Politics in Question

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Latest episodes

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How Do We Build and Break Power?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee chats with Alex Hertel-Fernandez and Jamila Michener about what power building might look like for the next pro-democracy gov

Aug 26
1 h 00 min

Who Controls the Party?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James chat with Georgia Kernell about how parties choose their candidates. Kernell is an Associate Professor at the Unive

Aug 26
56 min

What Happened to the Republican Party?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James chat with Seth Masket about how Trump voters fundamentally changed the Republican Party. Masket is a professor of p

Jul 7
40 min

What Makes the Working Families Party Work?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee chats with Tabitha Abu El-Haj about the power of associational party building. Abu El-Haj is a professor of law at Drexel Uni

Jun 15
39 min

What’s Wrong with Political Parties?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James chat with Didi Kuo about how to fix political parties. Kuo is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for I

May 27
49 min

What Can Stop the Redistricting Wars?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James discuss the Supreme Court's recent redistricting ruling and what it means for American democracy. The case out of L

May 27
46 min

What Are the Rules and Procedures to SAVE America?

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James chat about the SAVE America Act. What is the partisan tension behind putting up a voter ID bill? How could this p

Apr 20
30 min

Why Are Factions Valuable?

In this week's episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James chat with Soren Dayton about the importance of factions within Congress. Dayton is Director of American Gove

Apr 6
50 min

Why Does Money Matter?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee chats with Danielle Thomsen about the role of money in politics. Thomsen is a Professor of Political Science at the Un

Mar 5
39 min

Is the American Dream Dead?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee chats with Liz Suhay about the death and myth of the American Dream. Suhay is a professor of government in the School

Mar 5
39 min

How Does Transformation Lead to Regression?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James talk with their former co-host Julia Azari about the role of presidents in shaping of racial norms. Azari is

Jan 28
54 min

Does Moderation Matter?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James dive into the “moderate debate.” They discuss Lee’s recent Substack essay, The Moderation Debate Fiddles wit

Dec 19 2025
38 min

How Do We Stop the Rise of Autocracy? Feat. Stacey Abrams

In this week's episode of Politics in Question, host Lee Drutman talks with Leader Stacey Abrams about the current state of democracy. Leader Abrams is a strategist, nove

Nov 6 2025
29 min

Why Are We in a Shutdown?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James talk with Matt Glassman about the state and stakes of the government shutdown. Glassman is a Senior Fellow a

Oct 30 2025
38 min

What Can the Data Tell Us?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee talks with G. Elliot Morris about all things polling. Morris is a data-driven journalist and author of Strength in Num

Oct 22 2025
43 min

How Are Social Movements Built?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee and Julia talk with Hahrie Han, a recent MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, about the intricacies of local-level politi

Oct 16 2025
47 min

What is a Pocket Rescission?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James discuss the context behind the looming government shutdown. They walk through the history of the Impoundment

Sep 11 2025
41 min

Is American Politics Stuck in a Gerontocracy?

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee sits down with Oscar Pocasangre and Dustin Wahl to discuss the representation of young people in politics. Pocasangre

Aug 28 2025
33 min

Who Really Controls the Map?

In this week's episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James catch up on the state of redistricting in the U.S. They discuss Lee’s latest Substack piece, “Democracy in P

Aug 6 2025
33 min

What's the Future of Casework?

In this week's episode of Politics in Question, Lee Drutman discusses with Anne Meeker how case work and constituent services would work under proportional representation

Jul 23 2025
47 min

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What listeners say

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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.

DemocracyInDanger · Mar 2021

Well thought out questions by the hosts. The listener is let in on an in depth conversation about the challenges we face as a society from some of our top scholars.

IvyVirginia · Mar 2021

I like this podcast. I’m a political hound, so I like in-depth analysis from experts. These guys are, by any standard, experts. What I would like to see is something that I am terrible at personally. I would like them to slow down and lay out the arguments, and disagreements, more slowly. On an even more trivial note, I would like to see all of them invest in some decent sound equipment and recording procedures that allow the audio quality to not sound like I’m listening to a 1970s party line discussion.

johncomment1 · Sep 2020

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).

AddNow! · Apr 2020

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