Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon

Joshua Kalla describes a new door to door canvassing technique, "deep canvassing," that encourages voters to tell their own stories of discrimination and leads to dramatic, long-lasting decreases in p...

17 Touko 201626min

Professor Christopher Parker shows the role of racial resentment in the rise of the Tea Party and connects it to "the paranoid style" in American politics. Parker points to white fears of America's ch...

11 Touko 201628min

Professor Lawrence Jacobs reveals how America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, used the 2008 financial crisis to expand its size and authority. With little accountability, this institution has fav...

3 Touko 201627min

Professor Jacob Hacker shows how the war on government made America forget the root of its prosperity - a healthy mix of government and business. This was no accident, as a more politicized business c...

26 Huhti 201628min

Professor Paul Pierson presents the forgotten history of American prosperity: how public and private sectors worked together for economic growth and social progress. This mixed economy increased life ...

19 Huhti 201626min

Vanessa Williamson dispels the misconception that Americans hate taxes. In fact, most Americans support taxes and are willing to increase them for services they care about. She outlines how, despite t...

12 Huhti 201623min

In light of recent news about abortion and birth control, this episode revisits Professor Carole Joffe's interview. She discussed the politics of abortion, the economic importance of reproductive choi...

5 Huhti 201630min

Professor Arthur MacEwan explains how market regulations - from patent laws to healthcare to early childhood education - can address the roots of economic inequality. To help us improve our podcast, p...

29 Maalis 201626min