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.


Episode Date
China’s World
Apr 24, 2024
Why Did Iran Attack Israel?
Apr 17, 2024
History’s Lessons
Apr 10, 2024
The Battle for Liberalism
Apr 03, 2024
Piety or Profanity
Mar 20, 2024
The State of the Union
Mar 11, 2024
Collective Amnesia
Mar 07, 2024
The War on Sex
Feb 29, 2024
Whatever The Hell They Want
Feb 15, 2024
Hard Choices
Feb 09, 2024
A Done Deal?
Jan 25, 2024
We’re Back! (And So Are the Iowa Caucuses)
Jan 18, 2024
2023 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2023
Speed Round!
Dec 14, 2023
Stalemate?
Dec 07, 2023
Turkey of the Year 2023
Nov 23, 2023
Vermin
Nov 16, 2023
Trump 2024?
Nov 09, 2023
A New Speaker
Oct 26, 2023
Morality and War in Gaza
Oct 18, 2023
Israel-Hamas War
Oct 11, 2023
Get Your House in Order
Oct 04, 2023
Speed Round Grab Bag
Sep 20, 2023
Semi-Loyal Republicans
Sep 13, 2023
A Democratic Makeover?
Sep 06, 2023
Stupidity Abounds
Aug 30, 2023
Debate Time
Aug 23, 2023
Fourth Time’s a Charm
Aug 17, 2023
US v. Trump
Aug 02, 2023
6-3
Jul 05, 2023
How Things Almost Ended
Jun 28, 2023
How Things End
Jun 21, 2023
If Even Half of it is True, He’s Toast
Jun 14, 2023
Trumpian Dissonance
May 31, 2023
The Stories We Tell
May 24, 2023
Trump’s Town Hall
May 17, 2023
E. Jean Carroll Wins
May 10, 2023
Ethics Schmethics
May 03, 2023
Decision Time
Apr 26, 2023
Proxy Wars
Apr 19, 2023
A Wacky Week
Apr 12, 2023
A History-Making Arraignment
Apr 05, 2023
High Profile Indictments
Mar 23, 2023
Bullish on Democracy
Mar 16, 2023
I Am Your Retribution
Mar 09, 2023
One Year at War
Feb 23, 2023
UFOs Everywhere!
Feb 16, 2023
Balloonacy!
Feb 09, 2023
Difficult Calculations
Feb 02, 2023
The Dilemma of Prosecution
Jan 26, 2023
(Kevin) McCarthyism?
Jan 19, 2023
We Have a Speaker?
Jan 12, 2023
Chaos in the House and the End of Humanity
Jan 05, 2023
2022: Democracy Strikes Back
Dec 30, 2022
Criminal Referrals
Dec 22, 2022
Suspending the Constitution
Dec 08, 2022
Turkey of Year 2022
Dec 01, 2022
On The Brink
Nov 17, 2022
The 2022 Midterms
Nov 10, 2022
Midterms and Political Violence
Nov 02, 2022
Devil Terms and Negative Partisanship
Oct 26, 2022
The Future of Trumpism?
Oct 19, 2022
Democracy on the Ballot
Oct 13, 2022
The Threat of Nuclear War
Oct 05, 2022
You Say You Want a Revolution
Sep 28, 2022
A Cornered Putin?
Sep 21, 2022
A Turning Point in Ukraine?
Sep 14, 2022
Competing Narratives
Sep 07, 2022
Democratic Decline and Semi-Fascism
Aug 31, 2022
Debating History
Aug 25, 2022
Trump’s Legal Woes
Aug 17, 2022
Global Democracy Round-Up
Jul 27, 2022
Hard Choices
Jul 20, 2022
Happy Fourth?
Jul 06, 2022
A World Turned Upside Down
Jun 29, 2022
Democracy Round-Up
Jun 22, 2022
The January 6 Hearings
Jun 15, 2022
Ukraine, Trump, and Loan Forgiveness
Jun 01, 2022
Gun Violence, Again
May 25, 2022
Justice Alito’s Logic
May 11, 2022
A Seismic Shift at the Supreme Court
May 04, 2022
An Expanding War?
Apr 28, 2022
Democracy in Danger
Apr 20, 2022
France as a Microcosm
Apr 13, 2022
Genocide in Ukraine?
Apr 06, 2022
Ukraine, Democracy, and the Future of the Liberal World Order
Mar 30, 2022
Judge Jackson
Mar 23, 2022
What Will China Do?
