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Reforming Congress Interview Series
Dr. Blessing - The Budget Process, Tax Policies and the Politics Around Revenue - Reforming Congress
Dr. Laura Blessing discusses the history of budgeting and taxes in the United States and how it still affects us today. About Dr. Blessing: Dr. Blessing earned her PhD from the University of Virginia, she was also a Miller Center National Fellow and a Fellow for the Bankard Fund for Political Economy. Her studies focus on Congress, political parties and policy regarding tax and budget. Dr. Blessing currently teaches at Georgetown University, her teachings centralize around Congress, the presidency, media and politics as well as the public policy process. She is also a Government Affairs Institute Fellow, she teaches...
2023-11-17
1h 05
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Como solarizar el agua | Energizar el agua para nuestro bienestar | SunWater | con Rachel Borbore
Tal vez has escuchado que es posible bendecir el agua. Hay una forma de potenciar el agua que tomamos a diario a través del vidrio azul. Las botellas de SunWater combinan el vidrio azul además con geometría sagrado y palabras potentes, para energizar para cambiar la estructura del agua para nuestro beneficio. Vemos también detrás del fenómeno, de cuando de repente hasta el agua nos hincha y como nuestra intención puede cambiar por total la estructura del agua, para que sea aún mejor para nosotros. Encuentra SunWater aquí: ...
2023-10-10
23 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Dr. Nick Hart - Policymaking with data and why it's important - Reforming Congress
Dr. Nick Hart discusses how data can improve policymaking in our government and why it's important to utilize data properly. About Dr. Nick Hart: Dr. Nick Hart is the CEO and President of the Data Foundation. Dr. Hart focuses his studies on evidence informed policymaking as well as open data practices to improve society. During his professional career, Dr. Hart has led initiatives in the government and nonprofits championing the use of data for bettering the way our government operates. He is a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration and the Bipartisan Policy Center. He previously worked...
2023-09-21
1h 14
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver - Bipartisanship and how to approach polarization between parties
Representative Emanuel Cleaver discusses bipartisanship between parties and how modern change can assist with polarization issues. About the Sunwater Institute: The Sunwater Institute is a nonprofit, non-partisan think tank with a mission to strengthen the foundations of democracy through interdisciplinary science, technology, and open dialogue. For more information, visit https://www.sunwater.org.
2023-08-11
58 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Dr. Nick Hart - Policymaking with data and why it's important - Reforming Congress
Dr. Nick Hart discusses how data can improve policymaking in our government and why it's important to utilize data properly. About Dr. Nick Hart: Dr. Nick Hart is the CEO and President of the Data Foundation. Dr. Hart focuses his studies on evidence informed policymaking as well as open data practices to improve society. During his professional career, Dr. Hart has led initiatives in the government and nonprofits championing the use of data for bettering the way our government operates. He is a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration and the Bipartisan Policy Center. He previously worked...
2023-08-04
1h 14
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Dr. Lindsey Cormack - How Congress Communicates with Constituents - Reforming Congress
Dr. Lindsey Cormack discusses communication within Congress, how to get the younger generation to vote, and the different terms Republicans and Democrats tend to use when conversing about political issues. #Congress #nonpartisan #interview #sunwater About Dr. Lindsey Cormack: Dr. Cormack is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to her professorship, she received her PhD in Political Science from New York University. After graduating with her PhD, Dr. Cormack started DC Inbox which is the central location for Sitting Members of Congress to share e-newsletters with their constituents. Prior to DC Inbox, there was...
2023-06-02
1h 14
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Dr. Periloux Peay: The Black experience in Congress - Reforming Congress
Dr. Periloux Peay discusses the Congressional Black Caucus and how members of color experience their service in Congress. Sunwater.org About Dr. Periloux Peay: Periloux Peay is an Assistant Professor in the department of Political Science at Georgia State University. He received my Ph.D. from The University of Oklahoma in 2020. His scholarly interest center on questions of the influence of racial identity and the representation of group-specific policy interests in political institutions. He draws on theories of the public policy process to examine how those from under-represented communities employ collective strategies to shape political agendas and outcomes from...
