UC3P: The Main Page Podcast

UC3P: The Main Page

UC3P
UC3P is a student-run podcast network based at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy. Our main page hosts current events, politics, research, debates, and more from across the University of Chicago.
Dr. Allison Arwady
The City of Chicago’s Commissioner of Public Health Department discusses all things Covid-19: vaccine distribution and equity, pandemic preparedness for major cities, mental health, and global implications for US vaccinations.
May 1, 2021
40 min
BlockChain Voting with Voatz Co-Founder and CEO Nimit Sawhney
Nimit Sawhney, Co-Founder and CEO of Voatz, discusses the company’s mission to make mobile voting a reality and the role that blockchain technology plays in this movement.
Mar 13, 2021
40 min
Robert Mickey
University of Michigan Professor Robert Mickey discusses subnational authoritarianism with Sidhant Wadhera in the context of historical and contemporary U.S. politics.
Feb 6, 2021
40 min
Jeff Martin and Gretchen Sneegas
Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Gretchen Sneegas discuss their work on Critical Worldbuilding, which uses a social scientific lens to analyze the built worlds in speculative media like sci-fi, fantasy, games, movies, and more. They discuss the broader applications of their work for pedagogy, politics, and policy.
Jan 31, 2021
59 min
Prof. Lisa Rosen On Adopting Culturally Responsive Curriculum
Lisa Rosen, the Associate Director of the Committee on education at UChicago, sat down with UC3P to discuss the benefits that could come from CPS adopting a culturally responsive curriculum and explain the challenges facing the implementation of these curricular changes.
Jan 22, 2021
22 min
Dan Black
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Professor Dan Black talks about the polling error in the 2020 election and the futures of polling and election forecastingPodcast Production Credit:Sidhant Wadhera
Jan 16, 2021
31 min
A History of Chicago Police and the Case for Police Abolition with Prof. Robert Vargas
Sociologist and native Chicagoan Robert Vargas sat down with UC3P to discuss the evolution of his views on policing, the origins of the CPD as we know it today, and why he’s become an advocate of police abolition.
Dec 10, 2020
15 min
UC Post-Election Student Voter Panel
A diverse group of six University of Chicago students discuss their views on the election on November 4th, when several states were still considered to be toss-ups.
Nov 8, 2020
54 min
Dr. John Gastil
Dr. John Gastil, Professor of Communication and Political Science at Penn State discusses deliberative democracy and how its lessons and techniques can be applied to the United States.
Nov 1, 2020
48 min
Mark Joseph Stern
Supreme Court Reporter for Slate, Mark Joseph Stern joins Andrew Weis to discuss the Supreme Court and the underlying ideological and political factors that affect its decisions. Podcast Production Credit:Olu Ogidan / David Raban
Oct 24, 2020
31 min
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