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Press Coverage

• Emily Smith. "Five months on: The real cost of the Iran war." (PDF) The Telegraph. July 28, 2026.
• Debbie Elliot. "The real cost of the war with Iran." NPR. July 25, 2026.
• Jacqueline Munis. "The Pentagon said Iran War costs $29 billion, but the real cost is closer to $200 billion—and counting." (PDF) Fortune. June 24, 2026
• Edward Wong and Aruni Soni. "The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars." The New York Times.  June 22, 2026
• Rebecca Schneid. "The U.S.-Iran War: By the Numbers" Time. June 21, 2026
• Nicholas Kristof. "Trump Was Right. The War Ended With a Surrender." (PDF) The New York Times. June 20, 2026
•  Priya Sridhar. "The Pentagon says the Iran war cost $29 billion. Experts say it’s far more." MS News. June 19, 2026
• John Plender. "Trump's empire of debt." (PDF) Financial Times, The Big Read. June 4, 2026.
• Peyman Pejman. "War With Iran Could Cost Way More Than Projected." Whowhatwhy.org. June 4, 2026.
• Angus Holland. "How do you calculate the cost of war in Iran?" The Sydney Morning Herald. May 31, 2026. 
• James C. Reynolds. "US-Iran war in numbers: Trump’s war costs more than $29bn in three months." The Independent.  May 28, 2026. 
•  US-Iran war in numbers: Trump’s war costs more than $29bn in three months | The Independent, May 27, 2026
• Lisa Hughes. "Harvard Kennedy School student on mission to improve road safety after brothers killed in crash." CBS News. May 14, 2026.
• CNN Newsroom with Rosemary Church. "Iran War Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $1 Trillion." CNN. May 13, 2026.
• Claire Jones, et al. "Fuel, munitions and food: Trump’s Iran war rips across US economy." (PDF) Financial Times. May 12, 2026.
• Sasha Rogelberg. "Something is different about Trump’s $1 trillion war on Iran and its stress on the national debt, Harvard Kennedy scholar says." MSN. April 17, 2026.
• Sasha Rogelberg. "‘I am certain’: Harvard policy expert warns the true cost of the Iran war to U.S. taxpayers will exceed $1 trillion." Fortune. April 15, 2026.
• Justin Papp. "White House budget chief Russell Vought won’t estimate Iran war cost in testimony." CNBC. April 15, 2026.
• On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti: "The real cost of the war with Iran." WBUR. April 13. 2026.
• Feature. "As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In On a Permanent War State" In These Times. April 9, 2026.
• International Relations & Security. "Why is the war in Iran so expensive?" Harvard Kennedy School Faculty and Research. April 7, 2026.
• Reimagining the Economy. "Linda Bilmes Takes on Big Budget Questions." Malcolm Wiener Center (HKS). March 30, 2026.
• Nicholas Kristof. "The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War." The New York Times. March 21, 2026.
• Boston Public Radio. "Fostering Friendship In Divided Times." (Video) WGBH. March 18, 2026.
• Planet Money. “How much is the Iran war costing us?" NPR. March 18, 2026.
• Nick Turse. “Trump's War on Iran Could Cost Trillions.” The Intercept. March 17, 2026.
• World Business Report. “Can a temporary US shipping rule ease fuel costs?" BBC. March 12, 2026.
• Timothy Noah. “This War With Iran Will Cost More Than We Can Afford.” The New Republic. March 10, 2026.
• Nicholas Kristof. “The ‘Arrogance of Power’ Drives War in Iran.” The New York Times. March 7, 2026.
• Paul Krugman. “War Is Expensive for the Little People.” Paul Krugman’s Substack. March 3, 2026.
• Linda Bilmes and Cornell Brooks "US has a history of paying reparations. Why won't it pay Black Americans?" (PDF) The Boston Globe. July 11, 2024.
• Joe Davidson. "Feds well-positioned to provide slavery reparations, Harvard study finds." (PDF) The Washington Post. June 21, 2024.
• The Conversation. "Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups." June 19, 2024
• Susan Hughes. "Harvard professors’ newly published research reveals existing U.S. non-racial “reparatory compensation” programs demonstrate the feasibility of reparations for racial harms." Harvard Kennedy School. June 18, 2024
• Harvard Kennedy School. "The Ghost Budget: How U.S. war spending went rogue, wasted billions, and how to fix it." April 1, 2024.
