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Political Science
The New Books in Political Science podcast provides lively discussions of politics based on the work of political scientists (and scholars concerned with politics in other disciplines). The podcast thinks holistically about politics – from global to local.
Our hosts! Lilly Goren is professor of Political Science at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Susan Liebell is professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Lamis Abdelaaty is associate professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.
October 3, 2026
Beyond Incremental Reform
As the United Nations faces mounting geopolitical tensions, financial pressures, and new global challenges, what would meaningful reform actually look…
October 2, 2026
Rhetorical Powers
Recent years have seen a striking resurgence of anti-imperial and anticolonial rhetoric on the international stage, from Global South to Global North …
October 1, 2026
Kennedy's Only Hero
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill remain two of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century and Joel Nelson’s new…
September 30, 2026
How to Stay Human Forever
Many Americans have a constant dread of impending doom. Glued to the screens of our computers and smartphones, we sense that some total catastrophe is…
September 29, 2026
Smuggling Law
The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, trans…
September 29, 2026
Compromised Coalitions
When an election turns violent and neither side will concede, why is the usual answer to put both sides in the same government? Alex Noyes has spent n…
September 29, 2026
The Return of the Great Powers
From the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Cold War, global history was defined by rivalries between Great Powers. In the West, this meant the …
September 29, 2026
Great Power Diplomacy
Great Power Diplomacy. The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger (Princeton UP, 2025) is a captivating history of diplomacy—and an urge…
September 26, 2026
Democracy on the Edge
In Democracy on the Edge, leading political scientists John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel unravel the elections of 2020, 2022, and 2024 to show …
September 25, 2026
Driven to Their Knees
Humiliation pervades our politics, from images of stripped Palestinian men in Gaza to mocking chants at MAGA rallies. It suffuses pictures and videos,…
September 24, 2026
Iconic Fascism
In Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation in Interwar Radical Right-wing Politics (Bloomsbury, 2026) Aristotle Kallis uncovers the par…
September 23, 2026
The Nature of Freedom
What is freedom? Benjamin Constant and Isaiah Berlin divided the answers to that question into two categories: the positive conception of the ancients…
September 23, 2026
A Daring Enterprise
What happens when the United States launches an unconventional foreign aid program in the aftermath of a national uprising? In this behind-the-scenes …
September 21, 2026
The American Right in Ferment
Even as Donald J. Trump keeps his tight grip on the Republican Party, conservative ranks are rife with sharpening tensions on both domestic and foreig…
September 20, 2026
Strategies for Approval
When powerful states go to war, why do they bother asking permission? In Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military Intervention at the UN…
September 19, 2026
Twin States, Different Paths
At first glance, New Hampshire and Vermont seem like mirror images. Separated only by the Connecticut River, the oft-termed "Twin States" share a comm…
September 16, 2026
Lily Geismer on the Democratic Party in the 1990s
In this episode, hosts Lee Vinsel and Ben Waterhouse, along with producer Joe Forte, chat with historian Lily Geismer. Their conversation covers the e…
September 14, 2026
Contesting Pluralism(s)
Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond (Cambridge UP, 2024) challenges a widespread tendency to limit stud…
September 14, 2026
Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy
Why do so many citizens continue to support politicians who undermine democracy? And why have nationalist appeals become such a powerful tool for demo…
September 13, 2026
Rebellious Citizens
In Rebellious Citizens: Social Upheaval and Democracy in Revolutionary Mexico (University of Nebraska Press, 2026), Ulices Piña shows that democracy i…