Civic Lens

Civic Lens

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Civic Lens episodes

  • Factions & The Future of the Republican Party | Prof. Seth Masket - University of Denver (Ep. 10)

    S⁠⁠eth Masket⁠⁠, University of Denver Professor of Political Science is on Substack at the @smotus report, and is the author of The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders⁠, Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016-2020,⁠ and ⁠The Inevitable Party: Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy⁠.

    Masket recommends: Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right and How the Tea Party Captured the GOP: Insurgent Factions in American Politics.

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    23 min
  • Political Protest: How Leaders & Governments Should Respond | Prof. David Meyer - UC Irvine (Ep. 9)

    David S. Meyer, Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Urban Planning and Policy at the University of California, Irvine is the author or co-author of The Politics of Protest, The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement, and How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter.

    Meyer recommends: The Children and Occupy Los Angeles

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    23 min
  • Title IX & Gender Equity in Collegiate Athletics | Prof. Erin Buzuvis - Western New England (Ep. 6)

    Western New England Law Professor Erin Buzuvis provides a detailed examination of how the important changes that have resulted from Title IX, but also how the law still falls short of its authors' intentions.

    Buzuvis recommends: Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women's Sports Revolution by Deborah Brake, and 50 Years of Title IX: We’re Not Done Yet by the Women's Sports Foundation.

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    26 min
  • The Core Differences in American vs. European Capitalism | Prof. Kathleen Thelen - MIT (Ep. 5)

    Kathy Thelen is the Ford Professor of Political Science at MIT. Among her many publications, the former president of the American Political Science Association is the author of Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy; "Off-Balance: How US Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes," with Brian Highsmith and Maya Sen; and co-editor of The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power, with Jacob S. Hacker, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, and Paul Pierson.

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    26 min
  • The Philosophical Value of Discretion | Prof. Barry Lam - UC-Riverside (Ep. 4)

    Barry Lam, author of Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion, and host of Hi-Phi Nation, discusses how America's penchant for legalistic rule-making makes us all worse off.

    Lam recommends: : Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service⁠, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

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    41 min
  • Public Health & The Rise of Gambling on College Campuses | Dr. Hannah Allen-King - University of Mississippi (Ep. 3)

    Dr. Hannah Allen-King is the Executive Director of the William Magee Institute for Student Well-being and Assistant Professor of Public Health at The University of Mississippi. She discusses the need for more research into problem gambling, especially for college students, and why it is considered a public health issue.

    Allen-King recommends: Collegegambling.org, National Council on Problem Gambling, and International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization

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    19 min
  • NIL, College Sports & The Law | Prof. Ron Rychlak - University of Mississippi - Ep. 2

    Ron Rychlak, "⁠Current State of College Athletics After House v. NCAA⁠", Distinguished Professor of Law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi School of Law

    Rychlak recommends: ⁠Berry and Lust's College Sports Law in a Nutshell, ⁠Extra Points

    O'Bannon v. NCAA , NCAA v. Alston

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    18 min

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