• Harvard Kennedy School. "The United States pays reparations every day—just not to Black America." February 3, 2024.
• Harvard Magazine feature on Linda Bilmes and Cornell Brooks research on slavery reparations:  https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2022/11/right-now-reparations-for-slavery
• Jim Braude. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it. " Greater Boston Live. February 24, 2022
• Suzanne Gordon. "A September 11 Reckoning: Calculating the Full Cost of War." American Prospect. September 9, 2021
• Khaleda Rahman. "Cost Of Caring For Post-9/11 War Veterans Could Reach $2.5 Trillion By 2050—Report." Newsweek. August 24, 2021
• Leo Shane. "Cost of caring for Iraq, Afghanistan vets could top $2.5 trillion." Military Times. August 18, 2021
• Rachel Layne. "Americans could owe $6.5 trillion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and that's just the interest." CBS News & World Report. August 18, 2021
• Ellen Knickmeyer. "The cost of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars." Associated Press & Washington Post. July 12, 2021
• Harvard Gazette. "Harvard students give back to the Greater Boston community." June 24, 2021
• Melanie Mason. "Gusher of stimulus funds a gift for governors like Newsom." Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2021
• Harvard Kennedy School. "How will the stimulus package aid state and local governments?" March 12, 2021
• Into Practice. "Engaging with course material and serving communities at the same time." Harvard Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning. November 2, 2020
• The Economist. "Giving up on politics is tempting, it is also risky." October 24, 2020
• Zoe Bernard. "The unsexy, abject aspect of national forests only obtained critical backing." Daily Research Scoop. August 9, 2020
• Mark Kaufman. "The unsexiest parts of national parks just got critical $$$." Mashable. August 6, 2020
• Dan Harsha. "The biggest land conservation legislation in a generation." Harvard Gazette. July 27, 2020
• Joseph Stiglitz. "In a time of coronavirus, government is the solution to our problem" Market Watch. March, 10 2020
• Gillian Tett. "Coronavirus shows risk of Trump cuts to health spending" Financial Times. February 6, 2020
• Bill Lucia. "Measuring the Cost of a State's Car Economy" Route Fifty. January 24, 2020
• Juan Siliezar. "Massachusetts' car economy costs $64 billion, study finds." Harvard Gazette. January 24, 2020
• Nestor Ramos. "The Massachusetts car economy is costing us $64 billion a year, and we barely notice it." Boston Globe. December 13, 2019
• Kurt Repanshek. "Professors Propose Strategies For Improving National Park Service's Fiscal Condition," National Parks Traveler. October 27, 2019
• Alvin Powell. "National parks' economic benefits put at over $100B anually." Harvard Gazette. September 23, 2019
• Jennifer Robinson, VA: The Human Cost Of War. KPBS. November 9, 2017
• Stephanie Savell, Credit-card Wars: How America's wars fund inequality at home. Salon.com. June 30, 2018
• Nik DeCosta-Klipa. Why people are comparing the Republican tax bill to a Christmas tree. Boston.com. December 19, 2017
• Uri Friedman. Fighting Terrorism With A Credit Card. The Atlantic. September 12, 2016
• Julia Hanna. Pricing Paradise. Harvard Business School: Alumni. September 1, 2016
• Oliver Milman. "The political crusades targeting national parks for drilling and exploitation". Guardian. August 23, 2016
• The Conversation. "Americans Value National Parks, but Funding is Lacking" U.S. News and World Report. August 19, 2016
• Alvin Powell. "National Parks at a turning point" Harvard Gazette. August 16, 2016
• Bouree Lam. "How much are America's National Parks worth?" The Atlantic. July 19, 2016
• Kelley Malcolm. "Study: Americans think their National Parks are worth $92 Billion" Nonprofit Quarterly. July 5, 2016
• Audrey Peterman. "Americans: Our Crown Jewel National Park System Worth $92 BILLION to us!" The Huffington Post. July 4, 2016
• Julie Hanna. "The Value Added of National Parks". Harvard Kennedy School Magazine. June 2016
• Harvard Kennedy School. "National Park Foundation Announces Study Determining Value of America's National Parks to be $92 Billion". June 30, 2016
• Kelly Close. "National Parks are worth $92 Billion to Americans". Money Magazine. June 30, 2016
• David Migoya. "National Parks are worth $92 billion, study says". The Denver Post. June 30, 2016
• Tariq Ali. "Corbyn's Progress." London Review of Books. March 3, 2016
• Peter Beinart. "America Is Too Broke to Rescue Ukraine." The Atlantic. March 17, 2014.
