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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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Collapse of the Orange Curtain—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 6)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madr... more
Sep 8 2024 58m
Evolution of Political Parties and Demographics
Chapter 1 4 mins
The Transformation of Orange County
Chapter 2 25 mins
The Republican party in Orange County right now
Chapter 3 7 mins
The Rise of Progressive Vietnamese Organizations
Chapter 4 2 mins
The End of the Reagan Republican Party
Chapter 5 17 mins
Orange County as a Microcosm of Changing Politics
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“The Ring of Fire”—The Weekly Roundup
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Sep 6 2024 1h 19m
Changing Landscape of Political Campaigning
Chapter 1 38 mins
Israel, Iran, and the United States
Chapter 2 38 mins
Harris Interview
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Means of Control — Part 2
In this two part series, Journalist and author Byron... more
Sep 4 2024 51m
Bipartisan Efforts on Surveillance Programs
Chapter 1 7 mins
The extensive government data collection Edward Snowden revealed
Chapter 2 2 mins
How data vendors bypass privacy reviews within government agencies
Chapter 3 6 mins
The role of encryption in safeguarding privacy and the historical context of encryption legalization
Chapter 4 4 mins
Government efforts to weaken encryption and what that means for your privacy
Chapter 5 1 min
How foreign governments could misuse data
Chapter 6 2 mins
The public awareness of this form of surveillance
Chapter 7 2 mins
What could legislative reform look like?
Chapter 8 21 mins
The influence of advertising and data brokers in shaping privacy
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High Tech Anxiety—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 5)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madr... more
Sep 1 2024 37m
Transformations in Orange County Politics
Chapter 1 1 min
The impact of higher-skilled workers
Chapter 2 13 mins
The diminishing synergy between the tech industry and Republicans
Chapter 3 4 mins
Republican party’s cultural orientation and focus on culture wars
Chapter 4 16 mins
The rise of combative politics and the redefinition of minority voters
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Entering The Home Stretch—The Weekly Roundup
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Aug 30 2024 1h 28m
Similarities and Differences in 2020 Campaign
Chapter 1 32 mins
The State of the Race + the “Latino Reset”
Chapter 2 51 mins
The Global Stakes of the Election
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ENCORE: Means of Control — Part 1
In this two part series, Journalist and author Byron... more
Aug 28 2024 52m
The Rise of 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 21 mins
How social media changed the data collection game
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Age of Transformation—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 4)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madr... more
Aug 25 2024 48m
Orange County Politics
Chapter 1 3 mins
The economic impact of the Cold War ending
Chapter 2 5 mins
The closure of El Toro Air Force Base
Chapter 3 5 mins
Loretta Sanchez’s victory and the rise of the Democratic party in Orange County
Chapter 4 2 mins
Looking back at Bob Dornan
Chapter 5 30 mins
What Dornan’s loss to Sanchez meant for Orange county politics
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Not Going Back—The Weekly Roundup
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Aug 24 2024 1h 7m
Shift in Democratic Party Ideology
Chapter 1 23 mins
The Democratic National Convention
Chapter 2 41 mins
Harris’s Economic Plan
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ENCORE: Misunderstanding Misinformation
Claire Wardle (co-founder and co-director of the Inf... more
Aug 21 2024 1h 22m
Lack of Transparency in Collaborative Decision-Making
Chapter 1 3 mins
Claire’s background and how it led to her research
Chapter 2 2 mins
Why terms like “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation” have become less and less useful
Chapter 3 2 mins
How the real world doesn’t fit the framework of “misinformation” and “disinformation”
Chapter 4 10 mins
Why we share stories online and how that shapes the information environment
Chapter 5 3 mins
The problems that arise from research silos
Chapter 6 11 mins
How platforms can include users in content moderation decisions
Chapter 7 2 mins
What role do troll farms actually play in information pollution?
