The Politics Guys

This week, Michael talks with Alex Jones about his book Losing The News: The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy. Mr. Jones is Director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Laurence M. Lombard Lecturer in the Press and Public Policy. He covered the press for The New York Times … Continue reading "PG15: Harvard’s Alex Jones on Losing The News"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Michael interviews Professor Tim Groseclose, author of Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts The American Mind. In the book (which was based on an article by Groseclose and Jeffery Milyo) Groseclose argues that there is significant liberal bias in the media and that this bias has a very real effect on American … Continue reading "PG14: Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts The American Mind"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jay interviews Mike about his book Navigating the News: A Political Media User’s Guide. After nearly two decades of teaching college students about politics and the media, Mike decided that he wanted to write a book on the topic – something short and engaging that brought together the best of what he’d … Continue reading "PG13: Navigating the News: A Political Media User’s Guide"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I interview Dr. Kirby Goidel, political scientist and author of the book America’s Failing Experiment: How We The People Have Become the Problem. Dr. Goidel is a Professor and Fellow in the Department of Communication and the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M. Prior to that, he was Scripps Howard Professor, Director … Continue reading "PG12: America’s Failing Experiment: How We The People Have Become The Problem"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the Politics Guys look at the situation in Baltimore: the riots, the causes, and what can be done to reform the police and restore the community. We also discuss Obergefell v. Hodges – the same-sex marriage case heard by the Supreme Court this week. Finally, we talk about Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, the first … Continue reading "PG11: Police Brutality, Riots, and Same-Sex Marriage"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, the Politics Guys focus on the environment. Our air and water are much cleaner than they were in 1970, and there’s no longer a gaping hole in the ozone layer. Today, the big concern is the threat of global warming. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Continue reading "PG10: Can Politics Save The Planet?"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week’s Stories: – Why Hillary will win the nomination, but maybe not the presidency. – Marco Rubio: everyone’s second choice. – Obama compromises on Iran, but will there even be a deal? – Start planning that Havana vacation: Obama opens relations with Cuba.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week’s Stories: – Rand Paul: His strategy, his chances (slim), and his backup plan. – Iran’s Supreme Leader makes life even more difficult for US negotiators – Police Brutality: what, if anything, can we do?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week’s Stories – The Iran Deal: Will ‘The Great Satan’ Get Burned by the Mullahs? – Indiana: We’re Not Anti-Gay, Honest! We Even Changed Our Anti-Gay Law. – Senator Menendez: A Corrupt NJ Politician (Shocking!) – McDonalds Pretends to Care About WorkersSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week’s Stories – Ted Cruz: Why he won’t win, but what he could accomplish. – Indiana: Anti-gay or pro-religion? (Both, maybe?) – Bowe Bergdahl: should he be prosecuted, or has he suffered enough already? – The ungodly mess that is U.S. foreign policy. – The mystery man behind California’s “Sodomite Suppression Act” Links – … Continue reading "PG06: Ted Cruz, Anti-Gay Laws, Bowe Bergdahl"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week’s Stories – The stingy, shortsighted, and essentially meaningless GOP budget plan. – President Obama on mandatory voting (he’s for it). – Starbucks attempt to get us to talk about race with our baristas. – Mitch McConnell to the EPA: I hate you guys so much. – The (not so high) rise and fall of Congressman … Continue reading "PG05: Meaningless Budgets, Mandatory Voting, Talking Race at Starbucks"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week’s Stories – The Senate GOP ‘open letter’ to Iran: secretly brilliant, or not-so-secretly moronic? – Hillary Clinton to the media: I didn’t do anything wrong. Technically. – Ferguson, Missouri: some positive developments, then a tragedy. – Is climate change a belief system or scientific fact? – “It’s never good to be drunk at … Continue reading "PG04: The Senate Writes to Iran, Hillary Hides Her Email, Progress in Ferguson?"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The audio on this week’s episode is, in places, less than stellar, thanks to one of Michael’s failed recording experiments. At first, we weren’t going to post this episode, but due to popular demand, we decided to put it up, but with this ‘low audio quality’ disclaimer. Things will sound better next week. Also, you’ll … Continue reading "PG03: Obamacare at the Supreme Court, The Justice Dept Slams Ferguson"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s stories: – Why can’t Congress fund the Department of Homeland Security? – What undersized red grouper & Dr. Seuss have to do with Obamacare. – The FCC ruling that’s made Comcast and Time Warner very, very sad. – Does the Obama administration really think Samoans are a ‘savage and alien’ race? Links Justice … Continue reading "PG02: Funding Homeland Security, Dr. Seuss and Obamacare, Net Neutrality"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Politics Guys, Episode 01 (February 22, 2015) Show Notes & Links This wasn’t our first show – just the first one we’ve posted. (Yes, the unposted shows were worse. Some were much worse.) The site is still under development, and we’re not on iTunes or Stitcher (yet), but minor technical difficulties aside, it’s reasonably representative of … Continue reading "PG01: Is This Thing On?"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices