Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Mike welcomes political scientist Will Miller back to the show. Will and Mike open by discussing the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Included is the perspective of Mike’s politically astute friend, Leah. While the…
This week, Mike welcomes political scientist Will Miller back to the show. Will and Mike open by discussing the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Included is the perspective of…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Mike and Jay open the show with a look at the accusation of attempted rape leveled at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford. The Guys have a lot of differences of opinion on this issue, though they do agree on…
This week, Mike and Jay open the show with a look at the accusation of attempted rape leveled at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford. The Guys have a lot of differences of opinion on this issue, though they do agree on the…
Mike talks to University of Maryland cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand about her new book, . Topics Mike and Michele discuss include: the importance of culture in understanding politics why some cultures are ‘tight’ and others are ‘loose’ the…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks to University of Maryland cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand about her new book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World. Topics Mike and Michele discuss include: the importance of culture in understanding politics why some cultures are ‘tight’ and…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey and Ken this week start off the show by looking at both the content and the fallout from Bob Woodward’s new book Fear. Both are fascinated with what it might mean for the organizational structure of the White House. Ken suggests that the drama…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks to Vanderbilt University political scientist Larry Bartels about his book (co-authored with Christopher Achen) Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Topics Mike and Larry discuss include: – identity politics – tribalism – the ‘folk theory’ of democracy and why…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Mike and Jay open the show with discussion of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. They agree that the hearings are almost entirely political theater at this point and that everyone’s mind is made up. Mike argues that despite this,…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Do Never-Trumpers Skew the Numbers? and other questions In this week of Ask the Politics Guys supporters ask Trey and Mike their most pressing questions. First they address the issue of if Trump’s support among Republicans is so high because never-Trump Republicans are leaving. Next…