Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics
Providence College Political Science Department
61 episodes
Welcome to "Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics" a new podcast sponsored by the Providence College Political Science Department. Host William Hudson, Political Science Department Chair, and colleagues will provide expert analysis of current political events and issues, delving more deeply into their causes and consequences than can be found in typical media sources.
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2024 Election Aftermath
Host Dr. Hudson discusses the 2024 election with PC political science professors Dr. Myers and Dr. Cammarano. Our conversation reviews that factors that led to Donald Trump’s victory and the Republican gains in the…
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2024 Election
Host William Hudson discusses the 2024 election with PC political science professors Adam Myers and Joe Cammarano. They review the astonishing events of this election season since last June, consider the strategies of…
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The Discursive Self-Cleaving of Donald Trump
Host William Hudson is joined by Professor Andrea McDonnell, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of PC’s Communication Program to discuss her new research. Dr. McDonnell has been a guest on this…
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Regulation of Religious Practice in China
Although most of us associate the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) with its officially sanctioned atheism, the government tolerates a variety of religious practice within the country. Regulating and controlling…
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New Class Divisions and the Meritocratic Left
This episode features, Zachariah Wheeler, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Providence College. We discuss his research on the evolution in coalitions within the Democratic Party, how elite discourse…
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The Muslim Social
This episode features Gizem Zencirci, Associate Professor of Political Science and her new book: The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey published by Syracuse University Press. In this book,…
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2024 Presidential Election
Professors Joe Cammarano and Adam Myers join Beyond Your News Feed host William Hudson for a wide-ranging conversation about the 2024 presidential election campaigns. We examine the challenges both the Biden and Trump…
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American Reactions to the War in Gaza
Host William Hudson discusses the current Israeli-Palestinian crisis with two political science colleagues who are experts on Israel and its long conflict with the Palestinians. We focus on how Americans have reacted…
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Does American Federalism promote or undermine American democracy?
Professor Adam Myers joins host William Hudson to discuss federalism’s impact on American democracy. Jacob M. Grumbach’s recent book: Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics…
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Chinese Politics
This episode features a conversation with the Providence College Political Science Department’s Chinese politics expert, Professor Susan McCarthy. For several months, now, China has been in the news a lot whether in…
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Introducing PC Political Scientist Professor Sara Hassani
For this episode, we were pleased to welcome to Beyond Your News Feed the newest member of the PC Political Science faculty Assistant Professor Sara Hassani. Dr. Hassani joined the faculty last fall after completing…
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Political turmoil in Israel
Podcast host, William Hudson, invites back to the podcast the Providence College Political Science Departments expert on all this Israeli, Professor Ruth Ben-Artzi, to discuss recent events in Israel and Palestine. Our…
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2022 Midterm Elections
This episode takes a deep dive into the results of the 2022 midterm elections. Professors Matt Guardino and Adam Myers join host, William Hudson, to discuss key national and state races. They focus particularly on why…
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Political Turmoil in Iran
In September, Iran's morality police arrested a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Masha Amini, for violating rules regarding proper wearing of the hijab, a hair covering required of all women in public. A few days later, her…
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The State of American Politics – Summer 2022
This episode features our knowledgeable and insightful team of American politics experts, Professor Adam Myers and Professor Matt Guardino to discuss the state of American politics this summer of 2022. The last few…
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Understanding Hostility Toward Immigrants and Immigrant Political Participation
America has often prided itself as a nation of immigrants. Apart from indigenous peoples, Americans generally are descended from someone who came to this country from somewhere else. Despite this history, in recent…
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Celebrity, Gossip, and Contemporary Politics
On this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, Dr. Bill Hudson is joined by Associate Professor of Communication and Director of PC’s new Communication Program Professor Andrea McDonnell. She and Dr. Hudson Talk about the…
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IPCC Reports - Climate Change Assessment
Today’s guest on Beyond Your News Feed, Professor Casey Stevens, sits down with Dr. Bill Hudson to discuss the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conducted on April 1st. Stevens, whose expertise…
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PC PSC Students' Experience With Senior Research Seminar
On this week's episode of Beyond Your News Feed, three Political Science seniors were asked to share their experiences with their capstone research seminars. Two of the seniors in attendance, Malik Alwani and Addison…
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PC Political Science Alumnae who are Political Scientists
This year Providence College is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the first class of women students at the college. Since 1971 when the college became coed, the Political Science department has had many terrific…
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The Democratic Soul
Can political philosophy help us understand what ails American Democracy? Host Professor William Hudson explores this question with guest Assistant Professor of Political Science Justin Brophy. We examine the question…
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American Conservative Thought: The Demise of “Fusionism”
This episode explores the tension within American conservative thought between Traditional Burkean conservatism and classical liberalism. Host William Hudson discusses this tension with Providence College Visiting…
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The State of American Politics One Year After the 2020 Election
We apologize for the technical problem with the recent upload of this episode. Episode is now ready for your listening enjoyment. It is a good one! Host William Hudson and his guests, Professors Adam Myers and Matt…