• Steven R. Watros. "IOP Panelists Fault Partisan Politics, Tea Party Influence for Government Shutdown." The Harvard Crimson. October 2, 2013.
• Robert O'Neill. "Counting the Costs of War." Impact: Research from Harvard Kennedy School. Summer 2013.
• Kerry Young. "Grim Echoes of Iraq, Afghanistan in Veterans Policies." Roll Call. July 5, 2013.
• Michael Guerriero. "The Number: $44.6 Billion." The New Yorker. May 24, 2013.
• Glaeser, Edward L. "A bridge to East Boston - via ferry." The Boston Globe. May 16, 2013.
• James Fallows for The Atlantic. "Paying the Costs of Iraq, for Decades to Come." March 29, 2013.
• Alan Zarembo for the Los Angeles Times. "Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan wars will keep mounting," March 29, 2013.
• Foon Rhee for The Sacramento Bee. "Our debt to veterans comes with a pricetag." March 29, 2013.
• Danielle Kurtzleben for U.S. News. "The Total Iraq and Afghanistan Pricetag: Over $4 Trillion." March 28, 2013.
• Matthew Yglesias for Slate. "Iraq and Afghanistan will cost trillions in the future." March 28, 2013.
• Ernesto Londono for The Washington Post. "Iraq, Afghan Wars will cost to $4 trillion, to $6 trillion, Harvard Study says." March 28, 2013.
• Colleen Walsh for Harvard Gazette. "How to sidestep sequestration." February 19, 2013.
• Linda J. Bilmes for The Guardian. "Somerville: the city where policies are based on how happy they make people." December 13, 2012.
• Linda J. Bilmes for Footnote1. "Caring for America's New Generation of Veterans." August 16, 2012.
• Shan Carter and Amanda Cox for The New York Times. "One 9/11 Tally: $3.3 Trillion." September 8, 2011.
• James Dao for The New York Times. "Cost of Treating Veterans Will Rise Long Past Wars." July 27, 2011
• Dan Froomkin for the Huffington Post. "Reassessing the Cost of the Post-9/11 Era, Post Bin Laden." May 11, 2011.
• Tim Fernholz and Jim Tankersley for The Atlantic. "The Cost of Bin Laden: $3 Trillion Over 15 Years." May 7, 2011.
• Ezra Klein for The Washington Post. "Start Paying for War." March 25, 2011.
• Ezra Klein for The Washington Post. "The Cost of Contracting." March 24, 2011.
• Kevin J. Wu for The Harvard Crimson. "Address Long-Term Spending, Harvard Profs. Say." March 11, 2011.
• Joe Davidson for The Washington Post. "A call to service, in Kennedy's memory." January 20, 2011.
• Matthew D. LaPlante for The Salt Lake Tribune. "100 year war: The growing expense of America's battles." December 30, 2010.
• Leo Shane for Stars and Stripes. "Study: Wars could cost "$4 trillion to $6 trillion." September 29, 2010.
• Shaun Waterman for The Washington Times. "War veterans' care to cost $1.3 trillion. September 29,2010.
• Pauline Jelinek for the Associated Press and ABC News. "Study: vets' health costs could top $900 billion." September 29, 2010.
• Tom Fox for The Washington Post. "High turnover: When everyone is jumping ship." July 2, 2010.
• Paul C. Light for The Washington Post. "Who could best lead the GAO?" May 7, 2010.
• McClatchy-Tribune News Service. "VA Laboring Under Surge of Wounded Veterans: Analysis." April 15, 2010.
• Tim Jones and Jason Grotto for Chicago Times. "Costs Soar for Compensating Veterans with Mental Disorders." April 12, 2010.
• Bob Herbert for New York Times. "We Still Don’t Hear Him." April 2, 2010.
• Government Executive.com. "GOP Lawmaker, Three Others in Mix for Comptroller General." March 24, 2010.
• Ed O'Keefe for The Washington Post. ""Op-ed knocks Scott Brown's comments on federal workers." February 10, 2010.
• Michael Crowly for Reader's Digest. "How the Government is Failing Our Veterans." February, 2010.
