Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan Citizen Appeals Change Government Action?
Episode 87
When citizens directly appeal to their government, are their concerns ignored or taken seriously? It’s an important question for understanding norms …
2 years, 10 months ago
Does Bad Government Breed Populism?
Episode 86
Why is populism on the rise across the globe? One story says this movement is driven by anti-elite and anti-establishment sentiment, that they just w…
2 years, 11 months ago
Do Political Endorsements Undermine Trust In Science?
Episode 85
In the runup to the 2020 election, the academic journal Nature made the unprecedented decision to endorse Joe Biden for President. During an era when…
2 years, 11 months ago
Do Politicians Spend Money Differently Depending On Its Source?
Episode 84
Paper link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3273001
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2 years, 11 months ago
How Does Representation Work?
Episode 83
Paper: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1952717
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3 years ago
The Polarization Of State Legislatures
Episode 82
Paper link: https://ideas.repec.org/a/now/jnlpip/113.00000063.html
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3 years ago
Are We In A Period Of Global Democratic Decline?
Episode 81
The popular narrative these days is that democracies around the globe are backsliding. If we turn to countries like Hungary, Poland, and Venezuela, t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Political Brokers In India’s Most Marginalized Communities
Episode 80
On this show, we focus a lot on ideological polarization but it’s important to remember that politics is about more than ideology or even policy vict…
3 years, 1 month ago
An Algorithm for Detecting Election Fraud
Episode 79
For better or worse, one of the biggest stories in US politics today is the detection of election fraud, or in many cases the lack of election fraud.…
3 years, 2 months ago
Why The U.S. Isn’t As Polarized As It Seems
Episode 78
As we approach the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, we wanted to reflect on where we are as a country and whether politics ar…
3 years, 2 months ago