The Politics Lab
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Politics isn’t always black and white. Dr. Bill Muck and Dr. Phil Barker, professors of political science and longtime friends, talk through the week’s news and discuss how political science might help make sense of things. In The Politics Lab, we put politics under the microscope.
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The Leaders We Choose
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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America @ 250
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Brexit As A Warning
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Let’s Make a Deal
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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A Path Forward?
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May 27, 2026 |
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King Trump
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Fighting the Pope
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Iran War Fallout
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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A Predatory Hegemon
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Political Absurdity Index
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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War with Iran
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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State of the Union 2026
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Our 250th!
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Speed Round Returns!
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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The Rupture
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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A Return to Power Politics
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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2025 Year in Review
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Remaking National Security
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Law, War, & Politics
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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2025 Turkey of the Year!
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Unreality
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Election Day 2025
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Propaganda
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Discussing Democracy with Steven Levitsky
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Crime, War, and the Use of Force
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Forbearance
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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The Elephant in the Newsroom
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Violence and Free Speech
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Trump’s Court
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Crossing the Line
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Getting Played
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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It’s All Relative
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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The Firings Will Continue Until the Data Improves
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Trump is Winning
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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80 Years of Nuclear Weapons
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Conspiracy Theories Strike Back
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The Future of the Democratic Party
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Trump’s Iranian Gamble
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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War in the Middle East
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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The “Liberation” of L.A.
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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A Parade of Stupidity
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May 28, 2025 |
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An Amoral Approach?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Moving Forward
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May 14, 2025 |
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Doomed Process?
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May 06, 2025 |
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100 Days
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Pushing Back
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Crisis Arrives
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Tariff Turmoil
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Liberation Day
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Signalgate
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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50 Day Check-In
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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A Baffling Foreign Policy
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Strange Bedfellows
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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King Trump
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Red, White, and Blue Land
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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World People
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Chaos and Cruelty
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Here We Go (Again)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Ceasefire
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Confronting a Bully
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Syria
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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EOY Speed Round!
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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2024 Turkey of the Year!
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Trump, Democracy, and the World
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Nomination Insanity
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Trump, Take 2
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Closing Arguments
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How Are We Here (Again)?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Three Weeks Away
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Why Are Politics So Stupid?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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A Regional War?
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Trump’s Frightening World
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode: Bill on WCPT Radio
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Another Assassination Attempt
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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The Debate
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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DNC 2024
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Three Rough Weeks for Trump
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Harris-Walz 2024
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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A Whole New Election
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Assassination Attempt
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Europe Votes
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Immunity?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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A Disastrous Debate
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Trump, Religion, and Moral Accountability
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Global Election Round-Up
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Guilty!
|
Jun 07, 2024 |
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Making Sense of the Middle East
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May 22, 2024 |
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Bad Polls for Biden?
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May 15, 2024 |
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Disinformation Wars
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May 08, 2024 |
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Presidential Immunity?
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May 01, 2024 |
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China’s World
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Why Did Iran Attack Israel?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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History’s Lessons
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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The Battle for Liberalism
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Piety or Profanity
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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The State of the Union
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Collective Amnesia
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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The War on Sex
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Whatever The Hell They Want
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Hard Choices
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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A Done Deal?
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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We’re Back! (And So Are the Iowa Caucuses)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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2023 Year in Review
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Speed Round!
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Stalemate?
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Turkey of the Year 2023
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Vermin
|
Nov 16, 2023 |
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Trump 2024?
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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A New Speaker
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Morality and War in Gaza
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Israel-Hamas War
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Get Your House in Order
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Speed Round Grab Bag
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Semi-Loyal Republicans
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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A Democratic Makeover?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Stupidity Abounds
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Debate Time
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Fourth Time’s a Charm
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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US v. Trump
|
Aug 02, 2023 |
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6-3
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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How Things Almost Ended
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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How Things End
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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If Even Half of it is True, He’s Toast
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Trumpian Dissonance
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May 31, 2023 |
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The Stories We Tell
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May 24, 2023 |
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Trump’s Town Hall
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May 17, 2023 |
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E. Jean Carroll Wins
|
May 10, 2023 |
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Ethics Schmethics
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May 03, 2023 |
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Decision Time
|
Apr 26, 2023 |
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Proxy Wars
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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A Wacky Week
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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A History-Making Arraignment
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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High Profile Indictments
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Bullish on Democracy
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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I Am Your Retribution
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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One Year at War
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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UFOs Everywhere!
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Balloonacy!
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Difficult Calculations
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Dilemma of Prosecution
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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(Kevin) McCarthyism?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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We Have a Speaker?
