Iran on the Brink—The Weekly
Iran is erupting in protests—and the regime is cracking down with extraordinary violence. Guest Host Hagar Chemali sits down with Jay Solomon (investigative reporter at The Free Press) to unpack why...
17 Jan 1h 8min
The Age of Financial Repression—Part 2
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus For most Americans, losing access to a bank account sounds like a customer-service hassle—not a po...
15 Jan 52min
The Age of Financial Repression—Part 1
For most Americans, losing access to a bank account sounds like a customer-service hassle—not a political problem. But what if your ability to get paid, pay bills, run a business, donate to a cause, o...
15 Jan 48min
The Year Ahead—The Weekly
Ron Steslow kicks off 2026 with a “Smash Brothers” weekly featuring Lucy Caldwell, Hagar Chemali, Susan Del Percio, and Mike Madrid to look at the forces they think will define the year ahead—geopolit...
10 Jan 1h 1min
TAPPED: Maduro’s Capture
In the first week of the new year, the U.S. launches a dramatic operation in Venezuela that ends with Nicolás Maduro (and Cilia Flores) in U.S. custody, transported to New York to face narco-terorism ...
7 Jan 1h 10min
ENCORE: [+] Coverage Isn’t Care
Ron Steslow and Lucy Caldwell talk about the current healthcare landscape and the ongoing debate about how we pay for healthcare. They critique the ACA’s effectiveness, the challenges of health insura...
3 Jan 33min
ENCORE: [+] Is Thinking Becoming a Luxury Good?
Ron Steslow and Olivier Knox discuss whether thinking is becoming a luxury good. They explore the alarming trend of declining literacy and the implications of digital media and AI on human thought and...
3 Jan 40min
ENCORE: Testimony—Part 2
You can pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation now at https://www.jonwardwrites.org/ Jon Ward (Journalist and author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Moveme...
1 Jan 45min
