Politics in Question - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This was a great episode that makes the listener not only think critically about the questions and arguments presented by the hosts and their guest, but also about their own position on the topics being discussed.

The conversation about how our politics is strained by a group of people who not only peddle dangerous conspiracies that have no theory behind them – unlike your classic conspiracy theories about Area 51 and the moon landing – but also use conspiracies to delegitimize their political opponents was thought-provoking and necessary. But the most crucial question was the one presented by Mr. James Wallner: Is dismissing one's conspiracy-theory-peddling political opponents just another version of the delegitimization that we want to avoid? Furthermore, as Mr. Wallner alluded to: Is dismissing someone who wants to implement voter ID laws as racist the same as dismissing someone who knows that the 2020 election was secure as anti-American? As Professor Rosenblum states, one should not equate dangerous conspiracies that have no real end goal to legitimate concerns about the motives of someone who wishes to see less people vote, but these are crucial questions to ask -- our democracy will only be strengthened by doing so.

With so much shallow analysis of our politics being circulated these days this show stands out. Share it with your friends. Worth your time. Really sharp analysis. Wallner especially

At first blush, a podcast consisting of three political scientists talking about systemic reforms to the U.S. political system sounds like it would be of limited appeal to someone who is not themself an academic, but the three hosts manage to discuss issues that can be dense and theoretical in a way that is unpretentious and easily understood.

I am a huge fan of the podcast. I absolutely love the in-depth analysis of political problems of our time. I’m not a fan of political figures appearing on the podcast without a measure of balance (i.e. I do not want to hear Senator Mike Lee speak about constitutional interpretations without also hearing from an opposing perspective).