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2023.14: It's Kind of Bananas - The End of Affirmative Action
In the Classroom: Professor Steven Schwinn, UIC School of Law
Topics: SCOTUS; 2023 affirmative action cases; Equal Protection Clause; reinterpreting Brown v. Board (1954); achieving diversity without considering race; legacy admissions
Episode transcript
Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition music: Hello, Good Morning by Liberty
Photo description: White man with black glasses smiles at the camera while wearing a light blue checked dress shirt and navy blue blazer
The Politics Classroom website
The Politics Classroom YouTube Channel
The Bookshelf: under construction
Web Links
Professor Steven Schwinn: https://law.uic.edu/profiles/schwinn-steven/
UIC School of Law: https://law.uic.edu/
Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/TPC_2023-14_transcript
Third Age:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Liberty:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/262
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
The Politics Classroom YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@ProfessorFloros?si=RGS1YraHeU8b7RtF
The Bookshelf: under construction -
2023.13: The Collapse of Tunisia's Democracy
In the Classroom: Professor Sharan Grewal, Department of Government, College of William and Mary
Topics: Tunisian revolution; democratic backsliding; self-coup; hyper-presidential political system; constitutional referendum; boycotting elections; secular/Islamist divide
Episode Transcript
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Let Rivers Flow by Cast of Characters
The Politics Classroom website
The Bookshelf
Episode on YouTube
Episode Links
Professor Sharan Grewal: https://sharangrewal.com/
Department of Government, College of William and Mary: https://www.wm.edu/as/government/index.php
Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/TunisiaDemocracyCollapse
"Three Goddesses":
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263
Third Age:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
"Let Rivers Flow":
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12465
Cast of Characters:
https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-13-the-collapse-of-tunisia-s-democracy
Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1QmNAJ2Kf2A -
2023.12: Racism is Over - SCOTUS
In the Classroom: Evan McKenzie, UIC Political Science
Topics: US Supreme Court; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; writ of certiorari; Rule 10; rule of four; Voting Rights Act, Sec. 2; Independent State Legislature "Theory"; Affirmative action
Episode transcript
Episode art: Photo by Rochelle Nicole on Unsplash
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Swampy Lands by Adam Saban
Transition sound effects: Electrical Guitar Clean Muted Melody Light 01 on Soundstripe
The Politics Classroom website
In the Classroom:
Evan McKenzie: https://www.evancmckenzie.com/
UIC Political Science: https://pols.uic.edu/
Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/RacismOverSCOTUS
Photo:
Rochelle Nicole: https://unsplash.com/@rchllwlsn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/E9uJ65vwGmE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Intro & Outro Music:
Three Goddesses: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263
Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Transition Music:
Swampy Lands: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15115
Adam Saban: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/642
Transition sound effects:
Electrical Guitar Clean Muted Melody Light 01: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/40655
Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/ -
2023.11: Constitutions, Candidates, and Coups, Oh My!
In the Classroom: Semih Patan & Petia Kostadinova, UIC Political Science
Topics: Tunisia clarification and update; regimes, political systems, and voting rules 101; political party ideology; 2016 failed coup in Turkey; 2017 constitutional referendum in Turkey
Episode Transcript
Photo by Peter Kostov on Unsplash
Image description: View of the Palace of Westminster, the Parliament of the UK, from the River Thames at sunset with the building reflected in the river.
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Ticky Tacky by Rhythm Scott
Transition sound effect: Ball Shot at the Shield 01 from Soundstripe
Links
Semih Patan: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/
Petia Kostadinova: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/kostadinova-petia
Photo: https://unsplash.com/photos/lWLjqGxFPX4
Photo artist: https://unsplash.com/@strippedlight
Three Goddesses: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13263
Third Age:https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Ticky Tacky: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8433
Rhythm Scott: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/211
Transition sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/53697
Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/
Episode Transcript: https://8f1774c7-307a-4f6c-9af9-721b2a20c996.filesusr.com/ugd/478ee5_9bf3c85b4d7e469c915ce67ddb8d49e9.pdf -
2023.10: Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey
In the Classroom: Semih Patan, PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago: https://pols.uic.edu/profiles/patan-semih/; https://pols.uic.edu/
Topics: Competitive authoritarianism; Turkish politics; Turkish 2023 presidential election; Justice and Development Party (AKP); AKP over time; secularism in Turkish politics; military as guardian of Turkish democracy (previously); detour into Tunisian politics
Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/CompetitiveAuthoritarianismTurkey
Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Transition Music: Bosporus by Federico Ferrandina: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/404
Transition Sound Effects: Simple Incoming 01 from Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/21205
The Politics Classroom website: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
For further information: The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-10-competitive-authoritarianism-in-turkey
Photo description: Turkish man with short, dark brown hair, parted on his left with a lighter brown beard and brown glasses looks directly at the camera. He is wearing a blue button-down shirt with a brown blazer. -
2023.09: How Did the West Get Russia So Wrong?
When the USSR collapsed, the West had so much hope for an integrated, peaceful Russia. What went so wrong, and how did the West actually embolden Putin to become a "serial aggressor"?
In the Classroom: Russia expert Ambassador Ian Kelly
Topics:
Ambassador Kelly's Talk
2:09: Ambassador Kelly's bio
4:27: Opening remarks
9:52: Outline of Talk
10:52: 1994 Budapest Memorandum
20:26: 2008 Invasion of Georgia
24:01: 2014 Annexation of Crimea
28:58: End of talk
Q&A
29:50: Executive agreements v. Treaties
33:01: Public opinion in Russia
37:37: Implications of objectors leaving Russia
40:10: Impact on Russia's international reputation
42:57: Threat (or not) of NATO
44:29: Putin's endgame
47:37: Democracy building
51:31: Sanctions-dodging
53:49: Being an ambassador in Trump administration
56:43: End of Q&A
Episode Transcript
Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash
Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age
Transition Music: Multumesc Pentru Tot [Thanks for everything] by Cast of Characters
Transition sound effects: Soundstripe
The Politics Classroom website
For further reading: The Bookshelf (under construction)
Photo description: A hand, with all five fingers spread wide and pointing to the right, colored in the Ukrainian flag. Half of the hand, wrist and the thumb, pointer, and middle fingers are painted light blue. The other half of the hand, wrist, and the ring and pinkie fingers are pained yellow.
Episode Links
Ambassador Ian Kelly: https://internationalstudies.northwestern.edu/people/ambassador-in-residence.html
Ambassador Kelly's bio: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/247944.htm
Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/HowWestGotRussiaSoWrong
Ukrainian photographer, Elena Mozhvilo: https://unsplash.com/@miracleday
Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285
Multumesc Pentru Tot: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14760
Cast of Characters: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280
Soundstripe sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72094
The Politics Classroom: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/
The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-09-how-did-the-west-get-russia-so-wrong