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Co-Authored: A Discussion of "The Party Decides"

September 9, 2020

A Discussion of 'The Party Decides'

Hosted by Heath Brown

The Party Decides is the most (only?) meme'd book in the history of political science. It's the one MTV called the biggest loser after the South Carol…

Co-Authored: Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward

July 2, 2020

Co-Authored

Hosted by Heath Brown

When you ask people about academic collaborations, Piven and Cloward is almost always the first one they mention. In this episode of the Co-Authored p…

Co-Authored: COVID, Collaboration, and Loss

May 26, 2020

Co-Authored

Hosted by Heath Brown

The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered colleges and universities across the globe. With that, collaboration has been stalled, frustrated, or interrupted.…

Co-Authored: The Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey

April 20, 2020

Co-Authored

Hosted by Heath Brown

On this episode of the Co-Authored podcast, we learn about one the most ambitious recent collaborations. The Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election S…

Co-Authored: Sidney Verba, Kay Scholzman, and Henry Brady

March 11, 2020

Co-Authored

Hosted by Heath Brown

Great collaborations often work like a family. They involve love, effort, and support, but also conflict and disagreement. The multi-decade collaborat…

Co-Authored: Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones on American Politics and Policy

February 5, 2020

Co-Authored

Hosted by Heath Brown

The Co-Authored podcast takes you behind the major academic collaborations in the study of politics. The first episode of the Co-Authored podcast focu…

David Pettinicchio, "Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform" (Stanford UP, 2019)

December 26, 2019

Politics of Empowerment

David Pettinicchio
Hosted by Heath Brown

David Pettinicchio has written Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform (Stanford University Press, 2019). H…

Davin Phoenix, "The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotion in Politics" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

December 19, 2019

The Anger Gap

Davin Phoenix
Hosted by Heath Brown

In the race for the best book of 2020, Davin Phoenix has placed himself in the lead. Phoenix has written The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotion in Pol…

Daniel T. Kirsch, "Sold My Soul for a Student Loan" (Praeger, 2019)

December 5, 2019

Sold My Soul for a Student Loan

Daniel T. Kirsch
Hosted by Heath Brown

With free college in the national conversation, there’s been no better time for Daniel T. Kirsch’s new book Sold My Soul for a Student Loan: Higher Ed…

Michael Romano and Todd Curry, "Creating the Law: State Supreme Court Opinions and The Effect of Audiences" (Routledge, 2019)

November 19, 2019

Creating the Law

Michael Romano and Todd Curry
Hosted by Heath Brown

In Creating the Law: State Supreme Court Opinions and The Effect of Audiences (Routledge, 2019), Michael Romano and Todd Curry examine whether judges …

Dana Fisher, "American Resistance: From the Women's March to the Blue Wave" (Columbia UP, 2019)

November 14, 2019

American Resistance

Dana Fisher
Hosted by Heath Brown

Dana Fisher has written a big new book on the movement to oppose Donald Trump, titled American Resistance: From the Women's March to the Blue Wave (Co…

Anne Nelson, "Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

November 7, 2019

Shadow Network

Anne Nelson
Hosted by Heath Brown

What is the most important organization you’ve never heard of? Anne Nelson has an answer: the Council for National Policy. Nelson is Adjunct Associate…

Zoltan Hajnal, "Dangerously Divided: How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

October 30, 2019

Dangerously Divided

Zoltan Hajnal
Hosted by Heath Brown

In his new book Dangerously Divided: How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Zoltan Hajna…

Steven White, "World War II and American Racial Politics: Public Opinion, the Presidency, and Civil Rights Advocacy" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

October 18, 2019

World War II and American Racial Politics

Steven White
Hosted by Heath Brown

World War II played an important role in the trajectory of race and American political development, but the War's effects were much more complex than …

Matthew Hitt, "Inconsistency and Indecision in the United States Supreme Court" (U Michigan Press, 2019)

October 10, 2019

Inconsistency and Indecision in the United States Supreme Court

Matthew Hitt
Hosted by Heath Brown

The United States Supreme Court operates to resolve disputes among lower courts and the other branches of government, allowing elected officials, citi…

Andrew Sidman, "Pork Barrel Politics: How Government Spending Determines Elections in a Polarized Era" (Columbia UP, 2019)

September 30, 2019

Pork Barrel Politics

Andrew Sidman
Hosted by Heath Brown

In Andrew Sidman, Pork Barrel Politics: How Government Spending Determines Elections in a Polarized Era (Columbia University Press, 2019), offers a sy…

Bryan Jones, "The Great Broadening: How the Vast Expansion of the Policymaking Agenda Transformed American Politics" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

September 18, 2019

The Great Broadening

Bryan Jones, Sean Theriault, and Michelle Whyman
Hosted by Heath Brown

Bryan Jones, Sean Theriault, and Michelle Whyman are out with a big book on with a provocative thesis. In The Great Broadening: How the Vast Expansion…

Niambi Michele Carter, "American While Black: African Americans, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship" (Oxford UP, 2019)

August 28, 2019

American While Black

Niambi Michele Carter
Hosted by Heath Brown

Just in time for the APSA annual meeting, Niambi Michele Carter has written an incredibly timely book on a central issue to American politics, America…

Sarah L. Quinn, "American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation" (Princeton UP, 2019)

August 6, 2019

American Bonds

Sarah L. Quinn
Hosted by Heath Brown

Federal housing finance policy and mortgage-backed securities have gained widespread attention in recent years because of the 2008 financial crisis, b…

Nolan McCarty, "Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford UP, 2019)

July 26, 2019

Polarization

Nolan McCarty
Hosted by Heath Brown

In Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2019), Nolan McCarty synthesizes what scholars know and don't know about the or…

Martin Edwards, "The IMF, the WTO and the Politics of Economic Surveillance" (Routledge, 2018)

July 22, 2019

The IMF, the WTO &amp

Martin Edwards
Hosted by Heath Brown

Both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) practice periodic surveillance of member states to ensure they are a…

Eric Blanc, "Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics" (Verso, 2019)

July 9, 2019

Red State Revolt

Eric Blanc
Hosted by Heath Brown

Eric Blanc is the author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Verso, 2019). Blanc is a former teacher, journalis…

Jeffrey Lantis, "Foreign Policy Advocacy and Entrepreneurship: How a New Generation in Congress Is Shaping U.S. Engagement with the World" (U Michigan Press, 2019)

July 2, 2019

Foreign Policy Advocacy and Entrepreneurship

Jeffrey Lantis
Hosted by Heath Brown

With the US in the midst of on-going negotiations with Iran, North Korea, and China, how is Congress playing a part? How is the new generation of Cong…

Rachel Augustine Potter, "Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

June 17, 2019

Bending the Rules

Rachel Augustine Potter
Hosted by Heath Brown

Rule-making may rarely make headlines, but the significance of this largely hidden process cannot be underestimated. Rachel Augustine Potter makes the…