politics

#1293 Amy McPhie Allebest: Breaking Down Patriarchy

Aug 14, 2026

Amy McPhie Allebest is the host of the Breaking Down Patriarchy podcast and YouTube channel (@breakingdownpatriarchy). She has a BA in English from Brigham Young University, where she studied abroad in Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, and spent a year and a half in Chile. She also has a master's degree in liberal arts from Stanford University, where she gained the training to analyze and write about literature, philosophy, and history. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Utah, studying Education, Culture, and Society. More»
#1288 Omer Bartov - Israel: What Went Wrong?

Aug 3, 2026

Dr. Omer Bartov is Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. Dr. Bartov's early research concerned the Nazi indoctrination of the Wehrmacht and the crimes it committed in World War II, analyzed in his books, The Eastern Front, 1941-1945, and Hitler's Army. He then turned to the links between total war and genocide, discussed in his books Murder in Our Midst, Mirrors of Destruction, and Germany's War and the Holocaust. His latest book is Israel: What Went Wrong? More»
#1286 Hugo Drochon: Elites and Democracy

Jul 30, 2026

Dr. Hugo Drochon is an Associate Professor in Political Theory at the University of Nottingham. He is a historian of modern political thought, with interests in Nietzsche's politics, democratic theory, liberalism and conspiracy theories. His latest book is Elites and Democracy. More»
#1277 Matthew McManus: The Right Wants You Stupid, and Steven Pinker Is Wrong About Marxism

Jul 9, 2026

Dr. Matthew McManus is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of books like The Emergence of Postmodernity, The Political Right and Equality, and The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism. More»
#1261 Neal Hebert & Jon Cogburn: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump, and the New Cynicism

Jun 1, 2026

Dr. Neal Hebert is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Grambling State University. More»
#1259 Sarah Stein Lubrano: Why Political Debate Does Not Work

May 28, 2026

Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano is a writer, content strategist, and researcher. Her writing focuses on social and political life and its relationship to psychology. She is also Head of Research for The Future Narratives Lab, where their work focuses on narratives about social and political change. She is the author of Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds. More»
#1244 Keegan Tatum: The Psychology of Politics, and the Reactionary Politics of the Conservatives

Apr 23, 2026

Keegan Tatum is a YouTuber (@TheOneKeeganTatum) and TikToker (https://tinyurl.com/89v7a5tu) who talks about the psychology of politics. More»
#1239 Sophie Scott-Brown - The Radical Fifties: Activist Politics in Cold War Britain

Apr 10, 2026

Dr. Sophie Scott-Brown is a Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews. She is also Founder of the Everyday Democracy project with Open Society Foundation. She is well-known for her historical work on left-wing politics, especially the post-war British left. She is the author of The Radical Fifties: Activist Politics in Cold War Britain. More»
#1226 Nicolas Jabko - Technocrats in Turmoil: The Fed, the ECB, and the Changing Politics of Money

Mar 12, 2026

Dr. Nicolas Jabko is a Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His published books and articles have focused on European politics and political economy from a comparative and international perspective. His current research interests include central banks and the politics of money, neoliberalism, crisis politics, and sovereignty. His latest book is Technocrats in Turmoil: The Fed, the ECB, and the Changing Politics of Money. More»
#1220 Alyssa Battistoni - Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature

Feb 26, 2026

Dr. Alyssa Battistoni is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College. She works and teaches on climate and environmental politics, capitalism, Marxism, feminism, and other topics in modern social and political theory. She is the author of Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. More»