2023-05-26
1h 15
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Dr. Maya Kornberg - Reforming Congress
"Committees are key to telling the story of how Congress works." Dr. Maya Kornberg is the author of the forthcoming book "Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in Lawmaking." In this interview, she talks with Sunwater Institute founder Matt Chervenak about congressional committees' role in American governance. #Congress #nonpartisan #interview #sunwater About Dr. Kornberg: Dr. Maya Kornberg is a research fellow on the Elections and Government Program, where she leads work related to information and disinformation in politics, Congress, and money in politics. She has worked on democratic governance issues at nonprofits, international organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions...
2023-04-14
1h 32
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Representative Stephanie Bice - Reforming Congress
Representative Stephanie Bice, chair of the House Administration Committee's Modernization Subcommittee, discusses opportunities to meet the needs of an evolving Congress. Sunwater.org #Congress #reform #nonpartisan #interview #sunwater About Representative Stephanie Bice: Congresswoman Stephanie Bice graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Marketing and a minor in International Business. Before serving in the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Bice served in the Oklahoma State Senate for six years. Before her public service, Bice worked in financial oversight, business strategy and marketing for her family's technology company. In the 117th Congress, Bice was elected to serve as freshman class...
2023-04-07
14 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Josh Chafetz, Professor of Law at Georgetown University - Reforming Congress
Dr. Chafetz discusses "overspeech" in Congress, the importance of parties, and how committees have served Congress over time. Sunwater.org About Josh: Josh Chafetz received his B.A. from Yale University, his doctorate in Politics from Oxford (where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar), and his J.D. from Yale Law School. Following law school, he clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Before coming to Georgetown, he spent twelve years on the faculty at Cornell Law School. His research interests include structural constitutional law, American and British constitutional history...
2023-03-30
1h 04
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Danielle Thomsen, Associate Professor of Political Science - Reforming Congress
Danielle Thomsen discusses how money influences power in Congress, moderates in Congress, as well as partizan polarization. Sunwater.org About Danielle: Professor Thomsen, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She studies American politics, U.S. Congress, elections, and gender and politics. Her book, "Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates," examines the rise of partisan polarization in Congress. The central argument is that the benefits of serving in Congress today are too low for moderates to run, further exacerbating the ideological gulf between the two parties...
2023-03-24
1h 11
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Joel Sievert, PhD. Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech - Reforming Congress
Joel Sievert discusses procedural actions of the senate, incentives within Congress, as well as how members view re-elections. Sunwater.org About Joel: Joel Sievert is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University. Dr. Sievert received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 2015. Prior to joining the faculty at TTU, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program at Duke University. His research and teaching interests encompass American political institutions with an emphasis on congressional politics, the presidency, American political development, and separation of po...
2023-03-16
1h 10
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Annelise Russell, PhD, Asst. Professor, University of Kentucky - Reforming Congress
Annelise discusses covering media in Congress, how staff utilize social media for members, and how government related communications has changed over the years. Sunwater.org About Annelise: Annelise Russell, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the university of Kentucky. She is also a faculty associate of the U.S. Policy Agendas Project and. member of the Comparative Agendas Project. Her research includes questions about how policymakers communicate their agendas and the role of the media, particularly social media, in the political process. Much of her research is on congressional decision-making and communication, including an ac...
2023-02-17
1h 17
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Jesse Crosson, Asst. Professor, Purdue University - Reforming Congress
Jesse Crosson discusses unstable majorities, member incentives, and how those factors influence the speed of congressional policymaking. Sunwater.org About Jesse Crosson: Jesse is an Assistant Professor of political science at Purdue University. Previously he was an assistant professor of political science at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, a fellow, and a visiting research scholar at Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. In 2019 he received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Crosson's research agenda has been motivated by a long-standing interest in analyzing changes in public policy. Hi...
2023-01-03
1h 12
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Steven Smith, PhD, Professor at Washington University in St. Louis - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #Interview #sunwater About Steven Smith: Steven S. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and taught at George Washington University, Northwestern University, and the University of Minnesota, where he was the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science and Law. He was director of the Weidenbaum Center for 20 years. The Sunwater Institute is a nonprofit, non-partisan think tank with a mission to strengthen the foundations of democracy through interdisciplinary science, technology, a...
