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Welcome to Everything and Anything, where I will discuss the thoughts and events I encounter during my last semester of high school. Here everything and anything is on the table for discussion. Join me every other week for twenty minutes.
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A podcast about how our political institutions are failing us and ideas for fixing them. Join hosts Lee Drutman, Julia Azari, and James Wallner, three lively experts on American political institutions and reform, as they imagine and argue over what American politics could look like if citizens questioned everything. Politics In Question is a joint venture of New America and the R Street Institute.
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Weekly alternative music podcast straight from Orono, Maine
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New music including Clairo, Girl and Girl, Magdalena Bay and L’Rain on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued exploring recent releases from Maggie Rogers, Billie Eilish, Camera Obscura, A. G. Cook, Amen Dunes, Fat White Family, Fabiana Palladino, Mount Kimbie, Beth Gibbons and Cindy Lee on the show this week, while the retro alternative set took us back to 1993 in honor of another recent Pitchfork Sunday Review, this one of Scottish electronic…
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New music including Wishy, Billie Eilish, Porches and The Weather Station on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued exploring recent releases from Mount Kimbie, Justice, A. G. Cook, Allie X, Jessica Pratt, Beth Gibbons, Cindy Lee, Camera Obscura and Maggie Rogers on the show this week, while the retro alternative focused on some classic ’90s alternative music from Japan, in honor of the recent Pitchfork Sunday Review of Fishmans’ “Long Season” album,…
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New music including Beabadoobee, Hinds and Beck, Jay Som and A. G. Cook on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued delving into recent releases from St. Vincent, Amen Dunes, Fat White Family, Corridor, Allie X, Cindy Lee, Mount Kimbie, Chanel Beads, Jessica Pratt and English Teacher on the show this week, while the retro alternative set paid tribute to legendary producer, musician and songwriter Steve Albini, whose engineering on records by Pixies, …
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Congressman John Sarbanes, D-Md., joins Lee to talk about the health of American democracy. Sarbanes has represented Maryland’s third congressional district in the House of Representatives since 2007. He serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and is chair of the Democracy Reform Task For…
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New music including Washed Out, Jessica Pratt, Caroline Polachek and Cassandra Jenkins on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued exploring recent releases from Boeckner, Camera Obscura, St. Vincent, Corridor, Fat White Family, Bolis Pupul, Justice, Mount Kimbie, Chanel Beads and Pearl Jam on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to the (relatively!) recent past with a block of great tunes from 2010, inspire by my recent obsession with Ci…
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New music including Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Nilufer Yanya, Corridor and Fat White Family on this weekNew music including Cindy Lee
I continued exploring recent releases from Cindy Lee, Chanel Beads, Local Natives, Bolis Pupul, Justice, Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Gesaffelstein, Allie X and Wisp on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on great tunes from the year 1982, in honor of yet another Pitchfork Sunday Review of a classic album, this time Lou Reed’s…
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New music including Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Nilufer Yanya, Corridor and Fat White Family on this weekNew music including Cindy Lee, Kacy Hill, Gesaffelstein and Allie X on this weekweek
I continued delving into recent releases from Gesaffelstein, Allie X, Cindy Lee, Mount Kimbie, Maggie Rogers, Vampire Weekend, English Teacher and Wisp on the show this week, while the retro alternative set traveled back to 1994, inspired by the recent Pitchfork Sunday Review of the brilliant debut album from the English post-rock band Bark Psychos…
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Do white rural Americans pose a threat to democracy?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman join Lee and James to discuss the urban-rural divide in American politics. Schaller is a professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Waldman is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in numerous publications, including MS…
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New music including Peggy Gou, Caribou, Mount Kimbie and Mandy, Indiana on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued exploring recent releases from Bolis Pupul, Fabiana Palladino, Vampire Weekend, The Black Keys, Waxahatchee, Kim Gordon, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Yard Act on the show this week, while the retro alternative set was a bit more vibe-oriented than usual, focusing mostly on female-fronted “electronica” groups from the late ’90s and early…
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New music including Lorde, Blondshell, The Drums and The Jesus and Mary Chain on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued exploring recent releases from Yard Act, Real Estate, Boeckner, Ride, Julia Holter, Kim Gordon and Bolis Pupul on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on tunes from the year 1984, in honor of the recent Pitchfork Sunday Review of the Meat Puppets’ influential sophomore album, “Meat Puppets II.” The block includes …
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New music including Local Natives, Broadcast, John Cale and Julia Holter on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast
I continued exploring recent releases from Real Estate, Boeckner, Waxahatchee, Faye Webster, Lime Garden, Bolis Pupul, Kim Gordon and The Last Dinner Party on the show this week, while the retro alternative set followed up last week’s 1977 block with one from 1978, featuring more punk classics (Wire, Magazine, Siouxsie & The Banshees), electronic l…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Matt Glassman joins Lee and James to discuss the right way to do politics. Glassman is a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. Before that, he worked on congressional operations, separation of powers, appropriations process, agency design, and congressional histor…
