In 2020, we launched Hoover Capital Conversations. In this series, Hoover fellows discussed a variety of pressing topics with policy makers at several levels of government and leadership. These in-depth, informed conversations aimed to pull back the curtain on policy development and execution. The topics reflected the Hoover Institution’s research priorities of individual, economic, and political freedom; private enterprise; and representative government.

As 2020 draws to a close, we look back at a busy year of podcasting at the Hoover Institution. We’ve assembled a list of the year’s most popular episodes, ranging from COVID-19 to riots, to conflict over culture, economics, foreign policy, immigration, and world views, as well as US elections and polarization, and to our increasingly dysfunctional schools, society, culture, and politics.