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Politics and Polls

Politics & Polls is a podcast produced by the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

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#260: How the Democrats Failed to Solve Inequality (Lily Geismer)

Apr 21, 2022
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#259: Does America Need a Reboot? (Will Hurd)

Mar 31, 2022
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#258: The War In Ukraine and U.S. Politics

Mar 15, 2022
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#257: Fighting for Peace: From Lincoln to Modern Europe

Mar 10, 2022
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#256: Living with COVID-19 (Ezekiel J. Emanuel)

Feb 16, 2022
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#255: The Dismantling of American Democracy (Karen Greenberg)

Feb 3, 2022
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#254: Injustice … in the Pursuit of Justice (Laura Coates '01)

Jan 18, 2022
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#253: Jan. 6 & Democracy Today (Carolyn Shapiro)

Jan 6, 2022
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#252: A Boost for Science (2021 in Review)

Dec 16, 2021
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#251: Are We Ready for Omicron?

Dec 16, 2021
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#250: On the Knife's Edge — Democratic Power in Midterms 2022

Nov 18, 2021
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#249: Progressive Jewish Values & the Secular World (Julian Zelizer)

Nov 9, 2021
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#248: Where Can the Center Right Find a Home? (Christine Todd Whitman & Miles Taylor)

Oct 21, 2021
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#247: Was Pulling U.S. Troops out of Afghanistan a Mistake? (Amb. Robert Finn)

Oct 6, 2021
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#246: When the Left Attacks Big Government (Paul Sabin)

Sep 23, 2021
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#245: The Continued Fight for Voting Rights (Wendy Weiser)

Aug 19, 2021
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#244: Public Health Saved Your Life (Dr. Leana Wen)

Aug 12, 2021
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#243: In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson (Julia Sweig)

Aug 5, 2021
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#242: Partisan Identity & Political Instability (Brendan Nyhan)

Jul 30, 2021
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#241: Vaccines, Critical Race Theory & More

Jul 22, 2021
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#240: ‘Alligator Candy’ & the Strength of Community (David Kushner)

Jul 15, 2021
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#239: Did Bill Barr Corrupt the DOJ? (Elie Honig)

Jul 8, 2021
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#238: The Truth is Out There...Somewhere (Adam Frank)

Jul 1, 2021
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#237: Nixon at War (Kurt Andersen)

Jun 24, 2021
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#236: JFK, MLK, and Nine Long Days (Paul Kendrick)

Jun 17, 2021
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#235: Big Tech, Big Data, and Big Lies (Jonathan Mayer)

Jun 10, 2021
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#234: Why People Believe Falsehoods (From Vaccines to Votes)

May 27, 2021
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#233: Why Democrats Should be Bold But Careful (Paul Starr)

May 20, 2021
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#232: Liz Cheney Ousting, Census Accuracy & Vaccine Persuasion

May 13, 2021
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#231: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan (Matt Yglesias)

May 6, 2021
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#230: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold (Ross Benes)

Apr 29, 2021
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#229: Can Immigrants Still Chase the American Dream? (Sarah Coleman)

Apr 22, 2021
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#228: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency (Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes)

Apr 15, 2021
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#227: 40 Acres, a Mule, and an Early Civil Rights Champion (Bruce Levine)

Apr 8, 2021
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#226: Racism at its Roots (Don Lemon)

Apr 1, 2021
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#225: Conspiracies in American Politics (Michael Butter and Nancy Rosenblum)

Mar 25, 2021
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#224: American Rescue Plan, Vaccines & the Filibuster

Mar 18, 2021
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#223: John Marshall's Full Legacy (Robert Strauss)

Mar 11, 2021
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#222: How Ted Kennedy Championed Modern Liberalism (Neal Gabler)

Mar 4, 2021
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#221: Is the Senate a Threat to Democracy? (Adam Jentleson)

Feb 25, 2021
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#220: The President’s Cabinet (Lindsay Chervinsky)

Feb 18, 2021
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#219: How War Shapes Us (Margaret MacMillan)

Feb 11, 2021
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#218: How the Religious Right May Have Provoked the Insurrection (Katherine Stewart)

Feb 4, 2021
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#217: An Insurrection, an Inauguration & an Impeachment

Jan 28, 2021
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#216: Presidential Legacies (Jonathan Alter)

Jan 21, 2021
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#215: All About JFK (Fredrik Logevall)

Jan 14, 2021
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#214: Georgia Senate Runoff Election

