The Politics Classroom: Recent Episodes
Professor Floros
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/3tFx5ZMCapitalism's Achilles Heel: https://amzn.to/3Q3mzD3
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
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
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
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Transition Music: Swampy Lands: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15115 Adam Saban: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/642
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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
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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
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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.
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 KellyTopics:Ambassador Kelly's Talk2:09: Ambassador Kelly's bio4:27: Opening remarks9:52: Outline of Talk10:52: 1994 Budapest Memorandum20:26: 2008 Invasion of Georgia24:01: 2014 Annexation of Crimea28:58: End of talkQ&A29:50: Executive agreements v. Treaties33:01: Public opinion in Russia37:37: Implications of objectors leaving Russia40:10: Impact on Russia's international reputation42:57: Threat (or not) of NATO44:29: Putin's endgame47:37: Democracy building51:31: Sanctions-dodging53:49: Being an ambassador in Trump administration56:43: End of Q&AEpisode TranscriptPhoto by Elena Mozhvilo on UnsplashIntro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third AgeTransition Music: Multumesc Pentru Tot [Thanks for everything] by Cast of CharactersTransition sound effects: SoundstripeThe Politics Classroom websiteFor 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 LinksAmbassador Ian Kelly: https://internationalstudies.northwestern.edu/people/ambassador-in-residence.htmlAmbassador Kelly's bio: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/247944.htmEpisode transcript: https://bit.ly/HowWestGotRussiaSoWrongUkrainian photographer, Elena Mozhvilo: https://unsplash.com/@miracledayThird Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285Multumesc Pentru Tot: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14760Cast of Characters: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280Soundstripe sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72094The Politics Classroom: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-09-how-did-the-west-get-russia-so-wrong
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
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!)
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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 available soon!
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.
In the Classroom: Dr. Margaret Fink, Director, UIC Disability Cultural Center
Topics: Disability vocabulary, reclaiming "crip", disability justice, disability cultural centers, non-apparent disabilities, ADHD, improving accessibility in the classroom
Episode Transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Gotcha! by Avocado Junkie
Photo description: Margaret, a white woman with brown hair and brown tortoise shell glasses, smiles at the camera while taking a selfie. Margaret is wearing a blue and white patterned blouse and a navy blue cardigan. Behind her are the bright green leaves of the trees outside the BSB building on UIC's campus.
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This is a re-release of an episode of The International Classroom, a live studio precursor of this podcast. The episode originally aired on UIC Radio in 2019.
In the Classroom: 2019 UICUF President Janet Smith & Executive Vice President Aaron Krall
Topics: Union contracts; bargaining units; tenure-track v. non-tenure track; university budgeting
Episode transcript
Photo credit: UIC United Faculty
Intro & Outro music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age
Transition music: "Truffle Shuffle" and "Hotpants" by Tiger Gang
The Politics Classroom website
For further reading: The Bookshelf
In the Classroom: UICUF organizers Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney and Jeff Edwards; UICUF President and bargaining co-chair Aaron Krall
Topics: Union organizing; strike planning; forming a bargaining team; working with management; demonstrating power through mobilization; short tribute to Janet Smith
Transcript coming soon
Photo credit: Charitianne Williams
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Happy Claps and Whistle by Amir Madani Rascado via Soundstripe
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The Bookshelf for further reading
In The Classroom: Professor Nicole A. Perez, Bridge to Faculty Scholar, Department of Medical Education, UIC
Topics: Medical education; medical racism; winding career paths; social and cultural capital; community cultural wealth; first generation student success
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: The Sheriff is in Town by Adam Saban
Podcast website
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In the Classroom: UIC History Professor Robert D. Johnston
Topics: Professors with teacher parents; union stewards; teaching aspiring teachers; the Omaha Platform of the People's Party (1892); not populism but populisms; conspiracy theories; nativism; US Founders
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Strikken by Tiger Gang
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The Bookshelf for further reading
In The Classroom: I have the joy and privilege of speaking with many UIC faculty and students about what makes UIC special, and why they've chosen to make it home. Thank you to all who participated in the episode. I look forward to many more episodes in 2023!
Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: You Cool! by Ends of the Earth
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In the Classroom: Ryan Hurley, Regional Director for the Illinois Senate Democratic Fund
Topics: Nov. 8 election; election day for a campaign staffer; paying campaign staff; post-Covid campaigning; the power of texting
Photo by Andrew Adams on Unsplash
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Viral by Sweet Sammy
In the Classroom: Professor emeritus Chris Mooney, UIC Political Science
Topics: November 8 election; election judging; ranked choice voting; ballot initiatives around the country; effects of redistricting overreach; billionaires playing politics in Illinois
Photo by Niranjan _ Photographs on Unsplash
Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition music: Truffle Shuffle by Tiger Gang
Podcast website: www.thepoliticsclassroom.org
Brief explanation for why there is no full episode this week.
