In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Julia, Lee, and James consider who is responsible for disciplining bad behavior in government. Do voters, parties, or institutions decide what constitutes bad behavior in government? Where do they make that decision? How do they enforce it? And what are the consequences of not disciplining bad behavior when it occurs? These are some of the questions that Julia, Lee, and James ask in this week’s episode. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. Se...
Feb 19, 2021•55 min•Ep. 50
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Adam Jentleson joins Julia, Lee, and James to discuss what makes the Senate dysfunctional. Jentleson served as deputy chief of staff to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. He is a frequent contributor to MSNBC and is the author of the new book, Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy . To what extent is the filibuster responsible for the Senate’s current dysfunction? Where did it come from? W...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 49
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Ethan Porter joins Julia, Lee, and James to discuss the relationship between Americans’ trust in government and their willingness to pay for the things that government does. Porter is assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. He is the author of The Consumer Citizen (Oxford University Press, 2021). What is a consumer citizen? How does it differ from the traditional understanding of citizenship? Does...
Feb 08, 2021•56 min•Ep. 48
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Julia, Lee, and James discuss Joe Biden’s inauguration as the nation’s 46th president of the United States and Kama Harris as Vice President. Why do Americans celebrate presidential inaugurations? What did Biden’s inauguration accomplish? How will it define the Biden presidency moving forward? And was this a peaceful transfer of power? These are some of the questions that Julia, Lee, and James discuss in this week’s episode. Hosted by Simplecast, ...
Feb 03, 2021•31 min•Ep. 47
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Rachel Blum joins Julia, Lee, and James to discuss the future of the Republican Party. Blum is an Assistant Professor in the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. Her research examines how political parties interact with and shape U.S. political institutions. She is the author of How the Tea Party Captured the GOP: Insurgent Factions in American Politics (Univers...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 46
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Ruth Bloch Rubin joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider how Congress may work in the new year. Bloch Rubin is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She studies American politics, with a substantive focus on legislative institutions, political parties, and American political development. Bloch Rubin is the author of Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the U.S. Congress (Cambridge Univ...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 45
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Wendy Schiller joins Julia, Lee, and James to talk about how we elect senators in the United States. Schiller is Professor of Political Science, Professor of International and Public Affairs, and Chair of Political Science at Brown University. She has also experienced politics as a practitioner, having served on the staffs of Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Senate and Governor Mario Cuomo in New York. Schiller is the author of several books, includ...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 44
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Seth Masket joins Julia, Lee, and James to discuss the future of the Democratic Party. Masket is professor of political science and director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver. He is the author of numerous books and articles about political parties, elections, state politics, and, on occasion, Star Wars . He is also the founder of the political science blog, Mischiefs of Faction . His most recent book, Learning From Los...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 43
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Philip Wallach joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider how the 2020 elections will impact Congress. Wallach is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where he studies and writes about the administrative state, Congress, and the separation of powers. He is the author of To the Edge: Legality, Legitimacy, and the Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis (Brookings Institution Press) and has published articles in numerous publications,...
Dec 10, 2020•44 min•Ep. 42
n this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Charlotte Hill joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider how Americans conduct national elections. Charlotte is a Ph.D. candidate at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. She studies how election and voting laws impact political engagement. Her current research examines how voting barriers reduce youth turnout and how electoral reforms can increase voter participation. Outside of academia, Charlotte previously served as Vice President o...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 41
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Julia, Lee, and James discuss what happened in this year’s election and what it means for American democracy. How should Americans interpret the results of the election? Should they be worried about Republicans’ ongoing efforts to change the outcome? And what do the election results reveal about the future of the Democratic and Republican parties? These are some of the questions Julia, Lee, and James ask in this week’s episode. Julia Azari, “For 4 ...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 40
Ezra Klein joins Lee and James to discuss what the 2020 election reveals about the present state of American democracy. Klein is the editor-at-large and founder of Vox . He is the host of The Ezra Klein Show and the author of Why We’re Polarized . Klein has also written for the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books . He has appeared on Face the Nation , Real Time with Bill Maher , The McLaughlin Report , the Daily Show , and many more. How well did democracy do on Election Day? Will Donald...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 39
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Julia, Lee, and James debate presidential debates. What role do they play in campaigns? In their current form, do they really help people to evaluate candidates? If not, how should debates be administered? And how should people evaluate presidential candidates? These are some of the questions Julia, Lee, and James ask in this week’s episode. Show Notes Lee Drutman, “ There is a better way to run presidential debates. Actually, there are several .”...