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Chaos in the House and the End of Humanity
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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2022: Democracy Strikes Back
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Criminal Referrals
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Suspending the Constitution
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Turkey of Year 2022
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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On The Brink
|
Nov 17, 2022 |
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The 2022 Midterms
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Midterms and Political Violence
|
Nov 02, 2022 |
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Devil Terms and Negative Partisanship
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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The Future of Trumpism?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Democracy on the Ballot
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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The Threat of Nuclear War
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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You Say You Want a Revolution
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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A Cornered Putin?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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A Turning Point in Ukraine?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Competing Narratives
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Democratic Decline and Semi-Fascism
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Debating History
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Trump’s Legal Woes
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Global Democracy Round-Up
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Hard Choices
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Happy Fourth?
|
Jul 06, 2022 |
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A World Turned Upside Down
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Democracy Round-Up
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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The January 6 Hearings
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Ukraine, Trump, and Loan Forgiveness
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Gun Violence, Again
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May 25, 2022 |
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Justice Alito’s Logic
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May 11, 2022 |
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A Seismic Shift at the Supreme Court
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May 04, 2022 |
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An Expanding War?
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Democracy in Danger
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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France as a Microcosm
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Genocide in Ukraine?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ukraine, Democracy, and the Future of the Liberal World Order
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Judge Jackson
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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What Will China Do?
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ukraine and the Defense of Democracy
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Ukraine
|
Mar 03, 2022 |
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War in Europe
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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The Intelligence of Intelligence Disclosures
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Olympic Politics
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Teacher Loyalty and the Future of Education
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Biden’s Foreign Policy
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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The Politics of Covid
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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One Year Later
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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2021 Year in Review
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Democracy and Disinformation
|
Dec 16, 2021 |
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A Weird Week
|
Dec 09, 2021 |
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Talking Turkey
|
Dec 02, 2021 |
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Political Rhetoric and Violence
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Great Power Politics, plus Big Bird
|
Nov 11, 2021 |
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The Death of Civility
|
Nov 03, 2021 |
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Almost Live from New Hampshire
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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The Sideshow Bob Defense
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Midterm Grades
|
Oct 06, 2021 |
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Germany Votes
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Sub-stantial Developments
|
Sep 22, 2021 |
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Suzanne Chod on the State of American Democracy
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Twenty Years of Hindsight
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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The End of a War
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Afghanistan
|
Aug 25, 2021 |
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Rebroadcast: Erica Chenoweth on Civil Resistance
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Biden vs. The Rules-Based Order
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Grappling with Truth
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Rebroadcast: Roland Paris on International Politics
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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The Path to Violence
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Happy 4th!
|
Jul 07, 2021 |
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Rebroadcast: The Risk of Mass Violence
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Happy Anniversary!
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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The Challenge of Defending Norms
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Erica Chenoweth on Civil Resistance
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Belarus and Authoritarian Learning
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May 26, 2021 |
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When Things Fall Apart
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May 19, 2021 |
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Trump, Cheney, and the Big Lie
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May 12, 2021 |
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COVID and Disinformation
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May 05, 2021 |
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Roland Paris on International Politics
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Out of Many, One
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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A Dire Forecast
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Is Biden the Next FDR?
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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COVID, Religion, Voting, and Boats
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Guns
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Congressman Sean Casten
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Supreme Court Check-In
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Human Rights Roundup
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Democracy Must Prevail
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Acquitted
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Trump’s Second Impeachment
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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The Risk of Mass Violence
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Looking Ahead to the Biden Presidency
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Inauguration Day
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Impeachment, Again
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Democracy Under Siege
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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2020: Year in Review
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Happy Holidays!
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Bill Barr’s Legacy
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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The Future of Trumpism
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Pardon Me
|
Dec 03, 2020 |
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Giving Thanks
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Obama’s Thoughts on the Future
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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The Transition
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Election 2020
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Election Preview Special
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Trump’s Closing Argument
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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The State of “Democracy”
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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SCOTUS Update
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Special Episode: Trump’s COVID diagnosis
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Will You Shut Up, Man?
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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RBG
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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The UN Turns 75
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Losers and Suckers
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Authoritarianism and American Democracy
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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The Republicans’ Turn
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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The DNC w/ Jake Lahut
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Biden/Harris 2020
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Failing the COVID Test?
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Law and Order in Portland
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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The Supreme Court Spectacular
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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A Tsunami Coming
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Culture Wars
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Is This Normal?
|
Jul 01, 2020 |
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Democracy on the Brink?
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Welcome to the Politics Lab
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Jun 14, 2020 |