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Talk CocktailDemocracy vs. Constitution
For over two centuries, the American experiment has weathered crises that would have toppled lesser democracies — a resilience celebrated as uniquely American. But what if this story of perpetual reinvention through adaptation has reached its limits, our Constitution stretched too thin by the democratic achievements we cherish most?
In this WhoWhatWhy podcast, Yale professor Stephen Skowronek talks to me about his “adaptability paradox” theory: Our constitutional system functioned for centuries because it excluded many Americans, allowing a homogeneous elite to govern effectively. When the rights revolution of the ’60s and ’70s finally attempted to include everyone, the...2025-04-0827 min
New Books in American StudiesJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
New Books in Politics and PolemicsJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
New Books in American PoliticsJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
New Books in Critical TheoryJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
New Books in Political ScienceJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
New Books in LawJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
NBN Book of the DayJon Michaels and David Noll, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" (Atria/One Signal, 2024)Law professors Jon Michaels and David Noll use their expertise to expose how state-supported forms of vigilantism are being deployed by MAGA Republicans and Christian nationalists to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy. Beyond identifying the dangers of vigilantism, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy (Atria/One Signal, 2024) functions as a call to arms with a playbook for a democratic response.Michaels and Noll look back in time to make sense of today's American politics. They demonstrate how Christian nationalists have previously used state-supported forms of vigilantism when their power and...2024-10-031h 21
Houston Sports TalkTexans Roster Cuts! | Astros Sign Jason Heyward & Hector Neris Returns!Bleav Hosts Robert Land & Stephen Kerr break down the Texans roster cuts, Noah Brown's release, the loss of Christian Harris & Case Keenum, the Astros signing Jason Heyward and the return of Hector Neris & Justin Verlander.
(:30) Was Noah Brown's release surprising?
(2:43) Ben Skowronek gets cut
(3:35) Stephen Sims makes roster
(4:37) Christian Harris Out to Open Season
(6:22) What does Case Keenum injury mean?
(7:35) Should Dameon Pierce have made roster?
(9:40) Why did Texans let go of 2 best slot corners last year?
(10:24) D'Angelo Ross beats out CJ Henderson?
(10:50) British Brooks beats out veteran fullbacks
(12:09...2024-08-2837 minHouston Sports TalkRockets Move to #3 Pick! Texans Add Ben Skowronek! Astros Revolt on Espada?Bleav Hosts Robert Land & Stephen Kerr look at the Rockets surprise move up in the Draft Lottery, the Texans adding Ben Skowronek & Jacob Phillips and the Astros revolting on Espada. Plus, we look at the top of the lineup & a few key offensive stats
(:45) Did Rockets get lucky with Top 3 pick?
(1:45) Why the strength of this NBA draft changes the positives
(3:32) 2 players Rockets are rumored to draft
(5:14) How lucky have the Rockets gotten the last 4 yrs?
(8:14) How will Ben Skowronek help Texans?
(10:00) Texans sign Jacob Phillips
(12:23) Any hope for Astros?
