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2021.00: Welcome to The Politics Classrom!

The Politics ClassroomAug 18, 2021

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2023.15: An American in Lagos

2023.15: An American in Lagos

In the Classroom: Raymond Baker, Global Financial Integrity

Topics: Operating businesses in Lagos, Nigeria; Biafra War; Coups in Nigeria; illicit financial flows; Global Financial Integrity

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Animal Kingdom by Craig Allen Fravel

Episode Art: © 2019 | Kristina Sherk Photography


Raymond Baker's Books

Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy and the Way to Renew Our Broken System (2023) Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System (2005) Wiley

Links

Raymond Baker: https://gfintegrity.org/staff-member/raymond-baker/

Global Financial Integrity: https://gfintegrity.org/

Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/American_in_Lagos

Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285

Craig Allen Fravel: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/462

Episode Art: www.Kristinasherk.com

Invisible Trillions: https://amzn.to/3tFx5ZM Capitalism's Achilles Heel: https://amzn.to/3Q3mzD3


Oct 22, 202357:38
2023.14: It's Kind of Bananas - The End of Affirmative Action

2023.14: It's Kind of Bananas - The End of Affirmative Action

In the Classroom: Professor Steven Schwinn, UIC School of Law

Topics: SCOTUS; 2023 affirmative action cases; Equal Protection Clause; reinterpreting Brown v. Board (1954); achieving diversity without considering race; legacy admissions

Episode transcript

Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition music: Hello, Good Morning by Liberty

Photo description: White man with black glasses smiles at the camera while wearing a light blue checked dress shirt and navy blue blazer

The Politics Classroom website

The Politics Classroom YouTube Channel

The Bookshelf: under construction


Web Links

Professor Steven Schwinn: https://law.uic.edu/profiles/schwinn-steven/

UIC School of Law: https://law.uic.edu/

Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/TPC_2023-14_transcript

Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285

Liberty: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/262

The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/

The Politics Classroom YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ProfessorFloros?si=RGS1YraHeU8b7RtF

The Bookshelf: under construction

Sep 24, 202359:22
2023.13: The Collapse of Tunisia's Democracy

2023.13: The Collapse of Tunisia's Democracy

In the Classroom: Professor Sharan Grewal, Department of Government, College of William and Mary

Topics: Tunisian revolution; democratic backsliding; self-coup; hyper-presidential political system; constitutional referendum; boycotting elections; secular/Islamist divide

Episode Transcript

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Let Rivers Flow by Cast of Characters

The Politics Classroom website

The Bookshelf

Episode on YouTube


Episode Links

Professor Sharan Grewal: https://sharangrewal.com/

Department of Government, College of William and Mary: https://www.wm.edu/as/government/index.php

Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/TunisiaDemocracyCollapse

"Three Goddesses": https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263 Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285 "Let Rivers Flow": https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12465 Cast of Characters: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280 The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/

The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-13-the-collapse-of-tunisia-s-democracy

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1QmNAJ2Kf2A

Jul 30, 202356:58
2023.12: Racism is Over - SCOTUS

2023.12: Racism is Over - SCOTUS

In the Classroom: Evan McKenzie, UIC Political Science

Topics: US Supreme Court; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; writ of certiorari; Rule 10; rule of four; Voting Rights Act, Sec. 2; Independent State Legislature "Theory"; Affirmative action

Episode transcript

Episode art: Photo by Rochelle Nicole on Unsplash

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Swampy Lands by Adam Saban Transition sound effects: Electrical Guitar Clean Muted Melody Light 01 on Soundstripe

The Politics Classroom website

In the Classroom: Evan McKenzie: https://www.evancmckenzie.com/ UIC Political Science: https://pols.uic.edu/

Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/RacismOverSCOTUS

Photo: Rochelle Nicole: https://unsplash.com/@rchllwlsn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText Unsplash⁠: https://unsplash.com/photos/E9uJ65vwGmE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263 Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285

Transition Music: Swampy Lands: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15115 Adam Saban: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/642

Transition sound effects: Electrical Guitar Clean Muted Melody Light 01: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/40655 Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/

The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/

Jul 16, 202357:12
2023.11: Constitutions, Candidates, and Coups, Oh My!