Jan 7, 2021
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#213: Millennials in Politics (Charlotte Alter)

Dec 17, 2020
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#212: Writing About the Trump Era (Carlos Lozada)

Dec 10, 2020
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#211: How Strong is American Polity? (Jack Balkin)

Dec 3, 2020
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#210: All About State Courts - Packing, Expansion & More (Marin Levy) 

Nov 19, 2020
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#209: A Week After Election 2020

Nov 12, 2020
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#209: A Week After Election 2020

Nov 12, 2020
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#208: Election Day 2020

Nov 3, 2020
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#207: The Fox News Analyst Who Will Call the 2020 Election (Arnon Mishkin)

Oct 29, 2020
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#206: What Happens Next?

Oct 22, 2020
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#205: How the Right Rules (Jacob Hacker)

Oct 15, 2020
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#204: America's Political Epidemic (Abdul El-Sayed)

Oct 8, 2020
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#203: The Next Generation of Journalism (Jaden Jefferson)

Oct 1, 2020
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#202: Restoring American Democracy Featuring David Frum

Sep 24, 2020
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#201: Mobilizing Young Voters Featuring Vote100

Sep 17, 2020
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#200: Ask Us Anything

Sep 10, 2020
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#199: Trump: A Cause or Product of the GOP? Featuring Stuart Stevens

Sep 3, 2020
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The Clumsy Road to Antiracism

Aug 27, 2020
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#198: Free Speech, “Call-Out Culture,” and Social Justice Featuring Suzanne Nossel

Aug 23, 2020
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#197: The Making of the Modern Conservative Movement Featuring Matt Grossmann

Aug 13, 2020
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#196: Political Conventions, Polls, and "Moneyball 2020"

Aug 7, 2020
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#195: What Happened to the Modern GOP?

Jul 30, 2020
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#194: How Gerrymandering Turned America from Red to Blue Featuring Dave Daley

Jul 24, 2020
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#193: The Electoral College Featuring Jesse Wegman

Jul 16, 2020
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#192: The Future of Policing Featuring Alex Vitale

Jul 9, 2020
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#191: The Reopening of College Campuses Featuring Laurence Steinberg

Jul 2, 2020
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#190: The State and Health of Our Democracy Featuring David Litt

Jun 18, 2020
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#189: Black Lives Matter, Protests, and a National Shift on Police Reform

Jun 11, 2020
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#188: The Fiscal Future of the U.S. Postal System Ft. Historian Richard John

Jun 4, 2020
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#187: South Korea’s Response to Covid-19 Featuring Asaph Young Chun

May 28, 2020
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#186: Using the 1918 Pandemic as a Blueprint for Today Ft. John M. Barry

May 21, 2020
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#185: Female Changemakers in Congress Featuring Jennifer Steinhauer

May 14, 2020
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#184: The Demise of the American Dream Ft. Nicholas Lemann

May 7, 2020
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#183: Economic Inequality and Covid-19 Ft. Sir Angus Deaton

Apr 30, 2020
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#182: Economic Turmoil During Covid-19 Ft. Cecilia Rouse

Apr 23, 2020
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#181: Health Care and Covid-19 Ft. Dr. Richard Besser

Apr 20, 2020
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#180: Fixing Bugs in Democracy Ft. Katie Fahey

Apr 16, 2020
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#179: Ensuring Election Integrity Ft. Ellen Weintraub

Apr 9, 2020
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#178: Coronavirus and the Economy Ft. Torsten Sløk

Apr 2, 2020
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#177: Leadership in a Time of Crisis Ft. Juliette Kayyem

Mar 26, 2020
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#176: How Presidential Administrations Respond to Crises Ft. Chris Lu

Mar 19, 2020
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#175: COVID-19, Democratic Primaries & More

Mar 12, 2020
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#174: The Power of Money in Politics Ft. Brandice Canes-Wrone

Mar 5, 2020
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#173: In Our Elections We Trust Ft. Rick Hansen

Feb 27, 2020
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#172: George Washington Reimagined Ft. Alexis Coe

Feb 20, 2020
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#171: An Episode We Love

Feb 13, 2020
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#170: The Aftermath of Iowa

Feb 6, 2020
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#169: Women’s Rights in the 21st Century Ft. Fatima Goss Graves

Jan 30, 2020
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#168: The Struggle for Liberty Ft. Daron Acemoglu

Jan 23, 2020
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#167: Ronald Reagan and the Origins of Modern Conservatism Ft. Robert Mann