Photo by Aleksandar Cvetanovic on Unsplash
Bits and pieces of previously unaired interview fragments, strangely stitched together with spooky results.
In the Classroom: Professors Cedric Johnson & Juan Albarracín and student panelists Hiba, Olivia, Meghna, and Sam
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transitions by Soundstripe
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash
Full episode with Professor Johnson
Full episode with Professor Albarracín
Full episode with student panel
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In the Classroom: UIC Political Science student panel comprised of Hiba, Sam, Meghna, and Olivia
Topics: Protests in Iran, Brazil's elections, coup in Burkina Faso, death of Queen Elizabeth II
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Ticky Tacky by Rhythm Scott
Episode Cover Art: Gaël Gaborel - OrbisTerrae on Unsplash
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In the Classroom: Prof. Juan Albarracín, UIC Political Science
Topics: Relationship between political and criminal actors in Brazil and Colombia; criminal governance; transitional justice; post-conflict
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Descarga Mapalé by Anthony Catacoli
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In the Classroom: Dr. Angela Walden, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Diversity Initiatives, University of Illinois, Chicago
Topics: Representation of Indigenous people; 'Acknowledge is a Verb'; Native content creators; psychology of invisibility, ICWA, Relocation Acts, Indian boarding schools
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Age of Heroes by Caleb Etheridge
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In the Classroom: Professor Cedric Johnson, Black Studies & Political Science, UIC
Topics: Limitations of the Black Lives Matter approach to social change; class solidarity; busting myths about history; New Deal policies; GI Bill
Intro, Outro, & Transition Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
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In the Classroom: Five UIC Political Science majors enrolled in Prof. Floros' Pop Culture and Politics class
Topics: Florida anti-CRT and "Don't Say Gay" laws; "indoctrination;" talking to people about their white and/or male privilege; heart attacks and ADHD in women; disappointing interactions with parents
Photo credit: Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: The Funhouse by Moments
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In the Classroom: Anya Stewart, PhD Student, UC Davis Political Science
Topics: Graduate school; internships; insurance (it's not boring, I promise!); a cappella; finding love in an intro class; comprehensive exams; academic advising
Photo credit: Brownstone Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: The Spokes, UC Davis
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In the Classroom: Professor Jeff Schuhrke (SUNY-Empire State College-Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies)
Topics: Unions; higher education unions; National Labor Relations Act; unions and Democrats; exploited workers; Starbucks & Amazon unions
Episode Transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Champagne Papaya by Avocado Junkie
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In the Classroom: Professor Evan McKenzie (UIC Political Science/UIC School of Law)
Topics: Establishment Clause v. Free Expression Clause; regulating today's guns with 1790 regulations; relying on Congress to solve climate change
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Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: School Lunch by Nu Alkemi$t
Photo by Chris Chow on Unsplash
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In the Classroom: Professor Evan McKenzie (UIC Political Science/UIC School of Law)
Topics: Supreme Court justices; radical v. conservative; Dobbs decision and implications
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Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Offering by Cast of Characters
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash
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In The Classroom: Professor Dick Simpson, UIC Political Science
Topics: Rebirth of Democracy; history of UIC; balancing a career with public service; redistricting; voting; judicial elections; participatory and deliberative democracy
Episode Transcript
Photo: Wrigley Building, Chicago. Photo by Shelby L. Bell and cover design by Jim Proefrock
Intro and outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Baby I'm Coming Home by Ryan Saranich
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In the Classroom: Professor Laura T. Hamilton, Sociology, University of California - Merced
Topics: Racial consequences of underfunding public universities; austerity administrators; bankers on university boards; public higher education as a public good
Episode Transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Underneath the Surface by Tiger Gang
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In the Classroom: Previously unaired interview content with Dr. Sabine Mohamed (UIC Anthropology), Prof. Chris Bonneau (University of Pittsburgh Political Science), and Prof. EJ Fagan (UIC Political Science)
Topics: Blackness in Germany; filibuster; voting rights legislation; the Deep State; and more
Intro & outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition music: Buzzbomb by Tiger Gang
Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash
Dr. Mohamed's full episode (2022.09: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend)
Professor Bonneau's full episode (2022.12: No One Should Have Life Terms...Except Tenured Professors)
Professor Fagan's full episode (2022.13: Promises Kept and Unkept)
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In the Classroom: Professor EJ Fagan (Political Science), University of Illinois at Chicago
Topics: Three branches of government; presidential authority; Senate filibuster; US Supreme Court cases; 2020 election promises; possibility of civil war in the US
While discussing Supreme Court cases that might be overturned under the current court, Professor Fagan and I mislabeled some of the cases, naming one case when we should have named another. Given that neither of us are judicial politics scholars, we humbly ask the listeners' forgiveness and direct them to The Bookshelf on The Politics Classroom website, where I've provided links to the cases we mistakenly named and those we meant to discuss.
