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Politics in America is transforming. We're embarking on a new series to deepen our understanding of who we are, how we got here, and how we rebuild without repeating the mistakes of the past. Ron Steslow hosts academics, behavioral economists, social psychologists, politicos, philosophers, anthropologists, journalists, poets, and storytellers, and more to discuss America's political..
Politicology
1d ago
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This week, we look at No Labels announcing they won’t field a ticket and the impact RFK Jr. could have, how Trump’s abortion announcement and the Arizona Supreme Court case could impact the election, and Joe Biden tries to cancel student debt…again.
Joining Ron Steslow on this week’s panel:
Lucy Caldwell (Board Advisor to the Renew Democracy Initiative and advisor to the Forward Party)
Liam Donovan (Principal at Bracewell LLP; host of The Lobby Pod)
Segments this week:
(02:05) No Labels and RFK ..read more
Politicology
1w ago
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This week, we look at No Labels announcing they won’t field a ticket and the impact RFK Jr. could have, how Trump’s abortion announcement and the Arizona Supreme Court case could impact the election, and Joe Biden tries to cancel student debt…again.
Joining Ron Steslow on this week’s panel:
Lucy Caldwell (Board Advisor to the Renew Democracy Initiative and advisor to the Forward Party)
Liam Donovan (Principal at Bracewell LLP; host of The Lobby Pod)
Segments this week:
(02:05) No Labels and RFK ..read more
Politicology
6M ago
TikTok's potential risk to US national security is raising tough questions about how to address the challenge—legally. With 150 million Americans' personal data possibly falling into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party and fears of election interference via a foreign-controlled algorithm, TikTok finds itself in the harsh glare of the U.S. government's scrutiny. Broad bipartisan support favors aggressive action to ban the platform, but is such action even constitutional?
Join Joe Cohn, Director of Legislative and Policy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and Hagar Che ..read more
Politicology
6M ago
The Internet is awash in horrifying images and videos coming from inside Israel and Gaza.
Ron Steslow calls Catherine Sanderson, Ph.D. (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College), to discuss what you can do to mind your mental health when consuming disturbing media.
Note: We’re learning more and more about the atrocities Hamas has committed and about the events of the war every hour, including the blast at the hospital Catherine talked about during this call. We may not know the full extent of the terrorist attacks for some time. To keep up to da ..read more
Politicology
6M ago
The Internet is awash in horrifying images and videos coming from inside Israel and Gaza.
Ron Steslow calls Catherine Sanderson, Ph.D. (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College), to discuss what you can do to mind your mental health when consuming disturbing media.
Note: We’re learning more and more about the atrocities Hamas has committed and about the events of the war every hour, including the blast at the hospital Catherine talked about during this call. We may not know the full extent of the terrorist attacks for some time. To keep up to da ..read more
Politicology
7M ago
Richard Reeves (author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It) joins Ron Steslow to discuss his book and the struggles facing boys and men.
(02:13) Richard’s work and how it led to studying boys and men
(04:00) The risks if the problems are not addressed
(07:30) The gendered education gap
(0z8:20) How economic shifts have impacted men
(11:20) Intersectionality in the research on gender
(30:30) Recognizing these problems as structural and not individual
(34:40) Weighing the biological differences be ..read more
Politicology
8M ago
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Géraldine Blanche (Intellectual Property Lawyer and PhD candidate in Intellectual Property Law at the Sciences Po Law School in Paris) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the politics of fashion and intellectual property law
(01:26) Fashion in Politics
(05:36) Iteration, interpretation, and inspiration
(09:47) The need for time in fashion and democracy
(14:24) Environmental impact of fashion
(26:42) The impact of AI on fashion
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Politicology
9M ago
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Géraldine Blanche (Intellectual Property Lawyer and PhD candidate in Intellectual Property Law at the Sciences Po Law School in Paris) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the politics of fashion and intellectual property law
(01:25) History of laws protecting creativity
(09:20) What IP lawyers do
(12:50) What led Géraldine to fashion IP
(20:50) Fashion as political
(35:50) How politicians send messages through fashion choices
(41:41) Fashion as a signifier of political groups
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Politicology
9M ago
To unlock subscriber-only content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus
Géraldine Blanche (Intellectual Property Lawyer and PhD candidate in Intellectual Property Law at the Sciences Po Law School in Paris) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the politics of fashion and intellectual property law
(01:26) Fashion in Politics
(05:36) Iteration, interpretation, and inspiration
(09:47) The need for time in fashion and democracy
(14:24) Environmental impact of fashion
(26:42) The impact of AI on fashion
Follow Ron on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
Follow Géraldine on Instagram
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Politicology
10M ago
Shouldn’t we hold our leaders like President Biden to higher standards than the ones Republicans set for Donald Trump?
Join our host Ron Steslow, as he discusses this and more with Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert), and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN). We'll learn why Susan still holds onto financial disclosure forms from two decades ago and Hagar explains how the Barbie movie is impacting geopolitics.
Segments to look forward to:
(02:44) Unpacking ongoing investigations concerning the Biden family
(24:50)This wee ..read more