• John Hanrahan for Nieman Watchdog. "Wars May End But Spending on Them Doesn’t." November 13, 2009.
• Katharine Herrup for Newsweek. "Not a Walk in the Park." November 10, 2009.
• Ottawa, Paris and Sydney for Economist. "Public-Service Careers: A Tough Search for Talent." October 30, 2009.
• Bob Herbert for New York Times. "Reliving the Past." September 5, 2009.
• Michael Levenson for Boston Globe. "Yoon Pushes for ZipCar Upgrade to City Fleet." June 3, 2009.
• Laura Crimaldi for Boston Herald. "Boston's Gas Lamps Spark High Costs." May 10, 2009.
• Laura Crimaldi for Boston Herald. "Harvard School Looks at Books and Says...Hey Tommy, You Can Fix This Mess." May 10, 2009.
• Carlos Lozada for The Washington Post. "The Government's People Power Problem." April 5, 2009.
• Brenda Pantoine for Annals of Neurology. "ANA Symposium Examines Costs, Lessons from Iraq Conflict." January 27, 2009.
• Jessica Jannicelli for Neurology Reviews.com. " Neurologic Injuries and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Likely to Increase Long-Term Medical Costs for Veterans ." December 2008.
• Colleen Walsh in Harvard Gazette. "HKS Students Will Help Out City of Boston." December 11, 2008.
• Thomas Collins in Neurology Today. "The Economics of War — Vets with Mild Brain Injuries Predicted to Incur Huge Government Costs for Care." November 5, 2008.
• Scot Paltrow Condé Nast Portfolio.com (UK). "The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem." May, 2008.
• Jonathan Steele in Guardian Unlimited (UK). "Counting the Cost." May 25, 2008.
• Sam Leith in Telegraph (UK). "Joseph Stiglitz: The Three Trillion Dollar War." March 8, 2008.
• Charles Taylor in Bloomberg.com.  "Nobelist Stiglitz Tallies Iraq War's Outrageous Cost: Review." March 4, 2008.
• Bob Herbert in The New York Times.  "The $2 Trillion Nightmare." March 4, 2008 (LexisNexis login required).
• Aida Edemariam in The Guardian. "The True Cost of War." February 28, 2008.
• Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes in The Times (London): "The Three Trillion Dollar War: The Cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts Gave Grown to Staggering Proportions." February 23, 2008.
• John Tepper Marlin in The Huffington Post:  "Why Estimates of the Cost of the War in Iraq Have Been Rising." November 25, 2007.
• Michael Isikoff and Jamie Reno in Newsweek.  "How Do You Fund a War, But Not the Casualties?" October 29, 2007.
• Stella M. Hopkins in The Charlotte Observer:  "Veterans with Severe Ailments Face Long Waits for Care." October 21, 2007.
• Rick Maze in Navy Times.  "Nicholson Backs New Benefits Claims System." July 26, 2007.
• Richard Paddock in Los Angeles Times.  "Antiwar Speakers on Campus are Lecturers, Not Students, This Time." July 5, 2007.
• Newshour with Jim Lehrer: "Long-term Costs of War." May 22, 2007.
• Joshua Kors in The Nation. “How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits.” April 9, 2007.
• Rick Maze in Marine Corps Times.  "VA Alienating Generation, Disabled Vets Warn."  March 21, 2007.
• Matt Crenson in Boston Globe. “Costliness of the War is Subject to Debate.” March 17, 2007.
• Matt Crenson for Associated Press. “Cost for Iraq War Reaches $500 Billion.” March 16, 2007.
• Hope Yen in the Boston Globe. “Backlogs in Disability Claims Seen Stretching Veterans Affairs to Limit.” March 14, 2007.
• John Holusha in the New York Times. “Veterans’ Programs Overwhelmed, Panel is Told.” March 13, 2007.
• Hope Yen in USA Today. “Probe: VA Not Doing Enough for Iraq Vets.” March 13, 2007.
• Charles Sennott in the Boston Globe. “Straining to Keep a Promise.” March 11, 2007.
• Nick Timiraos in The Wall Street Journal. “Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed.”March 10, 2007.
• Dan Ephron and Sarah Childress in Newsweek.  “Forgotten Heroes.” March 5, 2007.
• Lynette Clemetson in the New York Times. “Focus is on Veterans’ Chief as Inquiries on Care Begin.” March 5, 2007.
