Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with economist Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Dr. Sachs is also director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and has been advisor to three UN secretaries-general. In addition to being…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike & Jay start off the show with an extended discussion of the nationwide protest that continue in the wake of the death of George Floyd. They start with policy, finding a surprising amount of agreement on things that can be done on the…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Lane Kenworthy, a Professor of Sociology at UC San Diego. They discuss his latest book, Social Democratic Capitalism. Topics discussed include: – what social democratic capitalism is – if social democratic capitalism is only possible in rich countries – economic growth…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week Trey is joined by Ken and the pair begin the show discussing the evolving situation over the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. This includes discussion of the protests, the recent charges of third degree murder, and the long-term ramifications for the…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with economist Branko Milanovic. Dr. Milanovic is Visiting Presidential Professor at the Stone Center of Socio-Economic Inequality at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He was formerly Lead Economist in the World Bank’s research department. He’s also the author of…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS On this week’s show, Mike and Kristin take on President Trump’s firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, a move prompted by a recommendation from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. They also discuss Trump’s threats to withhold funding from Michigan and Nevada after…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike & Jay start off the show with Mike trying to explain that while he’s for the recent Title IX sexual harassment / abuse procedural rules (as is Jay) he has more of an issue with their being a mandate (in theory, at least)….
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS It’s big week for due process. Mike and Jay talk about the Justice Department’s decision to drop the case against Michael Flynn, FBI abuses, and Mike makes a pitch for an Independent Justice Department. Then they discuss the new Department of Education rules guaranteeing…
Mike talks with A’shanti Gholar, creator and host of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics podcast. Topics they discuss include: COVID-19’s disproportionate effects on minorities whether President Trump is racist, and if it matters demographic representation in Congress why the Democratic Party is so much more diverse than the GOP what Republicans can to do…
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey & Ken start the show talking Biden’s response to sexual assault allegation from Tara Reade. Next the pair move to discussing COVID, but primarily focusing on the armed protests in Michigan. Trey & Ken close the show discussing the entrance into the presidential…