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About Lilly Goren

Lilly J. Goren is professor of political science at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI.

NBN Episodes hosted by Lilly:

Political Science December 2, 2021

At War with Government

How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump

Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientists Amy Fried (University of Maine) and Douglas B. Harris (Loyola University Maryland) have a new book, At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump …
Political Science November 18, 2021

Fears of a Setting Sun

The Disillusionment of America's Founders

Dennis C. Rasmussen

Hosted by Lilly Goren
When Americans conjure the image of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, they often think about the various paintings that depict the Founders looking to George Washington …
Political Science November 11, 2021

Diversity's Child

People of Color and the Politics of Identity

Efrén O. Pérez

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Efrén Pérez’s new book, Diversity's Child: People of Color and the Politics of Identity (U Chicago Press, 2021), explores the term and category “people of color” and how …
Political Science November 4, 2021

Birthing a Movement

Midwives, Law, and the Politics of Reproductive Care

Renee Ann Cramer

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Renee Ann Cramer’s newest book Birthing a Movement tells the stories of American midwives and their battle for reproductive rights, legal intervention, and mobilization. This book is grounded …
Political Science October 28, 2021

Power Shifts

Congress and Presidential Representation

John A. Dearborn

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist John Dearborn’s new book, Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation (U Chicago Press, 2021), weaves together three connected threads in the course of his analysis: the role and capacity …
Political Science October 21, 2021

Hot Pants and Spandex Suits

Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic

Esther De Dauw

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Superman, Batman, Captain America, and Iron Man are names that are often connected to the expansive superhero genre, including the multi-billion-dollar film and television franchises. But these characters are older …
Political Science October 14, 2021

How the Tea Party Captured the GOP

Insurgent Factions in American Politics

Rachel M. Blum

Hosted by Lilly Goren
The discussion of factions in American politics is as old as the republic itself. But there is more to consider, particularly in terms of the way that contemporary factions operate …
Political Science October 7, 2021

The Congressional Experience

An Institution Transformed

David Eugene Price

Hosted by Lilly Goren
With years of experience as the Representative of the Fourth District in North Carolina, as an educator, a writer, and a political scientist, David Price examines the last 45 years …
Political Science September 30, 2021

Beyond Empathy and Inclusion

The Challenge of Listening in Democratic Deliberation

Mary F. Scudder

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Mary (Molly) Scudder, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, has a new book that focuses on an incredibly timely issue: how do citizens with deep and conflicting differences …
Political Science September 23, 2021

Political Mourning

Identity and Responsibility in the Wake of Tragedy

Heather Pool

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Mourning: Identity and Responsibility in the Wake of Tragedy (Temple UP, 2021) moves us, as readers, beyond the stages of grief to consider the effects of mourning. While grief …
Political Science September 16, 2021

Rhetoric, Politics, and Hamilton: an American Musical

Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury and Sara A. Mehltretter Drury

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Hamilton: An American Musical made its record-breaking Broadway debut in 2015—but the musical has reached far beyond typical Broadway audiences to pave a path into political discourse, pop culture, classroom …
Political Science September 9, 2021

America's Voucher Politics

How Elites Learned to Hide the State

Ursula Hackett

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Ursula Hackett’s new book, America's Voucher Politics: How Elites Learned to Hide the State (Cambridge UP, 2020), is the winner of the APSA 2021 Education Policy and Politics Section …
Political Science August 26, 2021

Why We Lost the Sex Wars

Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era

Lorna N. Bracewell

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Why We Lost the Sex Wars: Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era (University of Minnesota Press, 2021) helps us to understand not only the history of the “sex wars” in …
Political Science August 19, 2021

The Democratic Sublime

On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Jason Frank, the John L. Senior Professor of Government at Cornell University, has written a new book, The Democratic Sublime: On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly (Oxford UP, 2021), that …
Political Science August 12, 2021

The Great Demographic Illusion

Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream

Richard Alba

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, has written an intriguing new book on our understanding of American demographic data, and how …
Political Science August 5, 2021

The Politics of Herding Cats

When Congressional Leaders Fail

John Lovett

Hosted by Lilly Goren
In considering how legislation moves forward in the American political system, we often think about elected representatives sitting in committee hearings or Senators speaking from the floor of the Senate …
Political Science July 29, 2021

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

The Deep State and the Unitary Executive

Stephen Skowronek, John A. Dearborn, and Desmond King

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive (Oxford UP, 2021) helps us think about the complexity of the American political system that has grown up over …
Political Science July 22, 2021

Executive Policymaking

The Role of the OMB in the Presidency

Meena Bose and Andrew Rudalevige

Hosted by Lilly Goren
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is sometimes described as “the most important governmental office no one has ever heard of” and it certainly occupies a very important position …
Political Science July 15, 2021

With Ballots and Bullets

Partisanship and Violence in the American Civil War

Nathan Kalmoe

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Nathan Kalmoe has written a fascinating historical and political exploration of the connections between violence and partisanship before, during, and after the American Civil War. This book brings …
Political Science July 8, 2021

The Virtues of Vulnerability

Humility, Autonomy, and Citizen-Subjectivity

Sara Rushing

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Sara Rushing’s new book, The Virtues of Vulnerability: Humility, Autonomy, and Citizen-Subjectivity (Oxford UP, 2020), examines the very real experiences that individuals have in the context of healthcare, especially …
Political Science July 1, 2021

The Humanity of Universal Crime

Inclusion, Inequality, and Intervention in International Political Thought

Sinja Graf

Hosted by Lilly Goren
We often hear or read the phrase “crimes against humanity” when we learn about the Holocaust, or genocide in places like Rwanda or Serbia. And just as often, we don’t …
Political Science June 24, 2021

The President Who Would Not Be King

Executive Power under the Constitution

Michael W. McConnell

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Michael McConnell, the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford University Law School and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, has written an …
Political Science June 17, 2021

Unstable Masks

Whiteness and American Superhero Comics

Sean Guynes and Martin Lund

Hosted by Lilly Goren
In Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics (Ohio State UP, 2020), Sean Guynes and Martin Lund have assembled more than fifteen chapters that interrogate our thinking about superheroes, especially those …
Political Science June 10, 2021

Against Demagogues

What Aristophanes Can Teach Us about the Perils of Populism and the Fate of Democracy

Robert C. Bartlett

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Robert Bartlett spoke with the New Books in Political Science podcast about two of his recent publications, which take on translating the work of two distinct classical thinkers …