E.J. is joined by special guest host Bryan Jones, director of the Policy Agendas Project. They interview three undergraduate J.J. Pickle Research Fellows, Krysta Kilinski, Matt Maldonado, and Chloe Slusher, about their research and experience working with the Policy Agendas Project. Krysta examines if polarization is caused by the replacement of old members of Congress, or adaptation by existing members. Matt examines how problems first appear in party platforms before moving to State of the Union addresses and Congressional hearings. Chloe examines how the Supreme Court's agenda reacted to the build-up of the federal bureaucracy.