The Politics Classroom

By Professor Floros

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The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.

The Politics Classroom episodes:

October 22, 2023 2023.15: An American in Lagos
In the Classroom: Raymond Baker, Global Financial Integrity
Topics: Operating businesses in Lagos, Nigeria; Biafra War; Coups in Nigeria; illicit financial flows; Global Financial Integrity
Episode Transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Animal Kingdom by Craig Allen Fravel
Episode Art: © 2019 | Kristina Sherk Photography

Raymond Baker's Books
Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy and the Way to Renew Our Broken System (2023) Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System (2005) Wiley
Links
Raymond Baker: https://gfintegrity.org/staff-member/raymond-baker/
Global Financial Integrity: https://gfintegrity.org/
Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/American_in_Lagos
Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Craig Allen Fravel: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/462
Episode Art: www.Kristinasherk.com
Invisible Trillions: https://amzn.to/3tFx5ZM
Capitalism's Achilles Heel: https://amzn.to/3Q3mzD3

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58min
September 24, 2023 2023.14: It's Kind of Bananas - The End of Affirmative Action
In the Classroom: Professor Steven Schwinn, UIC School of Law
Topics: SCOTUS; 2023 affirmative action cases; Equal Protection Clause; reinterpreting Brown v. Board (1954); achieving diversity without considering race; legacy admissions
Episode transcript
Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition music: Hello, Good Morning by Liberty
Photo description: White man with black glasses smiles at the camera while wearing a light blue checked dress shirt and navy blue blazer
The Politics Classroom website
The Politics Classroom YouTube Channel
The Bookshelf: under construction

Web Links
Professor Steven Schwinn: https://law.uic.edu/profiles/schwinn-steven/
UIC School of Law: https://law.uic.edu/
Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/TPC_2023-14_transcript
Third Age:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Liberty:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/262
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
The Politics Classroom YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ProfessorFloros?si=RGS1YraHeU8b7RtF
The Bookshelf: under construction
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July 30, 2023 2023.13: The Collapse of Tunisia's Democracy
In the Classroom: Professor Sharan Grewal, Department of Government, College of William and Mary
Topics: Tunisian revolution; democratic backsliding; self-coup; hyper-presidential political system; constitutional referendum; boycotting elections; secular/Islamist divide
Episode Transcript
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Let Rivers Flow by Cast of Characters
The Politics Classroom website
The Bookshelf
Episode on YouTube