Chapter 8 4 mins
How the focus on foreign actors stops researchers, academics, and government officials from reflecting sincerely on their failures
Chapter 9 6 mins
Why we share stories online and how that shapes the information environment
Chapter 10 5 mins
Improving community-led resistance
Chapter 11 5 mins
How viewing social media users as a product shapes content moderation decisions
Chapter 12 21 mins
How AI could impact the information landscape…
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A Dangerous Proposition—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 3)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madr... more
Aug 19 2024 44m
Asian American Political Representation in OC
Chapter 1 4 mins
The Impact of Proposition 187 and the Save Our State Initiative
Chapter 2 9 mins
Demographic Shifts and the Changing Political Landscape
Chapter 3 7 mins
Why both parties are recruiting Asian candidates in Orange County
Chapter 4 21 mins
The Influence of the Vietnamese Community in Orange County
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The Populist Pivot—The Weekly Roundup
This week, we discuss Donald Trump’s interview with ... more
Aug 16 2024 1h 7m
Divisions in Political Parties Influence Policies
Chapter 1 17 mins
Donald Trump's Interview with Elon Musk and Hostility to Free Speech
Chapter 2 18 mins
Vice President Harris’s Pivot
Chapter 3 29 mins
Trump Campaign hacked
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Election Anxiety with Dr. Catherine Sanderson
Host Ron Steslow welcomes Poler Family Professor of ... more
Aug 14 2024 1h 16m
Protecting Democracy and Policy Preferences
Chapter 1 1 min
How higher stakes elections produce more anxiety
Chapter 2 3 mins
Coping Strategies
Chapter 3 2 mins
Making a plan for stressful moments
Chapter 4 6 mins
The pitfalls of doom scrolling
Chapter 5 3 mins
Forming connections to combat anxiety
Chapter 6 10 mins
How getting involved in election efforts can reduce anxiety
Chapter 7 2 mins
Empathy in leadership
Chapter 8 2 mins
Concerns about the Peaceful Transfer of Power
Chapter 9 12 mins
The psychological factors that contributed to January 6th
Chapter 10 3 mins
The trend of increasing acceptance of political violence
Chapter 11 4 mins
The problem of blacklisting ‘Zionist’ therapists and the trend toward ‘critical social justice therapy’
Chapter 12 20 mins
The challenges on college campuses
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Reagan Country—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 2)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madr... more
Aug 11 2024 43m
Changing Voter Patterns Among White Americans
Chapter 1 7 mins
Orange County: Reagan Country and the American Dream
Chapter 2 2 mins
A data driven take on what’s changing the political demographics
Chapter 3 12 mins
What Loretta Sanchez’s victory meant
Chapter 4 19 mins
How Asian voters are impacting county politics
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Walzing In A Storm—The Weekly Roundup
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Aug 9 2024 1h 45m
Analyzing Political Strategies for Future Policies
Chapter 1 24 mins
Walz
Chapter 2 1 hr 16 mins
Massive stories from around the globe
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ENCORE: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
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Aug 7 2024 1h 6m
Shift in Working Class Political Affiliation
Chapter 1 2 mins
Why she decided to study culture
Chapter 2 1 min
What are tight and loose cultures
Chapter 3 4 mins
Why tight and loose cultures evolve
Chapter 4 5 mins
The tradeoffs between tight and loose and how different cultures responded to the Covid pandemic
Chapter 5 3 mins
Tightness-looseness and willingness to change
Chapter 6 10 mins
Red and Blue vs Tight and Loose
Chapter 7 4 mins
Tightening around core values, even in loose cultures
Chapter 8 9 mins
Real and manufactured threats
Chapter 9 22 mins
How we we can put this framework into action
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Orange is the New Purple—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 1)
In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madr... more
Aug 4 2024 44m
Orange County's Political Landscape Transformation
Chapter 1 1 min
Orange County: A Microcosm of the Emerging American Political System
Chapter 2 4 mins
The UC Irvine School of Social Ecology and the UCI OC Poll
Chapter 3 38 sec
Transformations in Orange County: Redefining Politics for Every Group
Chapter 4 33 mins
Orange County: A Purple County Where Republicans and Democrats Coexist
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The Race to Define Kamala Harris—The Weekly Roundup
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Aug 2 2024 1h 15m
Young Elected Officials Impact Politics
Chapter 1 21 mins
Defining Harris
Chapter 2 10 mins
Dems pivot to “weird”
Chapter 3 39 mins
Bitcoin as a campaign issue
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ENCORE: The Real Cost of Cheap Food
Over the last 100 years, we have streamlined the pro... more
Jul 31 2024 1h 12m
Understanding Food Production and Political Polarization
Chapter 1 1 min
Understanding the difference between soil and dirt: "If soil could talk to us, what would it be saying right now? Feed me. Rest me. Water me. Feed me. Rest me. Water me. I'm a living, breathing organism just like you. And by the way, you depend on me for life."
