Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project Cofounder) and Justin Talbot Zorn (Cofounder of Astrea Strategies) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:26) The train derailment in East Palestine Ohio (26:13) Joe Biden’s plan to request the largest DOD budget in U.S. history (42:24) The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Biden family and what it could mean for a reelection campaign [Politicology+ Subscribe...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 224
Jay Schweikert ( research fellow with the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the qualified immunity doctrine, its origins, and how it stands in the way of protecting civil rights (03:05) What qualified immunity is and how it developed (04:21) How does it stop people from holding law enforcement accountable (11:05) How courts determine that a “clearly established right” has been violated (23:44) The importance of qualified immunity reform in any policing re...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 223
Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project Cofounder), Al Cardenas (former advisor to Presidents Regan and George H.W. Bush), and Liz Gilbert Cohen (President of the 2020 Democratic National Convention) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:26) The State of the Union (26:13) The border crisis (42:24) The Chinese spy balloon, “deepfake” misinformation campaigns, and co-parenting with the CCP [Politicology+ Subscribers...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 222
Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College) joins Ron Steslow to discuss emotional intelligence and how it impacts success in the workplace, politics, and our everyday lives (01:40) What emotional intelligence is and how we measure it (03:55) Why emotional intelligence is important (07:03) How self-awareness impacts emotional intelligence (10:15) How you can build self-awareness (13:05) How regulating your emotions shapes your emotional ...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 221
Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) and Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:15) The killing of Tyre Nichols and the renewed push for policing reform (24:33) Biden and McCarthy meet in the Oval Office to begin talks on raising the debt ceiling (41:12) The Atlantic piece about how our constant need f...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 220
Molly McKew (Lead author of GreatPower.US) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the United States and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine and how Ukraine is preparing for another Russian offensive as we head toward spring (01:32) What led to the U.S. and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine and how it will shape the war (14:36) What other resources Ukraine needs for the next phase of fighting (21:05) What should we expect to come next in the war (24:14) Russia’s attempts to push Bel...
Feb 01, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 219
Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (03:12) The FBI finds more classified documents at President Biden's Delaware home, former Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers find classified documents in his home. (23:00) Ruben Gallego’s announcement that he’s running for the Arizona Senate seat in 2024 You ...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 218
Pat Condo (Founder and CEO of Seekr Technologies) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the media landscape, their search tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to index websites and news stories to rate the content so readers can make better informed choices about what they read. (02:26) From navigation technology to search technology (05:46) Why he decided to create Seekr (37:50) What makes Seekr different from other search engines (44:22) The incentive structure for news organizations (51:20) How Seek...
Jan 25, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 217
Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (03:14)The evolving story about President Biden’s lawyers finding classified documents and the lack of transparency from the White House (24:41) The looming fight over raising the debt limit and a more responsible way Republicans could lower ...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 216
Susan Del Percio, Andy Kroll, and Ron Steslow discuss Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene renouncing QAnon on FOX News and how viral conspiracy theories are hurting democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 20, 2023•30 min
James Kirchick joins Ron Steslow to discuss his book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington (01:55) Why he wrote the book (06:43) The interwoven political history and gay history in Washington (14:33) The melting pot of the gay community and why it was seen as a threat (19:55) The trope that whatever is bad must be gay (31:51) The Lavender Scare (35:53) The tension between the gay loyal foot soldiers of Ronald Reagan and courting the religious right (49:00) What was challenging about ...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 215
Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way) and MIke Pesca (Host of the Gist and Not Even Mad) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:28) Insurrectionist Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the concessions he made to get the gavel, and how it could impact the House (23:53) The news that classified documents were found in Joe Biden’s former office (33:12) The paral...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 214
Founder and CEO of Grassroots Analytics Danny Hogenkamp joins Ron Steslow to discuss how digital fundraising and the incentives of the outrage economy have changed the way campaigns bring in money and how it influences our political landscape. (03:50) The traditional role of fundraising in political campaigns (11:11) Why he decided to create Grassroots Analytics (15:31) The demographic shifts among donors to Republicans and Democrats (27:51) The shift from high dollar to grassroots fundraising o...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 213
Katie Hill (Former Congresswoman), Lucy Caldwell (political strategist) and MIke Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (03:01) Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to secure the gavel as Speaker of the House (38:38) Elise Stefanik’s move from Paul Ryan’s protege to his greatest political disappointment [Politicology+ Subscribers Only] The George Santos Scandal, why the lies should ha...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 212
To unlock exclusive premium content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus On the anniversary of the attack at the Capitol, photographer Gabriella Demczuk walks listeners through her firsthand account of the January 6, 2021 insurrection, from Donald Trump’s “Stop The Steal” rally on the National Mall to the gallery of the House chamber as rioters breached the Capitol. (03:01) Getting the assignment for January 6 (05:45) Reading the crowd at the rally (07:35) Rep. Madison Cawthorn, in his own word...
Jan 04, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 211
As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at some of the of the biggest moments and some of our favorite weekly roundup segments from 2022 : (00:53) Lanae Erickson, Al Cardenas, and Ron Steslow discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesky’s speech before congress in March (20:56) Mike Madrid, Lucy Caldwell, and Ron Steslow break down one of the prime time January 6th committee hearings and discuss Trump’s movements during the attack and his “dereliction of duty (46:28) Mike Madrid, ...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 210
To unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus Michele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (01:46) Why she decided to study culture (04:34) What are tight and loose cultures (06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve (...
