Rethinking Government in 2026
In our end-of-year episode, host Stephen Goldsmith reflect on 2025's most promising advancements in local government and shares his vision for how cit...
City Leadership in the AI Era
Listen to host Stephen Goldsmith speak with two leading voices at the intersection of local government, data, and AI: Rochelle Haynes, Managing Direct...
How GenAI Can Actually Boost Public Sector Creativity
This episode features Mike Sarasti, former Chief Innovation Officer and Director of Innovation and Technology in Miami and a leading advocate for gove...
What Mayors Need to Know About SNAP with Dr. Sara Bleich
In this episode, host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Dr. Sara Naomi Bleich, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and former USDA ...
Charles Waldheim on the Future of the American City
In this special episode, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Charles Waldheim co-host a...
How Cities Can Use Data to Transform Disaster Response
In this episode, Professor Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Dr. Andrew Schroeder of Direct Relief and CrisisReady. They discuss how cities can break down...
StatGPT: The Future of City Performance
In this episode, Professor Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Santi Garces, Boston’s chief innovation officer. They discuss Goldsmith’s new StatGPT paper, ...
Recast - The Complicated Interplay: AI and Government
Professor Steve Goldsmith interviews MIT professor and dean Dan Huttenlocher on artificial intelligence, use cases for generative AI in government, an...
Harnessing AI for Trust and Transformation
In this episode, Professor Stephen Goldsmith is joined by Miguel Carrasco, Global Leader for Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Digital Government, ...
Exclusive: Mayor Bibb is Connecting Climate and Community Health in Cleveland
In this exclusive episode, recorded live at the African American Mayors Association 11th Annual Conference, host Stephen Goldsmith sits down with Clev...