Episode Links
Professor Sharan Grewal: https://sharangrewal.com/
Department of Government, College of William and Mary: https://www.wm.edu/as/government/index.php
Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/TunisiaDemocracyCollapse
"Three Goddesses":
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263
Third Age:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
"Let Rivers Flow":
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12465
Cast of Characters:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-13-the-collapse-of-tunisia-s-democracy
Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1QmNAJ2Kf2A
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July 16, 2023 2023.12: Racism is Over - SCOTUS
In the Classroom: Evan McKenzie, UIC Political Science
Topics: US Supreme Court; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; writ of certiorari; Rule 10; rule of four; Voting Rights Act, Sec. 2; Independent State Legislature "Theory"; Affirmative action
Episode transcript
Episode art: Photo by Rochelle Nicole on Unsplash
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Swampy Lands by Adam Saban
Transition sound effects: Electrical Guitar Clean Muted Melody Light 01 on Soundstripe
The Politics Classroom website
In the Classroom:
Evan McKenzie: https://www.evancmckenzie.com/
UIC Political Science: https://pols.uic.edu/
Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/RacismOverSCOTUS
Photo:
Rochelle Nicole: https://unsplash.com/@rchllwlsn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Unsplash⁠: https://unsplash.com/photos/E9uJ65vwGmE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Intro & Outro Music:
Three Goddesses: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263
Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Transition Music:
Swampy Lands: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15115
Adam Saban: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/642
Transition sound effects:
Electrical Guitar Clean Muted Melody Light 01: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/40655
Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
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58min
June 18, 2023 2023.11: Constitutions, Candidates, and Coups, Oh My!
In the Classroom: Semih Patan & Petia Kostadinova, UIC Political Science
Topics: Tunisia clarification and update; regimes, political systems, and voting rules 101; political party ideology; 2016 failed coup in Turkey; 2017 constitutional referendum in Turkey
Episode Transcript
Photo by Peter Kostov on Unsplash
Image description: View of the Palace of Westminster, the Parliament of the UK, from the River Thames at sunset with the building reflected in the river.
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Ticky Tacky by Rhythm Scott
Transition sound effect: Ball Shot at the Shield 01 from Soundstripe
Links
Semih Patan: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/
Petia Kostadinova: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/kostadinova-petia
Photo: https://unsplash.com/photos/lWLjqGxFPX4
Photo artist: https://unsplash.com/@strippedlight
Three Goddesses: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263
Third Age:https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Ticky Tacky: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8433
Rhythm Scott: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/211
Transition sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/53697
Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/
Episode Transcript: https://8f1774c7-307a-4f6c-9af9-721b2a20c996.filesusr.com/ugd/478ee5_9bf3c85b4d7e469c915ce67ddb8d49e9.pdf
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June 04, 2023 2023.10: Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey
In the Classroom: Semih Patan, PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/; https://pols.uic.edu/
Topics: Competitive authoritarianism; Turkish politics; Turkish 2023 presidential election; Justice and Development Party (AKP); AKP over time; secularism in Turkish politics; military as guardian of Turkish democracy (previously); detour into Tunisian politics
Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/CompetitiveAuthoritarianismTurkey
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by ⁠Third Age⁠: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Transition Music: Bosporus by Federico Ferrandina: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/404
Transition Sound Effects: Simple Incoming 01 from Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/21205
The Politics Classroom ⁠website⁠: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
For further information: ⁠The Bookshelf⁠: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-10-competitive-authoritarianism-in-turkey
Photo description: Turkish man with short, dark brown hair, parted on his left with a lighter brown beard and brown glasses looks directly at the camera. He is wearing a blue button-down shirt with a brown blazer.
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52min
March 12, 2023 2023.09: How Did the West Get Russia So Wrong?
When the USSR collapsed, the West had so much hope for an integrated, peaceful Russia. What went so wrong, and how did the West actually embolden Putin to become a "serial aggressor"?
In the Classroom: Russia expert Ambassador Ian Kelly
Topics:
Ambassador Kelly's Talk
2:09: Ambassador Kelly's bio
4:27: Opening remarks
9:52: Outline of Talk
10:52: 1994 Budapest Memorandum
20:26: 2008 Invasion of Georgia
24:01: 2014 Annexation of Crimea
28:58: End of talk
Q&A
29:50: Executive agreements v. Treaties
33:01: Public opinion in Russia
37:37: Implications of objectors leaving Russia
40:10: Impact on Russia's international reputation
42:57: Threat (or not) of NATO
44:29: Putin's endgame
47:37: Democracy building
51:31: Sanctions-dodging
53:49: Being an ambassador in Trump administration
56:43: End of Q&A
Episode Transcript
Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Multumesc Pentru Tot [Thanks for everything] by Cast of Characters
Transition sound effects: Soundstripe
The Politics Classroom website
For further reading: The Bookshelf (under construction)
Photo description: A hand, with all five fingers spread wide and pointing to the right, colored in the Ukrainian flag. Half of the hand, wrist and the thumb, pointer, and middle fingers are painted light blue. The other half of the hand, wrist, and the ring and pinkie fingers are pained yellow.
Episode Links
Ambassador Ian Kelly: https://internationalstudies.northwestern.edu/people/ambassador-in-residence.html
Ambassador Kelly's bio: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/247944.htm
Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/HowWestGotRussiaSoWrong
Ukrainian photographer, Elena Mozhvilo: https://unsplash.com/@miracleday
Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Multumesc Pentru Tot: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14760
Cast of Characters: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280
Soundstripe sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72094
The Politics Classroom: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-09-how-did-the-west-get-russia-so-wrong
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59min
March 05, 2023 2023.08: The Security State is Everywhere and Anywhere All at Once
In the Classroom: Professor Nicole Nguyen, UIC (Criminology, Law, and Justice; Educational Policy Studies)
Topics: Homeland Security curriculum in US schools; Countering Violent Extremism; role of teachers and therapists in policing extremism; gendered aspect of policing extremism; Zero Tolerance in schools; abolition; arguments that don't make sense; who becomes a terrorist
Episode Transcript
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
The Politics Classroom website
For further information: The Bookshelf
Photo description: Young Vietnamese-American woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes looks straight at the camera. She is smiling, and her teeth are very white. She's wearing a black shirt and a silver chain.
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February 26, 2023 2023.07: Happy Birthday, UIC Radio!
In the Classroom: Max, Sam, and Meghna
Topics: 23 events in 23 years (2000-2023) to celebrate 23 years of UIC Radio.
For more information about each event, check out The Bookshelf! (Under construction)
Episode transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Happy Birthday by Birds of Norway
Photo created by Professor Floros (she really needs a production team!)
The Politics Classroom website
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58min
February 19, 2023 2023.06: Ja'Mal Green Runs for Mayor
In the Classroom: Chicago mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green
Topics: Chicago elections (in February!); E.P.I.C. agenda; activism arrests and bans; experience over age; creating a public bank; investing in neighborhoods; Progressive bona fides
Episode transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Miss U So by Midnight Daydream
The Politics Classroom website
The Bookshelf for further reading
Photo description: Ja'Mal is a young Black Man with a wide smile and short, black, curly hair. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a Chicago flag pin on his lapel, a white shirt and a lighter blue patterned tie. Ja'Mal's hands are clasped in front of his waist. The background is a city skyline colored green.
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52min

FAQs about The Politics Classroom:

How many episodes does The Politics Classroom have?

The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.