Mar 16, 2022
Ukraine and the Defense of Democracy
Mar 10, 2022
Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022
War in Europe
Feb 24, 2022
The Intelligence of Intelligence Disclosures
Feb 17, 2022
Olympic Politics
Feb 10, 2022
Teacher Loyalty and the Future of Education
Feb 03, 2022
Biden’s Foreign Policy
Jan 27, 2022
The Politics of Covid
Jan 20, 2022
One Year Later
Jan 13, 2022
2021 Year in Review
Dec 23, 2021
Democracy and Disinformation
Dec 16, 2021
A Weird Week
Dec 09, 2021
Talking Turkey
Dec 02, 2021
Political Rhetoric and Violence
Nov 18, 2021
Great Power Politics, plus Big Bird
Nov 11, 2021
The Death of Civility
Nov 03, 2021
Almost Live from New Hampshire
Oct 27, 2021
The Sideshow Bob Defense
Oct 13, 2021
Midterm Grades
Oct 06, 2021
Germany Votes
Sep 29, 2021
Sub-stantial Developments
Sep 22, 2021
Suzanne Chod on the State of American Democracy
Sep 15, 2021
Twenty Years of Hindsight
Sep 08, 2021
The End of a War
Sep 01, 2021
Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2021
Rebroadcast: Erica Chenoweth on Civil Resistance
Aug 18, 2021
Biden vs. The Rules-Based Order
Aug 11, 2021
Grappling with Truth
Aug 04, 2021
Rebroadcast: Roland Paris on International Politics
Jul 28, 2021
The Path to Violence
Jul 21, 2021
Happy 4th!
Jul 07, 2021
Rebroadcast: The Risk of Mass Violence
Jun 30, 2021
Happy Anniversary!
Jun 23, 2021
The Challenge of Defending Norms
Jun 16, 2021
Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung
Jun 10, 2021
Erica Chenoweth on Civil Resistance
Jun 02, 2021
Belarus and Authoritarian Learning
May 26, 2021
When Things Fall Apart
May 19, 2021
Trump, Cheney, and the Big Lie
May 12, 2021
COVID and Disinformation
May 05, 2021
Roland Paris on International Politics
Apr 29, 2021
Out of Many, One
Apr 21, 2021
A Dire Forecast
Apr 14, 2021
Is Biden the Next FDR?
Apr 07, 2021
COVID, Religion, Voting, and Boats
Mar 31, 2021
Guns
Mar 24, 2021
Congressman Sean Casten
Mar 17, 2021
Supreme Court Check-In
Mar 11, 2021
Human Rights Roundup
Mar 04, 2021
Democracy Must Prevail
Feb 25, 2021
Acquitted
Feb 18, 2021
Trump’s Second Impeachment
Feb 11, 2021
The Risk of Mass Violence
Feb 04, 2021
Looking Ahead to the Biden Presidency
Jan 28, 2021
Inauguration Day
Jan 21, 2021
Impeachment, Again
Jan 14, 2021
Democracy Under Siege
Jan 07, 2021
2020: Year in Review
Dec 31, 2020
Happy Holidays!
Dec 24, 2020
Bill Barr’s Legacy
Dec 17, 2020
The Future of Trumpism
Dec 10, 2020
Pardon Me
Dec 03, 2020
Giving Thanks
Nov 25, 2020
Obama’s Thoughts on the Future
Nov 19, 2020
The Transition
Nov 12, 2020
Election 2020
Nov 05, 2020
Election Preview Special
Oct 28, 2020
Trump’s Closing Argument
Oct 21, 2020
The State of “Democracy”
Oct 15, 2020
SCOTUS Update
Oct 07, 2020
Special Episode: Trump’s COVID diagnosis
Oct 07, 2020
Will You Shut Up, Man?
Sep 30, 2020
RBG
Sep 23, 2020
The UN Turns 75
Sep 16, 2020
Losers and Suckers
Sep 09, 2020
Authoritarianism and American Democracy
Sep 02, 2020
The Republicans’ Turn
Aug 28, 2020
The DNC w/ Jake Lahut
Aug 21, 2020
Biden/Harris 2020
Aug 12, 2020
Failing the COVID Test?
Aug 05, 2020
Law and Order in Portland
Jul 29, 2020
The Supreme Court Spectacular
Jul 22, 2020
A Tsunami Coming
Jul 15, 2020
Culture Wars
Jul 08, 2020
Is This Normal?
Jul 01, 2020
Democracy on the Brink?
Jun 24, 2020
Welcome to the Politics Lab
Jun 14, 2020