2023.11: Constitutions, Candidates, and Coups, Oh My!

In the Classroom: Semih Patan & Petia Kostadinova, UIC Political Science

Topics: Tunisia clarification and update; regimes, political systems, and voting rules 101; political party ideology; 2016 failed coup in Turkey; 2017 constitutional referendum in Turkey

Episode Transcript

Photo by Peter Kostov on Unsplash

Image description: View of the Palace of Westminster, the Parliament of the UK, from the River Thames at sunset with the building reflected in the river.

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Ticky Tacky by Rhythm Scott

Transition sound effect: Ball Shot at the Shield 01 from Soundstripe

Links Semih Patan: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/

Petia Kostadinova: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/kostadinova-petia

Photo: https://unsplash.com/photos/lWLjqGxFPX4

Photo artist: https://unsplash.com/@strippedlight

Three Goddesses: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263

Third Age:https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285

Ticky Tacky: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8433

Rhythm Scott: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/211

Transition sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/53697

Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/

Episode Transcript: https://8f1774c7-307a-4f6c-9af9-721b2a20c996.filesusr.com/ugd/478ee5_9bf3c85b4d7e469c915ce67ddb8d49e9.pdf

Jun 18, 202359:39
2023.10: Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey

2023.10: Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey

In the Classroom: Semih Patan, PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/; https://pols.uic.edu/

Topics: Competitive authoritarianism; Turkish politics; Turkish 2023 presidential election; Justice and Development Party (AKP); AKP over time; secularism in Turkish politics; military as guardian of Turkish democracy (previously); detour into Tunisian politics

Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/CompetitiveAuthoritarianismTurkey

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by ⁠Third Age⁠: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285

Transition Music: Bosporus by Federico Ferrandina: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/404

Transition Sound Effects: Simple Incoming 01 from Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/21205

The Politics Classroom ⁠website⁠: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/

For further information: ⁠The Bookshelf⁠: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-10-competitive-authoritarianism-in-turkey

Photo description: Turkish man with short, dark brown hair, parted on his left with a lighter brown beard and brown glasses looks directly at the camera. He is wearing a blue button-down shirt with a brown blazer.

Jun 04, 202351:23
2023.09: How Did the West Get Russia So Wrong?

2023.09: How Did the West Get Russia So Wrong?

When the USSR collapsed, the West had so much hope for an integrated, peaceful Russia. What went so wrong, and how did the West actually embolden Putin to become a "serial aggressor"? In the Classroom: Russia expert Ambassador Ian Kelly Topics: Ambassador Kelly's Talk 2:09: Ambassador Kelly's bio 4:27: Opening remarks 9:52: Outline of Talk 10:52: 1994 Budapest Memorandum 20:26: 2008 Invasion of Georgia 24:01: 2014 Annexation of Crimea 28:58: End of talk Q&A 29:50: Executive agreements v. Treaties 33:01: Public opinion in Russia 37:37: Implications of objectors leaving Russia 40:10: Impact on Russia's international reputation 42:57: Threat (or not) of NATO 44:29: Putin's endgame 47:37: Democracy building 51:31: Sanctions-dodging 53:49: Being an ambassador in Trump administration 56:43: End of Q&A Episode Transcript Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Multumesc Pentru Tot [Thanks for everything] by Cast of Characters Transition sound effects: Soundstripe The Politics Classroom website For further reading: The Bookshelf (under construction) Photo description: A hand, with all five fingers spread wide and pointing to the right, colored in the Ukrainian flag. Half of the hand, wrist and the thumb, pointer, and middle fingers are painted light blue. The other half of the hand, wrist, and the ring and pinkie fingers are pained yellow. Episode Links Ambassador Ian Kelly: https://internationalstudies.northwestern.edu/people/ambassador-in-residence.html Ambassador Kelly's bio: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/247944.htm Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/HowWestGotRussiaSoWrong Ukrainian photographer, Elena Mozhvilo: https://unsplash.com/@miracleday Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285 Multumesc Pentru Tot: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14760 Cast of Characters: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280 Soundstripe sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72094 The Politics Classroom: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/ The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-09-how-did-the-west-get-russia-so-wrong
Mar 12, 202358:11
2023.08: The Security State is Everywhere and Anywhere All at Once

