It's officially an election year again! Professor Rob Ferguson and Jack Hinrichs ring in 2026 by chatting about the Senatorial primary campaigns in Maine and Texas that will shape the political landscape for the November elections.

Listen to Professor Rob and Jack chat about Graham Platner's most unfortunate tattoo, the natural animosity between Austin and Dallas in Texas, and (most importantly) why using Celsius to measure temperature is simply unamerican.

It's officially an election year again! Professor Rob Ferguson and Jack Hinrichs ring in 2026 by chatting about the Senatorial primary campaigns in Maine and Texas that will shape the political landscape for the November elections.

Listen to Professor Rob and Jack chat about Graham Platner's most unfortunate tattoo, the natural animosity between Austin and Dallas in Texas, and (most importantly) why using Celsius to measure temperature is simply unamerican.

This Monday, Professor Rob sat down with Shirvin Zeinalzadeh to discuss Iran, diplomacy, and nuclear weapons.

Shirvin Zeinalzadeh is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Arizona State University. He served previously as both a diplomat and a London police officer.

This Thursday, Professor Rob and Jack discussed the upcoming primaries for statewide races in South Dakota.

Jack and Rob chatted about property taxes, the political strengths of Toby Doeden and weaknesses of Dusty Johnson, and why the politics of the Black Hills is often more extreme than that of the rest of the state.

If you'd prefer an audio recording of this podcast, there is a audio version available elsewhere in the "Politics and the Past: Desert Dialogues" feed.

This Thursday, Professor Rob and Jack discussed the upcoming primaries for statewide races in South Dakota.

Jack and Rob chatted about property taxes, the political strengths of Toby Doeden and weaknesses of Dusty Johnson, and why the politics of the Black Hills is often more extreme than that of the rest of the state.

If you'd prefer a visual recording of this podcast, there is a video available elsewhere in the "Politics and the Past: Desert Dialogues" feed.

This Monday, Professor Rob is visiting the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California with dozens of students from the Center for American Institutions.

In honor of this trip, Rob decided to chat about the history and legacy of President Reagan and the USSR.

This Thursday, President Jake Dueck of the Politics and Leadership Club joined Dr. Rob Ferguson to chat about the club's success over the past semester.

Dr. Ferguson and President Dueck chatted about PAL's role in encouraging civil discourse for individuals of all political persuasions. They also discussed the explosion in interest and membership that PAL has experienced over the past semester.

This Monday, Dr. Rob Ferguson sat down with Dale Justice and Frank Mons of ASU's School of Politics and Global Studies about their new initiative: The State of Veterans Project.

Ferguson, Justice, and Mons discussed misconceptions surrounding the political preferences of veterans and their effort to create a comprehensive database of information surrounding the experiences of America's veterans.

This Thursday, Jack and Dr. Rob sat down to discuss the future of the Democratic Party.

They chatted about the four spheres of ideology present within the party, the effects of the Israel-Palestine conflict upon party primaries, and why economic nationalism may be a poor policy platform for the party's future.

Also, Jack and Rob disagreed about the future of Marjorie Taylor Greene.

This week, Dr. Rob Ferguson and Jack Hinrichs sat down to discuss the the current divisions within the Democratic Party.

Ferguson and Hinrichs chatted about how the rise of social media, the movement of wealthier individuals to the Democratic party, and the aftershocks of President Biden's infamous debate performance have affected the party today.

This is the first episode in a two-part series on the state and future of the Democratic Party. Later this week, Ferguson and Hinrichs will sit down for another discussion on the future of the Democratic Party.