Video Archive
Our comprehensive video archive offers a rich collection of past events, providing valuable insights and perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners. The collection includes recordings of our key programs, such as our annual Yates Lecture, the Center for Ethics Public Lecture series, and the Murphy Research Symposium. Explore our archive and delve into a diverse range of topics, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our work.
2025 Mary C. Parker Yates Lecture: An Intimate Conversation with Dr. Mona Hanna
September 30, 2025
The Murphy Institute hosted Dr. Mona Hanna, pediatrician, scientist, and nationally recognized child health researcher and advocate, as the featured guest at the 2025 annual Yates Lecture at Tulane University. In an intimate conversation with Executive Director Gary "Hoov" Hoover, Dr. Mona discussed her community-partnered public health initiatives in response to the Flint water crisis to improve outcomes for kids, Rx Kids.
"DRUG USE FOR GROWN-UPS: Where Liberty, Policy & Science Collide" - Carl Hart, CE Public Lecture '25
October 9, 2025
The Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics welcomed Dr. Carl Hart as the featured speaker for the first installment of 2025-2026’s Public Lecture Series. Dr. Carl Hart is the Mamie Phipps Clark Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Columbia University, with a joint appointment in Psychiatry. A leading neuroscientist and psychologist, his research explores the behavioral and neuropharmacological effects of psychoactive drugs in humans. His work challenges conventional narratives around addiction and advocates for evidence-based drug policy reform.
Virgil Storr CE Public Lecture: "Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?"
April 24, 2025
Virgil Storr is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University who specializes in the social and moral aspects of markets, the challenges of community recovery after disasters, how culture affects economic activity, and the social and economic history of the Bahamas.
The State of the Nation Project: A comprehensive discussion on America’s successes and failures
February 3, 2025
On February 3, the State of the Nation Project released its inaugural "State of the Nation" report to shed light on how the United States is doing in key areas. The report’s launch event in Washington DC, co-hosted by The Murphy Institute, The Brookings Institution, and the American Enterprise Institute, provided attendees with the opportunity to engage with the authors of the report as they discussed the findings of the State of the Nation Project, the challenges facing the nation, and progress made so far.
- Dan Gallagher Yates Lecture: "Navigating the Future of Fintech"
November 13, 2024 - Nicholas Buccola Public Lecture: "LOVE IS A BATTLE: James Baldwin’s Patriotism"
September 26, 2024 - Subramanian Rangan Public Lecture: "THE PARETO TRAP: How Fairness Got Sacrificed at the Altar of Efficiency and How We Might Resurrect It"
April 19, 2024 - Beatriz Magaloni Public Lecture: "Challenges in Creating More Humane and Equitable Policing"
March 14, 2024 - Jonathan Simon Public Lecture: "Building the Carceral Cathedral"
January 30, 2024
- Yates Lecture
Kai Ryssdal, October 19, 2023
- Yates Lecture: "Children and the US Social Safety Net"
Hilary Hoynes, October 27, 2022
- Yates Lecture: "Connections Between Finance and the Humanities"
Mihir A. Desai, October 25, 2018
- ATPI 2017: "Tax Incentives for State, Local, and International Economic Development"
November 17, 2017 - Yates Lecture: "Macroprudential Regulation: Will it Prevent Financial Crises?"
Anil Kashyap, October 18, 2017 - Watson Fest: "An Interview with Gary Watson"
Sarah Buss, February 9, 2017 - CE Public Lecture: "Social Trust and Public Reason"
Kevin Vallier, February 3, 2017 - "Never in Anger: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Variations"
Owen Flanagan, January 27, 2017
- Yates Lecture: "Economic Opportunities from Immigration"
Giovanni Peri, November 13, 2016
- Yates Lecture: "Weird Taxes of the Past and Their Lessons for Tax Policy"
Joel Slemrod, November 9, 2015 - Public Lecture: "Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom"
Jacob T. Levy, October 15, 2015 - Yates Lecture: "Understanding Long-Run Changes in US Wage Inequality"
Lawrence Katz, March 5, 2015
- "Why the Federal Debt Still Matters: A Panel About Our Fiscal Future"
May 30, 2014 - Public Lecture: "The Evolution of Morality?"
Stephen Stich, April 4, 2014 - Public Lecture: "Does Neuroscience Undermine Responsibility?"
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, February 14, 2014 - Public Lecture: "The Persistence of Drug Prohibition"
Douglas Husak, January 31, 2014
- Public Lecture: "Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights through International Law"
Ryan Goodman, November 15, 2013 - Yates Lecture: "The Secret of Happiness"
Arthur Brooks, October 3, 2013 - Yates Lecture: "This is Your Brain on Emotion"
George Loewenstein, March 12, 2013