2023.08: The Security State is Everywhere and Anywhere All at Once

In the Classroom: Professor Nicole Nguyen, UIC (Criminology, Law, and Justice; Educational Policy Studies)

Topics: Homeland Security curriculum in US schools; Countering Violent Extremism; role of teachers and therapists in policing extremism; gendered aspect of policing extremism; Zero Tolerance in schools; abolition; arguments that don't make sense; who becomes a terrorist

Episode Transcript

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

The Politics Classroom website

For further information: The Bookshelf

Photo description: Young Vietnamese-American woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes looks straight at the camera. She is smiling, and her teeth are very white. She's wearing a black shirt and a silver chain.

Mar 05, 202359:47
2023.07: Happy Birthday, UIC Radio!

2023.07: Happy Birthday, UIC Radio!

In the Classroom: Max, Sam, and Meghna 

Topics: 23 events in 23 years (2000-2023) to celebrate 23 years of UIC Radio.

For more information about each event, check out The Bookshelf!  (Under construction) 

Episode transcript 

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age 

Transition Music: Happy Birthday by Birds of Norway 

Photo created by Professor Floros (she really needs a production team!) 

The Politics Classroom website

Feb 26, 202357:25
2023.06: Ja'Mal Green Runs for Mayor

2023.06: Ja'Mal Green Runs for Mayor

In the Classroom: Chicago mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green

Topics: Chicago elections (in February!); E.P.I.C. agenda; activism arrests and bans; experience over age; creating a public bank; investing in neighborhoods; Progressive bona fides

Episode transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Miss U So by Midnight Daydream

The Politics Classroom website

The Bookshelf for further reading

Photo description: Ja'Mal is a young Black Man with a wide smile and short, black, curly hair. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a Chicago flag pin on his lapel, a white shirt and a lighter blue patterned tie. Ja'Mal's hands are clasped in front of his waist. The background is a city skyline colored green.

Feb 19, 202351:33
2023.05: Introduction to Disability Culture

2023.05: Introduction to Disability Culture

In the Classroom: Dr. Margaret Fink, Director, UIC Disability Cultural Center

Topics: Disability vocabulary, reclaiming "crip", disability justice, disability cultural centers, non-apparent disabilities, ADHD, improving accessibility in the classroom

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music:  Gotcha! by Avocado Junkie

Photo description: Margaret, a white woman with brown hair and brown tortoise shell glasses, smiles at the camera while taking a selfie. Margaret is wearing a blue and white patterned blouse and a navy blue cardigan. Behind her are the bright green leaves of the trees outside the BSB building on UIC's campus.

The Politics Classroom website

For further reading: The Bookshelf

Feb 12, 202358:50
2023.04: From the Archive - UICUF Wins a Contract (2019)

2023.04: From the Archive - UICUF Wins a Contract (2019)

This is a re-release of an episode of The International Classroom, a live studio precursor of this podcast. The episode originally aired on UIC Radio in 2019.