• Bill Glauber in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “The Iraq War has Cost Each of Us $1,333 – So Far.” February 6, 2007.
• Cory Reiss in Hendersonville News. “Vets May Slip in Disability Battle.” February 11, 2007.
• Reuters in The Boston Globe. “Care for U.S. Veterans Could Cost $662 Billion – Study.” February 2, 2007.
• Richard Wolf in USA Today. “Researchers Weigh War’s Other Costs.” January 30, 2007.
• Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Ed. “Shooting the Messenger.” January 30, 2007.
• Denise Grady in New York Times. "Agency Says Higher Casualty Total Was Posted in Error." January 30, 2007.
• Stephen Koff in Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Injury count in Iraq disputed." January 28, 2007.
• David Leonhardt in New York Times, Business Day. "What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy." January 17, 2007.
• David Leonhardt in International Herald Tribune. "Cost of Iraq war ($1.2 trillion) Changes Economic Perspectives." January 16, 2007.
• Ron Scherer in Christian Science Monitor. "How US is deferring war costs." January 16, 2007.
• Editorial in Boston Globe. "Congressional Casualties." January 16, 2007
• Rob Waters in Bloomberg.  "More injured Soldiers Survive Than Before." January 15, 2007.
• Nicholas D. Kristof in New York Times. "An Escalation of American Blood." January 9, 2007.
• Christian B. Flow in The Harvard Crimson. "Veteran Care Could Cost $700 Billion." January 8, 2007.
• O'Ryan Johnson in Boston Herald. "Study: Number of Wounded Veterans Could Cripple VA."
• United Press International. "Veteran Health Care Could Exceed $700B." January 6, 2007.
• John Cochran in CQ Weekly. "The Fog of War Costs" January 1, 2007.
• Robert Scheer in San Francisco Chronicle. "The Real Menace." December 27, 2006.
• Reports from Truthdiggers.com.  "Truthdiggers of the Week: Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes." December 23, 2006.
• Lou Dobbs on CNN.  "Dobbs: Our Leaders are Ducking Reality on Iraq." December 6, 2006.
• Dave Montgomery and Kevin G. Hall in Star-Telegram Washington Bureau; McClatchy Newspapers. "$500 billion and counting." December 6, 2006.
• CNN "In the Money" on November 30, 2006.
• ABC World News Tonight on the cost of Iraq war on November 19, 2006.
• Nicholas D. Kristof in New York Times. "Iraq and Your Wallet." October 24, 2006.
• Robyn Blumner in St. Petersburg newspaper: "Cost of Bush's War: Just Keep Adding Zeros." October 1, 2006.
• Chris Farrell, Business Week. "September 11's Economic Legacy." September 10, 2006.
• Jon E. Hilsenrath and Liam Pleven in Wall Street Journal. "Business as Usual; Economic Fears After 9/11 Proved Mostly Unfounded." September 9, 2006.
• Robert J. Samuelson in Newsweek. "Terror's Economics: New Political Divisions May Alter Global Ffinancial Alliances." August 21-28, 2006.
• Harvard Magazine article on Iraq War: "The 2-Trillion Dollar War." May-June issue, 2006.
• Boston Globe article on Somerville:  "The Model City." May 14, 2006
• Economist article on Iraq War:  "Blood and Treasure." April 8, 2006.
• Harvard Gazette article on Somerville. "KSG Students Help a City Balance Books." April 6, 2006.
• Bob Hebert article on Iraq War:  "George Bush's Trillion Dollar War." NY Times March 23, 2006.
• Martin Wolf article on Iraq War: "Failure to Calculate the Cost of War." Financial Times January 10, 2006.
• Sally B. Donnelly in Time. "Iraq: Counting the Costs." January 16, 2006.
• Andrew Walker for BBC. "US Economist Questions Iraq Costs." January 9, 2006.
• Tom Regan in Christian Science Monitor. "Report: Iraq War Costs Could Top $2 Trillion. New Study Ttakes into Account Long-Term Costs of Healthcare for Wounded Soldiers." January 10, 2006.
• Harvard Gazette article on Hull. "KSG Students Help Town Manage Future Floods." June 2, 2005.
• Commonwealth Magazine article on Somerville:  "Harvard Students Help Somerville Revamp its Budgeting Process." Winter 2005.

Films, Radio  and Video

• Search Engine Podcast - "The Cost of War." April 17, 2026.
