This week Trey and Ken tackle a number of listener questions including: Can we avert civil war? How can I think critically? Is failing to federalize elections voter suppression? How would The Politics Guys fix the nomination process? Listener…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week Trey and Ken tackle a number of listener questions including: * Can we avert civil war? * How can I think critically? * Is failing to federalize elections voter suppression? * How would The Politics Guys fix the nomination process? Listener support helps make…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week Trey is joined by Ken. In a surprise ending Trey and Ken deeply disagree! Before that the pair look at a potential hidden sentence in the inditement of Roger Stone. Then they turn to the Covington Catholic so-called smirk, focusing more on the complexities…
Mike talks with theologian and economist Mary Hirschfeld about her book . Professor Hirschfeld started her career as an economist, getting her Ph.D. from Harvard and then working and teaching in the field for the next 15 years. She then made a…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with theologian and economist Mary Hirschfeld about her book Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy. Professor Hirschfeld started her career as an economist, getting her Ph.D. from Harvard and then working and teaching in the field for the next 15 years….
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week, Mike is joined by Republican policy analyst (and podcaster) Kristin Matheny. Mike and Kristin start things off by talking about the continuing government shutdown, including what it’s costing, the back-and-forth between Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell’s role, and how (and when) they…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike is joined by Beth Silvers from the Pantsuit Politics podcast to talk about some ideas he has for changing the U.S. Constitution. They discuss: Doubling the size of Congress Semi-proportional representation in the Senate Eliminating the Electoral College Mandatory voting Campaign finance reform Mandatory…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Will open with a continued discussion of the government shutdown. With employees now not receiving pay for the first time, it feels as if it has reached a new level of seriousness. Neither Mike nor Will see an easy path to the shutdown…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks to Patrick Deneen, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. In his book Why Liberalism Failed, Deneen argues not only that liberalism has failed (which you probably picked up from the title) but more importantly, he argues that it…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Jay open with a look at the ongoing government shutdown due to the impasse over border wall funding. The Guys actually agree as to their preferred solution – a package that includes funds for border security and comprehensive immigration reform. Neither Mike nor…