In the Classroom: 2019 UICUF President Janet Smith & Executive Vice President Aaron Krall

Topics: Union contracts; bargaining units; tenure-track v. non-tenure track; university budgeting

Episode transcript

Photo credit: UIC United Faculty

Intro & Outro music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age

Transition music: "Truffle Shuffle" and "Hotpants" by Tiger Gang

The Politics Classroom website

For further reading: The Bookshelf

Feb 05, 202348:33
2023.03: Behind the Scenes of a Faculty Strike

2023.03: Behind the Scenes of a Faculty Strike

In the Classroom: UICUF organizers Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney and Jeff Edwards; UICUF President and bargaining co-chair Aaron Krall

Topics: Union organizing; strike planning; forming a bargaining team; working with management; demonstrating power through mobilization; short tribute to Janet Smith

Transcript coming soon

Photo credit: Charitianne Williams

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Happy Claps and Whistle by Amir Madani Rascado via Soundstripe

The Politics Classroom website

The Bookshelf for further reading

Jan 29, 202358:47
2023.02: Teaching Doctors to Teach Other Doctors How to be Better Doctors

2023.02: Teaching Doctors to Teach Other Doctors How to be Better Doctors

In The Classroom: Professor Nicole A. Perez, Bridge to Faculty Scholar, Department of Medical Education, UIC

Topics: Medical education; medical racism; winding career paths; social and cultural capital; community cultural wealth; first generation student success

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: The Sheriff is in Town by Adam Saban

Podcast website

For further reading: The Bookshelf

Jan 15, 202359:27
2023.01: Populism - A Ubiquitous but Elusive Concept

2023.01: Populism - A Ubiquitous but Elusive Concept

In the Classroom: UIC History Professor Robert D. Johnston

Topics: Professors with teacher parents; union stewards; teaching aspiring teachers; the Omaha Platform of the People's Party (1892); not populism but populisms; conspiracy theories; nativism; US Founders

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Strikken by Tiger Gang

Podcast website

The Bookshelf for further reading

Jan 08, 202357:58
2022.29: Voices of UIC

2022.29: Voices of UIC

In The Classroom: I have the joy and privilege of speaking with many UIC faculty and students about what makes UIC special, and why they've chosen to make it home. Thank you to all who participated in the episode. I look forward to many more episodes in 2023!

Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: You Cool! by Ends of the Earth

Podcast website

Dec 04, 202257:30
2022.28: Inside Look at Campaigns in Illinois

2022.28: Inside Look at Campaigns in Illinois

In the Classroom: Ryan Hurley, Regional Director for the Illinois Senate Democratic Fund

Topics: Nov. 8 election; election day for a campaign staffer; paying campaign staff; post-Covid campaigning; the power of texting

Photo by Andrew Adams on Unsplash

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Viral by Sweet Sammy

Nov 20, 202259:13
2022.27: A Grumpy Old Man's Take on Politics
Nov 13, 202258:55
Not this week
Nov 06, 202202:37
2022.26: Franken-episode

2022.26: Franken-episode

Bits and pieces of previously unaired interview fragments, strangely stitched together with spooky results.

In the Classroom: Professors Cedric Johnson & Juan Albarracín and student panelists Hiba, Olivia, Meghna, and Sam

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transitions by Soundstripe

Photo by freestocks on Unsplash

Full episode with Professor Johnson

Full episode with Professor Albarracín

Full episode with student panel

Oct 30, 202259:28
2022.25: Around the World - Leadership Edition
Oct 23, 202254:59
2022.24: Criminal Governance in Latin America

2022.24: Criminal Governance in Latin America

In the Classroom: Prof. Juan Albarracín, UIC Political Science

Topics: Relationship between political and criminal actors in Brazil and Colombia; criminal governance; transitional justice; post-conflict

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Descarga Mapalé by Anthony Catacoli

Oct 17, 202254:45
2022.23: 'We Are Still Here' - Indigenous People in America

2022.23: 'We Are Still Here' - Indigenous People in America

In the Classroom: Dr. Angela Walden, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Diversity Initiatives, University of Illinois, Chicago

