By Yaffee ,
2 hours ago
In a media environment often reduced to sound bites and partisan talking points, the Alabama Policy Institute’s Alabama Policy Insights podcast offers something rarer: real conversations with the people who actually shape the state’s laws, elections, and future.
The show is where you get to know the issues shaping Alabama without the spin. Rather than serving as a typical debate style program, episodes include extended, unscripted briefings with key decision-makers and experts.
Broadcast from API headquarters in Birmingham and hosted by President and CEO Stephanie Smith, the show brings state and national leaders into the studio to examine the issues affecting families, businesses, and communities across the Yellowhammer State.
“Both policy and politics are relational at heart,” Smith explains. “We started Alabama Policy Insights to sit down with state and national leaders to talk about issues, but my favorite part about hosting is getting to know the ‘who’ behind the ‘why’.”
API’s Mission and the Podcast’s Place Within It
Founded in 1989, the Alabama Policy Institute is an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to...

