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Politics in America is transforming. We’re embarking on a new series to deepen our understanding of who we are, how we got here, and how we rebuild without repeating the mistakes of the past. Ron Steslow hosts academics, behavioral economists, social psychologists, politicos, philosophers, anthropol ...more
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Means of Control — Part 1
In this two part series, Journalist and author Byron... more
Apr 18 2024 52m
Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Data Brokers
Chapter 1 2 mins
Byron’s background and why he decided to write this book
Chapter 2 3 mins
The Evolution of data brokering
Chapter 3 3 mins
Understanding metadata and data collection and how they can identify you
Chapter 4 10 mins
The implications for personal privacy
Chapter 5 4 mins
The state of privacy rights in the United States
Chapter 6 2 mins
The public-private surveillance relationship
Chapter 7 2 mins
The shift in Government attitudes toward this type of data
Chapter 8 20 mins
How social media changed the data collection game
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“Get Caught Trying” — The Weekly Roundup
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Apr 12 2024 1h 20m
Trump Campaign Plan to Boost Kennedy
Chapter 1 12 mins
No Labels and RFK Jr
Chapter 2 23 mins
Abortion
Chapter 3 41 mins
Student loan debt
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How To Demoralize America
Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influenc... more
Apr 11 2024 1h 49m
Russian Propaganda Influence on US Politics
Chapter 1 7 mins
The state of the war in Ukraine
Chapter 2 4 mins
The evolution of Russian influence campaigns
Chapter 3 10 mins
What Putin wants
Chapter 4 3 mins
The democratic mind and future vision
Chapter 5 16 mins
America’s role in the world
Chapter 6 13 mins
The erosion of trust and manipulation of narratives
Chapter 7 10 mins
The importance of national psychological defense
Chapter 8 2 mins
The impact of social media on trust in media institutions
Chapter 9 1 min
Balancing healthy skepticism and toxic cynicism in meaning making institutions
Chapter 10 3 mins
The challenge of finding reliable sources
Chapter 11 31 mins
Russia’s goal: America eating itself alive
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Democracy Doomsday Prepping — The Weekly Roundup
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Apr 5 2024 1h 11m
Impeachment Inquiry Progress and Outlook
Chapter 1 18 mins
Starting the steal
Chapter 2 10 mins
The WSJ Poll and who benefits from RFK Jr’s run
Chapter 3 40 mins
The backlash against DEI
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Politicology Mailbag with Mike Madrid
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Apr 3 2024 1h 24m
Talking Politics and Religion in America
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Bannon Line and how the dynamics of this cycle are different from 2020
Chapter 2 8 mins
Why the traditional political spectrum isn’t a useful framework and the rise of populism
Chapter 3 7 mins
The Fairness Doctrine and the impact of its Removal
Chapter 4 5 mins
The debate over whether Biden should debate Trump
Chapter 5 10 mins
Trump’s takeover of the RNC
Chapter 6 4 mins
The Republican Party’s brand
Chapter 7 3 mins
Authoritarian Reactionary Christians in American Politics
Chapter 8 12 mins
The loss of focus on Community
Chapter 9 21 mins
The threat of Religious Nationalism
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Trump Is Now A Meme Stock — The Weekly Roundup
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Mar 29 2024 1h 17m
Highlight
Chapter 1 14 mins
Truth Social Goes Public
Chapter 2 19 mins
ISIS attack in Moscow
Chapter 3 41 mins
Inflation was bad, you’re not crazy
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The Lie Detectives — Part 2
How do you win campaigns in a world awash with lies?... more
Mar 27 2024 57m
The Challenge of Labeling Truth
Chapter 1 4 mins
What strategists learned about combating disinformation from foreign campaigns
Chapter 2 11 mins
How a Brazilian candidate turned a lie about him into a branding opportunity
Chapter 3 12 mins
the Supreme Court in Brazil tried to fight disinformation
Chapter 4 8 mins
Who gets to decide what’s a lie online?
Chapter 5 18 mins
The use of AI in campaigns and disinformation
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Trouble In The Base — The Weekly Roundup
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Mar 22 2024 1h 14m
Corruption and Loyalty in Power
Chapter 1 16 mins
Trump’s base weakness
Chapter 2 12 mins
Impeachment
Chapter 3 43 mins
“Christian Nationalism”
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The Lie Detectives — Part 1
How do you win campaigns in a world awash with lies?... more
Mar 20 2024 57m
Shifting Communication Strategies in Politics
Chapter 1 1 min
Why Sasha wrote The Lie Detectives
Chapter 2 1 min
The evolution of campaign tactics in the early 2000s
Chapter 3 2 mins
The focus on “disinformation” after the 2016 election
Chapter 4 3 mins
The Trump campaign’s strategy to depress turnout in 2016, and the difference between “suppression” and “depression.”
