Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLynn M. Tesser, "Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, and Great Power Politics" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Episode 1478
Why did a nation-state order emerge when nationalist activism was usually an elitist pursuit in the age of empire? Ordinary inhabitants and even most…
1 year, 7 months ago
Postscript: Harris, Trump, and the Politics of Presidential Debates
Episode 30
In June, a presidential debated ended the candidacy of incumbent President Joe Biden. On September 10th, Vice President Kamala Harris and Former Pres…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Political Evolution of Taylor Swift
Episode 15
It’s the UConn Popcast, and today we offer a political science / popular culture studies view of Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2…
1 year, 7 months ago
Celebrating Constitution Day Pt. 1: A Conversation with Cass R. Sunstein
Episode 119
Join us for an in-depth exploration of Professor Cass Sunstein's latest work, Campus Free Speech (Harvard University Press, September 2024).
Together…
1 year, 7 months ago
Josh Cowen, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers" (Harvard Education Press, 2024)
Episode 192
School vouchers are often framed as a way to help students and families by providing choice, but evidence shows that vouchers have a negative impact …
1 year, 7 months ago
Are We Experiencing a Crisis of Culture?
Episode 151
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey spoke with Olivier Roy, professor of social and political sciences at the Europea…
1 year, 7 months ago
Kaitlin Sidorsky, "All Roads Lead to Power: The Appointed and Elected Paths to Public Office for US Women" (UP Kansas, 2019)
Episode 366
Kaitlin Sidorsky’s new book, All Roads Lead to Power: The Appointed and Elected Paths to Public Office for US Women (University Press of Kansas, 2019…
1 year, 7 months ago
Anthony Michael Kreis, "Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 736
One of the great divides in American judicial scholarship is between legal scholars who take the justices at their word and assume that those words d…
1 year, 7 months ago
Aditi Malik, "Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 735
Drawing on a rare cross-regional comparison, Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India (Cambridge UP, 2024) develops a nov…
1 year, 7 months ago
Oren Kroll-Zeldin, "Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine" (NYU Press, 2024)
Episode 61
Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine (NYU Press, 2024) digs into the experiences of young Jewish Americans who engage w…
1 year, 7 months ago