Jan 16, 2020
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#166: Youth Activism in 2020

Jan 9, 2020
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#165: Dealing with College Debt Ft. Caitlin Zaloom

Dec 19, 2019
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#164: Indivisible with Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg

Dec 13, 2019
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#163: The Crisis of Democracy

Dec 5, 2019
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#162: Breaking Down the Impeachment Inquiry

Nov 21, 2019
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#161: Florida Politics Featuring Andrew Gillum

Nov 14, 2019
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#160: Election Day 2019

Nov 7, 2019
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#159: Strategizing for the 2020 Election Ft. Joel Benenson

Oct 31, 2019
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#158: The Fight Against Income Inequality Ft. Emmanuel Saez

Oct 24, 2019
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#157: How Economists Attained Power in the Modern Era Ft. Binyamin Appelbaum

Oct 17, 2019
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#156: Black Youth and the Criminal Justice System Ft. Carl Suddler

Oct 10, 2019
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#155: The Evolution of Free Enterprise Ft. Lawrence Glickman

Oct 3, 2019
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#154: The Press Under Attack Ft. Jim Acosta

Sep 26, 2019
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#154: The Press Under Attack Ft. Jim Acosta

Sep 26, 2019
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#153: The Odds of Elizabeth Warren Versus Donald Trump in 2020

Sep 19, 2019
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#152: The ‘Attention Economy’ Ft. James Williams

Sep 12, 2019
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#151: Digital Media and Politics Ft. David Kapf

Sep 5, 2019
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#150: Election Reform with Lawrence Lessig

Aug 15, 2019
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#149: How Our Genes Shape Societies Ft. Nicholas Christakis

Aug 8, 2019
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#148: The Power of Silicon Valley Ft. Margaret O’Mara

Aug 1, 2019
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Democracy Works: Neoliberalism Featuring Wendy Brown

Jul 25, 2019
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#147: Reagan’s Tax Cut Revolution Ft. Monica Prasad

Jul 18, 2019
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#146: Entrenchment and Overcoming the Power of Concentrated Wealth Ft. Paul Starr

Jul 11, 2019
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#145: Taking Back Our Elections Ft. Joshua Douglas

Jun 27, 2019
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#144: The Origins of the Internet Ft. David Kushner

Jun 20, 2019
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#143: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Ft. Brenda Wineapple

Jun 13, 2019
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#142: Normalizing Chaos Featuring Jennifer Rubin

Jun 7, 2019
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#141: All About Electability?

May 30, 2019
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#140: The Mueller Report Book Club Ft. Marty Lederman

May 23, 2019
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#139: The Mueller Report Book Club Ft. Quinta Jurecic

May 16, 2019
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#138: The Mueller Report Book Club Ft. Marcy Wheeler

May 9, 2019
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#137: Era of Ignition Ft. Amber Tamblyn

May 2, 2019
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#136: The Politics of the Mueller Report

Apr 25, 2019
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#135: Reproductive Rights Ft. Cecile Richards

Apr 18, 2019
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#134: The Republican Party Ft. Jeff Flake

Apr 11, 2019
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#133: Women of Color in the Digital Space Ft. Kimberly Bryant

Apr 4, 2019
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#132: The Mueller Report

Mar 28, 2019
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#131: ‘Mass Human Caging’ Ft. Alec Karakatsanis

Mar 21, 2019
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#130: 2020 Prospects

Mar 14, 2019
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#129: Civil Liberties Today with Anthony Romero

Mar 7, 2019
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#128: National Security in the Cyber Age

Feb 28, 2019
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#127: U.S. Security Threats with Asha Rangappa

Feb 21, 2019
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#126: Journalism in a Trump World with Mara Liasson

Feb 15, 2019
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#125: As a City on a Hill

Feb 7, 2019
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#124: The Battle for America

Jan 31, 2019
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#123: Shutdown Politics

Jan 24, 2019
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#122: American Global Leadership

Jan 24, 2019
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#121: The ‘Fault Lines’ of Modern America

Jan 10, 2019
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#120: Immigration Then & Now

Jan 3, 2019
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#119: The Role of First Lady

Dec 20, 2018
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#118: The Politics of Climate Change

Dec 13, 2018
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#117: Thunderdome Politics with Greg Sargent

Dec 6, 2018
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#116: Another Look at the Midterms

Nov 29, 2018
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#115: Conservatism Today with Arthur Brooks

Nov 15, 2018
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#114: Midterms Reactions with Valerie Jarrett

Nov 8, 2018
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#113: A Week of Hate Crimes

Nov 1, 2018
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#112: A Midterms Update

Oct 25, 2018
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#111: How Technology Changed Illicit Trade

Oct 18, 2018
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#110: The Aftermath of the Kavanaugh Confirmation

Oct 11, 2018
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#109: What’s Next for Kavanaugh?