Topics: Representation of Indigenous people; 'Acknowledge is a Verb'; Native content creators; psychology of invisibility, ICWA, Relocation Acts, Indian boarding schools

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Age of Heroes by Caleb Etheridge

Podcast website

For Further Reading

Oct 09, 202259:26
2022.22: Debating Black Lives Matter

2022.22: Debating Black Lives Matter

In the Classroom: Professor Cedric Johnson, Black Studies & Political Science, UIC

Topics: Limitations of the Black Lives Matter approach to social change; class solidarity; busting myths about history; New Deal policies; GI Bill

Intro, Outro, & Transition Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Podcast website

Oct 02, 202257:05
2022.21: PoliSci Student Panel Saves Professor's Podcast
Sep 25, 202259:19
2022.20: Love, Comps, and IR

2022.20: Love, Comps, and IR

In the Classroom: Anya Stewart, PhD Student, UC Davis Political Science

Topics: Graduate school; internships; insurance (it's not boring, I promise!); a cappella; finding love in an intro class; comprehensive exams; academic advising

Episode Transcript

Photo credit: Brownstone Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: The Spokes, UC Davis

Sep 11, 202254:59
2022.19: Every Worker Should Have a Union

2022.19: Every Worker Should Have a Union

In the Classroom: Professor Jeff Schuhrke (SUNY-Empire State College-Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies)

Topics: Unions; higher education unions; National Labor Relations Act; unions and Democrats; exploited workers; Starbucks & Amazon unions

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Champagne Papaya by Avocado Junkie

The Politics Classroom podcast website

For further reading: The Bookshelf

Aug 28, 202259:17
2022.18: SCOTUS Summer School II (Religion, Guns, and Federal Regulation)

2022.18: SCOTUS Summer School II (Religion, Guns, and Federal Regulation)

In the Classroom: Professor Evan McKenzie (UIC Political Science/UIC School of Law)

Topics: Establishment Clause v. Free Expression Clause; regulating today's guns with 1790 regulations; relying on Congress to solve climate change

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: School Lunch by Nu Alkemi$t

Photo by Chris Chow on Unsplash

Podcast website

Jul 10, 202251:50
2022.17: SCOTUS Summer School I (Abortion)

2022.17: SCOTUS Summer School I (Abortion)

In the Classroom: Professor Evan McKenzie (UIC Political Science/UIC School of Law)

Topics: Supreme Court justices; radical v. conservative; Dobbs decision and implications

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Offering by Cast of Characters

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash

Podcast website

Jul 03, 202253:29
2022.16: Class Act Retires After 55 Years

2022.16: Class Act Retires After 55 Years

In The Classroom: Professor Dick Simpson, UIC Political Science

Topics: Rebirth of Democracy; history of UIC; balancing a career with public service; redistricting; voting; judicial elections; participatory and deliberative democracy

Episode Transcript

Photo: Wrigley Building, Chicago. Photo by Shelby L. Bell and cover design by Jim Proefrock

Intro and outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Baby I'm Coming Home by Ryan Saranich

The Politics Classroom website

For further reading, check out The Bookshelf

May 01, 202259:42
2022.15: It's Broke, and It Needs to Be Fixed

2022.15: It's Broke, and It Needs to Be Fixed

In the Classroom: Professor Laura T. Hamilton, Sociology, University of California - Merced

Topics: Racial consequences of underfunding public universities; austerity administrators; bankers on university boards; public higher education as a public good

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Underneath the Surface by Tiger Gang

The Politics Classroom website

Further reading about topics discussed on this episode at The Bookshelf

Apr 24, 202259:36
2022.14: Anthropology and Political Science Smorgasbord

2022.14: Anthropology and Political Science Smorgasbord

In the Classroom: Previously unaired interview content with Dr. Sabine Mohamed (UIC Anthropology), Prof. Chris Bonneau (University of Pittsburgh Political Science), and Prof. EJ Fagan (UIC Political Science)

