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Politics in America is transforming. We’re embarking on a new series to deepen our understanding of who we are, how we got here, and how we rebuild without repeating the mistakes of the past. Ron Steslow hosts academics, behavioral economists, social psychologists, politicos, philosophers, anthropologists, journalists, poets, and storytellers—and more—to discuss America’s political present and future and dive into the deeper problems we face as a nation. Email us questions or comments: [email protected].

System Error — Part 1

53 mins; November 17, 2021

Double Exclamation — The Weekly Roundup

67 hours 44 mins; November 12, 2021

Carly Fiorina on Playing the Long Game

81 hours 18 mins; November 10, 2021

An Existential Crisis — The Weekly Roundup

66 hours 52 mins; November 05, 2021

Winners Take All with Congressman Steve Israel

57 mins; November 03, 2021

Pandemic of Disinformation — The Weekly Roundup

59 mins; October 29, 2021

Strongmen — Part 2

46 mins; October 27, 2021

"Majority Leader Manchin" — The Weekly Roundup

64 hours 51 mins; October 22, 2021

Strongmen — Part 1

40 mins; October 20, 2021

"They’ll Remember That Sh*t” — The Weekly Roundup

66 hours 5 mins; October 15, 2021

Submarines, German Elections, and Biden’s Speech at the U.N. — A Global Power Q&A with Molly McKew

58 mins; October 13, 2021

Bad Blood — The Weekly Roundup

65 hours 45 mins; October 08, 2021

Our Own Worst Enemy — Part 2

51 mins; October 06, 2021

Dear Leader Zuckerberg — The Weekly Roundup

72 hours 41 mins; October 01, 2021

Our Own Worst Enemy — Part 1

56 mins; September 29, 2021

The New Single Issue Voter — The Weekly Roundup

65 hours 29 mins; September 24, 2021

A Short Bench

59 mins; September 22, 2021

‘We Gotta Go Now’ — The Weekly Roundup

73 hours 31 mins; September 17, 2021

The Pursuit of Happiness with Dr. Catherine Sanderson

30 mins; September 15, 2021

Domestic Radicalization — The Weekly Roundup

64 hours 4 mins; September 10, 2021

Politicology Mailbag with Ron Steslow & Lucy Caldwell

30 mins; September 08, 2021

Vigilante Injustice — The Weekly Roundup

76 hours 22 mins; September 03, 2021

Leaving Afghanistan: Part 2

58 mins; September 02, 2021

Leaving Afghanistan: Part 1

70 hours 14 mins; September 01, 2021

“Surfer on a Tsunami” — The Weekly Roundup

71 hours 4 mins; August 27, 2021

Capturing Insurrection: January 6 through a Photographer’s Lens

48 mins; August 25, 2021

“Sacred Cows” — The Weekly Roundup

82 hours 47 mins; August 20, 2021

Cuomo, Covid, and Climate, Oh My! — The Weekly Roundup

67 hours 12 mins; August 13, 2021

Directed Energy Attacks and Leadership Lessons with Marc Polymeropoulos

62 hours 14 mins; August 11, 2021

High-Stakes Hot Potato — The Weekly Roundup

77 hours 14 mins; August 06, 2021

“Shame and Ostracization”— The Weekly Roundup

80 hours 30 mins; July 30, 2021

Despair, Hope, and the Fight for 'Libertad' in Cuba with Al Cardenas

44 mins; July 28, 2021

Limited Time Offer: 40% Off Politicology+

44 secs; July 27, 2021

“You’ve Got To Feed The Beast” — The Weekly Roundup

72 hours 47 mins; July 23, 2021

Trillion With a “T” — The Weekly Roundup

70 hours 23 mins; July 16, 2021

Scott MacFarlane on Prosecuting the Insurrection

44 mins; July 14, 2021

“Vax That Thang Up” — The Weekly Roundup

59 mins; July 09, 2021

“Democracy In Triage” — David Becker on Brnovich v. DNC, the Voting Rights Act, and how to fight back

