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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
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Democrats' and pundits' concern over the growing realization that President Biden is oldWhy, despite Biden’s weaknesses and the tough map for Democrats in 2024, control of Congress will likely still be up for grabs in NovemberThe Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are people, and the Republican Party's toxic politics of reproductive rightsWhy Trump’s legal troubles might not be as financially damaging as they seem…The continued tragedy and impossible politics of the War in GazaSanctions, military expenditures, global isolationism, and the forces shaping the Ukraine War two years inThe UK’S dysfunctional economic agenda, part 78Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
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Trump’s domination of the GOP primary, and what the MAGA-ficaiton of the GOP means for 2024The politics of Trump's legal troublesMaking sense of America’s “vibe-cession” and disinflationClaudine Gay’s resignation as Harvard’s president, and the Right’s strange relationship to the Ivy LeagueWhere does China’s economy go next?Unpacking the calls to ban Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) partyWhy is the UK trying to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda?The Super Bowl meets the Taylor Swift-Industrial ComplexLearn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
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Trump potentially gets removed from the GOP primary ballot in Colorado, and the risks of involving the courts in a presidential electionHow the politics of immigration will affect the 2024 race in the USElise Stefanik grills University presidents on Capitol Hill, highlighting the thorny politics of Israel, Gaza, and free speech on college campusesThe political economy of Argentina’s new president Javier MileiThe Fed decides to hold interest rates steady, and the market reacts with…enthusiasmChina’s economic slowdown, and the limits of growth in authoritarian societiesWhere the Israeli-Gaza conflict goes from here, and how it might affect US politics going forwardGoogle’s loss in court to Epic Games, and American’s very mixed record regulating monopolies.Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
The state of the Israel-Hamas War, and its geopolitical and economic implicationsDiscouraging polls for Biden, promising victories of Democrats in November’s special elections – what does it mean for 2024? The new Speaker of the US House does the same thing his predecessor got kicked out for doingMark and Carrie push their Bible knowledge to the limitXi warms up to the United States…a littleDon’t worry about the UK – David Cameron is back! David Beckham – more interesting than his looks would suggest?Mark doesn't think much about the Roman EmpireLearn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Grading Mark and Carrie’s Supreme Court predictionsA disturbingly warm summer for all, and the financial repercussions of it being too hot to go outside. Gender equality, austerity, and the financial time-bombs in English municipalitiesThe Trump trial/campaign continuumLife under a gerontocracyTesting the West’s stamina for the War in UkraineUnpacking the ‘immaculate disinflation’Google v US, and the “franchise-ization” of the American EconomyTogether, Mark and Carrie ‘Barbenheimered’Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
The US debt ceiling deal: nobody won, and it was all based on a deep ignorance of how the economy actually worksDeSantis goes peak geek and launches his presidential candidacy with on a glitchy Twitter Spaces™ Will Trump’s future criminal charges help or hurt him at the polls?Predictions on the Supreme Court’s final cases of the term, including decisions on environmental protection, affirmative action, and student loansWhere does the US-China relationship go from here?Mark and Carrie wonder what AI is thinkingThe next demoralizing phase in the War in Ukraine. A surprise twist: good news!Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Biden, Trump, and the upcoming “remaquel” to the 2020 electionFox settles with Dominion, fires Tucker Carlson, and will be just fineThe debt ceiling crisis: America’s ‘Brexit’?Clarence Thomas is very corrupt, but will face no consequencesDiane Feinst—wait, have we talked about anyone under 80-years-old on this episode?!King Charles III is crowned, and no one seems to careMark and Carrie try to end on a positive note. They fail.Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
What Trump’s indictment says about the state of American politics DeSantis’ cruel (and also a slightly boring) strategy for countering TrumpVladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s recent bro-out in Russia, and how it fits into China’s larger geopolitical machinationsCongress's poorly informed and slightly xenophobic attempt to grill the CEO of Tik TokThe underlying forces behind the protests in France, and why politicians can’t bear to tax the rich. The real story behind Scotland’s recent change of leadership. Gwyneth Paltrow, and the redemption of America’s judicial systemLearn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Dominion Voting Machine’s lawsuit against Fox shows off the network’s underside, which we all knew was there anyway. Ron DeSantis continues to fight “woke” values like freedom of speechMark and Carrie come up with a terrible political science dissertation topic. Brexit is solved! Or maybe it was repealed?The future of the war in Ukraine. Pharma giant Eli Lilly generously ‘caps’ the price of insulin; Mark and Carrie are not impressed. Carrie actually read Spare, and Mark is upset.Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Is there any way to reduce mass shootings in the US?