2022-09-30
1h 47
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Daniel Lipinski, Former Representative, PhD in Political Science - Reforming Congress
Daniel Lipinski is an American politician and political scientist. He served eight terms as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district between 2005-2021. Lipinski is a socially conservative democrat, however he was a part of the Blue Dog Coalition, The Problem Solvers Caucus, and the Climate Solutions Caucus as well as many others. In addition to Caucus Memberships, he also served on two House Committees: Transportation & Infrastructure as well as the Science, Space & Technology Committee. Lipinski has appeared in podcasts, spoken publicly and published writing since his time in Congress and currently plans to continue...
2022-09-16
1h 13
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Daniel Mulhollan - Former Director of CRS - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #Interview #sunwater The Sunwater Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit institute founded to foster the creation, discussion, and implementation of fundamental ideas that advance liberty, knowledge, opportunity, and power for individuals and society. Sunwater’s vision is a society, founded on the principles of individual liberty, striving toward its maximum potential. For more information, visit https://www.sunwater.org.
2022-09-02
1h 31
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Leonard Steinhorn, Professor at American University, School of Communication - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #Interview #sunwater About Leonard: Leonard Steinhorn is a professor of Communication and an affiliate professor of History. His expertise includes American politics, culture and media; the presidency and presidential elections; political strategy and communication; recent American history; the 1960s; race relations in America. He is author of The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy, and co-author of By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race. He has published in books, journals, the Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politico, The H...
2022-07-15
1h 23
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Michele Swers, Professor, Georgetown University - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #Interview #sunwater About Michele L. Swers: Michele Swers is a Professor of American Government in the Department of Government. She earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Swers' research and teaching interests encompass Congress, Congressional elections, and Women and Politics. She has written two books on women and representation in Congress. Her book, The Difference Women Make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress (University of Chicago Press 2002) explores gender differences in policy making activity on issues related to women, children, and families. Women in the Club: Gender and Policy Making...
2022-07-08
1h 00
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Casey Burgat, Dir. Leg. Affairs Program, Asst. Professor GWU - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #Interview #sunwater About Casey Burgat: Casey Burgat is the director of the Legislative Affairs program at the Graduate School of Political Management. Prior to joining GSPM, Dr. Burgat was a Senior Governance Fellow at the R Street Institute where his research focused on issues of congressional capacity and reform. In this role, Casey wrote regularly for both scholarly and journalistic publications, including CNN, the Washington Post, Politico, and appeared on a variety of television and radio outlets. Dr. Burgat is currently finishing on a co-authored book on congressional policy procedures and strategies, t...
2022-07-01
1h 03
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Zachary Courser, Director of CMC's Policy Lab, Assistant Professor at CMC - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #Interview #sunwater Zachary Courser is Director of CMC's Policy Lab and a visiting Assistant Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. His research agenda focuses on public policy, political parties, democracy and populism. He recently co-authored a report for the American Enterprise Institute on the need for reinstating congressional earmarking entitled "Restoring the power of the purse: Earmarks and re-empowering legislators to deliver local benefits" (AEI, 2021). He is a contributor and editor of the volume Parchment Barriers: Political Polarization and the Limits of Constitutional Order (University Press of Kansas, 2018), the result of a year-long...
2022-06-24
1h 31
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Louis Fisher, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Constitution Project - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #interview #Sunwater Louis Fisher is Scholar in Residence at the Constitution Project. Previously he worked for four decades at the Library of Congress as Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers (Congressional Research Service, from 1970 to 2006) and Specialist in Constitutional Law (the Law Library, from 2006 to 2010). During his service with CRS he was research director of the House Iran-Contra Committee in 1987, writing major sections of the final report. Fisher's specialties include constitutional law, war powers, budget policy, executive-legislative relations, and judicial-congressional relations. After completing his doctoral work in political science at the New...
2022-06-10
52 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Travis Moore, Founder and Executive Director of Tech Congress - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #interview #Sunwater Travis Moore was the Legislative Director for Representative Henry A. Waxman, the former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Moore has launched several programs to improve technological capacity inside and outside of Congress; one of the programs they created is the first congressional digital communications training program. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Tech Congress which is a nonpartisan organization working to bridge the divide of knowledge between government and the technology community. About the Sunwater Institute: The Sunwater Institute is...
2022-06-03
1h 06
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Peter Shane, Professor and Davis Chair in Law Emeritus, Ohio State - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #interview #Sunwater About Peter Shane: Peter M. Shane is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, where he regularly teaches Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Legislation and Regulation, Law and the Presidency, and courses at the intersection of law, democracy, and new media. Named a Distinguished University Scholar in 2011, he is the author of over sixty law review articles and book chapters, as well as author, co-author or editor of eight books, including leading casebooks in both administrative law and se...