64 hours 51 mins; July 07, 2021

“Strange Bedfellows” — The Weekly Roundup

59 mins; July 02, 2021

“Constitution Bootcamp” — The Weekly Roundup

76 hours 11 mins; June 25, 2021

“Pipeline of A$$holes” — The Weekly Roundup

74 hours 34 mins; June 18, 2021

The (Departed) Lincoln Project Founders: Part 1

64 hours 48 mins; June 15, 2021

Politicology+ is here

3 mins; June 13, 2021

“Do not come” — The Weekly Roundup

70 hours 38 mins; June 11, 2021

Katie Hill on Revenge Porn, Cancel Culture, and Redemption

83 hours 18 mins; June 09, 2021

“For God & Country” — Weekly Roundup

63 hours 19 mins; June 04, 2021

“No Trust, No Truth”—The Weekly Roundup

56 mins; May 28, 2021

‘Normal Tourist Visit’ — The Weekly Roundup

69 hours 52 mins; May 21, 2021

An Eye On Elise Stefanik—Enemies of Democracy

38 mins; May 19, 2021

An Eye On Elise Stefanik—Enemies of Democracy

45 mins; May 19, 2021

“Crazy Times Carnival”—The Weekly Roundup

67 hours 15 mins; May 14, 2021

“I’ve Had It With Her”—The Weekly Roundup

55 mins; May 07, 2021

Out on the Field—Israel Gutierrez

61 hours 28 mins; May 05, 2021

Knock Knock Knocking Down Rudy’s Door—The Weekly Roundup

70 hours 2 mins; April 30, 2021

Drawing Democracy: Part 3—Winners and Losers

32 mins; April 28, 2021

White Supremacy Caucus—The Weekly Roundup

84 hours 57 mins; April 23, 2021

BOЯDEЯ CЯISIS—Molly McKew

63 hours 12 mins; April 21, 2021

Venmo-tional Baggage—The Weekly Roundup

71 hours 19 mins; April 16, 2021

Politicology Mailbag — Listener Q&A with Ron

23 mins; April 14, 2021

Sit Down and Shut Up — The Weekly Roundup

76 hours 29 mins; April 09, 2021

The Great Suppression—Tharon Johnson

63 hours 18 mins; April 07, 2021

Everything Is Infrastructure—The Weekly Roundup

72 hours 36 mins; April 02, 2021

Drawing Democracy: Part 2—Racial Gerrymandering and Voting Power

78 hours 12 mins; March 31, 2021

Capitol Coup Coordination—The Weekly Roundup

94 hours 9 mins; March 26, 2021

John Sipher and Molly McKew on Russia’s Asymmetrical Attacks on America

89 hours 47 mins; March 24, 2021

Rewriting the Insurrection—The Weekly Roundup

89 hours 50 mins; March 19, 2021

Victoria Soto on the She-cession: Women and Working Families in the Era of COVID-19

56 mins; March 17, 2021

Trump Cons GOP—The Weekly Roundup

60 hours 36 mins; March 12, 2021

Dr. Catherine Sanderson on Becoming Moral Rebels

86 hours 39 mins; March 10, 2021

Domestic Terror Threat—The Weekly Roundup

75 hours 10 mins; March 05, 2021

Celeste Headlee on Having Better Conversations

43 mins; March 03, 2021

Combatting Vaccine Skepticism—The Weekly Roundup

74 hours 31 mins; February 26, 2021

Drawing Democracy: Part 1—Redistricting in America

38 mins; February 25, 2021

A New Party is Needed—The Weekly Roundup

56 mins; February 19, 2021

How Smartmatic vs. Fox News Will Impact Cable News with Joyce Vance

45 mins; February 17, 2021

Perfect Phone Calls—The Weekly Roundup

79 hours 50 mins; February 12, 2021

Impeachment and the Most Divided Deliberative Body with U.S. Sen. Doug Jones

69 hours 11 mins; February 09, 2021

Republican Party Exodus—The Weekly Roundup

75 hours 41 mins; February 05, 2021

Reckoning with our Shared Trauma with Mary Trump

72 hours 36 mins; February 03, 2021

NEW: This is Politicology with Ron Steslow

5 mins; February 02, 2021

Navalny’s Arrest, Rudy’s Lawsuit, and the QAnon Caucus Chair—The Weekly Roundup

73 hours 54 mins; January 30, 2021

The Inauguration—The Weekly Roundup

85 hours 20 mins; January 23, 2021

Reconnaissance Tours, The PGA Snubs Trump, and Trump’s Second Impeachment—The Weekly Roundup

82 hours 7 mins; January 19, 2021

Trump vs Democracy Revisited: Anne Applebaum on Authoritarianism

57 mins; January 15, 2021

Trump’s Capitol Siege, His Desperate Phone Call, and Two (More) Wins in Georgia—The Weekly Roundup

82 hours 20 mins; January 09, 2021

The Hidden Battle Against COVID-19—Part 3

56 mins; January 06, 2021

Another Election Lawsuit, Electoral College Challenge, and New Year’s Resolutions—The Weekly Roundup

54 mins; January 01, 2021

The Russian Hacks with Tom Nichols

57 mins; December 23, 2020

Bill Barr Bails, Mitchell leaves the Republican Party, and McConnell’s Desperate Plea—The Weekly Roundup

46 mins; December 18, 2020

The Lame Duck DOD Shakeup with Malcolm Nance

87 hours 8 mins; December 16, 2020

Even More Trump Court Losses, and Trump's Whiff on Additional COVID Vaccine Doses—The Weekly Roundup

56 mins; December 11, 2020

Explained: The Electoral College

13 mins; December 07, 2020

Trump’s Unhinged Fraud Claims, The Trump Grift, and Shady Stock Trading—The Weekly Roundup

56 mins; December 04, 2020

Explained: How a Candidate Officially Becomes the President

10 mins; December 02, 2020

Explained: The Republican National Committee

52 mins; November 30, 2020

The Flynn Pardon, The Trump Legal Team Failure, and the Biden National Security Team—The Weekly Roundup

59 mins; November 27, 2020

The Mailbag

24 mins; November 24, 2020

Trump’s Attempted Coup, Lindsey’s Election Interference, and Covid-19—The Weekly Roundup

46 mins; November 21, 2020

Explained: Georgia Senate Runoffs

31 mins; November 18, 2020

Undermining Democracy, Delaying Transition, and Purges at DOD and the NSA—The Weekly Roundup

52 mins; November 13, 2020

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