‘Atmospheric rivers’ and California’s weather woesThe debt ceiling showdown in Congress, Kevin McCarthy’s shameful job hunt: life with a divided Congress is back. Mark’s invite to Davos was clearly lost in the mail. Can the UK’s political leadership go a week without a bone-headed scandal? (No.) Understanding Germany’s reluctance to send tanks to Ukraine. New currencies: the ‘bike lanes’ of international economic policy. The Royal Family is weird.Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Unpacking the World Cup Finals on and off the field Elon’s rough few weeks at the helm of TwitterSBF gets arrested in the Bahamas, and we all learn too much about his crimes and lifestyle. Can Trump stay in the spotlight much longer?China, Russia, Iran -- a tough year for authoritarians!The effects of raising interest rates on the global economyMark and Carrie make their predictions for the world in 2023Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
The geopolitics of the World Cup, and why we’re all implicated in the spectacle's dark underbelly Midterm elections come and go, yet paralysis and polarization remains in Washington Trump is back, eating dinner with a Nazi, hoping the Murdochs don’t care. Biden contemplates a second term in office, and the US contemplates a Biden/Trump rematchFTX’s collapse in the context of history’s great fraudsProtests in Beijing and the limits of ‘Zero Covid’Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Elon Musk buys Twitter. Will anything on the platform change?Musical chairs in UK politics; will Rishi Sunak’s term as MP outlast a head of lettuce?Xi Jinping further consolidates power in China. Can the US and China afford to lose each other?The most fabulously terrible races in the US midterm elections.Fighting in Ukraine continues on with no end in sight, and the US doesn’t know what to do about it. Artist and media mogul Ye is banned from participating in…the media. Prince Harry – the ‘Spare’ – tells all.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Queen Elizabeth is dead, and the UK press can’t stop mourningBritain’s economic dumpster fireBiden and the Democrats doing surprisingly well (but not well enough to keep Congress)Elections in Italy and upcoming in Brazil don’t portend well for democracyUkraine’s tripwire strategy, and Putin’s increasing desperationFloods in FloridaWhere is Trump?Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Unpacking the Inflation Reduction ActWhat this summer's good news for Democrats means for the midtermsLiz Cheney's political future, and what it could mean for Democrats and RepublicansTrump's Mar-a-Lago drama. What matters, what doesn't, and why it feels like we've been here before...Multiple US Congresspeople head to Taiwan. Grand strategy, or ego-trip?Mega droughts in Europe and CaliforniaListen and subscribe to Trending Globally, another podcast from the Watson Institute.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
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Finding nuance in the inflation/recession panicCould climate legislation actually be passed in the US Congress?!Heat waves in…well, everywhereA long goodbye for Boris JohnsonRussia, Germany, the US, and the politics of natural gasJanuary 6 hearings: rave reviews, renewed for a second seasonTranscript coming soon.
Listen and subscribe to Trending Globally, another podcast from the Watson Institute.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
The mass shooting in Uvalde, TX, and America’s mourning rituals around gun violenceWhat the potential end of Roe v. Wade means for the US, and what it says about the Supreme CourtTransitioning from an old inflation myth to our current inflation reality100 Days of grinding war in UkraineHarry and Megan attend the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and Mark doesn’t careJohnny Depp and Amber Heard: where toxic social media meets toxic masculinityAn ode to the summer blockbusters of yoreLearn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
The political implications of the Supreme Court’s leaked decision overturning Roe v. WadeBipartisan support in Congress for arming Ukraine, and what the next phase of this war might look likeMaking sense of the Republican Senate Primary in Ohio, and the extent of Trump’s continued influence on the GOPChina’s struggle with news Covid waves, and the limits of top-down China’s governing modelElon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Is he trying to own ‘the public square’ and change the world, or is he just trying to make some money?Inflation, recessions, and the limits of the Fed’s ability to fix either. Tucker Carlson’s concerns about male fertilityWatching the world burn and the Met Gala at the same time.Learn more about and subscribe to Trending Globally here.
Learn about other podcasts from the Watson Institute.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
The economic and political ramifications of the war in UkraineWhy presidents shouldn’t ad lib foreign policyWhat the 1970s can and can’t teach us about handling inflation todayThe sighs and shrugs of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearingsState legislation restricting LGBTQ and abortion rights, and the Republican ramp-up to the 2022 midterms.Are “the movies” over?Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.
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Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Making sense of Ukraine and questioning Putin’s motives (and height)Joe Rogan and the 'platform conundrum'Since when is Canada angry and weird?Carrie’s boycotting the Olympics – but NOT for the reasons you’re thinking! Will Boris Johnson get a sweet Spotify deal?The politics of Biden’s Supreme Court nomination processNostalgia at the Super BowlLuke Skywalker lives on in Boba Fett
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