Beyond Politics
A show that goes beyond the usual week-to-week news and chatter, and examines the deeper issues driving American politics through interviews with senior insiders from government, universities, and political campaigns. Beyond Politics is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Anchor, Breaker, Overcast, PocketCasts, RadioPublic, and Stitcher.
Featured Episodes
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Facebook, Apple, and the battle for the future
There's a titanic battle brewing over the future of the Internet, social media, and tech. It's Facebook vs. Apple: two behemoths with very different visions of privacy, who their customers are, what they're selling, and what the rules should be. Business and investing expert Chris Hill walks us through the fight that could define the future of media, commerce, and technology. These discussions normally appear in our Capitol Close Up podcast, so please check that out and subscribe for more fascinating discussions like this.
Everything you thought about organic food is wrong
Harvard Associate Robert Paarlberg takes on everything we thought we knew about organic and locally-grown food. Think it's better for health, the climate, the environment, low-income communities, and feeding a hungry world? Not so fast! An unbiased look at the much more nuanced truth about farming, eating, and helping the planet, based on Dr. Paarlberg's new book: “Resetting the Table: Straight Talk about the Food We Grow and Eat.”
Sarah Jones of PoliticusUSA: why we need great ideas
Matt Robison sits down with Sarah Jones, the Editor-in-Chief of PoliticusUSA.com, to talk about how the Great Ideas show came about, why they both feel it is so important to explore serious, positive ideas for change, how the show and website are planning to collaborate, and why it's so important to hear constructive ideas from across the ideological spectrum -- even the ones you don't agree with. Great Ideas is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Anchor, Breaker, PocketCasts, RadioPublic, and Stitcher. Excerpts from the first show available on PoliticusUSA.