Circumscription
Where We Set The Limits
About the show
Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law.
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Episodes
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Episode 17: Entangled: Race, Politics, and Post-Callais America
May 21st, 2026 | 58 mins 4 secs
#partisanship, #politics, #race, #racism
Law professors Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen join me to discuss voting rights, especially after the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
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Episode 16: Threading the Needle
April 28th, 2026 | 57 mins 30 secs
#china, #deterrence #international relations, #taiwan, #unitedstates
Brandon Yoder and I discuss relations between China and Taiwan.
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Episode 15: Decline and Fall
February 3rd, 2026 | 54 mins 47 secs
#identity, #ideology, #partisanship, #politics, #religion, #trump
A discussion with two political scientists about how we in the U.S. got here, and what change might require.
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Episode 14: Rough
January 21st, 2026 | 54 mins 8 secs
#community, #democracy, #homelessness, #philosophy
A discussion of homelessness, with philosopher Paul Schofield.
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Episode 13: Exile
December 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
#14thamendment, #cyberball, #discrimination, #ostracism, #race, #racism
A discussion of belonging, ostracism, and the law, with law professor Danieli Evans.
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Episode 12: This Land Is Your Land
December 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
#citizenship, #conlaw, #law, #trump
A discussion of birthright citizenship and injunctions, with law professor Jacob Hamburger.
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Episode 11: Tatter Archives: "Slurred Speech"
November 25th, 2025 | 1 hr 27 mins
#gendered slurs, #philosophy, #racistslurs, #slurs
I'm pulling an episode from the archives of my previous podcast, Tatter. This is a discussion of slurs--especially gendered slurs, as well as racial and ethnic slurs--with philosopher Lauren Ashwell.
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Episode 10: The Cloth of Protection
November 11th, 2025 | 57 mins 45 secs
#freespeech #academicfreedom #law
A discussion of academic freedom with law professor David Rabban.
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Episode 9: Triggered
October 28th, 2025 | 53 mins 3 secs
#guns, #nra, #race
A conversation with social psychologist Gerald Higginbotham about race and gun rights.
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Episode 8: Unreconstructed
October 14th, 2025 | 54 mins 20 secs
#backlash, #presidents, #race
A conversation with political scientist Julia Azari about three racially transformative presidents, and their backlash successors.
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Episode 7: But What About Us?
September 30th, 2025 | 50 mins 12 secs
#gender, #hierarchy, #metoo, #race, #religion
A discussion with social psychologist Clara Wilkins, about her research on perceptions of victimization among members of dominant groups.
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Episode 6: City of God
September 16th, 2025 | 54 mins 28 secs
christian nationalism, christianity, identity, politics, race, religion
A conversation about Christian nationalism, with sociologist Samuel Perry.
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Episode 5: Drawn Out
September 2nd, 2025 | 50 mins 40 secs
politics, race, redistricting, voting rights
A conversation with legal expert David Gans, focusing on voting rights and redistricting.
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Episode 4: Here Be Dragons
August 19th, 2025 | 46 mins 53 secs
intergroup relations, islam, politics, religion, science, stem
A conversation with Kim Rios, about intergroup threat, and more.
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Episode 3: Equals Under The Law
August 5th, 2025 | 57 mins 39 secs
democracy, race, rule of law, united states
A conversation with law professor Paul Gowder, about the rule of law in the U.S.
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Episode 2: Forever In The Path
July 23rd, 2025 | 58 mins 56 secs
civil religion, government, religion, united states
A conversation with scholar Art Remillard, about civil religion in the U.S.