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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…
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The Campus Back Door
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this episode, Ron talks to Isaac Stone Fish (founder…
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Switching Sides — The Weekly
Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare) joins Host Ron Steslow to examine twelve consequential days in U.S.-Russia…
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TAPPED: A Managed Cold War
Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations) joins Host Ron Steslow to unpack Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington—and why…
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From Ashes to Algorithms—Plus Preview
Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid unpack the suspicious four-day push by some of the biggest AI companies begging to be regulated and why it’s less a safety…
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Full Faith And Credit—The Weekly
Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) joins host Ron Steslow trace how eroding trust, the kind that backs the electoral map and the dollar, is reshaping…
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From 9/11 to Surveillance Dollars — The Weekly
Hagar Chemali (former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations) and Nick Anthony (Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute and a Fellow at the Human…
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Ballot Bots — The Weekly
Zack Czajkowski (co-founder of Civly) joins host Ron Steslow to map the first election of the chatbot era and to ask why the party that once led on campaign…
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The Surveillance Revolt — The Weekly
Katherine Mangu-Ward (Editor in Chief of Reason) joins host Ron Steslow to examine the growing revolt against automated license-plate surveillance company…
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Data Center Dissent — The Weekly
Susan Del Percio (crisis communications expert and political analyst at MS NOW) joins host Ron Steslow to trace how a revolt against data centers opens larger…
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Democratic Socialists vs. American Power — The Weekly
Hagar Chemali (former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations) joins host Ron Steslow to take the Democratic Socialists of America’s foreign…
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Pax Machina — The Weekly
Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) joins host Ron Steslow to examine how AI is redrawing the machinery of politics and forcing a reckoning with what…
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ENCORE: The Sinister Threat of Digital Dollars
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this episode, Ron talks to Nick Anthony (Policy Analyst…
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An Oligarch’s Warning—The Weekly
Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare) joins host Ron Steslow to examine how Ukraine’s widening reach is bringing the…
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ENCORE: The Power of Emotional Intelligence
Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College) joins Ron Steslow to discuss emotional intelligence and…
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Double Feature: Machines Without Conscience, Corruption Without Consequence—Politicology+ Preview
This week, we’re bringing you another double feature of Politicology+ special previews. First, Ron Steslow talks with Mike Madrid about Pope Leo XIV's first…
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ENCORE: The Power Code
Katty Kay (veteran reporter and four-time NYT bestselling author) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss her new book The Power Code: More Joy. Less Ego. Maximum…
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Double Feature: Oxford Union, Doha's Long Game—Politicology+ Preview
This week, we’re bringing you a double feature of Politicology+ special previews. First, Ron Steslow talks with Mike Madrid about his invitation to debate at…
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ENCORE: Foreign Agents
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this episode, Ron talks to Casey Michel (Director of…
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ENCORE: Bitcoin is Changing the Fight for Freedom
Host Ron Steslow welcomes Alex Gladstein (Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation) to discuss the significant and often misunderstood role of…
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Is Horseshoe Populism the End of Pax Americana?
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this episode, Ron talks to Jay Solomon (executive…
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The Last Institutionalists—The Weekly
Mike Madrid (Author of The Latino Century) joins Host Ron Steslow to dive into how populism is consuming both parties and the institutions meant to contain…
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American Made
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this episode, Ron talks to Grace Pak (founder and cake…
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Inside The White House’s Epstein Crisis—The Weekly
Susan Del Percio (crisis communications expert) joins host Ron Steslow to examine what becomes of a populist movement once it captures the institutions it was…
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Policing Words — The Weekly
Billy Binion (reporter at Reason Magazine) joins host Ron Steslow to examine how democratic governments are redefining speech as a harm to be managed and who…
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ENCORE: Worthy of Protection — Part 2
To unlock subscriber-only content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus Géraldine Blanche (Intellectual Property Lawyer and PhD candidate in Intellectual…
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Oil & Infowar — The Weekly
Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) is back in studio with host Ron Steslow to map the widening gap between the Trump…
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ENCORE: Worthy of Protection—Part 1
To unlock subscriber-only content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus Géraldine Blanche (Intellectual Property Lawyer and PhD candidate in Intellectual…
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Supporting Ukrainian Units on the Front Lines
Molly McKew is raising urgent funds for Ukrainian units that need help replacing critical equipment destroyed in a Russian strike and building a mobile…
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The Weekly: Mailbag Edition
In this mailbag episode of The Weekly, Ron Steslow and Mike Madrid sit down to answer listener questions, on Latino dealignment, whether states should call a…
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ENCORE: Democracy Interventions with Prof. Robb Willer
What are the psychological forces driving that partisan animosity? What’s causing Americans to vote for anti-democracy candidates? Are there any interventions…
