Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics

In this episode, we are joined by PC political science professors, Dr. Joseph Cammarano and Dr. Adam Myers, to discuss the process of impeachment. We explore what impeachment means, what the U.S. Constitution says about impeachment, and what the current impeachment process of President Donald Trump means for the nation.

We are joined by PC political science professor, Rick Battistoni, to help define and discuss the meaning of democracy. Dr. Battistoni provides critical insight into the complexities and challenges of democracy today and examines its political significance.

PC Political Science professor, Dr. Ruth Ben-Artzi, sits down with us to provide an update on the second round of elections that were recently held in Israel. We examine the results and discuss the future for the Israeli legislature.

In this episode, PC political science professor, Paul Herron, provides a review of the key Supreme Court cases decided in the 2018-2019 term, including important ones about the Census and partisan gerrymandering. He also discusses what to expect this year.

We unpack with PC Professor Ruth Ben-Artzi why and how Benjamin Netanyahu won the recent Israeli election and his victory’s implications for Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Professor Gizem Zencirci of the PC political science department joins us to analyze Turkish politics today and the rise of President Recep Erdogan and his Justice and Development party. We examine tensions between secularism and Islam in Turkey’s past and present, Erdogan’s conflict with the Gulenist movement and its connection to the 2016 aborted coup, the conflict with the Kurds, and Turkey’s fo...

Professor Susan McCarthy of the PC political science department discusses how China has become an economic and geo-political power in today’s world. In a wide ranging discussion of economics, politics, culture, and human rights in today’s China, she notes the challenges the country faces and its current President Xi Jinping’s role in addressing them.

Now that the 2018 Midterm elections are over and the votes counted, we review the results their implications. Professors Adam Myers and Matt Guardino, who provided previews of the election in earlier podcast episodes, return with their observations on the election and its impact. They discuss who won, who lost and why. Podcast host William Hudson and his two guests also have a lively conversation...

Dr. Matt Guardino of the Providence College political science faculty shares his insights on a variety of subjects, including the persistent importance of mainstream news media, the impact of social media on news consumers and news reporters, and the challenges journalists face today’s dynamic communications environment. A former newspaper reporter, Dr. Guardino has been on the political science f...

This episode of Beyond Your News Feed features Dr. Anthony Affigne of the Providence College political science faculty. In an interview conducted by his colleague, Dr. William Hudson, Dr. Affigne shares information about demographics, trends, and electoral characteristics related to Latino/a voters in the United States. He discusses key Congressional races where that voter group may have a signifi...

In the premiere episode of "Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics,” Providence College Political Science Department Chair, Dr. Bill Hudson, interviews his faculty colleague, Dr. Adam Myers. Dr. Meyers is an expert on American political parties and elections, and he shares information and insights relative to the 2018 midterm election. Topics include party control of Congress,...