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Dialogue Across Difference
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Podcast hosted by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Conversations feature elected officials, academic thinkers, and public leaders on topics that range from healthcare to housing, governance theory, national security, and leadership in public affairs. Dialogue Across Difference illustrates the Center’s purpose of bringing multiple perspectives to the fore, of providing space for conversation on key issues of the day, and a chance to listen and learn from our differences.
Episodes
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Conservative Voices at the Humphrey School Presents: Minnesota Conservatism with Norm Coleman
Former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman joins us for a discussion of what he sees as Minnesota’s tradition of pragmatic conservatism and what lessons it might offer for Washington. Coleman will draw on his experiences as mayor of St. Paul and U.S. Senate to discuss how conservative principles and…
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The Fight for Congress: Inside the 2026 Midterms
As Election Day draws near, control of Congress is on the line. Republicans are fighting to defend their razor-thin House and Senate majorities while Democrats look to flip one or both chambers. How will affordability, immigration, the war with Iran, and other major issues affect voters’ choices?...
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Who Won the Redistricting Wars?
Redistricting usually only happens every 10 years following the census, but prior to the 2026 midterm elections Democrats and, especially, Republicans maneuvered for advantage by redrawing legislative congressional districts in many states. Will these new district maps help Republicans hold onto...
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Will There Be Fair Elections in 2026?
Confidence in the 2026 elections is a growing concern. Many Americans across the political spectrum are increasingly worried about everything from voter fraud to federal interference. Are these concerns justified, and what safeguards protect the voting process? Join election experts Judd Choate…
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Beyond Assumptions: Understanding Somali American Voters in Minnesota
Somali Minnesotans are mistakenly assumed to vote as a bloc in support of the Democratic-Farmer Labor (DFL) Party. Original research, compiled by alumni of the Policy Fellows program, reveals the differences among Somali voters in Minnesota in political views, priorities, candidates, and party...
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Making Sense of the 2026 Midterms with James Hohmann
As the 2026 midterm elections heat up, the battle for control of Congress will dominate headlines, alongside nonstop polling, campaign strategy, and questions about the future of American democracy. Join Washington Post editorial writer and columnist James Hohmann for an insider's look at the...
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The World Turned Upside Down: Politics in a Time of Donald Trump
Political divisions, policy quagmires over the budget and affordability, as well as the uncertainty fueled by the fighting in the Middle East are shaping America's future. Theda Skocpol—a preeminent scholar of American politics—analyzes the current and future directions and uncertainties as the...
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The Mondale Dialogues Presents: A Dream Deferred: Today's Budget Chaos
Half a century ago Walter Mondale joined a push to create a predictable and rational budgeting process in Congress. What happened to those high expectations? Congress rarely adopts annual budgets as intended, with government spending and tax cuts driving America's deficit toward the breaking…
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America First, My Version with Thomas Friedman
The Polycene era, which we have just entered, will be the first era in human history in which humanity must govern, innovate, collaborate and coexist at a planetary scale to thrive, because all of our key challenges -- governing A.I., curbing nuclear proliferation, managing climate change and...
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Improving the Value of Medical Care
Health care costs are now rising faster than inflation, wages, and the overall economy. Government programs are being scaled back rather than expanding to cover these costs. To make progress, we need to focus on the delivery of medical care and insist that payment be tied to the value of the...
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Illiberal America and Democratic Resurgence with Steven Hahn
Donald Trump's reliance on racial resentments and coercion are not new to America but familiar to its history. Slavery and enduring racial disparities, the expulsion of immigrants including legal residents, and suspension of constitutional rights are recurring themes since the Republic's…
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America's Future with Russ Feingold
American politics faces enormous challenges. Partisan divisions are at historic levels not seen since the Civil War. Some politicians are using redistricting to choose their voters and elections are awash in money. Russ Feingold, former US Senator from Wisconsin, joins us to talk about America's...
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Saint Augustine: From Africa to Pope Leo
St Augustine forged the sacred foundations of Western Christianity – from original sin to God’s grace. Pope Leo’s spiritual home is in the Augustinian religious order. Augustine was born in Africa and his identity as an African permeates his founding role in Christianity’s beginnings. Catherine...
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Legal Plunder: Making Money Off of Policing and Punishment
Over the past 40 years, the campaign to “get tough on crime” has been redesigned to generate vast revenue streams for governments and corporations. Today, practices that criminalize, police, and punish serve a second purpose as tools of resource extraction, disproportionately targeting low-income...
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The Nakasaka Dialogues Presents: A Conversation with Jake Sullivan
President Biden's National Security Advisor - Jake Sullivan - reflects on the administration's policies and on the future of America on the world stage. About the series: The Nakasaka Dialogues stimulate conversations about the state of public life and encourage progress toward our shared bonds....
