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Politicology

Politics in America is transforming. We’re embarking on a new series to deepen our understanding of who we are, how we got here, and how we rebuild without repeating the mistakes of the past. Ron Steslow hosts academics, behavioral economists, social psychologists, politicos, philosophers, anthropologists, journalists, poets, and storytellers—and more—to discuss America’s political present and future and dive into the deeper problems we face as a nation. Email us questions or comments:

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28:02

[+] “Faith in America” [Preview]

Politicology ·

2023/05/26

Frank Sadler (Chief of Staff to Carly Fiorina), Nina Verghese (senior director and head of campaigns and advocacy at APCO Worldwide), and Scott Tranter (Investor and Advisor to Decision Desk HQ) continue their conversation with Ron Steslow about the 2024 Republican Primary and Tim Scott’s campaign announcement. Get more episodes like this by joining our Politicology+ community. Visit politicology.com/plus or subscribe in Apple Podcasts. Note: due to technical issues, we were unable to remove the

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53:41

DeCision 2024

Politicology ·

2023/05/26

Crack the code of the 2024 Republican primary race with the intellectual firepower of four seasoned strategists with 80+ combined years working and running Republican campaigns. This week, Frank Sadler (Chief of Staff to Carly Fiorina), Nina Verghese (Senior Director and Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at APCO Worldwide), and Scott Tranter (Investor and Advisor to Decision Desk HQ) join host Ron Steslow to discuss Ron DeSantis’s campaign announcement and the rest of the 2024 Republican

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78:28

TikTok Showdown: The RESTRICT Act Debate

Politicology ·

2023/05/24

TikTok's potential risk to US national security is raising tough questions about how to address the challenge—legally. With 150 million Americans' personal data possibly falling into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party and fears of election interference via a foreign-controlled algorithm, TikTok finds itself in the harsh glare of the U.S. government's scrutiny. Broad bipartisan support favors aggressive action to ban the platform, but is such action even constitutional? Join Joe Cohn, Director

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70:35

ChatGPT Goes to Washington — The Weekly Roundup

Politicology ·

2023/05/19

Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way), Al Cardenas (former advisor to Presidents Regan and George H.W. Bush), and Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:22) Sam Altman at the Senate hearing on Artificial Intelligence (26:00) The Durham Report on the origins of the FBI’s investigation into Donald

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76:02

Misunderstanding Misinformation

Politicology ·

2023/05/17

Claire Wardle (co-founder and co-director of the Information Futures Lab, and Professor of the Practice at the Brown School of Public Health) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the challenges( and failures) in improving our information landscape (02:12) Claire’s background and how it led to her research (05:52) Why terms like “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation” have become less and less useful (08:45) How the real world doesn’t fit the framework of “misinformation” and

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80:02

Musical Chairs — The Weekly Roundup

Politicology ·

2023/05/12

Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder), Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) and Romina Boccia (Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy at the Cato Institute) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:05) The negotiations for raising the debt ceiling and cutting spending (34:30) The end of Title 42 and the surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border [Politicology+ Preview] The rise of white

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53:08

In Money We Trust

Politicology ·

2023/05/11

Donna Redel (former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum) joins Ron Steslow to put the biggest financial stories in the news into context (02:00) What would it mean to hit the debt limit? (03:21) What a U.S. default would mean for individuals (04:30) The role of trust in the monetary system (07:00) How does the Fed control money supply (12:50) Why the size of U.S. debt matters (14:50) How Bitcoin is different from other crypto currencies (20:17) How a new dominant currency would

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66:41

Collapse of Reality? — The Weekly Roundup

Politicology ·

2023/05/05

Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Jon Ward (Chief National Correspondent at Yahoo News) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:00) Artificial Intelligence shaking up our political landscape (34:43) J.P. Morgan’s purchase of First republic bank after it collapsed [Politicology+ Preview] President Biden’s “Freedom” messaging in his reelection campaign and his move to send troops to the border in

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87:14

The Fight for Zimbabwe — Part 2: Prosperity, Justice,...

Politicology ·

2023/05/03

In Part 2, recorded 9 months after Part 1, Ron Steslow and Robert Chapman (Candidate for President of Zimbabwe) look at how the landscape has changed since they first talked, Robert’s goals for rebuilding the economy and infrastructure in Zimbabwe, why this is in America’s interest, the growing Chinese influence in Africa, the fight for democracy and the challenges his campaign has faced, and his plan to win. (01:40) The security challenges of Robert’s campaign (07:00) Why Robert is running for

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49:27

The Fight for Zimbabwe — Part 1: Confronting a Failed...