Oct 30, 2020•46 min•Ep. 38
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Matt Green joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider whether Democrats should play constitutional hardball if they control Congress and the presidency in 2021. Matt is a professor (and chair) of the Department of Politics at the Catholic University of America. His research focuses on political institutions (especially Congress), state and local politics, and federalism. Matt is the author of numerous books and articles on Congress and is currently wo...
Oct 23, 2020•56 min•Ep. 37
In this week’s episode of Politics In Questions , Judith Resnik joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider how a democracy should select its judges. Judith is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the Founding Director of the Arthurs Liman Center for Public Interest Law. Her scholarship focuses on the relationship of democratic values to government services; the roles of collective redress, class actions, and arbitration; contemporary conflicts over privatization; the relationshi...
Oct 14, 2020•53 min•Ep. 36
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Ted Johnson joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider the role that political parties play in perpetuating popular dissatisfaction with politics. Ted is a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice . His work explores the role that race plays in electoral politics, issue framing, and disparities in policy outcomes. Previously, Ted was a national fellow at New America and a research manager at Deloitte. He is also a retired commander in the U.S....
Oct 09, 2020•56 min•Ep. 35
In this week's episode of Politics In Question , Jennifer McCoy joins Julia, Lee, and James to discuss political polarization in the United States and worldwide. McCoy is a professor of political science at Georgia State University. Her research examines democratization, polarization, mediation and conflict prevention, election processes and election observation, and Latin American politics. McCoy is the author of several articles and books, and recently co-edited a volume of The Annals with Mur...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 34
On this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Julia, Lee, and James consider the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fight to replace her on the Supreme Court. Coming just weeks before the presidential election, the debate over whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden should get to pick who will replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court has injected new controversy into an already controversial campaign. How will Ginsburg’s death impact the 2020 election? How much time does the Senate really need to c...
Sep 24, 2020•51 min•Ep. 33
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Julia, Lee, and James discuss the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns. Why do party conventions matter? Do they still have a place in our politics? What did the recent conventions tell us about the state of the Democratic and Republican parties? And what is this election really about? These are some of the questions Julia, Lee, and James ask in this week’s episode. Julia Azari, “ The GOP Convention Violated Plenty of Norms, But Did It...
Sep 18, 2020•59 min•Ep. 32
On this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Alexander C. Furnas joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider the importance of expertise and experience in making Congress work. Alexander is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center of Science and Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He studies the use of information, science, and expertise in policymaking, interest groups, and elite political behavior using survey, text analysis and network methods. Alexander has pub...
Sep 14, 2020•49 min•Ep. 31
On this week’s episode of Politics In Question , Suzanne Mettler and Robert Lieberman join Julia and Lee to discuss the state of democracy in the United States. Suzanne is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. Her research and teaching interests include American political development, inequality, public policy, political behavior, and democracy. Robert is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins Univers...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 30
Tennessee made history on August 18, 1920, when it became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment, guaranteeing all women the right to vote in the United States, was officially added to the Constitution a few days later on August 26, 1920. It was a momentous event, capping off more than seven decades of organized action by a diverse group of women from across the nation to secure political equality. To celebrate that historic campaign, Congress created the ...
Aug 19, 2020•58 min•Ep. 29
On this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Greg Weiner joins Julia, Lee, and James to consider the controversy surrounding recent efforts to remove monuments and memorials from the public square that commemorate the Confederacy and other prominent historical figures. Greg is the Provost and Academic Vice President at Assumption University, where he is also an Associate Professor of Political Science. He specializes in the study of American politics and history, political theory, the Foundin...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 28
Perry Bacon Jr., “ How Biden Is Winning An Identity Politics Election So Far ,” FiveThirtyEight (July 10, 2020). James Wallner, “ Make America Diverse Again ,” Law & Liberty (June 11, 2019). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 27
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Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 26
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Jul 16, 2020•50 min•Ep. 25
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Jul 09, 2020•54 min•Ep. 24
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Jul 01, 2020•58 min•Ep. 23
Megan Ming Francis, “ The white press has a history of endangering black lives going back a century ,” Washington Post (June 15, 2020). Dorothy Roberts, “ Abolishing Policing Also Means Abolishing Family Regulation ,” The Chronicle of Social Change (June 16, 2020). Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter From Birmingham Jail (April 16, 1963). Martin Heidegger, Being and Time , translated by John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., 1962). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “ The End...
Jun 24, 2020•53 min•Ep. 22
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Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 21
