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Podcasts episode·Jun 9, 2026

How Should Parents Respond When Grades are Good, But Test Scores are Bad?

Tess Vigeland and Ariel Kalil
When a child brings home good grades but low standardized test scores, which signal should parents pay attention to? In...
Topics: K-12 Education
Podcasts episode·Dec 9, 2025

Chat2Learn: Using Simple Conversation Prompts to Boost Early Childhood Development

Tess Vigeland and Ariel Kalil
Large gaps in language skills between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds emerge early and persist throughout schooling. In this episode,...
Topics: Early Childhood Education
Podcasts episode·Oct 21, 2025

Moving to Opportunity: Together?

Tess Vigeland and Matthew Notowidigdo
When couples move for work, whose career takes the hit? UChicago economist Matt Notowidigdo discusses research showing that when heterosexual...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Podcasts episode·Oct 7, 2025

The Economics of Early Childhood: Why the First Five Years Matter Most

Tess Vigeland and James Heckman
Nobel laureate James Heckman explains why ages zero to five are critical for brain development and lifelong outcomes. He discusses...
Topics: Early Childhood Education
Podcasts episode·Jul 22, 2025

Decoding Educational Content: A Computational Comparison Between Public and Religious School Textbooks

Tess Vigeland and Anjali Adukia
Textbooks don’t just teach facts, they shape how children understand the world and their place in it. In this episode,...
Topics: Early Childhood Education
Research Briefs·May 13, 2025

Interactive Research Brief: Measuring the Characteristics and Employment Dynamics of U.S. Inventors

Ufuk Akcigit and Nathan Goldschlag
Innovation is a key driver of economic growth, and understanding the conditions that lead people to invent new technologies can...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Podcasts episode·Feb 18, 2025

The Economics of Health Insurance: Denials, Pre-Authorizations, and Cost Control

Tess Vigeland, Zarek Brot, Joshua Gottlieb, and Maggie Shi
The ongoing debate over health insurance denials has only intensified in recent months. In this episode of The Pie, host...
Topics: Health care
Podcasts episode·Jan 21, 2025

Five Years Later: How COVID-19 Reshaped Our Economy and Lives

Tess Vigeland and Matthew Notowidigdo
It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the world. In this episode of The Pie, Matt Notowidigdo, Professor...
Topics: Health care
Podcasts episode·Nov 12, 2024

Deadly Prescriptions: What Happens When Doctors Compete for Patients

Tess Vigeland and Molly Schnell
When some US states allowed nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances without physician oversight, a serious unintended consequence took hold:...
Topics: Health care