Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPresidential Power, Parties, And The Rise Of The Administrative State
Episode 97
One of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promises is to upend the modern civil service through an executive order called “Schedule F”. Democrats and Repub…
2 years, 5 months ago
Does Social Media Polarize Our Politics?
Episode 96
It’s one of the most common refrains in political discourse today: social media is the source of polarization. It’s a difficult proposition to empiri…
2 years, 6 months ago
Is Partisan Gerrymandering As Bad As You Think?
Episode 95
There is no political topic that can get people’s blood boiling quite like partisan gerrymandering. Many even go so far as to call it an afront to ou…
2 years, 6 months ago
Does Ousting Incumbents Improve The Economy?
Episode 94
The assumption in political science has always been that electing challengers can lead to a downturn in performance. It takes time to do all the hiri…
2 years, 7 months ago
Do Partisans Really Believe Different Facts?
Episode 93
The common refrain in political coverage today says that each side of the aisle is living in an information bubble. There is a partisan knowledge gap…
2 years, 7 months ago
Is Voter Rationality A Test Of A Health Democracy?
Episode 92
There’s a long tradition in political science of using voter rationality to test the health of our democracy. But could this myopia be misguided? Are…
2 years, 8 months ago
When Fox Viewers Watch CNN Instead
Episode 91
Partisan misinformation. Many people think it comes from the news people watch. When it comes to cable news, Fox and CNN have pretty partisan viewers…
2 years, 8 months ago
Do White Americans Favor White Politicians?
Episode 90
As the Supreme Court debates whether to end affirmative action, concerns about the power of implicit racial bias to shape who gets ahead in America a…
2 years, 9 months ago
Do Stimulus Checks Buy Votes?
Episode 89
We’ve become deeply familiar with stimulus checks in the last few years, but what isn’t clear is what affect these transfers may have on elections. C…
2 years, 9 months ago
Can You Judge A Politician By Their Looks?
Episode 88
We all know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if we’re being honest we all do it on occasion anyway. Could it be that we also ele…
2 years, 10 months ago