Topics: Blackness in Germany; filibuster; voting rights legislation; the Deep State; and more

Intro & outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition music: Buzzbomb by Tiger Gang

Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash

Dr. Mohamed's full episode (2022.09: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend)

Professor Bonneau's full episode (2022.12: No One Should Have Life Terms...Except Tenured Professors)

Professor Fagan's full episode (2022.13: Promises Kept and Unkept)

For further reading, check out The Bookshelf at the podcast website

Apr 17, 202259:43
2022.13: Promises Kept and Unkept

2022.13: Promises Kept and Unkept

In the Classroom: Professor EJ Fagan (Political Science), University of Illinois at Chicago

Topics: Three branches of government; presidential authority; Senate filibuster; US Supreme Court cases; 2020 election promises; possibility of civil war in the US

While discussing Supreme Court cases that might be overturned under the current court, Professor Fagan and I mislabeled some of the cases, naming one case when we should have named another. Given that neither of us are judicial politics scholars, we humbly ask the listeners' forgiveness and direct them to The Bookshelf on The Politics Classroom website, where I've provided links to the cases we mistakenly named and those we meant to discuss.

Intro & outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition music: Sun of a Gun by Tiger Gang

Apr 10, 202257:57
2022.12: No One Should Have Life Terms...Except Tenured Professors

2022.12: No One Should Have Life Terms...Except Tenured Professors

In the Classroom: Professor Chris Bonneau (Political Science), University of Pittsburgh

Topics: College classes in correctional facilities; judicial elections; US Supreme Court; University shared governance

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Head Over Feels by Tiger Gang

For more on today's topics: The Bookshelf

For more about the podcast: The Politics Classroom

Apr 03, 202258:29
2022.11: It's Similar to How Cartels Work

2022.11: It's Similar to How Cartels Work

In the Classroom: Ryan Hurley, Regional Director, Illinois Senate Democratic Fund

Topics: Illinois Democratic Politics; campaign minutia; former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan; redistricting

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Rage On by Divisioner

Podcast website

For further reading

Mar 27, 202259:20
2022.10: The Road to War

2022.10: The Road to War

In the Classroom: Retired US Ambassador Ian C. Kelly

Topics: Ten centuries of Russia-Ukraine history in 30-ish minutes; Putin's motivation in Ukraine; what message Western sanctions send to China

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: These Open Roads are Calling by Joshua Spacht

Look for maps and readings in The Bookshelf section of The Politics Classroom's website

Mar 20, 202259:17
2022.09: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

2022.09: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

In the Classroom: Dr. Sabine Mohamed, Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate (Anthropology, UIC)

Topics: War in Ethiopia; Ethiopian military + Eritrean military against region of Tigray (Ethiopia); shifting alliances in Ethiopia/Eritrea; importance of access to the sea; race in Germany

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Endless Caravan by Delbony

For further reading: The Bookshelf on The Politics Classroom website

Mar 13, 202257:02
2022.08: If You've Imagined It, It's Happening

2022.08: If You've Imagined It, It's Happening

In the Classroom: Dr. Emily Vasquez (Sociology), Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate, UIC

Topics: Sociological aspects of genomic sequencing; public health philanthropy; sci fi medicine; government funding of for-profit research

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Blue Hour by The Stolen Orchestra

For further reading, check out The Bookshelf

Mar 06, 202258:46
2022.07: Critique of Academia with a Side of Existential Crisis

2022.07: Critique of Academia with a Side of Existential Crisis

In the Classroom: Prof. Heather Elko McKibben (Political Science), UC Davis

Topics: Challenges of academia; pandemic fatigue; Professor Floros' existential crisis; whether tenure is worth it

Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition music: Horcrux by Tiger Gang

Feb 27, 202259:55
2022.06: The US Affirmatively Needs to Take Action

2022.06: The US Affirmatively Needs to Take Action

In the Classroom: Dr. Lawrence Brown (Public Administration), UIC Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate

