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The Political Notebook — 138 episodes

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1

Where should the right draw the line?

2

State of Arizona economy and state budget

3

Schweikert: Savior or spoiler?

4

How alarming is the Trump chaos?

5

Are we headed for a Trump recession?

6

Election 2024: What's next?

7

Kathy Petsas on the Arizona Republican Party

8

Election Preview 2024

9

Arizona Republican Primaries: The end of hope?

10

How is Katie Hobbs doing as governor?

11

Why didn't Sinema run?

12

Do House Republicans have any interest in governing?

13

Does free enterprise have political support in either major party?

14

Is Trump inevitable?

15

Can the legislative session be salvaged?

16

Where are Arizona politics headed?

17

In-state tuition for Dreamers?

18

Where do vouchers go from here?

19

Water conservation in Arizona

20

Has the real Joe Biden stood up yet?

21

Did the DeSantis rally accomplish anything?

22

Arizona Primary Election Results: Crying in our beer

23

Can the Republican Party unify after the Arizona primary?

24

What effect will Ducey's endorsement have on the governor's race?

25

The upcoming fight over school vouchers

26

Is there a legislative end game?

27

The choice for Arizona swing voters in the 2022 U.S. Senate race

28

Why do Republicans want to take the hard path to reduce income tax rates?

29

The Philosophy of School Choice

30

Can Trumpian Republicans win a general election in Arizona?

31

American Federalism with Matt Beienburg

32

Have Republicans stolen the education issue from Democrats?

33

Time for a New Politics

34

Ducey's legacy? Want to make a bet on that?

35

The Arizona "audit" and the Trump coup: Is there any way out?

36

Republicans are a mess, but what about the Democrats?

37

On the teacher shortage

38

Will the legislature get away with undermining Prop 208?

39

The Trump Insurrection: What Now?

40

The Trump Effect: How Damaging to the GOP?

41

Election Results Breakdown 2020

42

What's Next After Prop 208?

43

Will McSally gain ground after the debate?

44

State of the Race

45

Is Arizona ready for legal weed and high taxes?

46

What's wrong with Congress, and what can we do to fix it?

47

What is the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan?

48

Are Republicans beginning to distance themselves from Trump?

49

Are schools ready to open?

50

Previewing the Arizona Senate Primaries

51

What's shaping the 2020 election in Arizona and nationally?

52

What is the Purpose of Public Education?

53

What's Next for the Arizona Legislature?

54

Should America conduct a mail-in election this November?

55

Economic Dynamics of Covid-19 Recovery

56

How will the coronavirus shutdown end?

57

Arizona School Finance with Sean McCarthy

58

Will Arizona Feel the Bern?

59

Sanctuary City Ban: Real issue or purely a political tactic?

60

Will 2020 be another big election for Democrats in Arizona?

61

Arizona Legislative Session Preview

62

Has Joe Biden lost a step mentally, or is he just stuttering?

63

The History (and Future) of American Conservatism

64

Impeachment: Has the case been made?

65

Climate Change: No problem, or are we doomed?

66

What's with all these bonds and overrides?

67

Did the NBA sell its soul to China?

68

Impeachment: Yea or Nay?

69

Marijuana Policy with Joe DeMenna

70

Bill Montgomery's Appointment to the Arizona Supreme Court: Fair or Foul?

71

Is light rail the best investment for public transportation in Phoenix?

72

Arizona Redistricting with Tom Collins

73

What will be the lasting impact of the Mueller Report?

74

What is patriotism in the age of Trump?

75

Space Updates with Danny Robb

76

Iran: Are we going to war?

77

Arizona Legislative Session: Partisan Divides or Bipartisan Actions?

78

Forrest Radarian on teaching, education research, and the SAT

79

Anything new from Trump on immigration?

80

Is conservatism dead?

81

#RedforEd a Year Later: Still a Force?

82

The Mueller Report and the Trump Border Shutdown Threat

83

Social Media: Friend or Foe?

84

Trump's Border Emergency: Justified or a Constitutional Breach?

85

A Rift between Ducey and GOP Lawmakers?

86

Medicare for All: Death for Democrats or the Future for the U.S.?

87

The State of Arizona Conservatism: Ducey vs. Ward

88

What does it take to reopen the federal government?

89

Criminal Justice Reform: What's the Second Step?

90

Has the U.S. Senate become irrelevant?

91

Education Reform in Arizona: What Would Work?

92

Post-Election Analysis 2018

93

Veterans Day Biography Episode: Ulysses S. Grant

94

Invest in Ed Decision: Fair or Foul?

95

A review of U.S. foreign policy

96

An analysis of the McSally-Sinema debate turns into debate about Trump.

97

Moses Sanchez: Candidate for Phoenix Mayor

98

Arizona Ad Wars: Who has the winning strategy?

99

Is it time for an educator as Superintendent of Public Instruction?

100

Goodbye Invest in Ed: What's next?

101

Arizona Primaries: Who's up, who's down?

102

Protecting Public Education with Save Our Schools

103

Clean Elections with Tom Collins

104

Banning sales tax on services: Is it a fair fight?

105

Will Dirty Money really be outlawed? Will Clean Energy be affordable?

106

Invest in Ed: What's Next?

107

Are we stuck with the Republicans and Democrats forever?

108

Are liberals doomed with Kennedy leaving the bench?

109

The History (and Future) of Space Exploration - Part 2

110

The History (and Future) of Space Exploration - Part 1

111

What Makes an Effective President?

112

Energy and Water: How Secure is Phoenix's Future?

113

#RedforEd: What comes next?

114

How to Fix Healthcare

115

To strike or not to strike? Should that be the question?

116

Could God Use Twitter? An Easter Reflection on Religion and Culture

117

How Alarming is the Trump Chaos?

118

Is #RedforEd heading in the right direction?

119

Should Arizona Teachers Follow the West Virginia Example?

120

Has Lesko won a congressional seat for life?

121

Will outraged high schoolers change the gun-control debate?

122

Arizona Love

123

Is there a pathway for dreamers that goes around Trump?

124

The Trump Challenge to Journalism

125

Who's to Blame for the Shutdown?

126

What is the Role of Lobbying in a Representative Democracy?

127

A New Ducey in the State of the State?

128

Criminal Justice Reform: An Inside Perspective

129

Where are our Washingtons, Jeffersons, and Adamses?

130

Is Tax Reform a Winner or a Loser?

131

After Roy Moore, does a Trump endorsement mean anything?

132

Will social media be the end of an informed electorate? Will Flynn be the end of Trump?

133

Do the Political Rules Apply to Donald Trump?

134

School Choice and Voucher Wars

135

Arizona's Problems with Education: Where Do We Begin?

136

Elections, Taxes, and Veterans

137

Trump, Mueller, Manafort: What's going on?

138

Flake, Trump, and the Future of the Republican Party