Oct 4, 2018
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#108: How Money Restricts Access to Political Office

Sep 27, 2018
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#107: The Kavanaugh Saga

Sep 20, 2018
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#106: How the Conservative News Media Shaped History

Sep 13, 2018
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#105: This Week in Washington

Aug 31, 2018
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#99: Who is Atticus Finch?

Aug 23, 2018
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#104: What is the 25th Amendment?

Aug 23, 2018
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#103: Blue State Federalism

Aug 16, 2018
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#102: Baseball and the American Presidency

Aug 10, 2018
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#101: The Centrist Paradox

Aug 2, 2018
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#100: The Trump Presidency

Jul 26, 2018
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#98: A Review of the Carter Presidency

Jul 12, 2018
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#97: “Any Man” Featuring Amber Tamblyn

Jun 28, 2018
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#96: A Historical Review of Anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe

Jun 21, 2018
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#95: Behind the Big Screen

Jun 14, 2018
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#94: Peace in the Middle East?

Jun 7, 2018
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#93: What-Ifs

May 31, 2018
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#92: The Politics of the Russia Investigation

May 24, 2018
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#91: Congress & the Class of ’74

May 17, 2018
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#90: ‘Our Towns’ Featuring James Fallows

May 10, 2018
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#89: What Happened at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

May 3, 2018
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#88: Voting Rights in America

Apr 26, 2018
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#87: Social Media and Politics

Apr 19, 2018
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#86: The Internet’s Dark Side

Apr 12, 2018
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#85: Democracy in the Modern Age

Apr 5, 2018
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#84: A Psychiatrist’s View of Donald Trump

Mar 29, 2018
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#83: Trump, Russia and Mueller — What’s Next?

Mar 22, 2018
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#82: Rock-and-Roll, Progressive Politics & the Dirty South with the Drive-By Truckers

Mar 15, 2018
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#81: One Nation After Trump

Mar 8, 2018
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#80: Are Corporations Remaking America?

Mar 1, 2018
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#79: Immigration, Refugees and the State of Journalism in 2018

Feb 22, 2018
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#78: Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

Feb 15, 2018
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#77: Memo Wars

Feb 8, 2018
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#76: How the Right Lost Its Mind - A Conversation with Charlie Sykes

Feb 1, 2018
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#75: The Republic for Which It Stands

Jan 25, 2018
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#74: The Second Coming of the KKK

Jan 18, 2018
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#73: Why You Should Care about Gerrymandering

Jan 11, 2018
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#72: Social Research in the Digital Age

Jan 4, 2018
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#71: Inside the Mind of Donald Trump

Dec 21, 2017
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#70: Alabama’s Senate Race

Dec 14, 2017
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#69: How the Media Covers Race

Dec 7, 2017
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#68: Captivity and Survival in Syria

Nov 30, 2017
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#67: The Day the Donkey Roared

Nov 16, 2017
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#66: A Year of Donald Trump

Nov 9, 2017
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#65: Alaskan Politics with Rep. Bryce Edgmon

Nov 2, 2017
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#64: Congressional Races in 2018

Oct 26, 2017
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#63: How to be a Conservative in the Age of Trump

Oct 19, 2017
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#62: Does Gerrymandering Leave Voters Without a Voice?

Oct 12, 2017
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#61: Identity Politics & the Democratic Party

Oct 5, 2017
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#60: Are We Seeing the Watergate of Today?

Sep 28, 2017
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#59: Is Free Speech Alive and Well on College Campuses?