Intro & outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition music: Sun of a Gun by Tiger Gang
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In the Classroom: Professor Chris Bonneau (Political Science), University of Pittsburgh
Topics: College classes in correctional facilities; judicial elections; US Supreme Court; University shared governance
Episode Transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Head Over Feels by Tiger Gang
For more on today's topics: The Bookshelf
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In the Classroom: Ryan Hurley, Regional Director, Illinois Senate Democratic Fund
Topics: Illinois Democratic Politics; campaign minutia; former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan; redistricting
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Rage On by Divisioner
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In the Classroom: Retired US Ambassador Ian C. Kelly
Topics: Ten centuries of Russia-Ukraine history in 30-ish minutes; Putin's motivation in Ukraine; what message Western sanctions send to China
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: These Open Roads are Calling by Joshua Spacht
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In the Classroom: Dr. Sabine Mohamed, Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate (Anthropology, UIC)
Topics: War in Ethiopia; Ethiopian military + Eritrean military against region of Tigray (Ethiopia); shifting alliances in Ethiopia/Eritrea; importance of access to the sea; race in Germany
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Endless Caravan by Delbony
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In the Classroom: Dr. Emily Vasquez (Sociology), Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate, UIC
Topics: Sociological aspects of genomic sequencing; public health philanthropy; sci fi medicine; government funding of for-profit research
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Blue Hour by The Stolen Orchestra
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In the Classroom: Prof. Heather Elko McKibben (Political Science), UC Davis
Topics: Challenges of academia; pandemic fatigue; Professor Floros' existential crisis; whether tenure is worth it
Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition music: Horcrux by Tiger Gang
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In the Classroom: Dr. Lawrence Brown (Public Administration), UIC Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate
Topics: Affirmative action; federal hiring policy; court challenges to race conscious university admissions; US' inability to confront the past
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Ka Maluhia A Me Ka Hauʻoli by Cast of Characters
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In the Classroom: Dr. Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez (History), UIC Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate
Topics: Migrant youth detention; racialized immigration policy; geopolitical considerations for classifying migrants; from homelessness to the Ivy League
Episode Transcript
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Vamos by Matt Wigton
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In the Classroom: Dr. Danielle Beaujon, Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Criminology, Law, and Justice, UIC
Topics: Policing in colonial France and the US; Charles de Gaulle; Algerian independence; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Il Primo Ballo by Reves Francais
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In the Classroom: Dr. Amalia Pallares, Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Engagement at UIC
Topics: academia v. activism; MSIs; community engagement; the other CATE; Bridge to Faculty
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Island Spring by Bright Seed
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Special Office Hours bonus segment with Professor Mirya Holman (Political Science, Tulane University). Material about sheriffs and sexism that didn't make the original episode. Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Photo by Illumination Marketing on Unsplash
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In the Classroom: Professor Mirya Holman (Political Science, Tulane University)
Topics: #FeministMafia, #MHAWS, differences in political ambition between girls and boys...and what to do about it
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Wire by Jessie Villa
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In the Classroom: Dr. Jacki Thompson Rand (Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Topics: settler colonialism; land grant institutions; land acknowledgement statements, problematic mascots
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Pacesetter by Phantoms
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In the Classroom: Professor Amy Erica Smith (Political Science, Iowa State University), Ames Community School District
Topics: Making the world a better place, being a political science professor who runs for office, the importance of an amazing graduate student mentor
Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Photo: Courtesy of Amy Erica Smith
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In the Classroom: Prof. Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University
Topics: Native American rights under US law, tribal membership, doctrine of discovery
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Glass Office by AEROPLANES
Photo: Courtesy of Anton Treuer
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Moderated interview with Dr. Fiona Hill (Brookings) about populism and the role universities can play to turn back the danger.
