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Anne Applebaum (Pulitzer Prize winning historian) and Tom Nichols (staff writer at The Atlantic ) join Ron Steslow to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that is now a year old, how it has changed the way the world operates, and where we go from here 

(01:42) How the world has changed as a result of Russia’s invasion 

(06:40) How the network of autocracies empowered Putin's invasion

(17:07) War being fought in the information battleground

(28:00) Ukraine’s values argument shaping perception of the invasion

(35:33) The importance of civic patriotism

(39:35) The impact the war in Ukraine will have on the global fight for democracy

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Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project Cofounder) and Justin Talbot Zorn (Cofounder of Astrea Strategies) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:26) The train derailment in East Palestine Ohio

(26:13) Joe Biden’s plan to request the largest DOD budget in U.S. history

(42:24) The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Biden family and what it could mean for a reelection campaign

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Dianne Feinstein announces she won’t run for reelection in a California Senate race that could be the second biggest election of 2024

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Jay Schweikert ( research fellow with the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the qualified immunity doctrine, its origins, and how it stands in the way of protecting civil rights

(03:05) What qualified immunity is and how it developed

(04:21) How does it stop people from holding law enforcement accountable

(11:05) How courts determine that a “clearly established right” has been violated

(23:44) The importance of qualified immunity reform in any policing reform discussion

(31:19) The arguments against ending qualified immunity

(40:05) How qualified immunity applies to public employees beyond law enforcement

(44:39) The goals of civil rights lawsuits 

(46:00) Potential avenues for qualified immunity reform

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Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project Cofounder), Al Cardenas (former advisor to Presidents Regan and George H.W. Bush), and Liz Gilbert Cohen (President of the 2020 Democratic National Convention) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:26) The State of the Union 

(26:13) The border crisis 

(42:24) The Chinese spy balloon, “deepfake” misinformation campaigns, and co-parenting with the CCP 

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] New York Times article about the Republicans making education issues a centerpiece of their campaigns

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Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College) joins Ron Steslow to discuss emotional intelligence and how it impacts success in the workplace, politics, and our everyday lives

(01:40) What emotional intelligence is and how we measure it

(03:55) Why emotional intelligence is important 

(07:03) How self-awareness impacts emotional intelligence 

(10:15) How you can build self-awareness

(13:05) How regulating your emotions shapes your emotional intelligence 

(16:20) Ways you can improve how well you manage and regulate your emotions

(21:19) The importance of grit in emotional intelligence 

(24:43) Emotional intelligence and being a moral rebel 

(39:39) The “dark side” of emotional intelligence

(41:39) Why emotional intelligence needs a moral backbone 

(50:53) How you can improve your emotional intelligence 

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Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) and Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:15) The killing of Tyre Nichols and the renewed push for policing reform 

(24:33) Biden and McCarthy meet in the Oval Office to begin talks on raising the debt ceiling 

(41:12) The Atlantic piece about how our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality

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[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] New York Times column about whether and how long Democrats can hold together the new ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who!’ Coalition

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Molly McKew (Lead author of GreatPower.US) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the United States and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine and how Ukraine is preparing for another Russian offensive as we head toward spring

(01:32) What led to the U.S. and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine and how it will shape the war

(14:36) What other resources Ukraine needs for the next phase of fighting 

(21:05) What should we expect to come next in the war

(24:14) Russia’s attempts to push Belarus into the fighting 

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Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(03:12) The FBI finds more classified documents at President Biden's Delaware home, former Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers find classified documents in his home.

(23:00) Ruben Gallego’s announcement that he’s running for the Arizona Senate seat in 2024

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(44:07) The Wisconsin Supreme Court election and campaigns losing any pretense of judicial neutrality

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] A new plan to get conservative voters to respond to climate messages—as long as they don’t come from liberals

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You should check out Hagar’s YouTube Chanel, Oh My World: https://www.youtube.com/@omwshow

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Pat Condo (Founder and CEO of Seekr Technologies) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the media landscape, their search tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to index websites and news stories to rate the content so readers can make better informed choices about what they read. 

(02:26) From navigation technology to search technology

(05:46) Why he decided to create Seekr

(37:50) What makes Seekr different from other search engines

(44:22) The incentive structure for news organizations 

(51:20) How Seekr measures political lean in articles

(55:20) How AI generated news stories can change the media landscape 

(1:02:06) Pat’s end goal in creating Seekr

You should check out Seekr: https://www.seekr.com/

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Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(03:14)The evolving story about President Biden’s lawyers finding classified documents and the lack of transparency from the White House

(24:41) The looming fight over raising the debt limit and a more responsible way Republicans could lower spending 

(43:33)ChatGPT, the AI chatbot taking the world by storm, how it could mike our lives easier, and what it could do to our politics

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene renounces QAnon on FOX News and how viral conspiracy theories are hurting democracy . 

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