Polarization Series: Is Social Media to Blame? Professor Chris Bail
Almost everyone has an opinion about the impact of social media on political polarization. Most of us believe that Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube and other sites have made our civic life more angr...
6 Okt 202334min
Polarization: My Side Is Wrong. Jim & Richard
Have you ever been asked by a political opponent to describe what's wrong or weak about your own side's arguments? That's what Richard and Jim do here. This episode could have been ripped from a Brave...
22 Sep 202326min
Polarization: Is America Too Fragmented? Rick Pildes and Lee Drutman
Why is American politics so dysfunctional? Is it because we are too polarized or too fragmented? Throughout this fall we will be exploring different aspects of polarization— arguably the most importan...
8 Sep 202330min
American Polarization: Political and Personal. Mónica Guzmán
Toxic polarization is "the problem that eats all other problems... It's the sludge at the base of everything else," our guest Mónica Guzmán tells us. In this really useful repeat episode from 2022, we...
25 Aug 202329min
A Bigger Tent for Democrats: Lanae Erickson
Why aren’t Democrats doing much better in elections for Congress and also in state races? We explore several reasons. One is that Democrats have been losing the support of many black, white and hispan...
11 Aug 202327min
The Fight to Save the Town: Michelle Wilde Anderson
Globalization, technology, devastating impacts from the foreclosure crisis and the opioid addiction have wreaked havoc on communities left behind by the modern economy. Some of these discarded places ...
28 Jul 202337min
For the Love of Cities. Peter Kageyama
Why do we connect emotionally with some places and not others? Why does that matter? What does loving the place you live in have to do with healing the partisan divide? We explore these questions and ...
14 Jul 202326min
Where Have All The Democrats Gone? Ruy Teixeira
American politics are evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. But our guest argues that it doesn't have to be this way. He tells fellow Democrats: "Given the problems the Republicans have, w...
30 Jun 202332min
