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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WonkCast #7: Where Alex Adams is Leading ACF
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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WonkCast #6: Reshaping Family Matches with Online Dating Data Science
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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WonkCast Episode 5: Former ACYF Commissioner Rebecca Jones Gaston
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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WonkCast Episode 4: Former ACF Assistant Secretary Lynn Johnson
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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WonkCast Episode 3: Dr. Melissa Merrick
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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WonkCast Episode 2: Rita Soronen
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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WonkCast Episode 1: Mary Bissell
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Introducing WonkCast: People Power Policy.
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Oct 29, 2025 |