Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDo City Services Move Faster for Affluent and White Neighborhoods?
Episode 117
Have you ever made a 311 call? This is a service provided by many cities that allows citizens to call in things like potholes, graffiti, fallen trees…
1 year, 8 months ago
How To "Get Out The Vote"
Episode 116
Hello Not Another Politics Podcast listeners. We’re taking some much needed time off as the school year comes to a close; but with the elections righ…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Powerful Are October Surprises?
Episode 115
Hello Not Another Politics Podcast listeners. We’re taking some much needed time off as the school year comes to a close; but with the elections righ…
1 year, 9 months ago
Does The Public View The Supreme Court As Legitimate In A Post-Dobbs World ?
Episode 114
The Supreme Court is supposed to be our non-political branch of government, making decisions solely on the constitutional soundness of laws. But in r…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Good Are We At Spotting Fake News?
Episode 113
If the media is to be believed, the US public has a tenuous at best grasp on accurate political news. They’re either consuming disinformation and fak…
1 year, 10 months ago
Is Partisan Animosity Directed At Fellow Citizens Or Elites?
Episode 112
There is a fact of our political discourse so agreed upon that nobody thinks to question it: affective polarization…democrats and republicans disliki…
1 year, 10 months ago
Should Policy Match Voters' Preferences?
Episode 111
How do we know if our democracy is healthy? For political scientist, the answer often comes down to things we can measure like responsiveness to vote…
1 year, 11 months ago
Are Too Many Political Appointments Harming Our Bureaucracy?
Episode 110
When it comes to our federal bureaucracy, there are two schools of thought. One says that an insulated group of career bureaucrats have created a dee…
1 year, 11 months ago
Should Judges Be Elected or Appointed?
Episode 109
There is a long running debate in political science: do we get better judges by letting the public vote in elections or by giving our leaders the pow…
2 years ago
Why Women Are Underrepresented in U.S. Politics
Episode 108
Despite making up roughly half of the U.S. population, women only make up about one-quarter of representatives and senators. And this trend is not ju…
2 years ago