Kate Reagan

What is the future of global trade?

FedEx founder and executive chairman Fred Smith and Tim Fitzgerald, former chief international economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisors and a professor at Texas Tech University, join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the future of global trade. During the last several decades, global free trade policies have transformed the world. Recent…
What is the Senate filibuster and why should we care?

Former Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker joined former Governors Bredesen and Haslam for a special episode of You Might be Right, recorded live at the Baker Center in September 2022. Use of the filibuster, a rule that prevents legislation and key nominations from advancing without the support of 60 senators, is a long-standing…
What still ails us a decade after the Affordable Care Act?

Nancy-Ann DeParle, former deputy chief of staff to President Obama, and Larry Van Horn, associate professor and director of Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the Affordable Care Act and what else we can do to lower healthcare costs and improve outcomes To check…
What can be done about the affordable housing crisis?

What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?
How important is it to address our national debt?

The United States owes its debtors more than $30 trillion. To dig into how the U.S. got here and what’s at stake, the governors call on Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University…
Where do charter schools fit in public education?

Nina Rees and Kaya Henderson join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the role that charter schools play in public education today.
Are we moving fast enough to address climate change?

To talk climate change, former governors Bredesen and Haslam turned to two fellow Tennesseans: former Vice President Al Gore and Jeff Lyash, the president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation’s largest public utility.
What can we do about gun violence?

EPISODE 1: Arne Duncan and David French join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss potential avenues to reducing gun violence in the first episode of You Might be Right