The Politically Social Podcast

The Politically Social Podcast

By Afia Sengupta and Christopher GermanNewsPolitics
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The Politically Social Podcast episodes

  • A Conversation With Former NYPD Office Jillian Snider On Why Are Many Minors Joining Armed Robbery Gangs Like “Own Every Dollar” in New York City
    Today we have with us, Jillian Snider. Jillian is a retired NYPD officer who spent the majority of her career working in special operations. She has appeared as a subject matter expert on a variety of media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, and NewsNation. Jillian is the policy director for R Street Institute where she leads their Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties team providing research and commentary on public policy related to all stages of the justice system. She also ...
    45 min
  • The History of Pro Life Movement and The Challenges Post Roe v. Wade Being Overturned.
    Daniel K. Williams is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia and the author of Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement before Roe v. Wade and God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right. His articles have appeared in Christianity Today, First Things, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. He blogs at the Anxious Bench (Patheos).Today we will talk about the history of the pro-life movement before Roe v. Wade, its roots in social justice, what c...
    1 hr 14 min
  • A Conversation With Peter Kellner:What Forced Boris Johnson To Resign
    Today we have with us, Mr. Peter Kellner. Peter Jon Kellner is an English journalist, former BBC Newsnight reporter, political commentator, and former president of the YouGov opinion polling organization in the United Kingdom. He is known for his appearances on TV, especially at election times. He has also been a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and the Institute for Policy Studies, London, and has advised several large corporations. He is the chairman of NCVO (National Council fo...
    1 hr 4 min
  • Warning The World: Ocean is Dying.
    Doctor Helena Herr, the author of the fin whale study that was quoted everywhere from the New York Times to CNN about how the oceans are showing signs of hope, said in an exclusive interview with The Current Affairs Times on Thursday, “I think it is a trap if you witness some great natural event to extrapolate (that) to the whole ocean. Just because we have a positive sign in one place, that doesn’t mean the ocean is healthy again.”She points to climate change, overfishing, and pollution as k...
    10 min
  • Conversation With Former DOD Director, Dr. Robert A Sanders: Executive Order on Declassification Review of Certain Documents Concerning the 9/11 Attacks
    Dr. Robert A. Sanders is a retired U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps) Captain, a legal/national security educator, a former federal government organization counsel, and private industry military communications and weapons systems engineer. For more than two decades he developed the critical thinking of diverse groups of global leaders and supported the international human rights, international law, military, and diplomatic objectives of the United States. He has served as a ...
    24 min
  • Conversation With Col. Eric Mejia On The Court Martial Trial Of General William Cooley
    Today we have with us staff judge advocate for Air Force Materiel Command Col. Eric Mejia. He received his undergraduate degree from Arkansas State University and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas. He’s served in a number of roles as an Air Force attorney, including as an area defense counsel. Currently, as the senior military attorney for a major Air Force headquarters, Col Mejia leads a team of over 460 attorneys and paralegals at 18 legal offices. His team provides legal ...
    26 min
  • In Conversation With Attorney Ryan Guilds: Gen William Cooley's Court Martial
    Today we have with us Attorney Ryan Guilds - Attorney Guilds represented the victim in the case against Gen. William Cooley. Mr. Guilds has nearly two decades of experience and is a recognized national victims’ rights expert who represents survivors of crime in connection with the investigation and prosecution of their assailants. Under his leadership, the law firm Arnold & Porter represented dozens of sexual assault survivors in both civilian and military proceedings pro bono. He is on t...
    29 min
  • In Conversation With Lt Col. (ret.) Rachel E. VanLandingham: The First Court Martial of a US Air-force Officer
    Lt Col. (ret.) Rachel E. VanLandingham is a national security law expert and former judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) who was appointed to the Southwestern Law School full-time faculty as a Professor of Law in Fall 2014. She teaches criminal law, constitutional criminal procedure, and national security law. During Professor VanLandingham's military career, she served as a senior legal advisor on the international law of armed conflict, military prosecutor, criminal defense atto...
    32 min
  • In Conversation With Professor Eugene Volokh : Analysis of Roe v. Wade
    Today we have with us, Professor Eugene Volokh. Prof. Volokh. Prof. Volokh teaches Constitutional Law at the UCLA School of Law. Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the U.S. Supreme Court. Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (6th ed. 2016), Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2013), and over 90 law review articles. He is the founder and co-author of The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading legal blog. His law review article...
    35 min

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