First meeting of The Roundtable, sponsored by Provost Javier Reyes (UIC)
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Intro & Outro Music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age
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Summary: Clips about organizing, resistance, intersectionality, and more not featured on previous podcast episodes
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Professor Susan Ortiz (Sociology, Warren Wilson College)
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Professor Lynn Hudson (History, UIC)
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Professor Andrew Flores (Government, American University)
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Daniel Williams (Political Science, UIC)
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Professor Jay Phelan (Biology, UCLA)
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In the Classroom: Prof. Evan McKenzie, Political Science, UIC
Topics: Roe v. Wade, Constitutional right to privacy, stare decisis, reactionaries on the Supreme Court, upcoming abortion cases
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In the Classroom: Prof. Jay Phelan (UCLA Life Sciences Core Program)
Topics: Secret Syllabus, tips for college success, professorial pet peeves
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Transition Music: Faker by Ian Kelosky
For further reading, check out The Bookshelf on the podcast's website
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In the Classroom: Prof. Lynn Hudson, History and Black Studies at UIC
Topics include the Second Clan, segregation, multiracial resistance, Mary Ellen Pleasant, White supremacy
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Transition Music: California Valley by PALA
Photo: Cover of Prof. Hudson's newest book, West of Jim Crow from the University of Illinois Press.
For further reading, check out The Bookshelf at the podcast's website
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In the Classroom: Daniel Williams, graduate student in Political Science at UIC Topics include: HBCUs; importance of community colleges; LGBTQ History Month; Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Defense of Marriage Act; more Supreme Court Cases Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Beer Me Polka by Liberty Photo by Amy Humphries on Unsplash
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In the Classroom: Andrew Flores, Dept. of Government, American University
Professor Flores and I talk about the terminology around LGBTQ identities, a brief history of LGBTQ activism, and some Supreme Court cases dealing with rights for members of the LGBT community.
Photo: Selfie by A. Flores
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In the Classroom: Prof. Susan Y. Ortiz, Sociologist at Warren Wilson College
Topics: Constructing race, Critical Race Theory, Race embedded in US laws
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Short bits of my conversation with University of Arkansas at Little Rock Political Science Professor Christopher Williams that were cut from the official episode, including the difference between Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy. Enjoy!
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Guest: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Political Science Professor Christopher Williams
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My conversation with Northwestern PhD Candidate Justin Zimmerman couldn't fit into our regular Classroom schedule, so the conversation continued in Office Hours, a bonus episode of The Politics Classroom.
Topics: Political Science job market; "decolonizing" syllabus
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In the Classroom: Justin Zimmerman (Northwestern University)
Topics: Race and ethnic politics (REP), (lack of) diversity in political science; situational trust
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Transition music: That One Time by Midnight Daydream
For further reading, check out The Bookshelf at thepoliticsclassroom.org
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In the Classroom: Professor Chris Mooney (UIC Political Science)
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In the Classroom is Prof. Paul Staniland, a political scientist from the University of Chicago, whose research focuses on South Asia. Professors Floros and Staniland discuss Afghanistan, before and after the US intervention there.
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In which Professor Floros gets real about her journey to become a professor and how much of the road still stretches ahead.
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This week's guest: Professor EJ Fagan
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This week's guest: Alexandra Filindra (UIC Political Science)
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This week's guests: Marisol Mastrangelo (UIC staff), Lesly Bahena (UIC student), Cheyenne Henry (UIC student)
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Royalty Free/Public Domain Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * Douze Danses Allemandes - 7 Do majeur (Ludwig van Beethoven) * Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - 7. Badinerie (Johann Sebastian Bach) * Etude Op. 25 no. 8 in D flat major - 'Sixths' (Frédéric Chopin) * Carnival of the Animals - III. Swift Animals (Camille Saint-Saëns)
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This week's guest: Sam Witt, UIC Communications
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This week's guests: Semih Patan & Keith Simonds, UIC Political Science
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Royalty Free Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * Sung Oribe - Courante from Cello suite no. 1 (Johann Sebastian Bach) * Sabre Dance (Aram Khachaturian) * Carnival of the Animals - III. Swift Animals (Camille Saint-Saëns)
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Laura Hostetler: China in Modern Times (12.03.2019) by Professor Floros
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David Greenstein: Teaching Chicago through the Library Archives (10.29.2019) by Professor Floros
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Inside Scoop on Illinois State Politics with Chris Mooney (10.22.2019) by Professor Floros
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Hank Reichman: Protector of Academic Freedom (10.15.2019) by Professor Floros
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Evan McKenzie: Impeachment (10.08.2019) by Professor Floros
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Kathleen Yang-Clayton on the 2020 Census (10.01.2019) by Professor Floros
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Jane Addams, Female Presidential Candidates, and Breaking News by Professor Floros
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