Chapter 2 9 mins
Jeff's journey into regenerative agriculture and the role of the Rodale Institute
Chapter 3 1 min
How we became disconnected from nature and our food
Chapter 4 49 sec
Who feeds the world?
Chapter 5 3 mins
A deep dive into the extractive farming system and the need for sustainable agricultural practices
Chapter 6 3 mins
Unraveling the incentives that have shaped our agricultural system
Chapter 7 4 mins
The various faces of agriculture: sustainable, regenerative, and organic regenerative
Chapter 8 2 mins
The cost of organic food and the unseen cost of not eating organic
Chapter 9 7 mins
“Agriculture is the great healer of our time”
Chapter 10 3 mins
Policy changes that could revolutionize farming and an overview of the Pennsylvania State Farm Bill
Chapter 11 10 mins
The challenge of organic food fraud
Chapter 12 21 mins
How changing our understanding of food production could reduce polarization: “It starts with gratitude...when we begin to see our brother and sister through food, we're creating a metaphorical table. We're actually sitting down at a table every moment of every day here in this country and hopefully around the world."
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Kamalaphoria—The Weekly Roundup
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Jul 26 2024 1h 16m
Undemocratic Process in Democratic Primary
Chapter 1 14 mins
Political Landscape and Kamala Harris Nomination
Chapter 2 5 mins
Border Policy and Kamala Harris
Chapter 3 7 mins
Republican Shift
Chapter 4 5 mins
Republican Strategy Against Kamala Harris
Chapter 5 4 mins
Biden Campaign Crisis and Media Response
Chapter 6 13 mins
Media Coverage of Biden's Age
Chapter 7 10 mins
Political Congressional Leadership and International Relations
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Power To The People: Decentralizing Technology
Host Ron Steslow welcomes Mike Brock, CEO of TBD, a ... more
Jul 24 2024 1h 18m
Decentralization vs Centralization in Finance
Chapter 1 6 mins
Mike’s background
Chapter 2 4 mins
Empowering individuals through decentralized finance and identity
Chapter 3 3 mins
Building infrastructure for a decentralized future
Chapter 4 10 mins
The potential of decentralized identity
Chapter 5 1 min
The importance of Bitcoin’s decentralization
Chapter 6 2 mins
Financial Access and Freedom
Chapter 7 10 mins
Preserving agency
Chapter 8 6 mins
Changing the balance of power
Chapter 9 27 mins
The varied stance of the Democratic party
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TAPPED: Mike Madrid on Biden Leaving the Race
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Jul 22 2024 17m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Political Madness and Kamala Harris's Impact
Chapter 2 36 sec
Political Strategy and Voter Demographics
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“We Can’t Go On Like This” —The Weekly Roundup
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Jul 20 2024 1h 16m
Political Parties and Aggrievement Piles
Chapter 1 14 mins
The assassination attempt
Chapter 2 23 mins
The Republican National Convention
Chapter 3 35 mins
Renewed attempts from Democrats to push Biden out of the race
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ENCORE: Democracy Interventions with Prof. Robb Willer
What are the psychological forces driving that parti... more
Jul 16 2024 1h 28m
Levels of Partisan Animosity and Support
Chapter 1 1 min
Robb’s background
Chapter 2 12 mins
The growth of polarization and partisan animosity
Chapter 3 7 mins
The Strengthening Democracy Challenge
Chapter 4 7 mins
Negative partisanship and support for undemocratic candidates
Chapter 5 2 mins
How cues from leaders can reduce support for anti-democracy candidates
Chapter 6 5 mins
Working together and respectfully discussing differences reduces partisan animosity
Chapter 7 8 mins
Misperceptions about how how you’re viewed by members of another party fuels animosity
Chapter 8 6 mins
Is there hope for overcoming animosity and acceptance of undemocratic candidates?
Chapter 9 6 mins
How to implement these ideas
Chapter 10 28 mins
The role of emotions in decision making
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Yes, Biden Can Win—The Weekly Roundup
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Jul 12 2024 1h 20m
Democrats vs. Trump's Inner Circle
Chapter 1 43 mins
Democratic Backlash
Chapter 2 36 mins
Biden’s decline and how his inner circle tried to keep it under wraps
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ENCORE: Your Face Belongs To Us — Part 2
Have you ever thought about what it means to be anon... more
Jul 10 2024 1h 2m
Facial Recognition Technology and False Arrests
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 32 mins
What the future of privacy might look like
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