The Politics Lab

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil reflect on the Republicans’ new oversight committee, the prevalence of conspiracy theories on the right, Japan’s military expansion, and whether it matters that members of the Supreme Court like each other. 

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil reflect on Kevin McCarthy’s chaotic path to House Speaker, examine last week’s attack on the Brazilian democracy, and ponder the rise and potential decline of globalization. 

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the chaos of House Republican leadership elections, arguments for the end of humanity, and this year’s banished words list.

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil look back at the biggest stories of 2022 to see what lessons we’ve learned this year.

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil break down the criminal referrals from the January 6th Committee, reflect on the role technology is playing in the Ukraine war as well as Zelensky’s visit to Washington, and close with an assessment of the situation in China and whether war is on the horizon.

Bill and Phil discuss Trump’s call for terminating the constitution, grapple with the idea of originalism as a method of constitutional interpretation, examine the two cases argued before the Supreme Court this week and finish with a look at the Democrat’s new primary calendar.

This week, Bill and Phil discuss the grave threat artificial intelligence may pose to human existence, examine the Covid protests in China, and hand out their world-famous “Turkey of the Year” Awards. So grab some Thanksgiving leftovers and join us in the lab!

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil discuss the missile strikes in Poland, step back to assess the state of global democracy in light of the midterm results, and assess the future of Donald Trump and his standing within Republican Party.

Bill and Phil are joined by Dr. Suzanne Chod, Professor of Political Science at North Central College, to break down the midterm results and their implications

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil preview the upcoming midterms, discuss political violence in the context of the attack on Paul Pelosi, break down the election results in Brazil and close with a look at Elon Musk and what his takeover of Twitter means for free speech.