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Back to SearchIs Political Science Research Underpowered?
Episode 147
What if most political science studies are too weak to find the effects they’re looking for? In this episode, we dig into a new paper by Vincent Arel…
5 months, 1 week ago
Can Trade Be A Weapon Of Global Power?
Episode 146
For decades, free trade was treated as an unquestioned good—an engine of prosperity and cooperation. But today, leaders from Washington to Beijing ar…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Should Unelected Judges Be Deciding National Policy?
Episode 145
Every week, headlines tell us that a single federal judge has blocked a presidential order—sometimes halting major policies for years. But should tha…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Do Politicians Really Have A Conservative Bias?
Episode 144
Political scientists have long argued that legislators believe the public is more conservative than it really is—potentially shaping policies that do…
7 months ago
Do We Understand Members Of The Other Party?
Episode 143
Do Democrats and Republicans really misunderstand each other as much as we think?
This week, we dive into a surprising new experiment that puts that i…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
MechaHitler and The Political Bias of AI Chatbots
Episode 142
When you ask ChatGPT or Gemini a question about politics, whose opinions are you really hearing?
In this episode, we dive into a provocative new study…
8 months ago
Does The Supreme Court Need Term Limits?
Episode 141
We're taking some time off to regroup over the summer, but we’re not just dusting off this older episode for no reason. When we first released it, we…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Are We Really Hopelessly Divided?
Episode 140
Before we get into today’s episode, we wanted to let you know this is a re-release as we take some time to regroup over the summer. But we’re not jus…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Surprising Political Consequences Of Emigration?
Episode 139
Migration policies shape not only the economies of countries but also their politics. In this episode, we dive deep into how letting people leave—or …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Trump Copying Obama’s Playbook on Universities?
Episode 138
What if the recent crackdown on elite universities didn’t start with Trump—but with Obama? In this episode, we trace a surprising through-line connec…
9 months, 3 weeks ago