Chapter 5 3 mins
Strategies for discouraging turnout in 2020
Chapter 6 6 mins
How campaigns should decide what wrong information to respond to online
Chapter 7 9 mins
The generational shift in campaign decision makers
Chapter 8 27 mins
The shift to calling opponents “liars”
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“Fur-Lined Handcuffs” — The Weekly Roundup
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Mar 15 2024 1h 9m
Trump Targeting Never Trump Operatives
Chapter 1 10 mins
The Georgia primary
Chapter 2 22 mins
No Labels
Chapter 3 34 mins
The RNC Purge
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Where Have All The Democrats Gone?—Part 2
Over two decades ago, Ruy Teixeira predicted that Am... more
Mar 13 2024 1h 4m
Discussion on LGBTQ Rights and Gender
Chapter 1 7 mins
) The shift towards identity politics and how it’s changing the party’s approach to race and civil rights
Chapter 2 8 mins
Radical approaches to transgender rights
Chapter 3 24 mins
The change in environmental policy from responsible stewardship to the more extreme positions of the Green New Deal
Chapter 4 4 mins
The rise in independent voters, what it really means, and how it should impact political strategy
Chapter 5 19 mins
Whether it’s even possible for structural reforms in our political system to improve the health of our democracy
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Sleepy Joe Wakes Up— The Weekly Roundup
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Mar 8 2024 1h 7m
Presidential Candidate Consideration Criteria
Chapter 1 28 mins
Joe Biden’s State of the Union address
Chapter 2 36 mins
Super Tuesday results, Haley dropping out, and Trump’s move to purify the Republican party
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Where Have All The Democrats Gone?—Part 1
Over two decades ago, Ruy Teixeira predicted that Am... more
Mar 6 2024 55m
Democratic Party Shift From Working Class
Chapter 1 3 mins
) Ruy’s background
Chapter 2 5 mins
How the Democrats became the party of the elites
Chapter 3 13 mins
impact of the 2016 election
Chapter 4 6 mins
The importance of working class voters in the Democratic party’s victories
Chapter 5 24 mins
The party’s increasingly liberal stance on immigration
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IVF vs The Border— The Weekly Roundup
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Mar 1 2024 1h 9m
Latino Political Power in California
Chapter 1 10 mins
Did the “uncommitted” protest vote against Biden in Michigan backfire?
Chapter 2 16 mins
The Republican Primary in South Carolina, what it means for Haley, and Trump’s weaknesses with Republicans
Chapter 3 39 mins
Crosspressure on IVF and reproductive rights vs border security and immigration
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Your Face Belongs To Us — Part 2
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Feb 28 2024 1h 1m
The Dangers of Facial Recognition
Chapter 1 10 mins
“Technical sweetness” and the lack of ethical considerations by the people building these new technologies
Chapter 2 2 mins
Privacy laws in the U.S. and Europe
Chapter 3 11 mins
The trend of law enforcement agencies skirting constitutional protections by buying information from private companies
Chapter 4 3 mins
Balancing security and privacy in the age of ubiquitous surveillance
Chapter 5 30 mins
What the future of privacy might look like
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Laces And Legacies — The Weekly Roundup
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Feb 23 2024 1h 24m
Christian Nationalism and Borders
Chapter 1 26 mins
Navalny’s killing; and the Republican impeachment probe takes a big hit
Chapter 2 55 mins
Donald Trump is selling sneakers to cover his legal bills
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Your Face Belongs To Us — Part 1
Have you ever thought about what it means to be anon... more
Feb 22 2024 46m
Privacy Paradox and Facial Recognition Technology
Chapter 1 1 min
) Balancing convenience and privacy
Chapter 2 9 mins
) Ron and Kashmir discuss anonymity and privacy and the erosion of both in our daily lives
Chapter 3 2 mins
The origins of ClearviewAI
Chapter 4 4 mins
Genetic determinism in the development of facial recognition
Chapter 5 4 mins
Kashmir dives deep into the history of facial recognition software and how it developed
Chapter 6 2 mins
How Facebook crowdsourced training facial recognition technology
Chapter 7 21 mins
How much privacy should we have and who should be able to use facial recognition software?