2022-05-24
1h 13
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Hugh Halpern, Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office - Reforming Congress
#Congress #Reform #nonpartisan #interview #Sunwater Hugh Halpern is the Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) which is the agency’s chief executive officer. The agency is responsible for publishing and printing information for the three branches of the Federal Government. With over 30 years of experience on Capitol Hill, he has served in multiple leadership rolls including the Director of Floor Operations for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also awarded the John W. McCormack Award of Excellence; the award recognizes a lifetime of Bipartisan service to the House. ...
2022-05-17
1h 13
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Bryan Jones, The University of Texas at Austin -Reforming Congress
Bryan Jones is a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests center in the study of public policy processes, American governing institutions, and the connection between human decision-making and organizational behavior. With Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina and John Wilkerson of the University of Washington, Jones directs the Policy Agendas Project, now housed at the University of Texas. The project is the major resource for examining changes in public policy processes in American national institutions. The project is the model for similar projects in Denmark, F...
2022-04-05
1h 16
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Geoff Lorenz of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Reforming Congress
Dr. Geoff Lorenz is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He studies how to make change in Washington. His main line of research examines why Congress addresses some policy issues but not others, and in particular the role of advocacy organizations and special interest groups in shaping Congress’s legislative agenda. In addition, he studies how lawmakers’ backgrounds, interests, districts, and ambitions affect their ability to advance bills through the legislative process and into law. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Interest Groups & Advocacy, and other outl...
2022-03-29
1h 00
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Matthew Green, Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America -Reforming Congress
Matthew Green is an ordinary professor of politics and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies. He has taught at Catholic University since 2005. Professor Green teaches a variety of courses in American politics, focusing in particular on political institutions, state and local politics, federalism, and methodology. He developed a course on recent political events called Politics in the Age of Trump, and also helped develop and co-teach the class Washington Past and Present, an interdisciplinary introduction to the city of Washington, D.C. that is unique to Catholic University. Green has written a nu...
2022-03-22
1h 11
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Philip Kiko, Former Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives -Reforming Congress
Phil Kiko is at home equally in the Legislative and Executive Branches. As Chief Administrative Officer for the U. S. House of Representatives under both House Speakers Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis), Phil managed approximately 800 employees and contractors and a $200 million budget. Previously Phil served as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to both the House Judiciary and House Administration Committees and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Science Committee. Under leadership of the Chairs, he has directed national congressional investigations and overseen hundreds of oversight hearings and committee mark-ups. While serving in the Judiciary...
2022-03-15
1h 21
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Katherine Gehl of The Institute for Political Innovation -Reforming Congress
Katherine M. Gehl is a business leader, entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Corresponding with the release of her first book, “The Politics Industry,” co-authored with Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, and in order to make good on the promise of political innovation found in its pages, Gehl founded The Institute for Political Innovation. Gehl is the former president and CEO of Gehl Foods, a $250 million high- tech food manufacturing company in Wisconsin, where she led an aggressive and transformational turnaround, receiving multiple awards, before selling the company in 2015—in part to dedicate more time to political innova...
2022-03-08
52 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Tom Wickham, Former Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives - Reforming Congress
Tom Wickham, former Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, serves as senior vice president of State & Local Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Wickham leads the Chamber’s new division that monitors state and local policy developments and coordinates state and local policy advocacy strategies within the existing Chamber framework. As a nonpartisan House official for over 25 years, Wickham provided essential guidance to leadership, committees, and members as part of the development and execution of legislative strategy. In leading an office that reviewed every measure that came before the House, he has a co...
2022-03-01
1h 09
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Timothy LaPira of James Madison University -Reforming Congress
Timothy M. LaPira, PhD, is professor of political science at James Madison University in Virginia and faculty affiliate at the Center for Effective Lawmaking at the University of Virginia. His expertise is on Congress, interest groups, and lobbying. His books include Revolving Door Lobbying: Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests (University Press of Kansas, 2017) and Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline of Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform (University of Chicago Press, 2020). His research has been funded by The National Science Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, Democracy Fund, Hewlett Foundation, the American Political Science Association, Data for Progress, Carrie...
