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Not Getting What We're Paying For: U.S. Healthcare Policy
Season 4 Episode 8
Jeff discusses the evolution of the U.S. healthcare system since the late 19th Century with Dr. Lauren Hall of the Rochester Institute of Technology.…
2 years, 3 months ago
U.S. Energy Policy - The Pursuit of Failure
Season 4 Episode 7
Jeff discusses the history and sad state of U.S. national energy policy with Peter Grossman, Emeritus Professor of Economics.
Host: Jeff Sikkenga
Exe…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Chevron Doctrine: What is it and How Does it Challenge Our Constitutional System?
Season 4 Episode 6
Jeff Sikkenga discusses the “Chevron Doctrine” with Mark Chenoweth, Director of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and how this 1984 Supreme Court dec…
2 years, 4 months ago
Political Parties - Not Part of the Plan But There From the Beginning | Documents & Debates
Season 4 Episode 5
Jeff is joined by Dr. Eric Sands of Berry College to discuss the origins, role, evolution, and impact of political parties in America. This is one of…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Hostage Crisis and America's Troubles with Iran | Documents & Debates
Season 4 Episode 4
John Moser and Greg Schneider discuss the background to the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981, and America's broader, longer-term problems with Iran.
H…
2 years, 4 months ago
Jefferson, Race, and Slavery: A New Perspective
Season 4 Episode 3
Jeff discusses the complicated ideas and legacy of Thomas Jefferson as they pertain to race and slavery, with Dr. Cara Rogers Stevens, author of a ne…
2 years, 4 months ago
Parental Rights in Education | Contemporary Conversations
Season 4 Episode 2
Jeff is joined by Dr. Joseph Griffith, Professor of Political Science, to discuss the history, norms, laws, and current and possible future state of …
2 years, 5 months ago
Core American Ideas: The Electoral College
Season 4 Episode 1
Jeff discusses the Electoral College - its origins, the rationale behind it, and controversies surrounding it over the years, with Michael Maibach, a…
2 years, 5 months ago
American Portraits - Jazz: America's Classical Music
Season 3 Episode 53
Jeff is joined by David Parker - musician and music educator, philanthropist, and investor - to discuss the origins, meaning, and importance of a uni…
2 years, 5 months ago
John Brown - American Extremist | American Portraits
Season 3 Episode 52
Jeff is joined by Dan Monroe of Millikin University to discuss John Brown, the man some claim 'lit the fuze' that caused the Civil War. Monroe explai…
2 years, 5 months ago