Politicology ·

2023/05/03

To unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus This is a story about human rights, corruption, hyperinflation, rapacious economic development, a currency war, a diaspora, and one man’s mission to make meaningful change for suffering people in a failed state. Robert Chapman (Candidate for President of Zimbabwe) join Ron Steslow to discuss the history of Zimbabwe and his campaign to become its next president : (02:15) Robert’s background and childhood (09:10) Bitcoin and green

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76:11

Tuckered Out — The Weekly Roundup

Politicology ·

2023/04/28

Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:15) Fox News and CNN fire Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon (20:35) Joe Biden’s anticlimactic announcement that he’s running for reelection and the responses to it (43:03) President Zelensky’s phone call with Chinese Leader Xi

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34:41

Politicology Mailbag with Mike Madrid & Anthony York

Politicology ·

2023/04/26

To unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Anthony York (Senior Communications Advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom) join Ron Steslow to answer Politicology listeners’ questions: (00:30) Why hasn’t Biden done more to codify political norms? (06:16) How social media has changed the way we connect and political organizing (11:31) How should polling about America being “headed in the wrong direction” reflect on the president? (16:26) Do

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71:44

Are We Funding The Taliban? — The Weekly Roundup

Politicology ·

2023/04/21

Doug Jones (former U.S. Senator from Alabama), Michael Steele (former Chairman of the RNC), and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:38) The bombshell report from the U.S. Government's top Afghanistan watchdog (40:44) The settlement in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News [Politicology+ Preview] America’s

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93:52

Leaks and Hostages

Politicology ·

2023/04/17

Molly McKew (Lead author of GreatPower.US) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the recently revealed leaked intelligence documents, the 21-year-old leaker, the WSJ reporter detained in Russia, and how all of this impacts the war in Ukraine (01:25) **Conversation Update** What we know about the identity and motivations of the leaker and the leak that there are 14 U.S. troops in Ukraine (14:33) What we know about what’s in the documents (25:00) How this can change how Ukraine and other allies share more

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74:31

“They Have Given This Truly No Thought” — The Weekly...

Politicology ·

2023/04/14

Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager), Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica), and James Kirchick (columnist for Tablet magazine and writer at large for Air Mail) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:20) The No Labels insurance plan to … re-elect Donald Trump? (34:34) Jon Stewart’s accusation of “corruption” at the Pentagon [Politicology+ Preview] Tim Scott announces an exploratory

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54:30

Of Boys and Men—Part 2

Politicology ·

2023/04/12

Richard Reeves (author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It) joins Ron Steslow to discuss his book and the struggles facing boys and men. (02:04) The toxicity of “toxic masculinity” (08:00) The “right” at war and the “left” in denial (13:00) How negative partisanship only increases the problem (15:00) The differences in funding and institutional support for men and women (23:00) Redshirt the boys (28:00) The criticism Richard has

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65:40

The People of NY v. Donald J. Trump — The Weekly...

Politicology ·

2023/04/07

Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Anthony York (Senior Communications Advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:00) The indictment of Donald Trump, how the prosecution could fuel his campaign, and how this could impact the 2024 presidential election (36:26) The new cyber warfare [Politicology+ Preview] California Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to combat rising

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24:20

PREVIEW: [+] “Don’t Tell Me I’m Not a Patriot”

Politicology ·

2023/04/07

Anthony York, Mike Madrid and Ron Steslow discuss California Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to combat authoritarianism in red states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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57:04

Of Boys and Men—Part 1

Politicology ·

2023/04/06

Richard Reeves (author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It) joins Ron Steslow to discuss his book and the struggles facing boys and men. (02:13) Richard’s work and how it led to studying boys and men (04:00) The risks if the problems are not addressed (07:30) The gendered education gap (0z8:20) How economic shifts have impacted men (11:20) Intersectionality in the research on gender (30:30) Recognizing these problems as structural

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85:49

Everyone’s on TikTok — The Weekly Roundup

Politicology ·

2023/03/31

Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) and Frank Sadler (Chief of Staff to Carly Fiorina) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape: (02:06) The shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville (26:06) The influencers pressuring Congress to block a forced sale of TikTok (42:00) Why public opinion polling on federal spending isn’t helpful and Biden’s attacks on Republican proposals for Social Security—the

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