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Education and Enrichment for Everyone: The 2020 Presidential Campaign - After Super Tuesday 03/06/2020

Eric Davis, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Middlebury College

Woodchuck Report: Impeachment and Current Events 12/13/2019

Host Varpilah Chase covers current events and news on the impeachment of President Trump.

What's Going On?: Regime Changes Everywhere 11/15/2019

Host Sandy Baird sits down with colleagues Kurt Mehta, Marc Estrin, Pete Garritano, and Ian Stokes to talk about the current regime changes taking place throughout the world.

Operation City on a Hill: The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium 11/12/2019

The title is taken from a book by Martin Gurri. This episode deals with the phenomenon behind why a certain segment of the public is sticking behind Donald despite the mounting evidence of corruption surrounding his administration. It then focuses on the question of Liberal Democracy's survival.

"All over the world, elite institutions from governments to media to academia are losing their authority and monopoly control of information to dynamic amateurs and the broader public. This book, until now only in samizdat (and Kindle) form, has been my #1 handout for the last several years to anyone seeking to understand this unfolding shift in power from hierarchies to networks in the age of the Internet." --Marc Andreessen, co-founder, Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz

"We are in an open war between publics with passionate and untutored interests and elites who believe they have the right to guide those publics. Gurri asks the essential question: can liberal representative democracy survive the rise of the publics?" --Roger Berkowitz, Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center, Professor of Politics and Human Rights at Bard College.

What's Going On?: The Presidential Race 10/04/2019

Sandy Baird, Kurt Mehta, Pete Garritano, and Marc Estrin discuss democracy, treason, and the upcoming 2020 presidential race.

What's Going On?: Why Might the Democrats Lose in 2020? 09/06/2019

Sandy Baird, Kurt Mehta, Pete Garritano, and Ian Stokes discuss the upcoming Democratic presidential candidates, President Trump, Brexit, and other world affairs.

Operation City on a Hill: The Trump-Russia Investigation and the Mafia State 05/14/2019

One of the reasons Mueller had difficulty determining how direct the contacts were between members of the Trump campaign and the Russia state apparatus, was that they were looking at that state apparatus as if it was part a traditional nation-state. That was a major mistake, as Russia has morphed into a "Mafia State" since the collapse of the old Soviet Union. The relationship between major figures in Russian organized crime and the Putin regime is complicated and Trump has had decades to build these relationships. The whole thing was beyond the limited scope of the Mueller investigation.

Sandy Baird Commentary: Venezuela - The Monroe Doctrine 02/27/2019

Sandy Baird discusses the current political state of Venezuela and Trump's actions towards it.

Sandy Baird Commentary: Is America Still a Nation of Laws? 07/11/2018

Sand Baird shares her perspective and comments on the Trump Administration's implementation of the zero-tolerance immigration policy. She asks the question, "Are we still a nation of laws?"

Sandy Baird Commentary: Trump's First Year 02/12/2018

Sandy assesses the executive conduct of Donald J. Trump after a year in office.

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