Not My Generation

In this episode, Emily and James pour through the results of survey data collected by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and find some interesting results about Gen Z. For example, a slight majority of "Gen Z women are substantially more liberal than Gen Z men," there is more religious diversity among Gen Z, Americans don't apparently think Gen Z is overly lazy, and Gen Z adults have more negative emotions than older generations.

In addition, we discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict, the war in Ukraine, and Tucker Carlson's Putin/Russian interview/tour (propaganda tour?), and interesting elections coming up internationally. We also discuss the recent death of a non-binary student in Owasso, Oklahoma and the need for transparency from both school officials and law enforcement, as well as a request for restraint from the public on speculation about this case.

Check out the polling results we discuss from PRRI here: https://www.prri.org/research/generation-zs-views-on-generational-change-and-the-challenges-and-opportunities-ahead-a-political-and-cultural-glimpse-into-americas-future/

Learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

Learn more about Professor James Davenport here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. You can also email us at [email protected]

The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.

Political polarization seems to continue to grow. Republicans and Democrats can't seem to find a way to compromise and work together (Just as Sen. James Lankford). Social media is filled with insults hurled towards political opponents and memes making fun of those with whom we disagree. What can be done?

Enter Unify America and the Bipartisan Policy Center. In this episode, Emily & James visit with Arielle Mizrahi of Unify America and Matt Kuchem from the Bipartisan Policy Center. They discuss the work they are doing to help bridge the divide between people and officials of opposing political views.

Emily has had her students participate in Unify America's "College Bowl" and James has been involved in the Bipartisan Partisan Center's "Campus Free Expression" project. We're big fans of both organizations and their missions. Find out what they think is creating so much division, and how we can overcome it.

To learn more about Unify American and find out how you can participate in one of their programs, go here: https://www.unifyamerica.org/

To follow the work of the Bipartisan Policy Center, go here: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/

To read the "Perception Gap" Study by More in Common that is discussed in this episode, go here: https://perceptiongap.us/

For more information about Arielle Mizrahi, click here: https://www.unifyamerica.org/team-members/arielle-mizrahi

For more information about Matt Kuchem, click here: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/matthew-kuchem/

To find out more about Dr. Emily Stacey, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

To find out more about Prof. James Davenport, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast.

The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.

This is the second of a two-part series previewing the upcoming session of the Oklahoma Legislature. In this episode Emily and James visit with Shawn Ashley of Quorum Call and Paul Monies from Oklahoma Watch regarding various bills that have been filed, what the legislature will be focused on, and why another special session was called.

In addition, they discuss how journalists handle legislators and other public officials who use the bill filing process as means of getting attention or using other official acts to troll the media.

By the way, what's up with reporters' mothers? This is the second episode in which reporters have mentioned getting into trouble with their moms.

To learn more about Quorum Call, go here: https://quorumcall.online/

To find out more about Oklahoma Watch, click here: https://oklahomawatch.org/about/

To find out more about Dr. Emily Stacey, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

To learn more about Professor James Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast.

The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty or students.

This is the first of two episodes that previews the upcoming legislative session in Oklahoma. Emily and James visit with Tres Savage, editor-in-chief of NonDoc.com and Carmen Forman (our first repeat guest), reporter with Oklahoma Voice.

We discuss the special session called just one week prior to the start of the regular session, what legislation will be the focus of this session, and what kind of bills have caught their attention. Along the way we learn one of Tres' nicknames and discuss whether or not X (formerly known as Twitter) should still be called Twitter.

It's a free-flowing conversation with a couple of journalists who have some very good insights into the legislature and the personalities and processes that makes it function.

You can learn more about NonDoc here: https://nondoc.com/about-nondoc/

You can learn more about Oklahoma Voice here: https://oklahomavoice.com/about/

If you are interested in finding out what legislation your state legislators have filed, you can use the helpful legislative website here: http://www.oklegislature.gov/AdvancedSearchForm.aspx

You can learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

You can learn more about Professor James Davenport here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast.

