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Ilan Baron

Join Ilan Baron, a Professor of International Politics and Political Thought at Durham University in the UK, and Ethan Joselow, a health care policy wonk in Washington, DC, in their ongoing discussions about history, theory, politics, culture, and current events on a range of subjects that they think they know something about. After a couple of decades of correspondence, this team has decided they are hopelessly outnumbered by their opinions.

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Attack on Capitol Hill

Today's podcast (a bit delayed) explores the attack against the 117th United States Congress at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Ethan describes the events on the day, what the day felt like, and also his relief of the end of the Trump presidency, and Ilan talks about complicity as a form of political responsibility.  The music in this episode is: La Madeline Au Truffe (composed by Jeris) by basematic (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/basematic/33580 Ft: Jeris (VJ_Memes)

Feb 4, 2021

45 min

American Democracy and Tolstoy

What do the Republican Party's attacks on the American democratic process and Tolstoy's "War and Peace" have in common? Listen and find the answer to a question that is almost a 100 years old (93 years to be precise).

Dec 21, 2020

47 min

Post-Truth Politics and Political Theory

Ilan and Ethan talk about Ilan's book, "How to Save Politics in a Post-Truth Era." If there are any publishers listening, Ilan is ready for his next book contract! In the meantime, listen to 3 opinion discuss post-truth, power, identity, the importance of political responsibility, and why methodology matters. Music for this episode: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza

Nov 8, 2020

1 hr 4 min

Anxiety and the American Election

On October 17, 2020, Ethan is not ready to give up on America.  Music is: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Oct 23, 2020

54 min

A year in Israel as teenagers (clean version).

In this podcast, Ethan and Ilan talk about their year in Israel, many, many moons ago.   Music is: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Oct 2, 2020

46 min

Strange Times: Covid-19 and trusting Trump

In our first podcast, Ilan and Ethan discuss Covid-19. Ethan is a health policy guy in the USA and brings his own perspective and experience to a topic that has transformed our lives.  This podcast was recorded on August 5, 2020.  Music is: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque.

Sep 11, 2020

39 min