Sep 21, 2017
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#58: America’s Political Storms

Sep 14, 2017
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#57: The Heart of the American Right

Aug 24, 2017
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#56: The Aftermath of Charlottesville

Aug 17, 2017
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#55: Has the Conservative Revolution Succeeded? A Conversation with Nancy MacLean

Aug 10, 2017
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#55: Has the Conservative Revolution Succeeded? A Conversation with Nancy MacLean

Aug 10, 2017
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#54: The Republic of Spin with David Greenberg

Aug 3, 2017
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#53: Battles for Freedom with Eric Foner

Jul 27, 2017
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#52: How Social Movements Achieve Change with Steven Levingston

Jul 20, 2017
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#51: The Trump-Russia Story with Benjamin Wittes

Jul 13, 2017
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#50: One-Year Anniversary

Jun 29, 2017
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#49: Democracy, Gerrymandering, Federalism & More

Jun 22, 2017
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#48: Wake Up to Politics with Gabe Fleisher

Jun 15, 2017
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#47: Race Relations in America

Jun 8, 2017
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#46: Trump’s 'Gaslighting of America' with Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca

Jun 1, 2017
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#45: Inside Hillary Clinton’s ‘Doomed’ Campaign

May 25, 2017
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#44: A Disastrous Week in Washington

May 18, 2017
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#43: Why Are ‘Deaths of Despair’ Plaguing Middle-Aged White Americans?

May 11, 2017
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#42: Where Are All the Jobs?

May 4, 2017
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#41: Trump’s First 100 Days

Apr 27, 2017
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#40: The 115th Congress with Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)

Apr 20, 2017
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#39: National Security with Gen. David Petraeus

Apr 13, 2017
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#38: Unraveling the ‘Trump-Russia Saga’

Apr 6, 2017
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#37: On the Same Team? Trump’s Dynamics with Congress

Mar 30, 2017
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#36: Do Science and Facts Matter in the Trump Administration?

Mar 22, 2017
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#35: The Future of Conservatism in a Trump Era

Mar 16, 2017
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#34: How Normal is the Trump Presidency?

Mar 9, 2017
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#33: Trade in a Trumpian World

Mar 2, 2017
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#32: Peace in the Middle East?

Feb 23, 2017
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#31: The Cognitive Science of ‘Trumpology’

Feb 16, 2017
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#30: Immigration & Border Control with Doug Massey

Feb 10, 2017
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Wide Data Nets: The Dilemma of Catch & Release

Feb 8, 2017
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#29: The Trump Show

Feb 2, 2017
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#28: The Women’s March on Washington with Katha Pollitt

Jan 26, 2017
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How the Digital Cookies Crumble

Jan 25, 2017
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#27: Rebuilding the Democratic Party

Jan 19, 2017
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#26: “Indivisible” Featuring Ezra Levin & Angel Padilla

Jan 12, 2017
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#25: What Does the Declaration of Independence Really Tell Us Today?

Dec 22, 2016
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#24: Draining the Swamp?

Dec 15, 2016
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#23: Democrats in Trump’s America

Dec 8, 2016
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#22: Trump & the Supreme Court

Dec 1, 2016
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#21: Asymmetric Politics

Nov 17, 2016
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#20: What Just Happened?

Nov 10, 2016
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#19: Looking Ahead to Election Day

Nov 3, 2016
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#18: The Religious Right

Oct 27, 2016
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#17: Art & Politics Featuring Robert Schenkkan

Oct 25, 2016
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#16: Voter 'Fraud' and 'Rigged' Elections

Oct 20, 2016
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#15: Down Ticket: House & Senate Races

Oct 13, 2016
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#14: The Fight to Vote

Oct 6, 2016
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#13: The Alt-Right

Sep 29, 2016
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#12: All About Debates

Sep 22, 2016
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#11: Gender & Politics

Sep 15, 2016
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#10: Race & Party Politics

Sep 8, 2016
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#9: Top Three Moments in the Campaign

Aug 25, 2016
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#8: All About Polls  

Aug 18, 2016
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#7: The Coattail Effect, Gerrymandering & Third-Party Candidates

Aug 11, 2016
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#6: Does Election Media Coverage Tell the Right Story?

Aug 4, 2016
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#5: Courting the Working Class

Jul 28, 2016
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#4: How the RNC is ‘Unconventional’

Jul 21, 2016
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#3: Is the Election a Referendum?

Jul 14, 2016
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#2: Does the VP pick still matter?

Jul 7, 2016
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#1: Goldwater, Brexit, and The Party Decides

Jun 30, 2016
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Nancy Duff Campbell: A Path to Service

Dec 7, 2015
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Sailing the Water's Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy

Dec 7, 2015
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Paul Volcker and the Importance of Public Service

Nov 23, 2015
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WooCast: Behind the Scenes of "Modern Plagues: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis"

Sep 29, 2015
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Are Doctors Choosing the Best Treatment for Heart Attacks?

Sep 17, 2015
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Behind the Bomb: What About Plutonium Separation?

Sep 17, 2015
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The History of Plagues

May 5, 2015
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Pain: A Political History

May 6, 2014