• HKS Policycast Podcast: "Why our debates about what things cost are so flawed, and how to fix them." December 1, 2021
• The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast "The Problem With War: You Break It You Buy It." October 7, 2021
• Policy Vets: The Podcast "The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars." Policy Vets. August 27, 2021
• A Time for Change "Harvard professor on the 'credit card wars' and the mounting costs of care for post-9/11 veterans." Yahoo Finance. August 24, 2021
• Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government "Restorative Justice: US Norms for Compensating Harms & Implications for African American Restitution." April 30, 2021
• Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future "Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars: The Long-Term Costs of America’s Promise to Those Who Serve." April 29, 2021
• Harvard University Kennedy School of Government "Harvard Kennedy School Applied Field Lab Experience." April 8, 2021
• Steve Curwood, "Funding the National Parks, Finally," Living on Earth. August 7, 2020
• Lexi Krupp, "National Parks in Michigan need $50 million. A new law might help," Interlochen Public Radio. August 5, 2020
• Letters and Politics. "Letters and Politics – March 16, 2020," March 16, 2020
• Open Source with Christopher Lydon. "The Costs of War (with Rosella Zielinski, Neta Crawford, and Shamrin Mako)," WBUR. January 16, 2020
• Kurt Repanshek. "National Parks Traveler Episode 37: NPS's Fiscal Fitness, Rockets Over Cumberland Island, Death Valley Winter," National Parks Traveler Podcast. October 27, 2019
• Steve Curwood, "The Economic Value of the National Parks." Living on Earth. October 28, 2019
• Scott Tong, Federal deficit tops $1 trillion for the first time since 2012. Marketplace. September 13, 2019
• KCRW's To the Point with Walter Olney. "The shutdown highlights a broken system". January 25, 2018
• Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. "Somerville Resurgent". November 20, 2014
• Reinvent. "Seven Things Every American Should Know About Military Spending Post 9/11". December 6, 2015
• National Security Series. Brave New Filmes. June 18, 2015
• JTF CapMed. Walter Reed National Medical Center. August 2014 (Access code: JTF)
• KZYX Radio for All Takes On the World with Jeff Blankfort. "U.S. Wars to Cost $4-6 Trillion." April 10, 2013.
• C-SPAN, Washington Journal. "Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars." April 8, 2013.
• One Harvard 2013. Faculty Alumni Panel. April 6. 2013
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "Cost of the Iraq War." March 21, 2013.
• WBUR Radio Boston. "Can We Avoid the 'Fiscal Cliff'?" December 3, 2012.
• Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. "American Conversation Essentials: Linda Bilmes on the U.S. National Debt." October 12, 2012.
• Federal News Radio. "Feds See Success in Streamlining Complicated Hiring Process." September 19, 2012.
• Federal News Radio. "What Would a Second Term for President Obama Mean for Feds?" September 4, 2012.
• In Depth with Francis Rose. "How Would the Founders Envision the Civil Service Today?" May 14, 2012.
• National Academy of Public Administration and ICF International Roundtable Discussion. "How Would Publius Envision the Civil Service Today?" May 10, 2012
• Affordable World Securities Conference. "The Security We Are Getting: The Balance Between Traditional Defense and New Challenges." March 27-28, 2012.
• On Point with Tom Ashbrook. ""GAO: Duplications, Waste Cost Taxpayers." March 3, 2011.
• The Takeaway with John Hockenberry. "U.S. Deficit Projected to Reach 9 Trillion." August 25, 2009.
• Talk Radio News Service with Jay Goodman Tamboli. "Critical Government Programs Endangered by Staffing Crisis." April 16, 2009.
• On Point with Tom Ashbrook. "The Economic Handoff." January 15, 2009.
• Democracy Now! "Linda Bilmes: The $10 Trillion Hangover: Paying the Price for Eight Years of Bush." December 22, 2008.
• Fresh Air. "Linda Bilmes on our Three Trillion Dollar War." March 3, 2008.
• Democracy Now! "The Three Trillion Dollar War: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard Economist Linda Bilmes on the True Cost of the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq." February 29, 2008.
• Crisis in Veterans' Health and Benefits, Part 1.  Compiled with footage from C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
• Crisis in Veterans' Health and Benefits, Part 2.  Compiled with footage from C-SPAN's Washington Journal.