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Madison's Notes March 30, 2023

Administrative State 101

A Conversation with Adam J. White

Adam J. White

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What is the Administrative State? Where did it come from? Is it a cause for concern or celebration? Adam J. White, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and Director …

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American Studies March 30, 2023

We Are Not One

A History of America's Fight Over Israel

Eric Alterman

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Fights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture …
Political Science March 30, 2023

LGBT Inclusion in American Life

Pop Culture, Political Imagination, and Civil Rights

Susan Burgess

Hosted by Lilly Goren
LGBT Inclusion in American Life: Pop Culture, Political Imaginations, and Civil Rights (NYU Press, 2023) is a tour de force that weaves together the various narratives about the transformation of a …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones March 28, 2023

The Future of Political Time and Space

A Discussion with Jan Zielonka

Jan Zielonka

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
What is the future of time and space in democracy? It's now widely accepted that Chinese politicians are advantaged by the lack of the short time horizons that come with …
Critical Theory March 27, 2023

Fear of a Black Republic

Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

Leslie M. Alexander

Hosted by Anna Lindner
The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Leslie M. Alexander's study reveals the untold story of …
Women's History March 23, 2023

Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women

Gender, Georgia, and the Growth of the New Right

Robin M. Morris

Hosted by Jane Scimeca
Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women: Gender, Georgia, and the Growth of the New Right (U Georgia Press, 2022) is a statewide study of women’s part in the history of conservatism …
Critical Theory March 22, 2023

Imperfect Victims

Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism

Leigh Goodmark

Hosted by Kendall Dinniene
Leigh Goodmark’s new book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism (U California Press, 2023), uses the stories of individual criminalized survivors of gender based violence to …
Critical Theory March 21, 2023

Combat Trauma

Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America

Nadia Abu El-Haj

Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
One of the most recognizable tropes in American society in the past few decades is the scarred war veteran, returning from foreign lands with wounds both visible and invisible …
Politics & Polemics March 18, 2023

The Struggle for a Decent Politics

On "Liberal" as an Adjective

Michael Walzer

Hosted by Keith Krueger
The national purpose of the American state is to realize and then sustain the democracy and the equality that was the promise of our founding. I believe that requires perennial …
Education March 15, 2023

Campus Misinformation

The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education

Bradford Vivian

Hosted by Thomas Discenna
If we listen to the politicians and pundits, college campuses have become fiercely ideological spaces where students unthinkingly endorse a liberal orthodoxy and forcibly silence anyone who dares to disagree …
Sociology March 15, 2023

A Good Place to Do Business

The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945

Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose

Hosted by Nicole Trujillo-Pagan
The “Pittsburgh Renaissance,” an urban renewal effort launched in the late 1940s, transformed the smoky rust belt city’s downtown. Working-class residents and people of color saw their neighborhoods cleared and …
Political Science March 13, 2023

The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren

Hosted by Susan Liebell
In The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (UP of Kansas, 2022), Drs. Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren ask what lessons does Marvel – a “hulking, hegemonic media franchise” …
African American Studies March 11, 2023

"My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole"

Barbara Jordan and the Politics of Scriptures

Robin L. Owens

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan is well-known as an interpreter and defender of the Constitution, particularly through her landmark speech during Richard Nixon's 1974 impeachment hearings. However, before she developed faith …
American South March 10, 2023

Freedom's Dominion

A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power

Jefferson Cowie

Hosted by Southern Labor Studies Association
Jefferson Cowie discusses his book Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power (Basic Books, 2022), beginning with the book’s origin story, and then tracing the use of …
Popular Culture March 7, 2023

Fearless Women

Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé

Elizabeth Cobbs

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
In her latest book, Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé (Harvard University Press, 2023), New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Cobbs shows us that the quest for women’s rights is deeply entwined with …
Public Policy March 5, 2023

The Rise of a New Left

How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics

Raina Lipsitz

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
The mushrooming rolls of the Democratic Socialists of America, Marxist explainers in Teen Vogue, and the outsized impact of the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, all herald …
Public Policy March 1, 2023

Unequal Cities

Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States

Richard McGahey

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. However, the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality—and deeply entrenched anti-urban policies …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast March 1, 2023

The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover

How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

Lerone A. Martin

Hosted by Mark Klobas
On a Sunday morning in 1966, a group of white evangelicals dedicated a stained glass window to J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI director was not an evangelical, but his Christian …
Diplomatic History February 28, 2023

Confronting Saddam Hussein

George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq

Melvyn P. Leffler

Hosted by Grant Golub
America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event …
MIT Press Podcast February 28, 2023

What a City Is for

Remaking the Politics of Displacement

Matt Hern

Hosted by MIT Press
Matt Hern began to examine urban displacement when he first encountered an empty lot in the northeast sector of Portland, OR. This corner was the site of a community resisting …