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Centre College presents Centre Point, a new eight-part podcast series where Centre faculty discuss the 2016 election cycle. Listeners will gain a better understanding of political complexities as well... more
FAQs about Centre Point:How many episodes does Centre Point have?The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.
December 15, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 8: Wait And SeeIn this eighth of nine episodes in the post-election Centre Point podcast series, host Bill Goodman talks with Dina Badie, assistant professor of politics and international studies, about the election results as seen through an international lens. Badie breaks down the global reaction to the election by region, including countries in Europe and the Middle East, and discusses potential international issues facing the president-elect....more21minPlay
December 15, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 7: Translating 'E Pluribus Unum'In this seventh of nine episodes in the Centre Point post-election series, host Bill Goodman talks with Beau Weston, the John M. and Louise Van Winkle Professor of Sociology, about the potential looming culture wars following the election. Weston touches on such topics as how a sense of nationalism motivated some voters and the role the media played in impassioning the electorate before and after the election....more21minPlay
December 15, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 6: Pantsuit Nation and Its Long HistoryIn this sixth of nine episodes in the 2016 post-election Centre Point podcast series, host Bill Goodman talks with Assistant Professor of History Sara Egge about gender and the election. Egge, an expert on the women's suffrage movement, discusses how the lens of gender has impacted the decisions of the electorate, both past and present....more15minPlay
December 14, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 5: It's The Economy, StupidOn episode five of the 2016 post-election Centre Point podcast series, host Bill Goodman talks with Maria Apostolova-Mihaylova and Ravi Radhakrishnan, both assistant professors of economics at Centre, about the role the economy played in the presidential race. Apostolova and Radhakrishnan discuss the promises each candidate made regarding job creation in America and the importance of international trade deals and global markets to the electorate....more24minPlay
December 14, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 4: Shock and AweOn the fourth episode of the 2016 post-election series of Centre Point, host Bill Goodman talks with Lori Hartmann-Mahmud, Frank B. and Virginia B. Hower Professor of International Studies, about the international response to the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Hartmann-Mahmud touches on how various foreign countries have reacted to the election results and how the Trump administration will potentially interact with world leaders....more15minPlay
December 12, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 3: What's Left Of The LeftIn this third episode of the post-election series, host Bill Goodman talks with Professor of Dramatic Arts Anthony Haigh, a native of Britain, about a Brit's view of the American presidential election. Haigh discusses such topics as his views about how education level and class impacted the outcome of the election and the problems facing "the left" in American politics....more21minPlay
December 09, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 2: I Hate You, Nate SilverIn this second of nine episodes in the Centre Point post-presidential election series, host Bill Goodman talks with John Marshall Harlan Associate Professor of Politics Ben Knoll about polling, discussing how some polls can miss the mark and what ways voters can interpret polls in the future....more23minPlay
December 09, 20162016 Post-Election Series Ep. 1: Searching For A UnicornIn this first of nine episodes in the post-election series of the Centre Point podcast, host Bill Goodman of KET talks with Frank B. and Virginia B. Hower Professor of International Studies Lori Hartmann-Mahmud and Assistant Professor of History Sara Egge about the role of women in the presidential election. Among the topics Egge and Hartmann-Mahmud discuss are what drew women voters to support each candidate this year and what potential qualities the first woman president of the United States might need to possess....more24minPlay
December 02, 2016The Peace Of Wild Things: Talking with Wendell BerryIn this special episode of Centre Point, Milton Reigelman, director of the Center for Global Citizenship and longtime member of the Centre English department, talks with legendary writer Wendell Berry, who gave a reading at Centre on Nov. 14, 2016. Berry reads his poem "The Peace of Wild Things" and ruminates on such topics as storytelling as a calling and his love of his native Kentucky....more16minPlay
November 04, 20162016 Election Series Ep. 8: A Brit's Take on BrexitOn the eighth and final episode of the Centre Point election cycle podcast, host Bill Goodman talks with Tony Haigh, professor of dramatic arts and native of Britain, about the effect of the Brexit vote on global politics and its potential parallels to the 2016 presidential election....more16minPlay
FAQs about Centre Point:How many episodes does Centre Point have?The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.