This week, Mike and Kristin unpack the current hot topic of Ukraine/Trump/Biden and impeachment inquiries. Mike kicks things off with a detailed list of the facts. Both note that it’s far too easy to tread into conjecture and opinion, which is why…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. Dr. Ackerman is one of the world’s preeminent scholars in the area of comparative constitutional law, with his ideas having been the basis for constitutional reforms in multiple countries. He’s the…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey and Ken are joined this week, in a Politics Guys first, by Mike! The three begin the episode discussing President Donald Trump’s potential pressure on the Ukraine and the fallout of impeachment. Mike thinks the process must move forward as far as investigation is…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS On September 20, Mike and Jay recorded a live show before a room full of attorneys at a Federal Bar Association Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Given the audience, this episode focuses on judicial issues, including judicial filibusters, the demise of ‘Blue Slips’ in the Senate,…
On September 20, Mike and Jay recorded a live show before a room full of attorneys at a Federal Bar Association Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Given the audience, this episode focuses on judicial issues, including judicial filibusters, the demise of…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Will and Brian begin this week’s episode discussing the drone attack on Saudi Arabian oil sites. Both argue that they would like to see definitive evidence of Iran’s involvement. Brian believes we should take more diplomatic measures to attempt to improve relations while Will argues…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with sociologist, author, and documentary filmmaker Jen Schradie. Dr. Schradie is an Assistant Professor at the Observatoire sociologique du changement at Sciences Po in Paris. Her research focuses on the empirical study of digital democracy, digital activism, and the digital divide. Her latest…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week’s show kicks off with Mike & Jay talking about the third Democratic presidential debate. They both see it as a continuing struggle between centrists, led by Biden, and the progressives, most prominently represented by Warren and Sanders. Neither Mike nor Jay expect any…
This week’s show kicks off with Mike & Jay talking about the third Democratic presidential debate. They both see it as a continuing struggle between centrists, led by Biden, and the progressives, most prominently represented by Warren and…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this listener mail show, Trey & Ken respond to questions on: how a libertarian-conservative can like Cory Booker the feasibility of penalizing candidates who break campaign promises if there are alternatives to polarized parties if hackers make using social media hard for government whether…