2022-02-22
1h 31
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Kenneth Lowande of the University of Michigan - Reforming Congress
Kenneth Lowande studies American political institutions and policymaking. He has published research on congressional oversight, presidential power, and policy implementation. Lowande previously held research fellowships at Washington University in St. Louis and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University.
2022-02-15
1h 06
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Alexander Furnas of Northwestern University - Reforming Congress
Alexander Furnas is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Science of Science and Innovation in the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and Researcher at University of Michigan. He received a Ph.D in Political Science at the University of Michigan in 2020 in American Politics (major subfield) and Quantitative Methods (minor Subfield). Furnas specializes in the role of information and expertise in the policymaking. His dissertation examines the conditions under which Congress uses privately provisioned information produced by outside organizations in the policymaking process. More generally, Furnas studies interest groups, Congress, the intersection of science and politics...
2022-02-08
1h 16
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Fergus Bordewich, Author and Historian - Reforming Congress
FERGUS M. BORDEWICH is the author of eight non-fiction books: CONGRESS AT WAR: How Republican Reformers Fought The Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, And Remade America, (Alfred A. Knopf, 2020); THE FIRST CONGRESS: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government (Simon & Schuster, 2016. Winner of the 2019 D.B. Hardeman Prize), AMERICA'S GREAT DEBATE: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise that Preserved the Union (Simon & Schuster, 2012. Winner of the 2012 Los Angeles Times History Prize); WASHINGTON: The Making of the American Capital (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2008); BOUND FOR CANAAN: The Underground Railroad and the War...
2022-02-01
1h 44
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 44: “No Part of the Power Is Unnecessary or Improper” | Madison on the Necessary and Proper Clause, the Supremacy Clause, and Other Elements of the Constitution
2022-01-31
12 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Representative Brian Baird - Reforming Congress
Brian Baird, founder and Chair of the NMCFS, served for twelve years in the United States House of Representatives (WA-3, 1999-2011). He holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wyoming, practiced clinically for twenty years, has written three books, served as a university president, and was an advisor to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. During his time in office Congressman Baird frequently visited with members of the armed forces and with organizations and individuals doing other forms of service work in his district and overseas. He has witnessed first hand the...
2022-01-25
1h 11
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 43: “The Express Authority of the People Alone” | Madison on Ratification, Amendment, and Other Elements of the Constitution
2022-01-24
13 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Keith Allred of the National Institute for Civil Discourse - Reforming Congress
Keith Allred became the Executive Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse on January 1, 2019. He was recruited to lead NICD because he had recently launched CommonSense American, a new organization that brings Republicans, Democrats, and Independents together from across the country to find and champion solutions with broad support. Impressed by the successful five-year state pilot, leadership invited Keith to make NICD the platform for CommonSense American and to integrate it with NICD’s other programs to revive civility and enhance problem solving across the partisan divide. The Common Interest, the state-level pilot organization, operated in Idaho from 2005 – 2009. Its m...
2022-01-20
1h 21
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 42: “The Necessity of a Superintending Authority” | Madison on Commerce and Foreign Policy
2022-01-17
10 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Scott Adler of the University of Colorado - Reforming Congress
Scott Adler came to CU Boulder in the fall of 1996, when he joined the faculty as a professor of political science. He became dean of the Graduate School in June 2019. Scott served as chair of the Political Science department and was founding director of the department’s American Politics Research Lab. He has also served as director of the Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, 2016–18, and as director of graduate studies in Political Science, 2013–16. Scott’s research uses theoretical models of legislative organization to examine congressional agenda setting and committee power. He is the author of Why Cong...
2022-01-13
1h 20
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 41: “A Dangerous, at the Same Time That It May Be a Necessary, Provision” | Madison on Standing Armies and Naval Defense
2022-01-10
09 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Josh McCrain of the University of Utah - Reforming Congress
Josh McCrain is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Emory University and an M.A. and B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was previously a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. His research focuses on public policy, political economy, media and politics, and computational social science within American politics. His current projects involve revolving door lobbying, health policy, local media in the United States, and R for data science...
2022-01-04
1h 03
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 40: “The Confidential Servants of Their Country” | Madison on the Creation of the Constitution
2022-01-03
14 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 39: “What, Then, Are the Distinctive Characters of the Republican Form?” | Madison on Republican Government
2021-12-27
09 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Representative William Timmons - Reforming Congress
William Timmons entered Congress in 2019 with a commitment to bring real reform to Washington. His experience as a prosecutor and small business owner inspired him to run for public office. As a state senator, he fought for accountability and transparency in Columbia. In Congress, William is a voice for Upstate residents and South Carolina’s business community as a member of the Financial Services Committee. In addition to his role on the committee, William was chosen by the Republican Leader to serve as Vice Chair of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and elected by his classmates to...