(13:54) Ideal...2024-05-1431 min
AlarmRedneck #98: Nekonečný cyklus čtyř prezidentských typůAmerický politolog Stephen Skowronek přišel s pozoruhodnou a přehlednou teorií o cyklech, v jakých se střídají prezidenti USA. Podle něj existují čtyři základní typy prezidentů – prezident ustavující, předjímající, kontinuální a rozkládající. Jak do této teorie zapadají Joe Biden a Donald Trump? Byl Trump opravdu prezidentem, který tolik bořil paradigma? Může jím být napodruhé? Anebo se ukáže, že Skowronekův model už nadále nefunguje a potřeboval by aktualizovat?2024-01-0421 min
RedneckRedneck | Americké volby 101: Nekonečný cyklus čtyř prezidentských typůAmerický politolog Stephen Skowronek přišel s pozoruhodnou a přehlednou teorií o cyklech, v jakých se střídají prezidenti USA. Podle něj existují čtyři základní typy prezidentů – prezident ustavující, předjímající, kontinuální a rozkládající. Jak do této teorie zapadají Joe Biden a Donald Trump? Byl Trump opravdu prezidentem, který tolik bořil paradigma? Může jím být napodruhé? Anebo se ukáže, že Skowronekův model už nadále nefunguje a potřeboval by aktualizovat? To vše se dozvíte v dnešním 98. díle podcastu Redneck. 2024-01-0321 min
RedneckAmerické volby 101: Nekonečný cyklus čtyř prezidentských typůV USA začal rok prezidentských voleb. Než se do něj vrhneme, dovolíme si trochu novoročního věštění. Co jde vyčíst z cyklů, v jakých se střídají američtí prezidenti? Americký politolog Stephen Skowronek přišel s pozoruhodnou a přehlednou teorií o cyklech, v jakých se střídají prezidenti USA. Podle něj existují čtyři základní typy prezidentů – prezident ustavující, předjímající, kontinuální a rozkládající. Jak do této teorie zapadají Joe Biden a Donald Trump? Byl Trump opravdu prezidentem, který tolik bořil paradigma? Může jím být napodruhé...2024-01-0322 min
The CosmopolitanRealignments (w/ Timothy Shenk) Podcast: Know Your Enemy (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Realignments (w/ Timothy Shenk)Pub date: 2023-02-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEarly in Timothy Shenk's absorbing, provocative recent book, Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, he describes it as "a biography of American democracy told through its majorities, and the people who made them." Looking at American figures from Martin Van Buren to Charles Sumner to Mark Hanna to Phyllis Schlafly and Barack Obama, the book att...2023-03-071h 33
Know Your EnemyRealignments (w/ Timothy Shenk)Early in Timothy Shenk's absorbing, provocative recent book, Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, he describes it as "a biography of American democracy told through its majorities, and the people who made them." Looking at American figures from Martin Van Buren to Charles Sumner to Mark Hanna to Phyllis Schlafly and Barack Obama, the book attempts to define the character and conditions necessary for fashioning a durable electoral majority — in those moments when existing partisan and coalitional structures were reshuffled and articulated anew. In other words: a realignment.In this thrilling co...2023-02-271h 33
Know Your EnemyTEASER: Realignments (w/ Timothy Shenk)Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this bonus episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemyEarly in Timothy Shenk's absorbing, provocative book, Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, he describes it as "a biography of American democracy told through its majorities, and the people who made them." Looking at American figures from Martin Van Buren to Charles Sumner to Mark Hanna to Phyllis Schlafly and Barack Obama, the book attempts to define the character and conditions necessary for fashioning a durable electoral...2023-01-3102 min
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergVexatious VotingOn 2022’s first Remnant, a COVID-addled Jonah is joined by fan-favorite guest Yuval Levin for a discussion of voting rights in America. Voting, Yuval argues, has never been easier, despite claims to the contrary made by progressive and conservative commentators alike. The real problem is that both parties are fueling a loss of public confidence in elections, and trust must be restored for American democracy to continue to function. Jonah also quizzes Yuval on his case for expanding the House of Representatives and what it means to be a “recovering political scientist.” Grab your bingo cards for a thoroughly wonky...2022-01-051h 10
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastStephen Skowronek et al, "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021)Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive (Oxford University Press, 2021) powerfully dissects one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise.As the nation's chief executive, Donald Trump pitted himself repeatedly against the institutions and personnel of the executive branch. In the process, two once-obscure concepts came center stage in an eerie faceoff. On one side was the specter of a Deep State conspiracy-administrators t...2021-12-011h 13New Books in Politics and PolemicsStephen Skowronek et al, "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021)Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive (Oxford University Press, 2021) powerfully dissects one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise.As the nation's chief executive, Donald Trump pitted himself repeatedly against the institutions and personnel of the executive branch. In the process, two once-obscure concepts came center stage in an eerie faceoff. On one side was the specter of a D...2021-12-011h 13
