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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.
September 18, 2024
The German Stranger
Leo Strauss was a German-Jewish emigrant to the United States, an author, professor and political philosopher. Born in 1899 in Kirchhain in the Kingdo…
September 18, 2024
Celebrating Constitution Day, Part. 2
In this conversation, we dive into key issues shaping the legal landscape today: the complexities of constitutional interpretation, the evolving role …
September 17, 2024
Populista
Today I talked to Will Grant about his book Populista: The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongman (Bloomsbury, 2021). or more than six decade…
September 16, 2024
A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other
Many scholars and members of the press have argued that John Roberts’ Supreme Court is exceptional. While some emphasize the approach to interpreting …
September 14, 2024
The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland
Mary McAuliffe is a historian and lecturer in Gender Studies at UCD. Her latest publications include (is The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn co-authored with…
September 13, 2024
Harris, Trump, and the Politics of Presidential Debates
In June, a presidential debated ended the candidacy of incumbent President Joe Biden. On September 10th, Vice President Kamala Harris and Former Presi…
September 13, 2024
Rethinking the End of Empire
Why did a nation-state order emerge when nationalist activism was usually an elitist pursuit in the age of empire? Ordinary inhabitants and even most …
September 13, 2024
The Subject of Revolution
From television to travel bans, geopolitics to popular dance, The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba (UNC Press, 202…
September 12, 2024
The Political Evolution of Taylor Swift
It’s the UConn Popcast, and today we offer a political science / popular culture studies view of Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 20…
September 11, 2024
Celebrating Constitution Day, Part 1
Join us for an in-depth exploration of Professor Cass Sunstein's latest work, Campus Free Speech (Harvard University Press, September 2024). Togethe…
September 10, 2024
Are We Experiencing a Crisis of Culture?
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey spoke with Olivier Roy, professor of social and political sciences at the Europe…
September 10, 2024
The Privateers
School vouchers are often framed as a way to help students and families by providing choice, but evidence shows that vouchers have a negative impact o…
September 9, 2024
All Roads Lead to Power
Kaitlin Sidorsky’s book, All Roads Lead to Power: The Appointed and Elected Paths to Public Office for US Women (University Press of Kansas, 2019), is…
September 9, 2024
Rot and Revival
One of the great divides in American judicial scholarship is between legal scholars who take the justices at their word and assume that those words de…
September 6, 2024
Unsettled
Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine (NYU Press, 2024) digs into the experiences of young Jewish Americans who engage wi…
September 6, 2024
Playing with Fire
Drawing on a rare cross-regional comparison, Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India (Cambridge UP, 2024) develops a nove…
September 5, 2024
Polarized by Degrees
Over the past several decades, American society has experienced fundamental changes - from shifting relations between social groups and evolving langu…
September 4, 2024
The Thinkers
Political Scientist E.J. Fagan, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, once worked at a think tank, and…
September 4, 2024
Activism Across Borders Since 1870
From the Occupy protests to climate change school strikes and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 21st century has been rife with activism. Although …
September 3, 2024
Against Constitutional Originalism
The legal theory of constitutional originalism has attracted increasing attention in recent years as the US Supreme Court has tilted with the weight o…