Topics: Affirmative action; federal hiring policy; court challenges to race conscious university admissions; US' inability to confront the past

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Ka Maluhia A Me Ka Hauʻoli by Cast of Characters

The Politics Classroom podcast website

Link to further reading on topics covered

Feb 20, 202258:27
2022.05: Migrant Youth in the United States

2022.05: Migrant Youth in the United States

In the Classroom: Dr. Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez (History), UIC Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate

Topics: Migrant youth detention; racialized immigration policy; geopolitical considerations for classifying migrants; from homelessness to the Ivy League

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Vamos by Matt Wigton

For further reading on this topic, see The Bookshelf on ThePoliticsClassroom.org

Feb 13, 202259:35
2022.04: Racialized Policing in Colonial France

2022.04: Racialized Policing in Colonial France

In the Classroom: Dr. Danielle Beaujon, Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Criminology, Law, and Justice, UIC

Topics: Policing in colonial France and the US; Charles de Gaulle; Algerian independence; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Il Primo Ballo by Reves Francais

For more information, check out The Bookshelf

Jan 30, 202259:11
2022.03: Equity is the Goal: DEI Initiatives at UIC

2022.03: Equity is the Goal: DEI Initiatives at UIC

In the Classroom: Dr. Amalia Pallares, Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Engagement at UIC

Topics: academia v. activism; MSIs; community engagement; the other CATE; Bridge to Faculty

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Island Spring by Bright Seed

For Further Reading, check out The Bookshelf on the website of The Politics Classroom

Jan 23, 202259:15
2022.02.2: Office Hours: Professor Holman is Lectured by Sheriffs

2022.02.2: Office Hours: Professor Holman is Lectured by Sheriffs

Special Office Hours bonus segment with Professor Mirya Holman (Political Science, Tulane University). Material about sheriffs and sexism that didn't make the original episode. Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Photo by Illumination Marketing on Unsplash
Jan 19, 202214:35
2022.02: There's Something About Mirya: An Aggressive Discussion of Women in Politics

2022.02: There's Something About Mirya: An Aggressive Discussion of Women in Politics

In the Classroom: Professor Mirya Holman (Political Science, Tulane University)

Topics: #FeministMafia, #MHAWS, differences in political ambition between girls and boys...and what to do about it

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Wire by Jessie Villa

For further reading: The Bookshelf at thepoliticsclassroom.org

Jan 16, 202259:10
2022.01: The Ongoing Effects of Settler Colonialism in the US
Jan 09, 202259:11
2022.00: Spring 2022 Teaser

2022.00: Spring 2022 Teaser

Check out the new website, thepoliticsclassroom.org for more about the show!

The Bookshelf is where you'll be able to find links to authors and ideas mentioned in the show.

Jan 08, 202203:11
2021.16: Dr. Smith Runs for Office...And Wins!

2021.16: Dr. Smith Runs for Office...And Wins!

In the Classroom: Professor Amy Erica Smith (Political Science, Iowa State University), Ames Community School District

Topics: Making the world a better place, being a political science professor who runs for office, the importance of an amazing graduate student mentor

Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Photo: Courtesy of Amy Erica Smith

For further reading, check out The Bookshelf at The Politics Classroom website

Dec 19, 202159:54
2021.15: Indigenous Sovereignty in the United States
Dec 12, 202159:51
2021.14: The Dangers of Populism with Dr. Fiona Hill

2021.14: The Dangers of Populism with Dr. Fiona Hill

Moderated interview with Dr. Fiona Hill (Brookings) about populism and the role universities can play to turn back the danger.

First meeting of The Roundtable, sponsored by Provost Javier Reyes (UIC)

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Intro & Outro Music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age

For further readings on topics covered, check out The Bookshelf on The Politics Classroom website

Dec 05, 202159:58