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Grandpa v. Grandpa —The Weekly Roundup
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Feb 17 2024 1h 22m
FBI Tools and Political Issues Importance
Chapter 1 21 mins
Special Counsel’s report
Chapter 2 19 mins
NY-3 Special Election
Chapter 3 38 mins
Russia wants to put a nuke in space + the invasive and controversial surveillance program set to expire soon
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Democracy’s Christian Enemies — Part 2
Are there tendencies within Christian tradition that... more
Feb 15 2024 57m
The Rise of Post-Christian Tribalist Politics
Chapter 1 5 mins
Christianity in the reactionary politics of France and Germany in the 20th century
Chapter 2 5 mins
The allure of authoritarian leaders who promise to fix cultural issues
Chapter 3 5 mins
The idealization of a past Christian nation and the ubiquitous use of anti-LGBT rhetoric in policial mobilization
Chapter 4 14 mins
The difficulty of appealing to authoritarian-leaning Christians and the influence of leaders in those communities
Chapter 5 2 mins
) “Covenantal democracy” rooted in the Baptist tradition
Chapter 6 4 mins
The importance of civic literacy and political ethics education among Christians to inoculate against authoritarian tendencies
Chapter 7 17 mins
The importance of long-term cultural and interpersonal work to build stronger democratic norms
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Democracy’s Christian Enemies — Part 1
Are there tendencies within Christian tradition that... more
Feb 15 2024 57m
Christian Skepticism Towards Democracy
Chapter 1 2 mins
Ron shares a personal note with David about the impact he’s had on Ron’s journey
Chapter 2 5 mins
David discussed a few of the transformative moments in his career
Chapter 3 3 mins
The historical and current challenges Christianity poses to democratic values
Chapter 4 5 mins
Why some Christians are skeptical of democracy and the nuanced reasons behind it
Chapter 5 6 mins
) Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity and why it’s a better term for what we’re seeing than Christian Nationalism
Chapter 6 5 mins
How certain Christian groups prioritize their beliefs over democratic norms and values
Chapter 7 23 mins
The cycle of secular revolutions followed by religious counter-revolutions
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MAGA Meltdown — The Weekly Roundup
MAGA makes a mess all over the Capitol, including ta... more
Feb 9 2024 1h 23m
Questioning Media Influence, Russia, and Ukraine
Chapter 1 24 mins
Republican dysfunction in Congress
Chapter 2 56 mins
Tucker Carlson interviews Putin and evolving Russian information warfare
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Joe Cohn Wants To Reason With An Unreasonable Congress
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Feb 8 2024 1h 9m
Role of Elected Officials Reducing Polarization
Chapter 1 4 mins
Why Joe’s running for congress
Chapter 2 1 min
What makes him different from the rest of the field
Chapter 3 5 mins
His experience in civil rights litigation and legislative advocacy
Chapter 4 6 mins
The role of elected officials in depolarization
Chapter 5 4 mins
The threats to democracy
Chapter 6 11 mins
Curbing executive power and encouraging legislative action
Chapter 7 10 mins
The broken incentive structure in Congress
Chapter 8 2 mins
New Jersey Politics and the County Party Line
Chapter 9 2 mins
Winning in an environment that values spectacle
Chapter 10 17 mins
reasonableness and dialogue
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Republicans’ Border Bluff—The Weekly Roundup
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Feb 2 2024 1h 8m
Views on American Isolationism and Order
Chapter 1 15 mins
The border deal
Chapter 2 18 mins
Iran-backed militias
Chapter 3 32 mins
Nikki Haley
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Politicology Mailbag with Mike Madrid
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Jan 31 2024 1h 16m
Union Endorsements' Influence on Working Class
Chapter 1 3 mins
Laurent Boebert’s district switch
Chapter 2 2 mins
Shifting demographics and political alignment in the U.S
Chapter 3 18 mins
The moral and ethical considerations for former Trump supporters and the importance of genuine contrition
Chapter 4 14 mins
The significance of union endorsements in the current political landscape
Chapter 5 35 mins
Global tensions and the interconnection between various forms of warfare, including the potential onset of a world war
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It’s Go Time —The Weekly Roundup
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Jan 26 2024 1h 22m
Border Security as a Longstanding Issue
Chapter 1 15 mins
The New Hampshire Primary
Chapter 2 19 mins
The Fight Over Border Security
Chapter 3 44 mins
Ukraine Aid
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