Live at the National Constitution CenterDoes the Presidency Need Reform?As part of their ongoing conversations about how to restore the guardrails of American democracy, the National Constitution Center and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University present a conversation exploring the role of the president in our constitutional system. Experts Jessica Bulman-Pozen, law professor at Columbia Law School, Saikrishna Prakash, law professor and author of The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers, and Stephen Skowronek, political scientist at Yale University, discuss the original conception of presidential power and its expansion over time; and provide their take on what reforms, if any, may be necessary. Jeffrey...2021-11-3056 minIn Conversation: An OUP PodcastStephen Skowronek et al., "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021)Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive (Oxford UP, 2021) helps us think about the complexity of the American political system that has grown up over the past 200 years, and how this system functions (or, at times, misfunctions) given the demands and pressures on the governmental system and the American constitutional framework. Stephen Skowronek, John Dearborn, and Desmond King focus on the concept of the deep state, a term that was frequently used during the Trump Administration, with different meanings to different audiences and citizens. The deep state has also been more clearly revealed, in certain reg...2021-07-2955 minNew Books in LawStephen Skowronek et al., "Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive" (Oxford UP, 2021)Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and the Unitary Executive (Oxford UP, 2021) helps us think about the complexity of the American political system that has grown up over the past 200 years, and how this system functions (or, at times, misfunctions) given the demands and pressures on the governmental system and the American constitutional framework. Stephen Skowronek, John Dearborn, and Desmond King focus on the concept of the deep state, a term that was frequently used during the Trump Administration, with different meanings to different audiences and citizens. The deep state has also been more clearly revealed, in certain reg...2021-07-2955 min
Reasons Revisited183. MEETING THE JOE-MENT: could the Biden presidency be transformational?Hello! President Biden’s Covid relief package has been described as the most progressive piece of US legislation in the US for decades. Does it mark the start of a transformational presidency? We speak to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro about the historic expansion of child tax credit and her 18 year campaign to make it happen. Lindsay Owens from the Groundwork Collaborate talks us through Biden’s wider economic agenda. And we ask Professor Stephen Skowronek whether this could be the beginning of a new era in US politics.Plus author and poet Michael Rosen on his experience with...2021-03-2255 min
Let the Words Transport You With Free AudiobookPresidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded Audiobook by Stephen SkowronekListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 416932
Title: Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
Author: Stephen Skowronek
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:12:51
Language: English
Release date: 03-24-20
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: History, American Politics
Summary:
Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear...2020-03-249h 12
Find Best-Selling Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsPresidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded by Stephen SkowronekPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded Author: Stephen Skowronek Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the...2020-03-2430 min
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsPresidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded by Stephen SkowronekPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416932to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
Author: Stephen Skowronek
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
Release date: March 24, 2020
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership...2020-03-249h 12
LSE PodcastsIs the Presidency of Donald Trump a Political Aberration? [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Stephen Skowronek | The presidency of Donald Trump is so readily labeled "not normal" and "off-the charts" that it is hard to think of it any other way. Stephen Skowronek examines long-running patterns in the politics of presidential leadership to sort out what is new, and what is not, in the Trump phenomenon. In Skowronek hands presidential history is not a gauzy backdrop to something anomalous, but a critical source of insight into contemporary American politics. Stephen Skowronek is the Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. He has published extensively on the development...2019-05-021h 27
The Governance PodcastThe Erosion of American Governance: In Conversation with Stephen SkowronekStephen Skowronek (Yale) and Karen Orren (UCLA) argue that the institutional fabric of American government is crumbling. Why is this happening? Is the American political system facing an unsolvable predicament? Tune in to the latest episode of the Governance Podcast featuring Samuel DeCanio (King's College London) and Stephen Skowronek.
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DemocrisesEpisode 8: The Rise and Fall of Political Ideologies Over Political TimeWhy was Ronald Reagan as successful as FDR, Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson? Why was George W Bush such a divider like James K Polk, Lyndon B Johnson, and John Adams? How is Trump like Carter, Hoover, Pierce, and Quincy Adams? This episode traces the famous theory of Yale Professor Stephen Skowronek, about how political ideologies have risen and collapsed in American political history. Skowronek’s theory, first published in 1992, predicted many of the challenges experienced by all Presidents since then: Clinton’s impeachment, Bush’s “dubious wars,” Obama’s Tea Party Backlash and Trump’s absurdity. The theory also predicts what comes next.2018-11-2929 min
Fear, Honor, and InterestEpisode 15 - America's FutureThis week, David and I discuss America's possible futures. We horrifically fail to keep it under an hour (but only by a few minutes!), but that extra time is worth it because I make some truly great puns at the end.
Links:
Michael Kruse's article on Trump supporters -
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800
One of Stephen Skowronek's books -
https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Presidents-Make-Leadership-Clinton/dp/06746893722017-11-1300 min