Civic Lens

Marvin King
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A podcast about our democracy.

  1. 2d ago

    #18 Boris Heersink on Party Brands, MAGA, and the Future of the Republican Party

    Boris Heersink tells us why party brands are so useful to voters and how Trump's hold on the GOP has shaped that party's brand. Heersink is the author of Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 with Jeffrey Jenkins and National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics: The Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912-2016. Also mentioned: Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016–2020 and The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party from Republican Leaders, both by Seth Masket, and The Nationalization of American Political Parties, 1880–1896 by Daniel Klinghard and Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush by Daniel J. Galvin

    #18 Boris Heersink on Party Brands, MAGA, and the Future of the Republican Party

  2. Jul 13

    #17 Michael Kang on Campaign Finance, Judicial Elections, and Democratic Accountability

    Michael Kang of Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, and author of Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections, along with co-author Joanna Shepherd, joins Civic Lens to discuss the changing role of money in legislative and judicial elections. Also mentioned: Brennan Center for Justice and The Brave New World of Judicial Election by Charles Geyh.

    #17 Michael Kang on Campaign Finance, Judicial Elections, and Democratic Accountability

  3. Jul 6

    #16 - Arin Dube on the Minimum Wage, Labor Markets, and Economic Inequality

    Arin Dube, of UMass Amherst, and author of The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It, speaks on the minimum wage, labor markets, and economic inequality. He was featured in The New Yorker, An Economist’s Quest to Solve America’s Wage Problem, and maintains a Substack.

    #16 - Arin Dube on the Minimum Wage, Labor Markets, and Economic Inequality

  4. Jun 29

    #15 Teri Incampo on Theater, Storytelling, and the Politics of Performance

    Teri Incampo from the University of Mississippi on the value of theater as an artistic medium, her latest research, and how we can all become more thoughtful consumers of film and theater. Mentioned in the podcast: Is God Is?, Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, Keke Palmer, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment by Rhae Lynn Barnes, Bodies in DissentSpectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910 by Daphne A. Brooks, and Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century United States by Katelyn Hale Wood.

    #15 Teri Incampo on Theater, Storytelling, and the Politics of Performance

  5. Jun 22

    #14 Elizabeth Armstrong on Gender Inequality, Higher Education, and the Future of Work

    University of Michigan sociologist Elizabeth Armstrong discusses emerging research on workplace experiences, where many college-educated women continue to encounter barriers to advancement even in professional careers. Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality by Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura T. Hamilton. Gender Flashpoints: The Power of Dialogue by Abigail C. Saguy

    #14 Elizabeth Armstrong on Gender Inequality, Higher Education, and the Future of Work

  6. Jun 15

    #13 Chris Berry on Property Taxes, Assessment Vales, and Tax Fairness

    Chris Berry, William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, explains how property values are determined, but also how this widely used system suffers from a perpetual bias against lower-valued properties. Also mentioned: Property Tax Fairness Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments by Chris Berry Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America by Bernadette Atuahene

    #13 Chris Berry on Property Taxes, Assessment Vales, and Tax Fairness

  7. Jun 9

    #12 Matt Mitten on Doping, WADA, and the Integrity of Competition

    Matt Mitten, Professor of Law and Executive Director, National Sports Law Institute; WADA Prohibited List; USADA; World Anti-Doping Code

    #12 Matt Mitten on Doping, WADA, and the Integrity of Competition

  8. Jun 2

    #11 Christina Greer on City Politics, Black Voters and the GOP, and Democratic Dominance in NYC.

    Fordham Professor Christina Greer, author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams, and Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream, joins Civic Lens host Marvin King to discuss city politics, Black voters' relationship with the Republican Party, and why so many New Yorkers register for the Democratic Party primary. Also discussed: Lorrie Frasure-Yokley's Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs and Deed Theft and Jesse Jackson's famous 1969 interview in Playboy, and Mark Twain's The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.

    #11 Christina Greer on City Politics, Black Voters and the GOP, and Democratic Dominance in NYC.
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A podcast about our democracy.

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  • Creator
    Marvin King
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Marvin King
  • Show Website
    Civic Lens

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