Dec 28, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 209
As 2022 draws to a close, Ron Steslow asks some of your favorite Politicology guests to share what has given them hope in 2022. In this episode: Susan Del Percio Carly Fiorina Catherine Sanderson Sen. Doug Jones Kristyn Komarnicki Lanae Erickson Leigh Marz Mehran Sahami Jennifer Horn Liz Gilbert Molly McKew Lucy Caldwell Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 23, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 208
This episode is a little bit different. And personal. Kristyn Komarnicki, director of dialogue and convening at Christians for Social Action, and Darren Calhoun, a justice advocate, worship leader, and Associate Fellow at CSA, join Ron Steslow to discuss intentional dialogue, and how we can use their techniques in the relationships that matter to us. To unlock more episodes, visit: https://politicology.com/plus (07:06) What is dialogue? How is it different from everyday conversations? (8:19) Wha...
Dec 21, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 207
Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN and former Middle East Director at the National Security Council in the Obama White House Hagar Chemali joins Ron Steslow to discuss the protests in Iran (01:46) What started the protests and how they’ve evolved (06:19) How these protests compare to previous ones (08:08) The role of the Supreme Leader in Iran (10:57) Why it’s difficult to get accurate news from Iran (15:55) Why ending the mandatory hijab rule wouldn’t end the protests (23:00) Wh...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 206
Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Tharon Johnson (Georgia political strategist) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:40) The Georgia Senate Runoff (21:02)Donald Trump’s bad week and his call to terminate the constitution (41:41) Mark Leibovich’s piece in the Atlantic about whether Ron DeSantis can overcome his “robotic quality” [Politicology+ Subscribers On...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 205
Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor of Psychology and Chair of Psychology at Amherst College) and James Lynch (Communications Strategist) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:58) The Trump Circus and Republicans’ response to his meeting with a white nationalist (19:41) The protests in China and the global fight for democracy (34:20) ‘Political hobbyism’ in the workplace [Politicology+ Subscribe...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 203
Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) join host Ron Steslow Ron Steslow to answer Politicology listeners’ questions: (01:21) Explaining the far-left and the far-right (12:26) Did the tactic of pushing election deniers in Republican primaries hurt the Democrats’ brand? (14:56) What should Democrats do with a ‘trifecta’ in Michigan? (18:07) How do you react to the conflation of the American flag with Donald Trump supporters and the Canadian flag wi...
Dec 01, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 202
Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Frank Sadler (Chief of Staff to Carly Fiorina) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (01:44) Republicans window shopping for a Trump alternative (18:36) Why divided government is more productive than you’d think (34:40) The federal government failing to follow conflict of interest laws and the shifting dynamics in congress on th...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 201
Ron Steslow calls Molly McKew (lead writer at GreatPower.us) to talk about her recent trip to Ukraine to deliver the winter gear that Politicology listeners helped acquire for members of the Ukrainian AFU Stratcom team. Read Molly’s latest newsletter: http://bit.ly/3VoNjyV Follow Ron and Molly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonSteslow https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 24, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 200
We live in a loud world that’s getting louder. We encounter noise all around us—from the chatter of polite conversations, to street noise in a big city, to the constant intrusion of the dings of notifications. But what is all of this noise doing to us, and what does it mean to find quiet in the midst of it? In fact, what is silence, anyway? How can it affect our minds, our bodies, and our relationships? Harvard and Oxford trained policymaker Justin Zorn and NASA consultant Leigh Marz join host R...
Nov 23, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 199
Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:10) Retired Florida man makes an announcement (19:38) Republican infighting over who will lead the party in congress (35:20) The Russian War in Ukraine and Anne Applebaum’s piece about why the Russian Empire must die [Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth H...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 198
We live in a loud world that’s getting louder. We encounter noise all around us—from the chatter of polite conversations, to street noise in a big city, to the constant intrusion of the dings of notifications. But what is all of this noise doing to us, and what does it mean to find quiet in the midst of it? In fact, what is silence, anyway? How can it affect our minds, our bodies, and our relationships? Harvard and Oxford trained policymaker Justin Zorn and NASA consultant Leigh Marz join host R...
Nov 17, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 197
Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Anthony York (Senior Communications Advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (03:10) The lack of a Red Wave and the surprisingly good midterms for Democrats (08:50) Democrats’ Florida Problem (22:33) Republicans’ Donald Trump Problem (50:00) The potential Trump vs DeSantis showdown in the Republican Primary [Politicology+ Subscribers Onl...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 196
Ron Steslow calls some Politicology fan favorites to discuss the midterm elections, the surprisingly good night for Democrats, the races that are still too close to call, and what it could mean for future elections. (00:44) Susan Del Percio on the Democratic strategy to set up races against extreme MAGA candidates (05:29) Mike Madrid on the biggest surprise from last night and the early count out of Nevada (10:52) Tharon Johnson on what Sen. Warnock needs to do to win in the December runoff (23:...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 195
