The Ballot, a Dartmouth Podcast

Featuring conversations on bipartisanship, legislative governance, the federal debt, and COVID relief aid with our host, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government Mike Mastanduno, and Senator Angus King '66 (I-ME) and Congresswoman Ann Kuster '78 (D-NH). Learn more about the pros and cons of political polarization and about new research on conspiracism from Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics, Chair of the Government Department, and New Hampshire State Representative Russell Muirhead (D-Grafton).

Join our host, professor and former dean of the faculty Mike Mastanduno, for a conversation with POLITICO Chief Brussels Correspondent David Herszenhorn ‘94 and Professor Daryl Press on the future of U.S. foreign relations and the challenges and opportunities facing the incoming Biden administration. Herszenhorn is a former New York Times Washington and Moscow foreign correspondent and the former director of the Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth. Inc, America's oldest college newspaper. Professor Press is an expert on international security and nuclear deterrence and Professor Mastanduno's expertise centers on international relations, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations. Featuring a young alumni perspective from Charlotte Blatt '18.

Join Georgetown University and Smithsonian Institution professor and scholar Daniel Lucey ’77 MED’81 in conversation with Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering professor Kendall Hoyt for a discussion on the world's response to COVID-19 and pandemics past and future. Lucey is an infectious disease expert and "epidemic chaser," as described in a recent Financial Times article, who has traveled the world to get to the source of diseases like HIV, SARS, and Ebola. Hoyt is an authority on bioterrorism, technology, and vaccine development and is a member of the Global Health Security Initiative at Dartmouth's Dickey Center for International Understanding.

Former Obama administration Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal '91 and former Bush administration Solicitor General Gregory Garre '87 join Professor Sonu Bedi for a conversation on the past, present, and future of the Supreme Court. Also featuring Tobi Young '98, 2018-2019 SCOTUS clerk to Neil Gorsuch and former board secretary of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Former Republican senator and Tuck School of Business senior fellow Judd Gregg HON'89,'06 and Rockefeller Center for Public Policy senior lecturer and fellow Charlie Wheelan '88 examine the lessons learned from the global financial crisis and discuss how the COVID-19 economic recession affected the 2020 presidential race. Featuring a young alumni perspective from Bryan Proctor TU'20.

Listen in as Dartmouth faculty experts and alumni discuss the roles played by the issues of race and religion in the 2020 presidential election. Featuring the John Phillips Professor in Religion Randall Balmer and faith leader and former Democratic National Convention CEO Leah Daughtry '84.

CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper '91 and Professor of Government Brendan Nyhan explore "fake news" and how the media adapted to the new normal of covering the 2020 election and the presidency during a global pandemic. Featuring opinion commentary by Biden-Harris national campaign press secretary Jamal Brown '08.

Learn about how the 2020 presidential campaigns adapted to remote campaigning, unprecedented conventions, and mail-in voting with Democratic communications strategist Lis Smith '05 and Linda Fowler, Professor of Government and the Frank J. Reagan Chair in Policy Studies, Emerita.