Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Fog of Accountability: How Institutions Keep Voters from Holding Their Local Governments Accountable with Justin de Benedictis-Kessner (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Episode 1569
In the United States, hundreds of thousands of elected and appointed officials serve more than 50,000 subnational governments, making important decis…
16 hours ago
Uganda During and After Museveni: Can The System Survive Its Creator?
Episode 1570
How has Yoweri Museveni remained in power for four decades – and what happens when he is gone? In this episode of the People, Power, Politics podcast…
16 hours ago
In Praise of Agnes Heller (1929-2019)
Episode 1568
Agnes Heller loved being part of the Budapest School--and she hated being part of any school. In his 2019 In Memoriam piece, John explored her ambiva…
6 days, 16 hours ago
Parties on the Ground: A Study of Nominations for the House of Representatives with Kathleen Bawn and Knox Brown (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Episode 1566
Parties on the Ground: A Study of Nominations for the House of Representatives (U Chicago Press, 2026) is a study of political parties and party nomi…
1 week, 1 day ago
First Among Equals: Visions of Equality Before Egalitarianism with Teresa M. Bejan (Harvard UP, 2026)
Episode 1567
Today, political theorists and philosophers treat as axiomatic the claim that all persons are equal. Dig deeper, however, and what we mean by equalit…
1 week, 1 day ago
Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
Episode 1564
The first full biography of the controversial and complex First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler--an unjustly scandalized New Yorker, the second wife to Pre…
1 week, 5 days ago
Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo
Episode 1565
In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, Professor Tyrell Haberkorn discusses her new book, Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice i…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Democracy Exchange: Asia Asks, Latin America Responds
Episode 1561
What can democracies in different parts of the Global South learn from one another - and what can democracies in the Global North learn from them? Th…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs with Suparna Chaudhry (Cornell UP, 2026)
Episode 1562
Why would a government bother to go after groups that carry no weapons and hold no power? Suparna Chaudhry argues that the answer says a lot about wh…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie Gottschalk (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 1563
The United States is an exceptionally violent country, increasingly unable or unwilling to stem violence in its many forms. A growing corporate crime…
2 weeks, 3 days ago