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In this week's episode of Politics In Question, Lee and James ask Representative Chip Roy, R-Texas, if the House of Representatives is broken. Roy is a devoted husband and father of two, serving his third term in Congress representing Texas's 21st Congressional District. He serves on the House Judiciary, Rules, and Budget Committees and is the Hous…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Jonathan Rauch joins Lee and James to consider why Americans can’t compromise. Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program and the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer of The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 Nat…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and James talk about Bonnie Tyler, Tina Turner, and Americans’ views of democracy. What is democracy? How do Americans view it? Do they think about democracy differently when it gets in their way? Does that make them “democracy hypocrites?” Why are Americans holding out for a hero in such moments?…
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What does 2023 tell us about what could happen in American politics in 2024?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Julia, Lee, and James discuss what happened in 2023, and what could happen in 2024. What did we learn in 2023? Was American politics less fluid and surprising than it was in 2022? Will the 2024 presidential election be a rematch between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump? What are t…
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How can Americans bridge the urban-rural divide in their politics?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Jonathan Rodden joins Julia and Lee to discuss the challenges presented by urban-rural polarization in American politics. Rodden is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. His work focuses on the comparative political economy of institutions. He has written on variou…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee takes a big picture look at political polling with Michael Podhorzer. Podhorzer is a senior fellow at the Center for American Process where he writes weekly on election data and political strategy. He is the former political director of the AFL-CIO. Podhorzer founded the Analyst Institute, the Ind…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, James discusses the importance of political leadership with Daniel Stid. Stid is the Executive Director of Lyceum Labs. He previously served as the founding director of the Hewlett Foundation’s U.S. Democracy Program. From 2013-22, Daniel led $180 million in grantmaking to shore up U.S. democracy in a…
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What will American democracy look like in the 21st century?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee considers what American democracy will look like in the 21st century with Archon Fung. Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at Harvard Kennedy School and director of Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. His research explores p…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and James reflect on the House’s Speaker drama. Why did it take so long for the House to select a Speaker? What is the House for? Why does it need a Speaker - and other powerful leaders - to operate? And what can the House’s history teach us about alternative ways to manage the institution? These …
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What can social movements teach us about American politics?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Julia considers social movements and political parties with Marcus Board Jr. Board is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Howard University. His research engages social movements, radical Black feminist theories of power, and public opinion. He is the author of Invisible W…
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What's wrong with American politics and how can we make it right?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and James assess what’s wrong with American self-government? Why is it dysfunctional? What will it take to change the status quo? And will Lee and James ever get a chance to open a vegetarian piano bar restaurant? These are some of the questions that they ask in this week’s episode.…
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Are state legislators really accountable to their voters?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Steven Rogers joins Julia and Lee to discuss state legislatures. Rogers is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Saint Louis University, where he teaches and conducts research on elections, state legislatures, and public opinion. How many people can name their state represen…
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How did Trump threaten American self-government when he was president?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Miles Taylor joins Julia and Lee to talk about the resistance to Donald Trump when he was president. Taylor is the author of Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump. He served in the Trump administration as the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. B…
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Where do busy people find the time to participate in democratic self-government?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Kevin Elliott joins Lee and James to talk about how busy people can make democracy work for them. Elliott is a political scientist and Lecturer in Ethics, Politics, and Economics (EP&E) at Yale University. His main research interests are in political theory, particularly democratic theory, and focus o…
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What can storytelling teach us about politics?
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Jake Tapper joins Lee and James to talk about his latest novel, All the Demons Are Here (Little, Brown and Company, 2023) and how storytelling helps us understand politics. Tapper is CNN’s chief Washington correspondent and hosts its award-winning program, The Lead with Jake Tapper, and its Sunday mor…
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Philip Wallach joins Lee and James to talk about Congress, how it’s broken, and how we can fix it. Philip is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies America’s separation of powers, with a focus on regulatory policy issues and the relationship between Congress and the adm…
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Why is it so hard to buy things with nickels? (plus questions about the debt limit debate and 2024 presidential election)
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In this week’s episode, Julia, Lee, and James deconstruct the debt limit debate and the 2024 presidential election. What does the debt limit debate tell us about polarization in American politics? Why did the debt debate play out like it did? Does it tell us anything about the 2024 presidential election? Will it be a rematch between President Joe B…
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