This week, Bill and Phil discuss whether former President Obama is outshining Joe Biden, if China’s president Xi Jinping is overrated, what the increase in US hostages means for US power, and why Ted Cruz is so mad at Big Bird.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss whether former President Obama is outshining Joe Biden, if China’s president Xi Jinping is overrated, what the increase in US hostages means for US power, and why Ted Cruz is so mad at Big Bird.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss whether former President Obama is outshining Joe Biden, if China’s president Xi Jinping is overrated, what the increase in US hostages means for US power, and why Ted Cruz is so mad at Big Bird.

Great Power Politics, plus Big Bird

Politics isn’t always black and white. Dr. Bill Muck and Dr. Phil Barker, professors of political science and longtime friends, talk through the week’s news and discuss how political science might help make sense of things. In The Politics Lab, we put politics under the microscope.

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Politics isn’t always black and white. Dr. Bill Muck and Dr. Phil Barker, professors of political science and longtime friends, talk through the week’s news and discuss how political science might help make sense of things. In The Politics Lab, we put politics under the microscope.

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