Episode 18: Dr. Laura Merrifield Wilson

How can we look at politics in 2021 from different angles? OR, maybe politics in 2021 isn’t as hopeless as we think (my words, LOL)? Dr. Laura Merrifield Wilson is Professor of Political Science at University of Indianapolis, and is frequently featured as a political analyst and panelist in the Indianapolis news media. Her areas of focus include gender and racial gaps in campaign finance, state legislatures, and taxation and public budgeting. Dr. Wilson has a real gift for analyzing and explaining our complex political systems, in ways that both engage people and challenge us to think differently about our political systems. In this conversation, she talks about issues including the underrated impacts of state and local government on our lives, and ways to think more critically about how we and the media characterize the polarization of the American electorate.