Episode 67: Defending Democracy
Americans across the political spectrum are questioning the integrity of U.S. elections and democracy. Professor Amel Ahmed walks through threats that can erode democracies and encourages protecting i...
17 Jan 201727min
Episode 66: Supreme Inequality
The Supreme Court is helps shape civil rights in the United States, but it is less recognized for its role in intensifying economic inequality. Professor Stephen Gottlieb details cases in the high cou...
10 Jan 201729min
Episode 65: Timing is Everything
A voting rule no one is talking about could change the face of elections across the country. Professor Zoltan Hajnal explains how combining national, state, and local election days would boost turnout...
3 Jan 201720min
Episode 64: Restaurant Loophole
Professor Heather Lee tells the story of how a loophole in the Chinese Exclusion Act led to the Chinese restaurant boom in America. Drawing parallels to today, she explains the unintended impacts of t...
20 Dec 201628min
Episode 63: The Latino Vote
Professor Gabriel Sanchez breaks down the Latino vote in the 2016 election and unpacks the controversy and misinterpretation of exit poll data on Latinos. He discusses where these voters stand on immi...
13 Dec 201624min
Episode 62: You're Fired
Tech error fixed: Professor Peter Shane describes the court case that could give the president new authority to fire any federal official, for any reason. He explains the history of the theory behind ...
9 Dec 201627min
Episode 61: Buying More Time
Professor Garth Heutel lays out a potentially cost-effective way to reduce global temperatures to stave off global warming. But solar geoengineering is not a silver bullet. While the benefits are clea...
29 Nov 201621min
Episode 60: Thinking Outside the Kitchen
Professor Sarah Bowen discusses her research on why home-cooking is not all it's cracked up to be. She gives a more realistic account of the idealized family dinner, and how money, time, and gender no...
23 Nov 201622min
