# Jennifer Pahlka
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jennifer pahlka (born 1969) is the founder and former Executive Director of Code for America. She served as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer from June 2013 to June 2014 and helped found the United States Digital Service. Previously she had worked at CMP Media with various roles in the computer game industry.
From Second Mortgages to Fortified Roofs
This week we did something a little different and brought on two guests: Vice Mayor Kesha Hodge Washington of Phoenix and Louisiana State Senator Royce Duplessis of New Orleans. They co-chair the NewDEAL Forum Housing Task Force, which just released its culminating report on what state and local le…
WCPT 820 Interview: Jennifer Pahlka
Richard Chew is joined by Jennifer Pahlka, board chair and adviser at the Recoding America Fund, advisor to the Abundance Network, and publisher of the Substack newsletter Eating Policy. (The conversation was recorded August 11 and aired August 13.)
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Chew's Views with Richard Chew | August 13, 2026
On today's show– Jennifer Pahlka, board chair and adviser at the Recoding America Fund, advisor to the Abundance Network, and publisher of the Substack newsletter Eating Policy– David Jolly, 2026 Democratic candidate for Florida governor; the primary is August 18– Heather Williams, president of the…
From Long Lines to Logins: What Happens When Government Works Better for Everyone?
People can order groceries, deposit checks, and manage their healthcare from a smartphone. So why does dealing with government still sometimes require paperwork, phone trees, waits, and multiple websites?
Across Ohio and Central Ohio, that's changing. From the Ohio BMV's digital upgrades to COTA's…
Francis Fukuyama on Trump, China and the Legacy of 9/11
Francis Fukuyama's “The End of History and the Last Man” is one of the most insightful books for understanding the strangeness and instability of this political moment.
Fukuyama wrote his landmark book more than 30 years ago, and it’s typically remembered as a triumphalist argument, heralding the p…
Move fast...and fix democracy?
It's easy to despair with another government shutdown. But this hour, three speakers argue that simple upgrades are key to restoring faith in the American experiment. Guests include venture capitalist and political consultant Bradley Tusk, political advisor Jennifer Pahlka and e-governance expert A…
Danielle Wood on resisting the red tape impulse
What happens when the process meant to protect the environment ends up killing off the very species it was designed to save?
Danielle Wood is chair of the Productivity Commission, Australia's principal independent policy advisory body on productivity, competition and regulatory reform. She began h…
628. Sludge, Part 2: Is Government the Problem, or the Solution?
There is no sludgier place in America than Washington, D.C. But there are signs of a change. We’ll hear about this progress — and ask where Elon Musk and DOGE fit in. (Part two of a two-part series.)
SOURCES:
Benjamin Handel, professor of economics at UC Berkeley.
Neale Mahoney, professor of eco…
The surprising truth behind why American roads are so dangerous
About this episode
What if the reason American streets keep getting built wrong isn’t that engineers are careless, but that a whole profession is missing from the room?
In this episode Seth Zeren talks with Steffen Berr, a civil engineer trained in California who moved to the Netherlands to learn a…
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