A Gentlemen’s Disagreement

Episode 137 - What is Harris's platform?

While we are still in the honeymoon phase of the Harris candidacy, we take a look at what candidate Harris stands for policy-wise and how policy under a Harris administration might differ from both the Trump and Biden administrations.

Episode 136 - The Olympic spirit v. the political spirit

We begin this week by talking about the opening week of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, particular stories that have caught our eyes, and the general feeling of togetherness that rooting for Team USA brings and then juxtapose that positivity with the direction our political discourse has taken since the new presidential race has begun in earnest.

Episode 135 - What. A. Week.

We recap one of the wildest weeks in modern U.S. political history, starting with the assassination attempt on President Trump, the ensuing RNC and President Trump's selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate, and ending with President Biden's decision to drop out of the race and to endorse Vice-President Harris as his successor.

Episode 134 - A SCOTUS '23-'24 term review with Professor Renee Landers

We welcome back Suffolk University Law School Professor Renee Landers to analyze the major cases and trends from the Supreme Court's just-concluded term. We discussed the Trump cases, the administrative law cases, including the overturning of the Chevron Doctrine, the abortion cases, and the gun cases.

Episode 133 - Debate reaction & election issues 2024: foreign policy

We begin with an extended reaction to the presidential debate before analyzing what foreign policy might look like under a second term of either President Biden or President Trump.

Episode 132 - Juneteenth reflections: lessons and legends from the Negro Leagues

We begin this week by discussing the life and legacy of Willie Mays, and then we dive more fully into what the significance of the Negro Leagues was then and is now and discuss how baseball, in particular, and sports in general, often serve as a microcosm for the country. We wrap up by highlighting two Negro League greats.

Episode 131 - The power of people in the age of AI with Dr. Po-Shen Loh

We are joined this week by Dr. Po-Shen Loh, professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, social entrepreneur, and innovator, to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities the rise of AI will pose to work, education, and democracy. Throughout our conversation, we analyze how humans can--and must--remain supreme in an AI world.

Episode 130 - Haiti: the conversation no one is having, with Brian Concannon

We are joined this week by Brian Concannon, the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. We discussed the history of Haiti, the role of the U.S. and France in that history, and how that history has led to the current situation in Haiti. We also talked about what U.S. policy towards Haiti should look like moving forward and how Haiti has been a world leader in the past and can be once again in the future.

Episode 129 - The U.S.-China relationship & rivalry with Dr. Michael Beckley

We are joined this week by Dr. Michael Beckley, professor of political science at Tufts University and Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, for a discussion on U.S. policy towards China. Dr. Beckley discusses the challenges China currently faces, why those challenges should concern the U.S., and what the U.S. needs to do both economically and militarily to counter China.

Episode 128 - Election Issues 2024: Crime & Guns

We're back this week with the latest installment in our monthly series of episodes analyzing how individual issues might affect the 2024 election. In this episode, we discuss the feelings people have around crime in the U.S., how those feelings combine with the messaging about crime by the two major parties to give one of those parties a significant advantage, what Presidents Trump and Biden did during their terms in office around crime and guns, and what a second term of either president might look like in dealing with these issues.