AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar

I sat down with esteemed AP CoGoPo teachers Ryan DeMarco and Anthony Peek just as we finished reading AP CoGoPo exams in Salt Lake City. Together we grapple with the dreaded Question 4.

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Anthony recommends The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. Ryan recommends The Foreign Affairs Interview podcast AND The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. Daniel recommends About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin, depsite not having heard a single episode at the time of this recording (update: I've since heard it. Ryan was right...and so was I, for once). 

Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

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Dr. Ryan Daugherty is an AP CoGoPo Reader and a professor of political science at Butler University. 

His students read: 

• Most of the dense Orvis and Drogus textbook that podcast alum Karen Waples used as a basis for her AP CoGoPo textbook. 
• Ziblatt and Levitsky's How Democracies Die. 
• Too many articles to list!

He recommends On Populist Reason by Ernesto Laclau. 

Yours truly heartily recommended Ziblatt and Levitsky's upcoming release, Saving Democracy (coming this fall). 

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Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

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Dr. Anne Marie Choup is a professor of political science and an AP CoGoPo Reader. Here is her CV.

Her students read: 

• Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, by Louisa Lim.  
• Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, by Noo Saro-Wiwa. 

Yours truly heartily recommended: 

• The Wind of Change podcast by Patrick Radden Keefe.  Embarrassingly, I sang the song. Could've edited that out. Meh. 
• The People’s Republic of Amnesia and The Little Red Podcast, both by Louisa Lim. 

Dr. Choup urges you to listen to the Economist Daily podcast and stay tuned to resources like Transparency International, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, and Amnesty International. 

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Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

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Eduardo Magalhães III is a Professor of Political Science at Simpson College and currently serves as the Chief Reader of the AP Comparative Government and Politics exam.

Dr. Magalhães recommends that listeners of this podcast read Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman as well as Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. On behalf of Dr. Magalhães and his family, I might nudge you to join the Magellans at the Movies wherever you get podcasts. 

Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Special thanks to Karen Waples for her generous donation to the CoGoPod.

Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

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I am joined by Hugh Williamson, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.

Check out...
-Hugh's website and his writing for Human Rights Watch

-A collection of Hugh's writing and speaking about worker priests
-The 1982 film, The MIssing.

Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Big thanks to Jane Highley for her generous donation to the CoGoPod.

If you teach this class and want to participate in the CoGoPod in any manner whatsoever, please contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com. I cordially invite questions, comments, and suggestions.

Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

Thank you for listening.

A couple days after the AP CoGoPo exam and a couple weeks before graduation, I sat down with my students to reflect on GoGoPo. We explored the most valuable lessons they learned, the concepts they struggled with, and the countries they were most and least interested in. We wrapped with some gentle advice for students new to CoGoPo. 

Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps.

If you teach this class and want to participate in the CoGoPod in any manner whatsoever, please contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com. I cordially invite questions, comments, and suggestions.

Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

Thank you for listening.

I am joined by a virtual Mt. Rushmore of CoGoPo teachers: Ryan DeMarco, Lisa Dudgeon, Jane Highley, and Anthony Peek. They explore their favorite countries to teach and the most challenging concepts to communicate to students. Then they offer advice to students who are to beginning their studies of CoGoPo.

Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Big thanks to Drew Anderson for his generous donation. Good luck with your first year teaching CoGoPo Drew. We're rooting for ya!

If you teach this class and want to participate in the CoGoPod in any manner whatsoever, please contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com. I cordially invite questions, comments, and suggestions. 

Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

Thank you for listening.

I sit down with four esteemed CoGoPo teachers--Ryan DeMarco, Lisa Dudgeon, Jane Highley, and Anthony Peek--who just finished reading AP CoGoPo exams in Salt Lake City. We reflect on our week in assessing exams, giving a little extra focus to the argument essay.

Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Special thanks to Drew Anderson for his generous donation. Good luck with your first year teaching CoGoPo Drew. We're rooting for ya!

Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

Thank you for listening.

Karen Waples is an educator, an AP Consultant, and a textbook author. We discuss her new textbook, Comparative Government and Politics: Stories of the World.

Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you!

Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

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In commemoration of Russia's 1994 New Year's Eve assault on Chechnya (28 years ago today), this episode explores the Chechen struggle for independence in the 1990's, how Yeltsin failed, and how Putin's weaponized Chechnya to bolster his legitimacy.

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Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). 

Thank you for listening.