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Political strategist Mike Madrid and Psychology Professor Catherine Sanderson join Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week:

(02:02) Mark Meadows’ texts and the recently leaked Kevin McCarthy calls

(35:18) Elon Musk’s deal to acquire Twitter

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French Journalist Karen Lajon joins Ron Steslow to discuss France’s presidential election last weekend

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(01:43) Karen’s work covering France and the world 

(03:50 The climate heading into the elections 

(05:08) The sentiment around Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron 

(09:33) Le Pen’s push to de-demonize the National Rally

(19:23) Le Pen’s ties to Putin 

(25:34) What a LePen victory would have meant for France

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Political strategists Mike Madrid and Lucy Caldwell join Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week:

(01:52) The Democratic groups pushing to elect local election officials in anticipation of 2024

(21:34) The shift to a longer term war in Ukraine, and the US and allies sending heavier, more advanced weaponry

(46:56) How Dems are pushing back on “Defund the Police”

[Politicology+ Members Only] “Lighting Money On Fire” — Democratic donations flowing into unwinnable races // To get your private, ad-free Politicology+ podcast feed with extra episodes, go to politicology.com/plus or subscribe in Apple Podcasts.

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Amy O’Gorman Jenkins joins Ron Steslow to discuss cannabis policy and how public opinion on marijuana has changed. 

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(01:56) How Amy became “Pot Girl” 

(04:32) An overview of cannabis laws in the U.S. 

(06:16) How public opinion has changed since CA legalized medical marijuana in 1996

(09:36) How cannabis laws have changed since 2012

(24:55) The myths of cannabis legalization 

(30:05) State benefits for legalizing cannabis 

(32:17) Concerns over legalization and the need for more research 

(37:38) Barriers for entering the legal cannabis entry 

(46:55) Predictions for Federal legislation 

(54:01) An eye on hemp products 

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Social policy and politics expert Lanae Erickson and crisis communications expert and MSNBC political analyst Susan Del Percio join Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week:

(02:06) The DOJ’s investigation into Donald Trump and Don Jr.’s plan to overthrow the government

(25:35) The rise in crime across the country and Joe Biden’s move to regulate ghost guns 

(45:25) How rising inflation is impacting the housing market and what that could mean at the ballot box

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In the second part of this two-episode conversation, Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein join Ron Steslow to discuss their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot. 

(07:11) The modern day trolley problem

(16:54) Reorienting invention toward problem solving

(23:16) The other skills tech companies need

(28:53) The problem of the inventor/CEO

(39:57) What companies and governments can do to reshape how big tech operates

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In this two-episode conversation, Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein join Ron Steslow to discuss their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot. 

(05:42) Why they decided to write their book

(10:56) How venture capital has shaped Silicon Valley

(19:04) Optimization mindset meets Democracy

(37:36) Our privacy boundaries when it comes to government and private companies

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Political strategists Lucy Caldwell and Mike Madrid, and national security writer Molly McKew join Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week:

(02:13) The Bucha Massacre and the slew of news about Putin’s War

(50:52) Republicans vowing to attack corporations and advance authoritarianism if they take back the control of congress

[Politicology+ Members Only] What would happen if FOX news viewers watched CNN? We’ll talk about the impact changing the channel had in a 2020 study // To get your private, ad-free Politicology+ podcast feed with extra episodes, go to politicology.com/plus or subscribe in Apple Podcasts.

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In the second part of this two part episode, Mike Madrid breaks down some recent polling numbers and discusses what it might mean during the midterm elections. 

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(00:56) NBC News polling on candidate issues positions and how that can shape midterm races

(10:04) The negative impact of endorsements 

(17:49) The negative impact of a Mitch McConnell or Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsement in Republican primary races

(24:33) How Biden’s low approval numbers in Arizona could shape their 2022 elections

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In this two part episode, Mike Madrid joins Ron Steslow to discuss how political campaigns use polling data to make decisions and how pollsters gather data to measure public opinion.

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(01:00) What do you mean, “it’s numbers season?” 

(03:54) What polling data does and doesn’t tell us

(07:19) Looking for trends in polling

(10:57) How polling data drives decisions on political campaigns

(16:33) the importance of sampling

(23:23) How pollsters weight their data

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