Poli Sigh Podcast

02/01/2023

Happy new year from Poli Sigh 🎊

Season 2 is all wrapped up, so there’s no new episode to end the year. We’ll let you know when we’ll be back for season 3✌️

03/12/2022

Our season finale “Pop Goes the Culture (feat. Dr. Lilly Goren)” is out just as Dr. Goren’s new book “The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe” is!

Check out the latter wherever you get your books and the former wherever you get your podcasts!

We zone out with Netflix, HBO, etc. to get away from politics, right? But where is the line between political and apolitical?
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"To close off season 2, we hear from Professor Lilly Goren about the relationship between popular culture and politics. We cover examples across television, cinema, and literature to illuminate what political themes we often consume in our everyday lives without even realizing. We work through themes of nostalgia, gender construction, and “the anti-hero” to begin considering how we should treat popular media and its appropriate role in politics today."

08/11/2022

Almost half of the states in the U.S. allow for same day voter registration, so get on out there and !

Not sure whether your vote matters? What to expect once the dust settles? Our special episode, “Is Mid a Term? (feat. Courtney Nava)”, is available with the answers everywhere you podcast!

23/10/2022

It’s not a “special election”, but our special episode covering everything about the midterms goes live next Monday! And of course, don’t forget to make sure you’re all registered and ready to vote come Nov 8!!

01/10/2022

Has feminism failed?

Our newest episode “All in the Femily (feat. Dr. Michaele Ferguson)” has all the answers!

Available now everywhere you podcast 🎧

“What does it mean to be a feminist? What does feminism look like in a post-Roe era?

On this episode, we talk with Professor Michaele Ferguson about feminist politics. Spanning the suffrage movement to Gaga feminism, we breakdown what has changed and what themes have continued across feminism. Within the context of the Dobbs decision, we pinpoint instances in which current feminisms may fall short, and attempt to identify which ones may be better equipped to meet today’s challenges.”

09/09/2022

Happy to share that your co-hosts have added another diploma between them! 👩‍🎓

Congrats to master Molly Brzezinski!

03/09/2022

Ep. 15 now available everywhere you podcast!

"Communication is as simple as talking, right?

This month we hear from Professor John Barry Ryan about polarization in the United States and its significance to communication and compromise in politics today. Specifically highlighting the issues of gun violence and climate change, we explain why Americans appear so far apart and how this often results in policy inaction. We discuss the nature of American democracy and its limits in order to sort out its potential to mitigate collective action problems."

31/08/2022

A news clipping from our guest, Dr. John Barry Ryan, whose episode, “C’mon Unity”, releases today! 🎧

Available wherever you folks podcast and always at http://polisighpodcast.com

“Communication is as simple as talking, right?

This month we hear from Professor John Barry Ryan about polarization in the United States and its significance to communication and compromise in politics today. Specifically highlighting the issues of gun violence and climate change, we explain why Americans appear so far apart and how this often results in policy inaction. We discuss the nature of American democracy and its limits in order to sort out its potential to mitigate collective action problems.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/opinion/polarization-politics-americans.html

Most Americans view politics as two camps bickering endlessly and fruitlessly over unimportant issues.

08/08/2022

What’s politics but a high stakes game that never ends + that you can’t quit? 😅

8 days late with this announcement, but episode 2 of season 2, “It’s (Un)just a Game (feat. Dr. John Emery)”, is out now ✌️

Listen wherever and always at http://polisighpodcast.org

23/07/2022

They’ve been downgraded to unpaid interns after sleeping on the job
💤 🐱 🐶

Final edits before July’s episode drops next Sunday - be sure to check out part 1 of our 2 part dive into Ukraine beforehand! “Snap, Autocrackle, Prop” available now wherever you podcast and at www.polisighpodcast.org 🗣🎙🎧

01/07/2022

Season 2 out now wherever you get your podcasts
www.polisighpodcast.org

19/06/2022

6.30.22

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05/05/2022

Season 2 is still in the works - so stay tuned! More immediately, though, we wanted to give some commentary on what has likely been a visceral few days for many of you. Here's an interview featuring Owen from a couple months ago: https://theboldcu.com/2022/03/the-future-of-choice/

The Future of Choice

01/01/2022

Hey all. For a few reasons, there’s no new episode out today to close out our first season. But stay tuned here for season 2 in the spring!!

Thank you to everyone who’s reached out regarding the Marshall fire outside of Boulder. A little bit too close for comfort, but Molly and Owen are out of town, and the fire is just out of reach of our place. Please consider supporting the areas of Louisville and Superior who have been less fortunate though (https://www.coloradoresponds.org/)

Check back here for season 2 in the near future ✌️happy new year and stay safe everyone!!

02/12/2021

It's like the New York Times listened to episode 12
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/world/congo-cobalt-albert-yuma-mulimbi.html

Dangerous mining conditions plague Congo, home to the world’s largest supply of cobalt, a key ingredient in electric cars. A leadership battle threatens reforms.

01/12/2021

End of the month ➡️ new episode drops!!

Ep. 12 “Sus”tainable Solutions (feat. Dr. Christina Boyes) goes out this evening everywhere y’all podcast 🍃 🔥

What does it mean to meaningfully produce environmental policy?

On this episode, we chat with Professor Christina Boyes about why we should take a more holistic approach, considering both the human and non-human. Looking specifically at natural resources, we discuss where environmental technology might fall short both ecologically and along lines of social justice, pinpointing some non-obvious consequences that accompany greenwashing today.

www.polisighpodcast.org

01/11/2021

In case you need a hint for this episode’s title pun…

Episode 11, Social Mediacracy (feat. Dr. Jennifer Forestal), out now wherever you podcast!!

Are digital technologies and social media relevant to politics? It’s not so much a question of “if” but “how”….

This month we talk with Professor Jennifer Forestal about how the digital world can both support and hurt democracy. Looking at the way platforms are structured and monitored, we discuss ways that social media can build meaningful communities instead of atomized ones, what’s required of democratic citizenship in the 21st century, and how digital technologies might just be a boogeyman that overshadows bigger political issues.

www.polisighpodcast.org