Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College) joins Ron Steslow to discuss emotional intelligence and how it impacts success in the workplace, politics, and our everyday lives

(01:40) What emotional intelligence is and how we measure it

(03:55) Why emotional intelligence is important 

(07:03) How self-awareness impacts emotional intelligence 

(10:15) How you can build self-awareness

(13:05) How regulating your emotions shapes your emotional intelligence 

(16:20) Ways you can improve how well you manage and regulate your emotions

(21:19) The importance of grit in emotional intelligence 

(24:43) Emotional intelligence and being a moral rebel 

(39:39) The “dark side” of emotional intelligence

(41:39) Why emotional intelligence needs a moral backbone 

(50:53) How you can improve your emotional intelligence 

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The Power of Emotional Intelligence

Lucy Caldwell (Walsh 2020 Campaign Manager) and Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:15) The killing of Tyre Nichols and the renewed push for policing reform 

(24:33) Biden and McCarthy meet in the Oval Office to begin talks on raising the debt ceiling 

(41:12) The Atlantic piece about how our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality

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[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] New York Times column about whether and how long Democrats can hold together the new ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who!’ Coalition

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“All About That Base” — The Weekly Roundup

Molly McKew (Lead author of GreatPower.US) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the United States and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine and how Ukraine is preparing for another Russian offensive as we head toward spring

(01:32) What led to the U.S. and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine and how it will shape the war

(14:36) What other resources Ukraine needs for the next phase of fighting 

(21:05) What should we expect to come next in the war

(24:14) Russia’s attempts to push Belarus into the fighting 

 
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Send In The Leopards

Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Hagar Chemali (Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(03:12) The FBI finds more classified documents at President Biden's Delaware home, former Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers find classified documents in his home.

(23:00) Ruben Gallego’s announcement that he’s running for the Arizona Senate seat in 2024

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(44:07) The Wisconsin Supreme Court election and campaigns losing any pretense of judicial neutrality

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] A new plan to get conservative voters to respond to climate messages—as long as they don’t come from liberals


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“This Is The Way” — The Weekly Roundup

Pat Condo (Founder and CEO of Seekr Technologies) joins Ron Steslow to discuss the media landscape, their search tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to index websites and news stories to rate the content so readers can make better informed choices about what they read. 

(02:26) From navigation technology to search technology

(05:46) Why he decided to create Seekr

(37:50) What makes Seekr different from other search engines

(44:22) The incentive structure for news organizations 

(51:20) How Seekr measures political lean in articles

(55:20) How AI generated news stories can change the media landscape 

(1:02:06) Pat’s end goal in creating Seekr
 
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In Search Of

Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Andy Kroll (Investigative Reporter at ProPublica) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(03:14)The evolving story about President Biden’s lawyers finding classified documents and the lack of transparency from the White House

(24:41) The looming fight over raising the debt limit and a more responsible way Republicans could lower spending 

(43:33)ChatGPT, the AI chatbot taking the world by storm, how it could mike our lives easier, and what it could do to our politics

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene renounces QAnon on FOX News and how viral conspiracy theories are hurting democracy . 


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Raise the Roof  — The Weekly Roundup

Susan Del Percio, Andy Kroll, and Ron Steslow discuss Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene renouncing QAnon on FOX News and how viral conspiracy theories are hurting democracy.
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James Kirchick joins Ron Steslow to discuss his book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

(01:55) Why he wrote the book

(06:43) The interwoven political history and gay history in Washington

(14:33) The melting pot of the gay community and why it was seen as a threat

(19:55) The trope that whatever is bad must be gay

(31:51) The Lavender Scare 

(35:53) The tension between the gay loyal foot soldiers of Ronald Reagan and courting the religious right 

(49:00) What was challenging about writing the book 

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Secret City with James Kirchick

Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy & Politics Program at Third Way) and MIke Pesca (Host of the Gist and Not Even Mad) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:28) Insurrectionist Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the concessions he made to get the gavel, and how it could impact the House

(23:53) The news that classified documents were found in Joe Biden’s former office

(33:12) The parallels between the January 6th attack on the Capitol and the riots in Brazil last weekend 

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Joe Biden’s pivot toward the center ahead of an expected 2024 campaign and how the move could help Democrats hold on to some non-college educated voters . 


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“Insurrectionist Speaker Kevin McCarthy” — The Weekly Roundup

Founder and CEO of Grassroots Analytics Danny Hogenkamp joins Ron Steslow to discuss how digital fundraising and the incentives of the outrage economy have changed the way campaigns bring in money and how it influences our political landscape.

(03:50) The traditional role of fundraising in political campaigns

(11:11) Why he decided to create Grassroots Analytics 

(15:31) The demographic shifts among donors to Republicans and Democrats

(27:51) The shift from high dollar to grassroots fundraising on campaigns 

(32:22) The impact of the outrage economy and hyper-performative politics on fundraising

(36:03) How donor lists can move from campaign to campaign 

(39:50) The use of A.I. in writing fundraising emails 

(47:06) The criticism that Grassroots Analytics is a “donor pimp”

(51:07) More political races are starting earlier and earlier 

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The New Rainmakers with Danny Hogenkamp

Katie Hill (Former Congresswoman), Lucy Caldwell (political strategist) and MIke Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(03:01) Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to secure the gavel as Speaker of the House 

(38:38) Elise Stefanik’s move from Paul Ryan’s protege to his greatest political disappointment 

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] The George Santos Scandal, why the lies should have been exposed during the campaign and one congressman’s proposal to punish politicians who lie about their education and work history


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“Kevin McCarthy is an Empty Vessel” — The Weekly Roundup

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On the anniversary of the attack at the Capitol, photographer Gabriella Demczuk walks listeners through her firsthand account of the January 6, 2021 insurrection, from Donald Trump’s “Stop The Steal” rally on the National Mall to the gallery of the House chamber as rioters breached the Capitol.


