Podcast Episodes

The 9/11 Commission, Part 1

Season 6 Episode 10

Aughie and Nia tackle the 9/11 Commission report and outcomes in the next two episodes of this series. Part 1 concentrates on the precipitating event…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Rogers Commission

Season 6 Episode 9

Next in a series on Commissions and their reports, Aughie and Nia explore the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, also …

5 years, 3 months ago

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Warren Commission

Season 6 Episode 8

In this first of a series on government Commissions and their reports, Aughie and Nia discuss the Warren Commission, convened in the aftermath of the…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Vaccines Around the World

Season 6 Episode 7

Nia and Aughie welcome Judy Twigg, political scientist with a public health specialization, to discuss the worldwide vaccine response to COVID-19. Th…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Texas v Pennsylvania in Depth

Season 6 Episode 6

Nia and Aughie explore the Supreme Court ruling in Texas v. Pennsylvania, et al. Included in the discussion are the principles of standing, justiciab…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Exemplars of Public Service

Season 6 Episode 5

Aughie and Nia welcome Bill Newmann as they discuss the public service careers of Elliot Richardson and William Ruckelshaus. In addition to serving i…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Alexei Navalny

Season 6 Episode 4

Nia and Aughie welcome Judy Twigg, VCU Political Science professor, to discuss the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Dr. Twigg also gives a bit of th…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Characters in Public Service

Season 6 Episode 3

Aughie and Nia welcome back Bill Newmann, professor of political science at VCU, to discuss larger than life characters in American public service. T…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Weird Investigations

Season 6 Episode 2

Aughie and Nia discuss government investigations into unusual phenomena. Included in this podcast are investigations into UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Berm…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Inaugurations Gone Wrong

Season 6 Episode 1

Nia and Aughie discuss "unusual" historical Presidential Inaugurations. From snubs to brawls to illness to drunk vice-presidents, inaugurations of th…

5 years, 5 months ago

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