
Join Spectacles editors Harry and Philip for Bird's Eye and Reflections as they sit to down to explore the news, current events, and big ideas in politics today through the lens of democratic theory. We won't just explain a headline to you, but we'll try to help you make the connections between today's stories and what they all mean for democracy.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 53 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | NewsNews CommentaryPolitics | ||||

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Adam's Article
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00:00— Getting started, a note on Uvalde
02:00— What are "lawfulness" and "constitutionality"?
05:04— How about "law and order"?
13:11— Can we reform our way forward?
23:42— What about ... more
We sit down to discuss how to effectively combat authoritarianism, assist the spread of democracy, and learn from our past foreign policy mistakes.
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00:00 — Getting started
01:01 — How should we deal (or not deal) economically w... more
Professor Slaboch joins us to discuss his book and the topic of "progress." Is it real? If not, what are we to do?
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Professor Slaboch's book, A Road to Nowhere
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Professor Daniel Aldrich sits down with us to discuss his most recent book, Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters.
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Check out Black Wave
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Philip and Harry provide a thoughtful, insightful and measured take on liberal democracy at large and the smaller issues of day to day politics. This refreshing and nuanced point of view is one I would suggest to anyone.
Spectacles provides a refreshing new way to look at and understand American politics, girded with expert knowledge and in-depth research. You won’t regret peering through these glasses
I look forward to every episode of this podcast, because I know it will explore some issue that nobody else seems talking about, in a way that makes it sound like everyone SHOULD! My favorite!
Definitely a different vibe from Out Loud, their other podcast. Takes its time, exploring some very interesting and unique subjects in insightful ways. Highly recommend!
Extremely well written and informative pieces. Harry and Philip are providing diverse and balanced perspectives in their pieces. Their focus on democracy and how to get us back to sanity in politics is refreshing!
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