2021-12-21
56 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 38: “The Hazards and Difficulties Incident to Such Experiments” | Madison on Alternatives to the Constitution, Ancient and Modern
2021-12-20
13 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Rachel Augustine Potter of the University of Virginia - Reforming Congress
Rachel Augustine Potter is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on the hidden politics of procedure and process in American political institutions, with a particular focus on the bureaucracy and regulation. Her book Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy (University of Chicago Press, 2019) received two awards from American Political Science Association and an award from the National Academy of Public Administration. Her other research has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and Journal of Public Policy, among other journals. ...
2021-12-14
1h 02
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Sean Theriault of The University of Texas - Reforming Congress
Professor Theriault, who is fascinated by congressional decision-making, is currently researching the effect of interpersonal relationships within the U.S. Congress. He has published five books: Congress: The First Branch (with Mickey Edwards; Oxford University Press, 2020), The Great Broadening (with Bryan Jones and Michelle Whyman; University of Chicago Press, 2019), The Gingrich Senators (Oxford University Press, 2013), Party Polarization in Congress (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and The Power of the People (Ohio State University Press, 2005). He has also published numerous articles in a variety of journals on subjects ranging from presidential rhetoric to congressional careers and the Louisiana Purchase to the Pendleton...
2021-12-07
1h 00
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 37: “The Novelty of the Undertaking Immediately Strikes Us” | Madison on the Necessity of Innovation at the Convention
Federalist 37
2021-12-06
13 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Keith Hall, Former Director of the CBO - Reforming Congress
Keith Hall has more than 25 years of public service, most recently as the ninth Director of the Congressional Budget Office. He also served as the Chief Economist and Director of Economics at the International Trade Commission (ITC), a senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, the thirteenth Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Chief Economist for the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, the Chief Economist for the Department of Commerce, a senior international economist for the ITC, an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas, and an international economist at the Department of T...
2021-12-02
1h 07
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 36: “The Door Ought to Be Equally Open to All” | Hamilton on the Expertise Necessary to Inform Taxation Policy
2021-11-29
11 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 35: “The Merchant is Their Natural Patron and Friend” | Hamilton on Representation and Taxation
2021-11-29
09 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Michael Neblo of The Ohio State University - Reforming Congress
Professor Neblo's research focuses on deliberative democracy and political psychology. His most recent book, Politics with the People: Building a Directly Representative Democracy (with Kevin Esterling and David Lazer; Cambridge University Press, 2018), develops and tests a new model of politics connecting citizens and elected officials to improve representative government. He was invited to testify before Congress about these findings. His first book, Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2015), cuts across the deadlock between supporters of deliberative theory and their empirical critics by focusing on the core goals of the larger deliberative political system. His work has...
2021-11-23
1h 20
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Congressman David Price - Reforming Congress
David Price represents North Carolina's Fourth District a rapidly growing, research-and-education-focused district that includes all of Durham, Franklin, Granville and Orange counties as well as parts of Chatham, Wake, and Vance counties. He received his undergraduate degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and went on to Yale University to earn a Bachelor of Divinity as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science. Before he began serving in Congress in 1987, David was a professor of political science and public policy at Duke University. He is the author of four books on Congress and the American political system. David is North Carolina’s on...
2021-11-23
1h 19
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 34: “Circumscribed within Very Moderate Bounds” | Hamilton on the Ability of the States to Raise Sufficient Revenue
2021-11-22
09 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 33: “Law, by the Very Meaning of the Term, Includes Supremacy” | Hamilton on Two Important Clauses of the Constitution
2021-11-15
11 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 32: “Authority in the Most Absolute and Unqualified Sense” | Hamilton on the Sovereign Right of the States to Tax
2021-11-08
10 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 31: “An Unqualified Power of Taxation” | Hamilton on Taxation Imposed by the Federal Government and the States
2021-11-01
13 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 30: “An Indispensable Ingredient in Every Constitution” | Hamilton on the Power of Taxation
2021-10-25
10 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 29: “Confiding the Regulation of the Militia to the Direction of the National Authority” | Hamilton on the Militia
2021-10-18
11 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Ruth Bloch Rubin of the University of Chicago - Reforming Congress
Professor Ruth Bloch Rubin joined the Reforming Congress Series to discuss intraparty organizations, how leadership power affects these organizations, and how rules effect Congress. About Professor Ruth Bloch Rubin: Ruth Bloch Rubin studies American politics, with a substantive focus on legislative institutions, political parties, and American political development. Combining archival and interview data, her current work explores how divisions within political parties drive congressional development and structure lawmaking. Challenging existing theories of party power in Congress, she highlights the role of intraparty organizations in shaping both substantive and procedural change. Bloch Rubin is also working on...
