Pingry Politics

This episode was initially published in early april 2020

The discussion begins at 10:00

Our first guest speaker is Ricardo Vollbrechthausen, Pingry class of 2012. Ricardo studied neurobiology at Columbia University, and is now living and working in Mexico. In particular, we will dive into Mexico’s strengths and weaknesses, and how they impact the lives of their citizens as well as US foreign policy.  Issues will include corruption, brain-drain, slow economic growth, poor monetary policy, and more. We will also analyze how Mexico will be affected by the new USMCA trade deal, and how president López Obrador (“AMLO”) has led the country. We will also compare and contrast how and why Mexico's response to the coronavirus has been so different to most other countries. 

As the president of the Politics Club, I acknowledge Political bias is unavoidable. Regardless, the Politics Club leaders and I will make all attempts to present objective facts to our audience and provide counterpoints to ensure that no views go unchallenged. To ensure a neutral perspective we have students of opposing political views researching for each episode. If you’d like to share your views on the podcast or suggest a topic for us to discuss, please email me: [email protected].

A special thanks to our guest, Ricardo Vollbrecthausen

Researchers: Marcus Brotman, Sean Lyons, Micah Elwyn

Editor: Marcus Brotman

Cover Art: Chris Ticas

Intro and outro music: Max Brotman

Advisor: Ms. Davlin

This Podcast is produced by the Politics Club of the Pingry School, however, any views or ideas discussed on the show are not representative of the Pingry School, only those individuals.

This issue was initially published in April of 2020

On today’s episode, we talk with Lehigh Economist, Dr. Luis Brunstein. Dr. Brunstein shares his thoughts on a variety of issues pertaining to the current Economic crisis. Quantitative Easing, the efficacy of monetary policy, unemployment benefits and how the US should react are all topics of discussion. A discussion which was followed by a few student asked questions.

If you have any questions for Dr. Brunstein, you can find his email here: [email protected]

Credits:

Sean Lyons and Marcus Brotman

Editor: Aidan Boylan and Marcus Brotman

Music: Max Brotman

Pingry Politics Cover Art: Chris Ticas

Episode Cover Art: Andrew Wong

Advisor: Dr. Wakefield

To get in contact: email [email protected]

The beliefs promoted on this podcast are that of the participants, and do not reflect the views of the Pingry School.