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[+] 'Credible and Urgent' — Historic UFO Disclosures Begin
Ron Steslow talks to journalist Brady Dale about the U.S. government's unprecedented UFO/UAP disclosure: from the Pentagon's new PURSUE archive and President…
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Peptide Politics — The Weekly
Brady Dale (Author of Front Stage Exit) joins Host Ron Steslow to examine the booming gray market for therapeutic peptides and what it reveals about medical…
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ENCORE: True Crime in the Post-Truth Era
To unlock subscriber-only content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus How does murder during a robbery-gone-wrong become an international conspiracy theory?…
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The Battlefield Laboratory — The Weekly
Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare) joins Host Ron Steslow to take stock of the war shifting beneath the surface…
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What Happens After The End of Majority-Minority Districts? [Plus Preview]
Not yet a Politicology+ member? Don’t miss all the extra episodes on the private, ad-free version of this podcast. Upgrade now at politicology.com/plus. Ron…
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The End of Financial Privacy? — The Weekly
Nicholas Anthony (Research Fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives) joins Host Ron Steslow to examine how the stablecoin…
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Home Economics
Mike Madrid and Susan Del Percio dig into why housing affordability has become the central economic and political problem heading into the midterms. They…
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Why The AI Bubble Doesn’t Matter
Ron Steslow continues his discussion with Izabella Kaminska to unpack one of the biggest assumptions behind the AI boom: that it will generate enough growth to…
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America Adrift — The Weekly
Mike Madrid (Author of The Latino Century) joins Host Ron Steslow to examine America’s growing crisis of purpose and how that crisis is showing up across…
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ENCORE: The Future of Food
You may know him from his dazzling dishes showcased on the hit Netflix TV series, “Chef’s Table,” but three-Star Michelin Chef Dan Barber (Blue Hill at Stone…
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AI Weapons and Mass Surveillance — The Weekly
Hagar Chemali (Fmr. spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) is back in studio with Host Ron Steslow for a conversation about how artificial intelligence…
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ENCORE: Modeling Victory — Part 2
In the second episode of this two part series, Øptimus co-founder and Data Science Director for Decision Desk HQ Scott Tranter joins Ron Steslow to talk about…
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Fortress America — The Weekly
Journalist Izabella Kaminska (The Blind Spot, Financial Times, POLITICO Europe) joins Host Ron Steslow for a wide-ranging discussion about what the war with…
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ENCORE: Modeling Victory — Part 1
In this two part series, Øptimus co-founder and Data Science Director for Decision Desk HQ Scott Tranter joins Ron Steslow to talk about data science, polling…
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Who Gets to Be an American? — The Weekly
Susan Del Percio (Crisis Communications Expert) joins Host Ron Steslow for a wide-ranging conversation about one of the most fundamental questions in American…
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ENCORE: Power To The People: Decentralizing Technology
Host Ron Steslow welcomes Mike Brock, CEO of TBD, a subsidiary of Block Inc. (formerly Square), the financial technology firm led by Twitter founder Jack…
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Why the Essay Matters Again — The Weekly
Why are essays resonating again in this moment? And what does it mean when writers, not just journalists or politicians, start helping people make sense of…
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ENCORE: Secret City with James Kirchick
James Kirchick joins Ron Steslow to discuss his book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington (01:55) Why he wrote the book (06:43) The interwoven…
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What Is the Real Goal of the War in Iran?—The Weekly
Ron Steslow is joined by Hagar Chemali (Fmr. spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Iran, the confusion…
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[+] The Havana Syndrome Coverup [Members Only]
Hagar Chemali and Marc Polymeropoulos join Ron Steslow to discuss the explosive new reporting about the CIA’s coverup of Anomalous Health Incidents—also known…
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ENCORE: The Identity Trap—Part 2
Even after historic civil rights progress over the last sixty years, there’s no denying that certain groups of people still face real, serious, and even…
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ENCORE: The Identity Trap—Part 1
Even after historic civil rights progress over the last sixty years, there’s no denying that certain groups of people still face real, serious, and even…
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ENCORE: Briefly, Perfectly Human
Alua Arthur (Death Doula) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss the importance of embracing mortality, talking about death, and her new book, Briefly Perfectly…
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The Epstein Files and the Collapse of Trust—The Weekly
The Epstein files were supposed to bring clarity—what happened, who knew, and who was protected. Instead, the slow drip of disclosures, redactions, and missing…
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The Devil’s Advocates—Part 2
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In part two of this series, Ron talks to Rebecca Roiphe…
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The Nerd Reich—The Weekly
What if the “next big thing” out of Silicon Valley isn’t an app—it’s a political project engineered to bypass democracy? In this episode, Guest Host Mike…
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ENCORE: The Devil’s Advocates—Part 1
For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In this two-part episode, Ron talks to Rebecca Roiphe…
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The ICE Blowback—The Weekly
Americans largely agree on two immigration goals: securing the border and deporting people here illegally who have committed violent crimes. But inside the…
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ENCORE: Democracy’s Christian Enemies — Part 2
Are there tendencies within Christian tradition that put some versions of the faith in tension with core principles of democracy? What is “Authoritarian…
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Doomsday Prep—The Weekly
Guest Host Lucy Caldwell and Dmitri Mehlhorn (Founder, The Atoll Society) have a conversation about political risk, institutional blind spots, and what…