Old North State Politics Podcast

Join the Center for N.C. Politics & Public Service at Catawba College and the N.C. Network for Fair, Safe & Secure Elections for a Lunch & Learn Zoom webinar with Tim Heaphy to hear his perspectives and potential approaches to dealing with political violence in America. With America confronting renewed political violence, how should citizens consider building resilience and solutions to address the deep divisions within our society?The author of Harbingers: What January 6 and Charlottesville Reveal About Rising Threats to American Democracy, Heaphy discusses his views on the role of social media, the division that he feels is driving American politics, and his thoughts in finding connections and commonality among Americans to fix our broken democracy.

Old North State Politics blog contributors Michael Bitzer, Susan Roberts, and Chris Cooper offer their analysis and thoughts on U.S. Senator Thom Tillis' decision to not seek re-election in 2026 in North Carolina.

Margaret Thurman discusses "The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy" by Jeffrey Pasley.

Trenard McClary discusses "Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics" by Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood.

Ah'Marriah Sloan discussed Ari Berman's "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America."

Katrina Misra discusses Ezra Kline's "Why We're Polarized"

Joey Cilluffo discusses "The Mathematics of Voting and Elections" by Jonathan Hodge and Richard Klima.

Jada Porter discusses Michael P. McDonald's "From Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election"

Gabrielle Brown discusses "The Values Campaign?: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections," edited by John C. Green et al.

Claire Vinskus discusses "Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare" by Thomas Rid.