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Speaking Up with Pamela Paul
Speech on campus is treacherous. It is scrutinized by universities unnerved by the risk of punishment by the federal government. Speech faces another threat – a left-oriented conformist spirit on many campuses that recognizes certain ideas and rules out others on such topics as Israel and Gaza,...
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Conservative Voices at the Humphrey School Presents: Donald Trump's Economic Policy For Growth with Stephen Moore
Description What is Donald Trump's economic policy? Stephen Moore argues that the President's reductions in taxes and regulations will boost economic growth, reduce inflation, and improve the standard of living of all Americans. About this series: Conservative Voices at the Humphrey School is a...
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The Trump Inauguration and America's Future
The inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20th is a critical juncture in American politics. The occasion invites serious conversations about American history, politics, and democracy. We welcome you to join the conversation with four prominent observers: •Tom Edsall (New York Times, Columnist)...
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Personnel is Policy: Washington Insiders Decode Appointments in the Trump Administration and the Republican Congress
Now that Donald Trump is the president-elect and Republicans will have full control of Congress, President-elect Trump’s government appointees and changes in congressional leadership will determine the policy direction of the incoming Congress and administration. Vin Weber and Trent Lefkowitz…
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The Battle For Congress: What's At Stake In The Upcoming Elections
While the spotlight remains on the presidential race, the upcoming congressional elections will play a pivotal role in determining which policies the next president can successfully pass. Majority party control in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate is up for grabs. Join...
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What To Expect In The 2024 Elections
As election day approaches, the presidential contest remains unpredictable. Joe Biden’s unexpected decision to drop out of the race and pass the torch to Kamala Harris has energized the Democrats, but will it be enough to lead them to victory, or will Donald Trump make a return to the Oval…
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Is Racial Realignment Remaking American Politics?
Support by Black and Latino voters for Democrats has declined somewhat in polls and in recent elections, raising questions about the scale, possible sources, and broader implications for American party politics. How does the current moment compare to the past? Is this part of a general shift away...
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Conservative Voices At The Humphrey School Presents- Today's Conservative Domestic Agenda
Helping low income Americans move up economically remains an important challenge for policy makers. This is especially true in rural America. Robert Doar, President, American Enterprise Institute, visits to discuss today's conservative responses to poverty and limited economic mobility. His visit...
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The Threats To The 2024 Elections
Can the United States continue to conduct free and fair elections? Richard Hasen, the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law and Jennifer Morrell, partner at the Elections Group, will consider risks to the fair counting of...
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Where Have All The Democrats Gone
As the Democratic Party gathers in Chicago for its national convention, its prospects in the 2024 elections are dampened by its loss of the working class and the center of the American electorate. Author and editor-at-large at Talking Points Memo John Judis dissects the sources of this…
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Election Insights: Reporting On The 2024 Elections with James Hohmann
The momentous 2024 elections will be awash with reporting on existential questions about our democracy as well as relentless polling numbers and campaign intrigue. Minnesota native James Hohmann, a respected editorial writer and columnist at the Washington Post, joins us to help break down the...
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The Power Of American Deterrence And Commitment To Freedom With Stephen Hadley
Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, discusses China, Russia/Ukraine, and the Middle East in a conversation moderated by former Congressman Vin Weber and Professor Larry Jacobs.
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The Power Of Women Voters With Anna Greenberg
Women will be a driving force in the epic elections in 2024 for president and congress. Anna Greenberg, one of the premier political consultants in the country, joins Professor Kathryn Pearson to pinpoint the critical issues and dynamics at play. Anna Greenberg has worked on numerous prominent...
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The Nakasaka Dialogues Presents: A Conversation with Senator Rob Portman
Finding common ground in Washington is rare and urgent. Rob Portman has a record of passing more than 200 bills that were signed into law by Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden. His leadership is exemplified by the 2021 infrastructure bill that builds an economic lifeline to the future, support to...
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Why Are So Many Americans Uninterested In Politics?
Many Americans are on fire about the stakes in the 2024 elections. But what about those in the "other America" who are not interested? Who are they and why are they sitting out elections? We are joined by Professors Yanna Krupnikov who studies Americans who are less involved in day-to-day…
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The Threat To Science: Politics
Science has been thrust into elections and political fights among lawmakers. Vaccinations against Covid, measles, and other contagious illnesses have provoked protests on the left and, especially, the right. Have Americans lost trust in science and the hope it once offered to bring progress? Why...
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Representation And Representing: Lessons From The Front Lines Of Representative Government Podcast
How does representative democracy in practice hold up to academic theories of how democratic representation should work? Lisa Disch is a professor of democratic theory who has crossed over to serve in government as a City Council member in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a middle-sized bright blue college...
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Stranglehold Of Party
Animosity toward Joe Biden is at record highs among Republicans as they were among Democrats toward Donald Trump when he was in the White House. In the 2024 presidential election, we are likely to see more than 9 out of 10 voters who identify with the Democrat and Republican parties vote for…
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A Rising Tide Of Unionization?
