Episode Release Delay
Due to an extended power outage, Jay and I weren’t able to record today. The juice is once again flowing and the next episode should be up by noon (EST) Sunday, November 6. – Mike
Due to an extended power outage, Jay and I weren’t able to record today. The juice is once again flowing and the next episode should be up by noon (EST) Sunday, November 6. – Mike

Mike talks with Chris Beem and Michael Berkman from Penn State’s McCourtney Institute for Democracy about their podcast and a whole bunch of other things including: the fact that two of our last four, and three of our last nine presidents have gone…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike’s back with his second food politics episode. This time, he reads his post on the politics of farm labor , getting into who works on America’s farms (mostly immigrants), how willing Americans are to do farm labor (not very, for understandable reasons), why nearly half of all farm labor is done by undocumented…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In this final episode of 2021 Trey and Ken look back to the biggest moments of 2021 in order to make some predictions about the big issues of 2022. They cover the party system, the durability of democracy, economic policy with a focus on…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with Jason Read, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, about his book The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work. Topics Mike & Jason discuss include: – work as a source of meaning and identity…

In this ‘Ask The Politics Guys’ episode, Mike and Jay respond to comments and questions on:
* the nature of the Mueller investigation
* the role of healthcare costs in personal bankruptcy
* contempt and civil discourse
* the wisdom of nationwi…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Travis talks with political scientist, Johns Hopkins professor, and CEO of Cohen Research Group, Dr. Michael Cohen about his new book, Modern Political Campaigns: How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have Revolutionized Elections, in which he provides insight into the practical nature of managing political…