The Purple Principle
Nonpartisan podcast for independent-minded Americans exploring the perils of partisanship in U.S. politics, society and daily life.
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What’s Behind Those Red and Blue Maps? The Soci...
The Social Geography of U.S. Polarization
32 min
77
When Martians Land, Pigs Fly, and Americans Rea...
Civic Genius & Citizen Panel Forums
28 min
78
Portrait of the Arsonist As Young Congressman: ...
Historian Julian Zelizer (Burning Down the House) on the inflammatory influence of Newt Gingrich
34 min
79
We're Polarized; Now What? The Hard Work of Dep...
Season One Finale (Part Two of Two)
29 min
80
Polarization as Plague: Season One Finale (Part...
Season One Finale (Part One)
21 min
81
2020 Polling in Hindsight: Someone Please Answe...
Someone Please Answer the Phone
35 min
82
Polarization at the Tipping Point: The Long Ter...
The Long Term and Wide-Angled Views
26 min
83
Repodcast of Declaration of Independents, Alask...
Ballot Measure Two Takes on Polarization
28 min
84
Civil Society and Campus Politics: Two Collegia...
Two Collegians Take on Polarization
19 min
85
Party Dynamics and the 2020 Election in Context...
A Discussion with Historian Geoffrey Kabaservice (Niskanen Center)
39 min
86
Democracy & Elections Under Stress: A Discussio...
A Discussion with Trevor Potter of the Campaign Legal Center
41 min
87
The Second Coming Turns 100 (Part II): A Discus...
A Discussion of W.B. Yeats’ Classic Poem of Polarization with Briona Nic Dhiarmada, documentary filmmaker & Concurrent Professor of Film & Irish Studies (University of Notre Dame)
27 min
88
The Second Coming Turns 100 (Part I): A Discuss...
A Discussion of W.B. Yeats’ Classic Poem of Polarization with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Paul Muldoon (Princeton University)
22 min
89
Declaration of Independents, Alaska Style: Ball...
Ballot Question Two Takes on Political Partisanship
25 min
90
Non-Partisan David vs. the D.C. Disenfranchisem...
18 min
91
Science, Comedy & Partisanship
Shane Mauss Stands up and Speaks Out
26 min
92
2020 Election Polling: The Science & Psychology...
18 min
93
The Brain on Partisan Politics: Why Not So Grea...
Why Not So Great Minds Polarize Alike, with NYU Neural Scientist, Dr. Jay Van Bavel
29 min
94
Comedy & Partisanship: The Transcendent Laugh w...
Can Stand-up Comedy survive the triple threat of partisanship, political correctness and cancel culture???
21 min
95
Congress and Partisanship: The Outlook from Dea...
The Outlook from Dead Center with Former US Congressman, Jason Altmire
26 min
96
Social Media & Partisanship: Polarizing Algorit...
Polarizing Algorithms and a Blind Date with Dividends, featuring Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
30 min
97
Broadcast Media and Partisanship: Side of Spin ...
Side of Spin with Your Nightly News
5 min
98
Psychology and Partisanship: Heard from the Her...
22 min
99
America’s Independent Voters and Voices: The Fo...
The Forty Million Missing
24 min
100
Front Lines of Partisanship with Dr. Charles Wh...
An in-depth interview with Dr. Charles Wheelan, founder of the non-partisan group Unite America, former Republican speechwriter and former centrist Democratic congressional candidate
23 min