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With all the noise created by a 24/7 news cycle, it can be hard to really grasp what's going on in politics today. We provide a fresh perspective on the biggest political stories not through...
In debates about the Supreme Court, we tend to focus on the justice who writes the opinion. But what if that’s not where the real power lies...
We're off this week for a much-needed spring break, but we wanted to re-share this episode that feels more relevant than ever. Infrastructur...
Are Americans really polarized along party lines? Today, we discuss a new paper from our co-host Anthony Fowler, about one of the most commo...
Is academic dishonesty connected to political power in China? That question is explored in a new paper from Shaoda Wang, Assistant Professor...
In this episode, we sit down with Stanford political scientist Andy Hall and PhD candidate Graham Straus to unpack their new paper, “How Acc...
Do members of Congress vote differently when they are worried about winning their party’s primary election? On today's episode, Ethan and Wi...
Do politicians really understand what drives voters—or are they relying on flawed assumptions that could shape democracy in troubling ways?...
In this episode, we speak with Cory Clark, behavioral scientist and Associate Professor of Psychology at New College of Florida. We discuss...
There is no political topic that can get people’s blood boiling quite like partisan gerrymandering. But what do we know about how effective...
What happens when a political party nominates a candidate in its primary who is ideologically extreme? Do donors, especially those outside t...
More than 25 percent of countries around the world are currently governed by populists, from Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, to Nicolás Madu...
What if most political science studies are too weak to find the effects they’re looking for? In this episode, we dig into a new paper by Vin...
For decades, free trade was treated as an unquestioned good—an engine of prosperity and cooperation. But today, leaders from Washington to B...
Every week, headlines tell us that a single federal judge has blocked a presidential order—sometimes halting major policies for years. But s...
Political scientists have long argued that legislators believe the public is more conservative than it really is—potentially shaping policie...
Do Democrats and Republicans really misunderstand each other as much as we think? This week, we dive into a surprising new experiment that p...
When you ask ChatGPT or Gemini a question about politics, whose opinions are you really hearing? In this episode, we dive into a provocative...
We're taking some time off to regroup over the summer, but we’re not just dusting off this older episode for no reason. When we first releas...
Before we get into today’s episode, we wanted to let you know this is a re-release as we take some time to regroup over the summer. But we’r...
Migration policies shape not only the economies of countries but also their politics. In this episode, we dive deep into how letting people...
What if the recent crackdown on elite universities didn’t start with Trump—but with Obama? In this episode, we trace a surprising through-li...
What if one of the most powerful tools to boost voter turnout isn’t a flashy campaign or a new voting law—but being randomly forced to work...
Hello listeners, we're taking a much-needed spring break here at the podcast, but we want to re-share one of our episodes that has become in...
Led by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE, Americans are debating once again how our government should hire civil servants, but a...
Infrastructure in the U.S. now costs dramatically more than in countries like Germany or Croatia—without clear signs of higher quality or be...
In elections across democracies, we assume voters cast ballots for candidates whose policies align with their interests. But what happens wh...
What happens when a political outsider takes power and shakes up the system? In this episode, we look at a fascinating case study that revea...
There’s a real-world experiment in governance happening that you’ve probably not heard about. It involves decentralized autonomous organizat...
Conventional wisdom says that a strong economy helps incumbents, while a weak economy hurts them. But new research from University of Chicag...
Why does Congress feel more divided than ever? Are politicians genuinely becoming more extreme, or is something else at play? In this episod...
On our last episode we had a discussion about what voters care about when electing politicians…and we mentioned a prior episode where we dis...
Do politicians really understand what drives voters—or are they relying on flawed assumptions that could shape democracy in troubling ways?...
When it comes to defending democracy, are politicians or the public more committed to its principles—or are both equally willing to bend the...
Hello Not Another Politics Podcast Listeners. We took some time off in preparation for the Thanksgiving Holiday but given the incredible pol...
Trump’s back in the White House—how did it happen? This week, we break down what the political science literature has to tell us about why v...
When it comes to online discourse, do Americans really value free speech—or are they more comfortable with censorship than expected? A surpr...
In the wake of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, claims of widespread voter fraud have fueled political controversies and public distrust...
Ever thought about how your college degree might sway your political leanings? Voters with and without college degrees drifting apart, espec...
We talk about it every election cycle…how can we get higher voter turnout? As part of the Center for Effective Government’s primer series fo...
In a recent paper by Washington University political scientist Michael Olson, he documents a very strange phenomenon. It seems that when leg...
Since Biden’s debate performance, America’s political elite have been engaged in a debate. How much does a President really matter for effec...
Have you ever made a 311 call? This is a service provided by many cities that allows citizens to call in things like potholes, graffiti, fal...
Hello Not Another Politics Podcast listeners. We’re taking some much needed time off as the school year comes to a close; but with the elect...
Hello Not Another Politics Podcast listeners. We’re taking some much needed time off as the school year comes to a close; but with the elect...
The Supreme Court is supposed to be our non-political branch of government, making decisions solely on the constitutional soundness of laws....
If the media is to be believed, the US public has a tenuous at best grasp on accurate political news. They’re either consuming disinformatio...
There is a fact of our political discourse so agreed upon that nobody thinks to question it: affective polarization…democrats and republican...
How do we know if our democracy is healthy? For political scientist, the answer often comes down to things we can measure like responsivenes...
When it comes to our federal bureaucracy, there are two schools of thought. One says that an insulated group of career bureaucrats have crea...
There is a long running debate in political science: do we get better judges by letting the public vote in elections or by giving our leader...