Joe Biden joined the United Auto Workers on a Detroit picket line, a historic first for a sitting President. Thousands of workers have voted in favor of unions at Amazon and Starbucks, and public support for unions approaches an all-time high. But the share of workers represented by a union...
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What's Next For American Democracy?
Does American democracy face dire ongoing challenges that threaten honest elections and effective government responsive to the majority? While the 2020 and 2022 elections were fair, doubters continue to spread unfounded charges of massive election fraud, restrict voter access, and subvert honest...
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A First Look At The 2024 Elections
Polls show Biden and Trump in a toss up, if both run again. Both candidates showcase weakness: Biden's disapproval ratings are high for the economy and inflation and his age remains an issue while Trump is likely to be campaigning from a courtroom and may struggle among swing voters. Third-party...
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Mondale Dialogues Continuing The Fight For Fair Housing
Vice President Walter Mondale was a pioneer in US housing policy. He championed the Fair Housing Act (1968) to outlaw discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, sex, and family status. How has this landmark law for fair housing impacted our challenges today with affordability and...
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Conservative Voices at the Humphrey School Presents: Parents Matter with Aimee Guidera
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has made excellence in education a top priority and his Secretary of Education, Aimee Rogstad Guidera, is responsible for making this vision a reality in the state's schools. The foundation of their work is the conviction that parents matter in all decisions...
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Conservative Voices at the Humphrey School: Restoring Intellectual Diversity on University Campuses
The lack of right-of-center professors on University campuses limits the range of ideas explored, stifles debate, and may discourage students from articulating and pursuing conservative ideas. One promising approach to restoring balance is to build within universities programs and centers devoted...
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The Nakasaka Dialogues Presents: A Conversation With New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman
In the inaugural Nakasaka Dialogue, Thomas Friedman and Professor Larry Jacobs discuss the major issues facing the U.S. and the world. The Nakasaka Dialogues stimulate conversations about the state of public life and encourage progress toward our shared bonds.
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Pushing Against Jim Crow The Amazing Worlds Of African American Fraternal Orders
From the 1800s through the middle of the 2Oth century, federated fraternal orders based in regularly meeting local lodges and supralocal headquarters and conventions allowed Americans of all backgrounds to combine for mutual aid and civic assertion. African Americans were super-organizers and...
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The Restoration Of Congress With Senator Jeff Merkley
Partisan gridlock in the U.S. Senate, exemplified by the present day, “no-effort” filibuster, has made it difficult for the Senate to pass meaningful legislation and respond to the needs of the country. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) favors the "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" solution - talk....
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What's Happening at the MN Legislature?
The Democrats' success in the 2022 elections gave them full control of Minnesota state government for the first time since 2014 and a long list of priorities to act on. So far, this legislative session has been one of the busiest in recent history. Join us for a conversation with political...
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Access to Health Care After the Pandemic Emergency
Access to Health Care After the Pandemic Emergency by Dialogue Across Difference Podcast by Center for the Study of Politics and Governance
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New Congress, New Politics
A New Congress is sworn in on January 3, 2023 with a profound change: Republicans are in the majority in the US House of Representatives. What will be the consequences for domestic and foreign policy and politics? A terrific panel featuring Sarah Binder, Kathryn Pearson, and Michael Minta will...
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Why are we trapped in conflict, and how do we get out?
Hateful conflict permeates our politics and, too often, our private lives. It infects our ability to think clearly and consumes our time and energy. Amanda Ripley's groundbreaking journalism and books are being taken up by citizens and legislators to chart a new way forward. In this conversation...
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Minnesota State Elections 2022
How will the headwinds facing Democrats play out in the state's legislative races this fall? Will Republicans be able to win back the Minnesota House and the Governorship? Star Tribune political reporter Briana Bierschbach and political science professor Kathryn Pearson discuss the latest news…
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Latinx voters in the 2022 Elections
Latinx voters are the fastest growing voting block of the US. electorate. How will they influence the outcome of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections? Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Research Center will examine the attitudes and voting patterns of this diverse group of voters.
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Mondale Dialogues: How to Strengthen American Democracy with Senator Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, is leading efforts to secure voting rights and protect our democracy. Join us to hear her speak about the state of American democracy, its future, and what we as citizens can do to protect it.
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Control of Congress: Updates on the 2022 Midterm Elections
Voting in the midterm elections is under way. Will Democrats hold control over Congress or will a "wave" election sweep Republicans to House and Senate majorities? Prominent national campaign consultants Rebecca Pearcey and Kirsten Kukowski break down the strategies and odds facing each party in...
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Podcast hosted by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Conversations feature elected officials, academic thinkers, and public leaders on topics that range from healthcare to housing, governance theory, national security, and leadership in public affairs. Dialogue Across Difference illustrates the Center’s purpose of bringing multiple perspectives to the fore, of providing space for conversation on key issues of the day, and a chance to listen and learn from our differences.
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