Political Reality

The most important election of our lives (until the next one, and the next one and the next) | S02E09 | Political Reality

PREVIEW: What Americans can learn from Australians about politics with Chas Licciardello | S02E08

https://www.patreon.com/politicalreality/posts/what-americans-171733279

PR ABROAD: Australian Political Primer + Panda Diplomacy | S02E07 | Political Reality

https://www.patreon.com/c/politicalreality

PREVIEW: WAR: why don't we stop having them? | S02E06 | Political Reality

FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/politicalreality/posts/war-why-dont-we-170386581 1. ⚔️ Sun Tzu (circa 500 BCE), The Art of Warhttps://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.

How climate change got politicized | S02E05 | Political Reality

PREVIEW: Who has more diversity of thought: Democrats or Republicans? (Sorry Independents) | S02E04 | Political Reality

FULL EPISODE 1. 🧠 Dias et al. (2025), “American partisans vastly under-estimate the diversity of other partisans’ policy attitudes.”https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa

Are Americans getting less religious? w/ Dr. Melissa Deckman | S02E03 | Political Reality

**1. ⛪ Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI):** https://prri.org/ --- **2. 👩‍🏫 More on Dr. Melissa Deckman:** https://www.melissadeckman.com/ --- **3. 📊 2025 PRRI

PREVIEW: Why haven't we had a woman president? | S02E02 | Political Reality

1. 📊 Burns et al. (2025), What’s happened to the gender gap in political activity? Social structure, politics, and political participation in the United Stateshttps://www

What good is the electoral college anyway? | S02E01 | Political Reality

## Show Notes for Electoral College Ep. ### 🏛️ History & background 1. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Great_Compromise.htm 2. https://www.ebsco.com

What We Hope You Learned | S01E24 | Political Reality

Thank you for watching/listening to this season. We hope you find the show informative and will join us in Season 2

Season 1 Recap - What We Learned | S01E23 | Political Reality

Thanks for joining on this new endeavor.

How Does Democracy Score | S01E22 | Political Reality

PREVIEW: Being in Congress | S01E21 | Political Reality

Full Episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/being-in-s01e21-159335999 Thanks to Derek Kilmer for joining us!

How to Talk Politics with Prof. Lindsey Cormack | Political Reality | S01E20

Prof. Cormack’s excellent book, How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It): https://howtoraiseacitizen.com/ Her DC Inbox searchable database of e-newslet

PREVIEW: European Affective Polarization | S01E19 | Political Reality

🌍 Primary studies discussed in the episode: 1. 📄 Wagner, Markus (2024), “Affective polarization in Europe,” European Political Science Reviewhttps://www.cambridge.org/co

Damage to Science Under Trump | S01E18 | Political Reality

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-5642965/what-cuts-to-research-under-trump-have-meant-for-science-in-2025⁠ ⁠https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index

PREVIEW: Politicization of Science | S01E17 | Political Reality

https://www.patreon.com/posts/politicization-156907450

What would it take to solve homelessness in America? with Andrew Heaton! | S01E16 | Political Reality

1. 🎙️ Check out Andrew Heaton’s podcast and Substack, The Political Orphanagehttps://www.thepoliticalorphanage.com 2. ▶️ You can also find his podcast and other videos o

PREVIEW: Urban Rural Bias | S01E15 | Political Reality

Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/155715368 1. 📚 Katherine J. Cramer, The Politics of Resentmenthttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo22879533.

Alliances with Prof Paul Poast | S01E14 | Political Reality

1. 📄 Downs et al. (2009), “Is the good news about compliance good news about cooperation?”https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/abs/i