2021-10-12
1h 15
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 28: “The Admonitions of Experimental Instruction” | Hamilton on Combatting Insurrection
2021-10-11
09 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Chris Stirewalt of AEI and The Dispatch - Reforming Congress
Chris Stirewalt from The Dispatch joined the Reforming Congress Interview Series to talk about how the media effects Congress and how congressional reporting has changed over time. About Chris Stirewalt: Chris Stirewalt is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on American politics, voting trends, public opinion, and the media. He is concurrently a contributing editor and weekly columnist for The Dispatch. Before joining AEI, he was political editor of Fox News Channel, where he helped coordinate political coverage across the network and specialized in on-air analysis of polls and vot...
2021-10-05
1h 09
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 27: “A Regular and Peaceable Execution of the Laws” | Hamilton on the Cooperation of Citizens with Government
2021-10-04
11 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
James Wallner of R Street Institute - Reforming Congress
James Wallner joins the Reforming Congress Interview Series to discuss his time in the Senate, the rules & processes in the Senate, and the impact a feedback loop could have on the institution. About James Wallner: James Wallner is a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, where he writes about the theory and practice of democratic politics. His research focuses on the separation of powers, Congress, political parties, and the federal policy process. He also serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Clemson University. Before joining R Street, James was...
2021-09-28
1h 30
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 26: “An Hereditary Impression of Danger to Liberty” | Hamilton on the Opposition to Peacetime Standing Armies
2021-09-27
11 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Michael D. Minta of the University of Minnesota - Reforming Congress
In this episode of the Reforming Congress Interview Series, Michael D Minta joins us to discuss minority groups and their behavior in Congress, how redistricting would affect Congress, and his experience with sunset provisions. Michael D. Minta is an associate professor in Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is one of the country’s leading experts in the study of the political representation of African American, Latino, and women interests in the United States. His boo...
2021-09-21
1h 05
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 25: “Who Shall Judge of the Continuance of the Danger?” | Hamilton on the Need for Federal Direction of Defense
2021-09-20
12 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Nolan McCarty of Princeton University - Reforming Congress
Professor Nolan McCarty of Princeton University joins the Reforming Congress Interview Series to discuss polarization, how game theory can be applied to Congress, and how the incentive structure works in terms of legislative and voting behaviors. About Nolan McCarty Nolan McCarty is the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs. He was formerly the chair of the Department of Politics and the associate dean at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His research interests include U.S. politics, democratic political institutions, and political game theory. He is...
2021-09-14
1h 18
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 24: “In Respect to the Creation and Direction of the National Forces” | Hamilton on Standing Armies
2021-09-13
09 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Jennifer Victor of George Mason University - Reforming Congress
Professor Jennifer Victor from George Mason University joins the Reforming Congress Series to discuss caucuses and lobbyists and its effect on Congress. She also discusses the networks that are healthy in Congress, the affect transparency has on building on relationships, and she answers the lightning round questions that each guest answers on the program. About Professor Jennifer Victor: Jennifer Nicoll Victor is Associate Professor of Political Science at George Mason University’s Schar School Policy and Government. Professor Victor studies the U.S. Congress, legislative organization and behavior, social network meth...
2021-09-07
1h 15
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 23: “An Unconfined Authority” | Hamilton on the Need to Provide Adequately for the Common Defense
2021-09-06
10 min
Reforming Congress Interview Series
Yuval Levin of AEI - Reforming Congress
This week, Yuval Levin joins the Reforming Congress Interview Series to discuss the appropriate role of parties in Congress, how persuasion works in Congress, and the incentives members of Congress have. About Yuval Levin: Yuval Levin is the founding and current editor of National Affairs. He is also the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. He is a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review.
