Office Hours with Karpf and Loge

This week, Karpf and Loge discuss how worried they are about Hantavirus, the redistricting fight following SCOTUS's decision Louisiana v. Callais, and how elected officials can ethically play hardball.

Footnotes:

• ⁠⁠Elite rhetoric can undermine democratic norms | Ethan Porter et al⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Federalist 1 | Alexander Hamilton⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠The hidden effects of the Voting Rights Act | Good Authority⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Elon Did Some Securities Fraud | Matt Levine

Office Hours is back, and Washington looks more like the Trump Taj Mahal every day. Karpf and Loge talk the logic of the Trump administration, what is and isn't breaking under Trump 2.0, and the White House Correspondent's Dinner.

Footnotes:

• ⁠Everyone Has Trump's Phone Number Now | The Atlantic⁠
• ⁠Killing in the name of....nothing | The Verge

Finally a hot take on Biden, Harris and what comes next from a couple of middle-aged guys in Washington. In a special, one-time, emergency podcast Karpf and Loge talk Biden, Harris, possible VPs, Karpf plugs Pete Buttigieg, and Loge name-checks Roland Barthes and Philip Tetlock.

AI is more, and less, terrifying than you thoughtKaprf and Loge return for a live reunion episode recorded at the Buzz Advocacy Summit. Karpf rants about generative AI, tech and politics while Loge name-checks Aristotle, and they both agree AI more - and less - alarming than you probably thought.

On the final episode of before an extended hiatus, Karpf and Loge talk APSA and a hotel strike, ethics of deciding whose money to take, and critical need to not only defend democratic institutions, but also to pro-actively promote them. Hiatus note: We're available for conferences, weddings, Arbor Day parties, or whatever special occasion calls for hot takes with footnotes. TTFN.

Karpf and Loge encourage academics and researchers to keep focusing on challenges facing society, and for universities and funders to make a loud and consistent case for the importance of that research. It's past time to play offense. Plus we make fun of Elon Musk.

Thoughts on Threads, Post, Blue Sky, podcasts and what strategic comms professionals should do about all of it. Dave is also still concerned about climate change and the end of the world.

Like everyone else, Karpf and Loge are tired of Trump but keep talking about him anyway. They also talk about Red Bike Guy and the power of mockery, and lessons for Major League Soccer and Messi from strategic political communication.

On a post-season pre-summer school bonus episode Karpf and Loge talk Musk, comms lessons learned from the US COVID response, CNN, Trump channeling Eminem's 2002 hit "Without Me," and political attacks and political narratives.

Karpf and Loge talk about the comms and content of the writers' strike, AI generated "news" sites, partisan "news" and the endless gunk it's creating, and PornHub versus Utah in a debate no one wants to admit they have a stake in.