(03:01) Getting the assignment for January 6

(05:45) Reading the crowd at the rally

(07:35) Rep. Madison Cawthorn, in his own words

(10:30) Back to the U.S. Capitol

(12:46) Looking out the East Front

(13:33) Capitol under lockdown

(16:25) Trying to do our jobs

(17:10) Sheltering in the House chamber

(25:53) Bursting the “safe space” bubble

(30:01) Reflections walking home

(32:43) [Lack of] Republican remorse

(34:33) The fragility of democracy


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Encore: January 6 through a Photographer’s Lens

As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at some of the of the biggest moments and some of our favorite weekly roundup segments from 2022 :

(00:53) Lanae Erickson, Al Cardenas, and Ron Steslow discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesky’s speech before congress in March

(20:56) Mike Madrid, Lucy Caldwell, and Ron Steslow break down one of the prime time January 6th committee hearings and discuss Trump’s movements during the attack and his “dereliction of duty

(46:28) Mike Madrid, Susan Del Percio, and Ron Steslow discuss the long standing relationship between Hollywood and the Pentagon and the summer blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick


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Looking back on 2022 — The Weekly Roundup

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Michele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World 

(01:46) Why she decided to study culture 

(04:34) What are tight and loose cultures

(06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve

(10:38) The tradeoffs between tight and loose and how different cultures responded to the Covid pandemic

(16:19) Tightness-looseness and willingness to change

(19:57) Red and Blue vs Tight and Loose 

(30:36) Tightening around core values, even in loose cultures

(34:56) Real and manufactured threats 

(44:15) How we we can put this framework into action 

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Encore: Rule Makers and Rule Breakers

As 2022 draws to a close, Ron Steslow asks some of your favorite Politicology guests to share what has given them hope in 2022.

In this episode: 

Susan Del Percio 
Carly Fiorina 
Catherine Sanderson 
Sen. Doug Jones 
Kristyn Komarnicki
Lanae Erickson 
Leigh Marz 
Mehran Sahami 
Jennifer Horn
Liz Gilbert 
Molly McKew
Lucy Caldwell
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand
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What Gives You Hope?

This episode is a little bit different. And personal. Kristyn Komarnicki, director of dialogue and convening at Christians for Social Action, and Darren Calhoun, a justice advocate, worship leader, and Associate Fellow at CSA, join Ron Steslow to discuss intentional dialogue, and how we can use their techniques in the relationships that matter to us.

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(07:06) What is dialogue? How is it different from everyday conversations?

(8:19) What does a curated dialogue look like?

(20:23) How do you prepare for something like this?

(27:34) Why lean into conflict, even when you don’t like conflict?

(32:28) Political fights vs dialogue—what is our role in specific conversations?

(40:44) How important is “grace” in having dialogue that allows for growth?

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Encore: Deeper Than Agreement

Former spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN and former Middle East Director at the National Security Council in the Obama White House Hagar Chemali joins Ron Steslow to discuss the protests in Iran

(01:46) What started the protests and how they’ve evolved

(06:19) How these protests compare to previous ones

(08:08) The role of the Supreme Leader in Iran

(10:57) Why it’s difficult to get accurate news from Iran

(15:55) Why ending the mandatory hijab rule wouldn’t end the protests 

(23:00) What we know about executions of protestors

(31:41) Tension of US interests vs democratic values

(55:40) Iran's place on the UN Commission on the Status of Women

(1:01:37) How the protests in Iran connect to the other protests happening around the globe

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“There’s No Turning Back for Them” — Hagar Chemali on the Protests in Iran

Susan Del Percio (MSNBC political analyst and crisis communications expert) and Tharon Johnson (Georgia political strategist) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:40) The Georgia Senate Runoff

(21:02)Donald Trump’s bad week and his call to terminate the constitution

(41:41) Mark Leibovich’s piece in the Atlantic about whether Ron DeSantis can overcome his “robotic quality”

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] Time Magazine names Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the 2022 person of the year. 

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Listen to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Reith Lecture on Freedom Of Speech: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-freedom-of-speech/id318705261?i=1000588114737

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“The Constitution Cannot Be Suspended”— The Weekly Roundup

Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College Dr. Catherine Sanderson joins Ron Steslow to talk about how giving can make you happier. 

(02:08) What is happiness and how can we measure it?

(08:31) Does giving make you happy or do happy people give more?

(10:20) Types of giving and the impact on happiness

(14:50) The effect of giving on bad moods

(28:58) Gratitude letters


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Encore: Does giving make you happy? with Dr. Catherine Sanderson

Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor of Psychology and Chair of Psychology at Amherst College) and James Lynch (Communications Strategist) join host Ron Steslow to unpack some of the most important stories of the week and how they’re shaping the political landscape:

(02:58) The Trump Circus and Republicans’ response to his meeting with a white nationalist 

(19:41) The protests in China and the global fight for democracy

(34:20) ‘Political hobbyism’ in the workplace 

[Politicology+ Subscribers Only] The Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act with 12 Republican votes and the shift in support for marriage equality on both sides of the aisle

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