# Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics A podcast by Providence College Political Science Department. 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. Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/beyond-your-news-feed-understanding-contemporary-politics ## Latest episodes - [2024 Election Aftermath](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/147ee4198e7e) (2024-11-17, 65 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/6ca0efda/a8c9e7bc.mp3 - [2024 Election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/9cfcad278299) (2024-10-31, 72 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/32340275/0acfe8f4.mp3 - [The Discursive Self-Cleaving of Donald Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/20da1e91f47a) (2024-05-03, 50 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1d6f795a/304538a8.mp3 - [Regulation of Religious Practice in China](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/aeaed440cdac) (2024-04-11, 49 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/98cabddd/f14783a3.mp3 - [New Class Divisions and the Meritocratic Left](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/e1744ae00839) (2024-03-20, 69 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/63bb7c4d/fa427774.mp3 - [The Muslim Social](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/c53953af5bd1) (2024-03-06, 56 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/9ba729e9/518307d2.mp3 - [2024 Presidential Election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/73e28f38b21f) (2024-02-21, 64 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1434154b/8c30e5a5.mp3 - [American Reactions to the War in Gaza](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/3ab678defcd6) (2023-12-01, 62 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ea1ff175/9da42e91.mp3 - [Does American Federalism promote or undermine American democracy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/354b4acff620) (2023-03-23, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2cef4c73/30d09cb2.mp3 - [Chinese Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/b39fae54c722) (2023-03-04, 47 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/16596e93/d4745b88.mp3 - [Introducing PC Political Scientist Professor Sara Hassani](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/da6bc2a4bd4c) (2023-02-10, 58 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8296f61e/bd65810a.mp3 - [Political turmoil in Israel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/f1976e08301e) (2023-02-02, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c567e9f5/f0391c17.mp3 - [2022 Midterm Elections](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/f79932e18567) (2022-12-11, 62 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2ae902aa/df8b1bb6.mp3 - [Political Turmoil in Iran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/479f1bf0d0f4) (2022-10-20, 44 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/bf51bd5e/789d6c3a.mp3 - [The State of American Politics – Summer 2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/da411ee38712) (2022-07-18, 73 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/7d060d20/f151904f.mp3 - [Understanding Hostility Toward Immigrants and Immigrant Political Participation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/fa32ec77f6fb) (2022-06-08, 66 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/3cddbe6b/d26784e3.mp3 - [Celebrity, Gossip, and Contemporary Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/279fa5605938) (2022-04-27, 65 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/cff837d0/e76e3414.mp3 - [IPCC Reports - Climate Change Assessment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/247995eea995) (2022-04-25, 60 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2bc0d152/9bfafd51.mp3 - [PC PSC Students' Experience With Senior Research Seminar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/3465d9d546c1) (2022-04-04, 50 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/e3aa71c5/8c387f96.mp3 - [PC Political Science Alumnae who are Political Scientists](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/f4aab3d0032b) (2022-03-29, 53 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/40305287/ede583c0.mp3 - [The Democratic Soul](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/c712775b903a) (2022-02-07, 51 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/aa7d8f29/505c9e23.mp3 - [American Conservative Thought: The Demise of “Fusionism”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/9bf0bf53881b) (2022-01-24, 61 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8ba436d2/8de9fc0f.mp3 - [The State of American Politics One Year After the 2020 Election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/e583a32d7fe2) (2021-11-30, 75 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/74c96b8e/d5f854f6.mp3 - [The Demise of Local Newspapers and American Democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/117081bfa032) (2021-11-04, 60 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/b069ef60/01f73eec.mp3 - [Budgetary Conflict: From Obama to Biden (via Trump)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/c17b09c875bd) (2021-10-08, 65 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ac590541/c5bf7efa.mp3 - [Utopia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/ef8098c9e011) (2021-09-30, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/46bc8c9a/1261e556.mp3 - [Israel’s New Government](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/6889630ee25d) (2021-09-14, 63 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/dfbe2d2a/defa033b.mp3 - [The Afghan Taliban Return to Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/86834ca1b1c1) (2021-08-26, 54 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/e20a3f4a/7da7e71f.mp3 - [The Climate Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/8834343cb160) (2021-08-18, 53 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1c197052/7cb5f8aa.mp3 - [Keith Morton on Youth Gangs, Violence, and Non-violence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/6d79f3c488e1) (2021-05-11, 71 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c70181d2/30f05b29.mp3 - [History of the Providence College Political Science Department – 1970 - today](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/210c20fce380) (2021-04-27, 56 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/60b7aa7d/df025910.mp3 - [The Democratic Party After Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/a10abd67e4e6) (2021-04-08, 61 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/46b6a87b/f5b0e5b4.mp3 - [Israeli Elections and Middle East politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/e76ffc19a080) (2021-03-26, 44 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/0b8b7d00/eb3b3d51.mp3 - [Providence College Students and Election 2020](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/98773dcb7618) (2020-11-19, 66 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/bdf2f2e5/24a25076.mp3 - [Analysis of 2020 Election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/c5f4e1699b12) (2020-11-16, 78 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/0d7dae95/cc0b5752.mp3 - [Pre-election forecast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/819528017255) (2020-10-28, 48 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ea07ca7c/854a364e.mp3 - [The Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/9ce547b2a3ca) (2020-10-12, 60 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/152426d5/95eb7fb5.mp3 - [Senate Elections](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/a733a6ad2165) (2020-10-04, 50 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/5055b921/29a4e87a.mp3 - [Latinos and the 2020 Election](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/f98e5b42b733) (2020-09-23, 69 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/6e70e3a7/fbd14f12.mp3 - [Climate Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/a6f78d5e8ba3) (2020-09-13, 63 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/32002507/0bd0ecb8.mp3 - [Presidential Election 2020 – State of the Presidential Race after the Political Conventions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/afede74b1a57) (2020-09-04, 63 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/45694a4c/cc8c2d69.mp3 - [The 2020 Presidential Election – A Little over Two Months before Election Day](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/b249fba7bde1) (2020-08-19, 64 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/99d10f2c/1ecff5aa.mp3 - [Emily Ascherl's Senior Thesis - From Authoritarian Rule to Democratic Accountability: The Negotiation for Human Rights Trials Following the Proceso Regime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/5dfaa3c831cf) (2020-05-20, 47 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c3e1a236/6602110f.mp3 - [China's Pandemic Response and Impact](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/0ec7953b4865) (2020-05-09, 51 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/e7afbd3e/a1c43cdb.mp3 - [The American Political System's Response to a Pandemic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/9001055b104d) (2020-04-09, 58 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/76e88b99/6649f74d.mp3 - [Understanding Brexit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/b0f9783ad6ff) (2020-03-04, 71 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4505980c/ac9512bc.mp3 - [What's New With Impeachment and the Supreme Court](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/e8b133075007) (2020-02-19, 56 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/23375690/e79ddb02.mp3 - [A Briefing on the Upcoming Iowa Caucus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/1ab91c0986c2) (2020-01-30, 55 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/7c52f743/1282087d.mp3 - [The Latest on the Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/9e59083783d2) (2020-01-29, 57 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/6953d16c/3315d69a.mp3 - [The Green New Deal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1434567088/9b8843034144) (2019-12-10, 62 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/f802fa26/181b6d1d.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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