Harvard President Claudine Gay, State of Democracy, Predictions
Mike and Jay on Harvard President Claudine Gay, a new poll on the state of democracy in the US, and predictions from 2023 and for 2024.
Trump’s Eligibility and Immunity, Migrant Caravan, Trade Policy
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open the episode with a look at multiple state decisions concerning whether or not Donald Trump is eligible to appear on the GOP primary ballot. They consider the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause and whether the elements apply to Trump, the authority…
Anti-Urban Bias and Inequality in America
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with Richard McGahey, an economist and senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, at The New School. He’s served as executive director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, assistant secretary…
The Constitution: Freedom of Press
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey & Ken continue through the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights by diving into the 1st Amendment’s Free Press clause. They also look at how Free Speech and Free Press are intertwined. Finally, they look at the limits of these rights inside of civil…
NDAA, Hunter Biden, Israel
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey and Ken start the episode discussing the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Three key items the hosts zero in on are: the nature of passing it with bipartisan support, the temporary renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,…
College Presidents on Antisemitism, Israel and the Palestinians
Mike and Jay discuss congressional testimony by college presidents on antisemitism and if Israel negotiates in good faith with the Palestinians.
Biden Indictment, Ukraine and Immigration, Fake Electors, Upending the Tax Code
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike and Jay open the episode with a discussion of the indictment of Hunter Biden on multiple tax-related charges, as well as the broader House Republican investigation into the Biden family. They agree that Hunter Biden almost certainly cheated the federal government but that…
The Constitution: Freedom of Speech
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey & Ken continue through the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights by diving into the 1st Amendment’s Free Speech clause. What, if any, restrictions can government place on speech? What is and to what extent do people have symbolic speech rights? All of this…
Henry Kissinger, Sandra Day O’Connor, Santos, SEC v Jarkesy
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Trey and Ken open the episode covering two recent deaths: Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor. Trey outlines the positives and the controversies of Kissinger’s international realism, along with both his opening of China and his support for authoritarian regimes. Ken highlights the swing…
The Misunderstood Rural Voter
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castbox | PocketCasts | Overcast Mike talks with Colby College political scientists Nick Jacobs and Dan Shea about their book The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America. Topics Discussed Include: – what it means to be a rural voter – misconceptions of rural voters…