2021-08-31
56 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 22: “The Sense of the Majority” | Hamilton on War, Commerce, and Republican Government
2021-08-30
12 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 21: “A Successful Faction May Erect a Tyranny” | Hamilton on the Lack of Sanction in Law under the Articles
2021-08-23
08 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 20: “Experience Is the Oracle of Truth” | Madison on the Government of the Dutch Republic
2021-08-16
12 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 19: “A Community of Sovereigns” | Madison on Medieval and Early Modern Confederacies
2021-08-09
08 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 18: “Agitated by Internal Dissentions” | Madison on Ancient Confederacies
2021-08-02
11 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 17: “This Great Cement of Society” | Hamilton on the Attachment of People to State Governments
2021-07-26
12 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 16: “The Parent of Anarchy” | Hamilton on the Likely Difficulties in Sustaining the Articles of Confederation
2021-07-19
12 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 15: “The Frail and Tottering Edifice” | Hamilton on the Defects of the Articles of Confederation
2021-07-12
13 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 14: “A Revolution Which Has No Parallel” | Madison on Novelty and Republican Government
2021-07-05
09 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 13
Federalist 13
2021-06-28
06 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 13: “To Direct the Passions of So Large a Society to the Public Good” | Hamilton on the Benefits of Union
2021-06-28
06 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 12: “The Often-Agitated Question between Agriculture and Commerce” | Hamilton on Economics and Taxes
2021-06-22
08 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 11: “One Great American System” | Hamilton on Commerce and Naval Power
2021-06-15
08 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 10: “Mischiefs of Faction” | Madison on Faction, Representation, and the Benefits of an Extensive Republic
2021-06-07
21 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 9: “The Science of Politics … Has Received Great Improvement” | Hamilton on Republics, Ancient and Modern
2021-05-31
09 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 8: “An Insulated Situation” | Hamilton on the Situation of the USA, War, and Standing Armies
2021-05-24
08 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 7: “Competitions of Commerce” | Hamilton on Debts, Material Interests, and Disputes among the States
2021-05-17
07 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 6: “Men are Ambitious, Vindictive, and Rapacious” | Hamilton on the Dangers of Strife among the States
2021-05-10
09 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 5: “Formidable Only to Each Other” | Jay on the Need to Avoid Political Division within the USA
2021-05-03
06 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 4: “The Safety of the Whole is the Interest of the Whole” | Jay on Commerce, Rivalry, and War
2021-04-26
10 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 3: “The Pride of States, as Well as of Men” | Jay on the Just Causes of War
2021-04-19
09 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 2: “One Connected, Fertile, Widespreading Country” | Jay on the Importance of Union
2021-04-12
11 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Federalist 1: “Reflection and Choice” | Hamilton’s Opening Argument
2021-04-05
07 min
Federalist Papers Podcast Series
Introduction to a Series on the Federalist Papers
Federalist Paper Intro by Joseph Kochanek
2021-03-16
11 min
The IAQ Podcast
Sunwater - IAQ Annual Queensland Infrastructure Summit
Sunwater is a bulk water infrastructure developer and manager that owns $13 billion dollars of water infrastructure assets and supply 40% of all water used commercially in Queensland. They support the mining, power, and irrigated agricultural industries in Queensland. Alex Fisher is the Executive General Manager of Asset Strategy and Delivery and she discusses Sunwater's plan for the Forward Capital program.
2017-10-17
00 min
Arete Podcast with Richard Triggs
Arete Podcast - Episode 14 - Leith Boully - Chairman - Sunwater
Arete Executive Podcast hosted by Managing Partner Richard Triggs. Interview with Leith Boully, Chairman, Sunwater Leith Boully LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/leith-boully-4b069214 Sunwater website: http://www.sunwater.com.au/ Richard Triggs LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/richardtriggs Arete Executive website: www.areteexecutive.com.au Richard's book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com.au/Uncover-Hidden-Job-Market-Executive-ebook/dp/B00WCQ5U46/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445566942&sr=8-1&keywords=uncover+the+hidden+job+market LinkedIn CEO Incubator Group: https://www.linkedin.com/grps/CEO-Incubator-6948255/about? Theme music by Simon Gardner "Sunny" from the album "Choose Your Own Adventure": http...
2016-01-04
54 min