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The Demise of Local Newspapers and American Democracy
This episode of Beyond Your News Feed explores the fate of local news. Professors Andrea McDonnell and Matt Guardino of the Providence College Political Science Department join host William Hudson for a conversation…
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Budgetary Conflict: From Obama to Biden (via Trump)
For this episode, the tables are turned on Beyond Your News Feed’s normal host, Professor William Hudson. Guest host Professor Adam Myers interviews Hudson about federal budgetary politics. Budget issues are very much…
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Utopia
This episode takes up the topic of Utopia. What value do dreams of a better world have for understanding politics in the real world? What impact has utopian thinking had on the evolution of the political world over the…
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Israel’s New Government
Providence College Associate Professor of Political Science Ruth Ben-Artzi joins host William Hudson to discuss the formation of a new Israeli government formed last spring. We discuss the March election (the fourth…
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The Afghan Taliban Return to Power
Last week, after twenty years of conflict, the Afghanistan Taliban took effective control of the country. The rapid collapse of Afghan government forces clearly surprised American officials and has led to the…
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The Climate Crisis
This special edition of Beyond Your News Feed analyzes last week’ report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Professor Casey Stevens, PC Political Science Department’s environmental politics…
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Keith Morton on Youth Gangs, Violence, and Non-violence
This episode is a conversation with Professor Keith Morton of the Public and Community Service Department about his recent book “Getting Out: Youth Gangs, Violence, and Positive Change” published in 2019 by University…
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History of the Providence College Political Science Department – 1970 - today
Listeners will find this a different kind of Beyond Your News Feed episode. Rather than analyze political events in the news as we usually do, this episode takes a deep dive into the history of the Providence College…
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The Democratic Party After Trump
Donald Trump’s defeat in last November’s election spawned an eruption of press analyzes about the impact of the defeat on the Republican Party. Pundits have opined endlessly on questions like: What will be the…
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Israeli Elections and Middle East politics
In this episode, Providence College Professor of Political Science Ruth Ben-Artzi talks with podcast host Professor William Hudson about the recent Israeli elections and other developments in Middle East politics. With…
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Providence College Students and Election 2020
Today Bill Hudson, host of Beyond Your News Feed, interviewed six PC students: Megan Labbe, Sienna Strickland, Cole Dougherty, Carson Giles, Sofia Belen Carrillo, and Dean Williams, about their experiences as first…
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Analysis of 2020 Election
Professors Adam Myers, Matt Guardino, and Joe Cammarano, all of the PC political science department join host, William Hudson for a post-election analysis of the 2020 election. The focus of our discussion is the larger…
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Pre-election forecast
Professors Adam Myers, Matt Guardino, and Joe Cammarano, all of the PC political science department join host, William Hudson to look at the state of the presidential race seven days out from election day. We cover a…
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The Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In this episode, Professors Abigail Brooks, Director of PCs Women’s Studies Program, and Paul Herron, the PC Political Science Department’s Supreme Court expert, join Beyond Your News Feed host, William Hudson, to…
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Senate Elections
On today’s episode, I was joined by Professor Adam Myers to discuss the 2020 races for the US Senate. With more Republican Senate seats at stake in this election, Democrats have a good opportunity to take enough seats…
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Latinos and the 2020 Election
In this episode, Professor Tony Affigne, Professor of Political Science at Providence College takes a deep dive into survey data of Latinos
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Climate Crisis
This summer the United States has experienced a number of severe weather events that seem related to climate warming. In the West, weeks of drought and high temperatures have created a tinder box for an unprecedented…
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Presidential Election 2020 – State of the Presidential Race after the Political Conventions
William Hudson, host of Beyond Your News Feed, has invited back PC Professors Matt Guardino and Adam Myers, as promised at the end of the last episode, to bring us up to date on where the 2020 race for the presidency…
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The 2020 Presidential Election – A Little over Two Months before Election Day
Host William Hudson is joined by political scientists Adam Myers and Matt Guardino to analyze the shape of the presidential race as of August 18th. Our conversation took place after the first day of the Democrats…
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Emily Ascherl's Senior Thesis - From Authoritarian Rule to Democratic Accountability: The Negotiation for Human Rights Trials Following the Proceso Regime
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, host Bill Hudson sits down with one of the newly graduated seniors from Providence College, Emily Ascherl, to discuss her honors thesis entitled: From Authoritarian Rule to…
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China's Pandemic Response and Impact
In this second installment of Beyond Your News Feed: Virtual Edition, Professor Susan McCarthy joins us to unpack the origins of the virus, COVID-19. Professor McCarthy helps us to trace back the discovery of the virus…
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The American Political System's Response to a Pandemic
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Understanding Brexit
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What's New With Impeachment and the Supreme Court
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A Briefing on the Upcoming Iowa Caucus
Welcome to Beyond Your News Feed. We regret that the episode you are about to hear has distorted sound quality. Technical issues during recording produced echoes in voices for most of the episode. Despite these sound…
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The Latest on the Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani
In this episode of Beyond Your News Feed, Professor Gizem Zencirci and Professor Ruth Ben-Artzi discuss the details of the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani that occurred earlier in January. We also…
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The Green New Deal
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