You Might Be Right
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You Might Be Right
Former Tennessee Governors Bill Haslam and Phil Bredesen take on topics including crime, the media, gun violence, and education disparities with expert guests of differing viewpoints. From the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, "You Might b...
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Is the Federal Reserve Doing Its Job?
Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Charles Calomiris, professor emeritus at Columbia B...
If the Economy is Up, Why do Americans Feel Down?
With a growing economy and household wealth at record highs, why do so many Americans feel left behind? In a live event, Governors Bredesen and Haslam...
Do we have enough energy to power the country?
Economic growth and new technologies are driving a surge in energy demand, stressing the country’s power grid and posing challenges for policymakers....
Who Judges the Judges?
With the judicial branch increasingly in the spotlight, how judges are chosen and held accountable has never mattered more. Governors Bredesen and Has...
Is Public Education in Crisis?
Our schools have faced unprecedented challenges from the pandemic and teacher shortages to debates over curriculum and student mental health. In this...
Can We Still Count on the Separation of Powers?
In our Constitution, the framers established three independent branches of government, creating checks and balances to keep any one branch from becomi...
How important are foreign alliances?
As global dynamics shift, are foreign alliances essential to U.S. safety and prosperity – or is an America First approach more effective? Governors Br...
Has Pardon Power Gone Too Far?
The power of the President to pardon convicted criminals is enshrined in the Constitution, but many experts have criticized the recent use of pardons...
Can government work better and cost less?
Presidents from both parties have tried to make government leaner – with mixed results. Governors Bredesen and Haslam are joined by Elaine Kamarck of...
Is this the end of free trade?
To kick off a new season of You Might Be Right, Heather Long, opinion columnist for The Washington Post, and James Lake, associate professor of econom...
2024 Election – What Did We Learn?
Following an unprecedented presidential campaign, Andy Busch, Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics at the Baker School, and Lindsay...
Can the Supreme Court be impartial?
Steve Vladeck, law professor at Georgetown and CNN Supreme Court analyst, and John McGinnis, law professor at Northwestern, join Governors Bredesen an...
Can the Constitution help fight polarization?
While constitutional issues are at the heart of many of our disagreements, it may also be the solution to our increasing political polarization. Yuval...
How has polarization changed governing? – with Anthony Foxx and Margaret Spellings
Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation in the Obama Administration and Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education in the Bush Administration, join...
Is the Political Left and Right a Myth? – with Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis
Brothers, professors, and authors Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss their new book “The Myth of Left and Righ...
What does the research say about polarization?
Are Americans as divided as we think we are? To kick off Season Five, Rachel Kleinfeld, Rachel Kleinfeld, an international relations scholar and senio...
Phil & Bill Answer Your Questions
Two years and over 200,000 downloads later, "You Might Be Righ"t has inspired listeners nationwide. To mark this milestone, we invited our most avid l...
What’s Happening with AI Right Now?
Nearly a year after the first You Might Be Right episode on AI, Michael Kratsios, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, joins Governors Bredesen and H...
What is the history and future of presidential debates?
Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, joins Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the history of televised presi...
How can we disagree better?
Two Governors from adjacent states and opposing parties, Utah’s Spencer Cox (R) and Colorado’s Jared Polis (D), join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to...
Is the Electoral College the best way to elect a president?
Historian Allen Guelzo of Princeton University and political scientist Daniel Ziblatt of Harvard join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to delve into our...
What is the Role of Traditional Media in a Presidential Election?
Natalie Allison, national political reporter for Politico, and Dan Balz, Chief Correspondent for The Washington Post, join Governors Bredesen and Hasl...
Can a Third-Party Candidate Succeed?
Dan DiSalvo, a political scientist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Bill Galston, a senior fellow at Brookings and Wall Street Journa...
Is Our Primary System Working?
Galen Druke, host and producer of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast and Jonah Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of The Dispatch and host of The Remnant pod...
Phil and Bill Discuss Their Political Parties
To kick off Season Four, former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam reveal why they chose to be part of their respective political parti...
Phil & Bill Talk Immigration Policy
In this bonus episode, former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam share their own perspectives on immigration, modeling the type of civi...
Carly Fiorina: On Running for President and Staying Engaged in our Democracy
As we approach the 2024 election, 2016 presidential candidate and fmr. HP CEO Carly Fiorina joins Governors Bredesen and Haslam for a wide-ranging dis...
Our Kids are Struggling. Who Can Help Them? – with Melissa Kearney and Richard Reeves
Recorded live at the Baker School in October 2023, economist Melissa Kearney, author of "The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Marri...
Entrepreneurship: What it takes to be successful, and should government have a role? - with Sarah Bellos and Brad Smith
Recorded live at Launch Tennessee’s 3686 Festival, founders Sarah Bellos of Stony Creek Colors and Brad Smith of Russell Street Ventures join Governor...
Affirmative Action and College Admissions: What Happens Now? - with Sarah Isgur and Marie Bigham
Legal analyst Sarah Isgur and fmr. college admissions official Marie Bigham join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the Supreme Court ruling ban...
How will AI Affect Democracy? - with Sarah Kreps and Bruce Schneier
Dr. Sarah Kreps, a political scientist and director of the Cornell Tech Policy Institute, and Bruce Schneier, a technologist and Harvard Kennedy Schoo...
How Secure is Your Vote? – with Brad Raffensperger and Jocelyn Benson
Two Secretaries of State, Brad Raffensperger (R) of Georgia and Jocelyn Benson (D) of Michigan, join Governors Bredesen and Haslam for a conversation...
Why are there no more Walter Cronkites? - with Judy Woodruff and Chris Stirewalt
Longtime CNN and PBS anchor Judy Woodruff and fmr. Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the role th...
Do we need a democracy renovation? – with Danielle Allen
Harvard University professor, author, Washington Post columnist, and democracy scholar Danielle Allen joins Governors Bredesen and Haslam to share her...
Are Term Limits a Good Idea? - with Lindsay Chervinsky, Lee Drutman and Jerry Seib
Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky, New America Foundation senior fellow Lee Drutman, and fmr. WSJ Washington Editor Jerry Seib join Governors...
Do we need a new strategy to address disparities in public education? - with Robert Pondiscio and Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean
Robert Pondiscio, American Enterprise Institute sr. fellow, and Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean, fmr. school superintendent in Memphis, Boston, and Minneapolis...
What are the Best Ways to Address Crime? – with Jennifer Doleac and Ja’Ron Smith
Economist and Arnold Ventures' incoming Exec. Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy, Jennifer Doleac, and Ja'Ron Smith, Partner with Dentons Globa...
Why is it so controversial to teach American history today? – with Jon Meacham and Robert Woodson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jon Meacham and Robert Woodson, civil rights activist and Founder and President of the Woodson Center, joi...
Introducing season 2 of “You Might Be Right”
In Season 2, hosts and former Tennessee Governors Bill Haslam and Phil Bredesen hit the road, recording live episodes from the National Civil Rights M...
Am I using my morals as a weapon or a gift? - with Arthur Brooks
Dr. Arthur Brooks joins Governors Bredesen and Haslam to offer practical strategies for navigating disagreements in everyday life. Recorded live at th...