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You can pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation now at https://www.jonwardwrites.org/

Jon Ward (Journalist and author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation) joins Ron Steslow to discuss growing up in the Evangelical Church, “Christian Trumpism,” and his new memoir.

(06:05) Why Sarah Palin resonated with so many Christians 

(10:36) What having difficult conversations can teach you engagement and defensiveness  

(20:00) Evangelicals showing more fear than faith 

(28:50) How the structures in evangelical communities enabled Trump to distort reality 

(31:06) Right Makes Might vs Might Makes Right 

(36:32) How can outsiders engage positively with Evangelicals on reforming the movement 

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Matt Bennett (Executive Vice President for Public Affairs at Third Way) and Beth Fukumoto (former Hawaii House Minority Leader) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:44) The Fed’s rate hike in the midst of turmoil for the banking system, how it will impact consumers, and how that could impact our politics

(13:00) The Biden Administration’s crackdown on fentanyl at the U.S. Mexico border

(23:00) The left-wing media campaign trying to turn the public against U.S. military support for Ukraine

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] The Trump allies buying property around the Capitol to build a MAGA Campus.

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You can pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation now at https://www.jonwardwrites.org/

Jon Ward (Journalist and author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation) joins Ron Steslow to discuss growing up in the Evangelical Church, “Christian Trumpism,” and his new memoir.

(03:28) Why Jon wrote the book

(08:10) Being a “border-stalker” 

(14:36) The Jesus Movement 

(21:07) Understanding the different motivations (abortion and race) for Evangelicals joining the Republican party

(23:00) The insular church community and how it impacted his worldview

(30:00) How Christian belief in the end times impacts action 

(32:50) The connection between being a spiritual warrior and a political warrior 

(36:15) Spiritual ecstasy as a sign of devotion to God (and the burnout it caused)

(41:41) How anti-intellectualism reinforced the social bubble

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Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project Cofounder), Liz Gilbert Cohen (President of the 2020 Democratic National Convention), and Donna Redel (former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(03:07) The Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

(34:28) Biden’s Threat to Ban TikTok, national security, and data security concerns

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Ron DeSantis’s claim that the support for Ukraine isn’t vital to national interest, the ongoing fight over support for Ukraine within the Republican party, and the opportunity it presents for Democrats…if they can seize it.

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What are the psychological forces driving that partisan animosity?

What’s causing Americans to vote for anti-democracy candidates? 

Are there any interventions that might actually work to turn down the heat and save our democracy? 

Robb Willer, professor of sociology, psychology, and organizational behavior at Stanford University talks with Ron Steslow about Stanford’s Strengthening Democracy Challenge, reducing partisan animosity and support for anti-democracy candidates .

(01:31) Robbs background

(02:46) The growth of polarization and partisan animosity 

(15:08) The Strengthening Democracy Challenge

(22:40) Negative partisanship and support for undemocratic candidates

(29:46) How cues from leaders can reduce support for anti-democracy candidates

(32:17) Working together and respectfully discussing differences reduces partisan animosity 

(37:47) Misperceptions about how how you’re viewed by members of another party fuels animosity 

(46:47) Is there hope for overcoming animosity and acceptance of undemocratic candidates? 

(53:16) How to implement these ideas

(59:23) The role of emotions in decision making

You should check out the interventions we discussed: 

Elite Cues: https://bit.ly/3TEeS6Z

Positive Contact (Heineken Ad): https://bit.ly/3N74PEM

Misperceptions: https://bit.ly/3W4iMaN

Fear of Democratic Collapse: https://bit.ly/3W4awHO

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Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert), Scott MacFarlane (CBS News Congressional Correspondent), and Scott Tranter (Investor and Advisor to Decision Desk HQ) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:25) Tucker Carlson’s release of clips of security footage from the capitol on January 6th and how he’s shaping the narrative about the attack

(21:35) Joe Biden’s budget blueprint,his plans for deficit reduction, and how House Republicans are planning to cut costs

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Washington, DC’s criminal code reform that’s going to fail in congress, Joe Biden’s announcement that he’ll sign a law overruling the City Council and what it means for home rule in the District

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In the second part of this two part episode, Donna Redel (former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum) and Justin Weitz (partner at the law firm Morgan Lewis)  joins Ron Steslow to discuss the downfall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried

(03:21) What the guilty pleas from other FTX leaders could mean for SBF

(09:40)  SBF’s “apology tour” and how it could benefit the prosecution 

(10:32) The charges against SBF filed in December and the superseding indictment issued in February

(12:30) How the FTX saga changes the urgency of conversations about regulation 

(19:30) The impact of the FTX collapse on public perception 

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Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way) and Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica) join guest host Lucy Caldwell to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:13) Lori Lightfoot’s defeat in the Chicago Mayor’s race and what this signals about voters’ perceptions of crime 

(39:17) The bombshell revelations about how Fox News in recent court filings 

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] The rise of the perennial candidate and consultant grift 

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Donna Redel (former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum) and Justin Weitz (partner at the law firm Morgan Lewis) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the downfall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried

(03:20) Differences among types of crypto 

(06:16) How crypto is viewed by federal law enforcement 

(08:20) Misconceptions about whether and how Bitcoin can be tracked

(13:30) Where FTX sat in the industry landscape before it fell apart 

(17:15) Crypto farming and the” black box” interview

Listen to the full "black box" interview from Bloomberg: http://bit.ly/3yyFu0h

(29:35) What makes fraud fraud

(32:38) What led to the collapse of FTX

Watch that debate: https://bit.ly/3IIwwlt

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Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project Cofounder) and Frank Sadler (Chief of Staff to Carly Fiorina) join host Ron Steslow to discuss the 2024 Republican Primary and Nikki Haley’s campaign announcement.

(02:54) Why we’re doing an episode about the Republican primary

(17:26) Why the Republican primary will be important for Democrats

(27:25) Nikki Haley’s launch ad 

You can watch the ad here: http://bit.ly/41k4c1n

(35:16) The timing of Nikki Haley’s announcement

(43:00) Nikki Haley’s lane in the primary field

(45:51) Nikki Haley’s Fox News Sunday interview

(47:20) Fundraising off Don Lemon’s comment that Haley is “past her prime”

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