You can email comments, questions, and suggestions for show topics or guests at [email protected]

The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.

In this episode, Emily & James review the results from two major public opinion polls released by Harvard/Harris and the New York Times. The surveys cover presidential politics and candidates, the Israel-Hamas conflict, and attitudes towards free speech.

Both Emily & James think that some of the questions were not written very well, and that some questions should have been asked that were not. But even with that, the American public seems to be all over the place when it comes to how it feels about various political issues.

The hosts also discuss the recent actions in certain states to remove Donald Trump from the ballot.

You can see the results of the Harvard-Harris Survey here: https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HHP_Dec23_KeyResults.pdf

You can review the results of the New York Times Poll Here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/biden-israel-gaza-poll.html

You can review the 14th Amendment's Insurrection Clause here: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/section-3/#:~:text=No%20person%20shall%20be%20a,a%20member%20of%20any%20State

You can read the federal statute regarding the criminal definition of insurrection and punishment for it here: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-1999-title18-section2383&num=0&edition=1999#:~:text=Whoever%20incites%2C%20sets%20on%20foot,holding%20any%20office%20under%20the

Here is the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia's explanation of the prosecutions of individuals involved with the events of January 6, 2021: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/30-months-jan-6-attack-capitol

You can read more about Dr. Emily Stacey here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

You can read more about Professor Davenport here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for show topics or guests, please reach out to us at [email protected]

Note: The views expressed on Not My Generation are the solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.

Emily & James visit with Ryan Haynie of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) regarding the organization's push to reform the judicial selection process. OCPA wants to ditch the current Judicial Nominating Commission system for a model similar to that outlined in the U.S. Constitution for the national government. Emily & James have questions.

Also, James takes on the OK media, Emily expresses her admiration of Chris Cristie, and both are curious about what surprises might be in store once votes start being cast in the Republican Presidential Primary.

As always, if you have questions or comments, or would like to make a suggestion for a topic or future guest, email us at [email protected]. You can also follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @NMGpodcast or on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. We'd love to hear from you!

In this episode Emily and James visit with Carmen Forman, journalist with Oklahoma Voice. They discuss various news stories being covered by Oklahoma Voice, the challenges in covering politics, and what Carmen thinks people don't understand about journalists and covering politics.

Along the way, James tries to stop talking so fast, and Emily expresses gratitude that the renowned political scientist Theda Scocpol did not seek a restraining order against her.

As Always, if you have questions comments or suggestions for future topics or guests, email us at [email protected]. You can also follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast.

In this episode, Emily and James discuss the feud between Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Sean O'Brien, President of the International Teamsters Union, revelations by former attorneys for former President Trump, questioned spending by state government officials, and one Tennessee town's ordinance some fear will be used to restrict LGBTQ+ rights.

In addition, James goes on a rant about state textbook committees and legislators attempting to determine what or how teachers teach certain subjects.

As Always, if you have questions comments or suggestions for future topics or guests, email us at [email protected]. You can also follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast.

In this episode, Emily and James interview two of their favorite political scientists: Dr. Brett Sharp from the University of Central Oklahoma and Dr. Shanna Padgham from Oklahoma City University. They discuss the upcoming Oklahoma Political Science Association's annual conference, why we love political science, the challenge before the new Speaker of the House, why voters are going to be faced with Biden v. Trump, Round 2 when no one wants that, the changes in liberals & conservatives, and the complexities of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Emily and Shanna also note there seems to be a strange cloud around James in today's show...

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Did you know that in Oklahoma, citizens can directly make laws through the initiative petition process? Why do some politicians want to make this process more difficult? What are the challenges to using this process to enact change? In this episode, Emily and James interview State Representative Mickey Dollens who recently conducted an interim legislative study on this topic. We'll also discuss the importance of policy experimentation at the local level, and whether rank-choice-voting or open primaries would reduce partisan extremism.

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