web02.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 21:33:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “#Politics” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/%23politics Thu, 21 May 2026 16:30:00 -0400 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. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent 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. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 17: Entangled: Race, Politics, and Post-Callais America https://circumscription.fireside.fm/17 4d5a0b11-fee1-404a-9360-1a94a45b7c21 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:30:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent 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. 58:04 no <p>Guy-Uriel Charles is the Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he also directs the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice. Along with a coauthor, he’s also working on a book that focuses on the past and future of voting rights. He was appointed by President Joe Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. </p> <p>Rick Hasen is Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and he also directs the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is an expert on election law, and is the author of A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.</p> <p>We discuss Section 2 of the Voting Rights, and the aftermath of the Supreme Court's <em>Louisiana v. Callais</em> decision.</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/HpofcvGWDRM?si=_88vqM9gBmwjuZ3m" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"House Majority Leader William Lamberth cannot answer several questions from Rep. Jesse Chism (D)," from YouTube</a><br> <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>Louisiana v. Callais (et al.)</em>, Supreme Court opinion, decided April 29, 2026</a><br> <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/640d6616cc8bbb354ff6ba65/t/644b5301ecffe743e1cd0def/1682658049842/5.5-Charles-Fuentes-Rohwer-postEIC.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Pathological racism, chronic racism, &amp; targeted universalism," (2021) by Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes Rohwer, in the <em>California Law Review</em></a><br> <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-dominance/frontmatter/071552BA7C5D4EF9BB161A7B1BAC95AC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>Social dominance</em>, (1999) by Jim Sidanius &amp; Felicia Pratto, Cambridge University Press</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rucho_v._Common_Cause" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia summary of <em>Rucho v. Common Cause</em></a><br> <a href="https://yalelawjournal.org/essay/callais-confusion-power-sharing-and-the-inevitability-of-proportional-representation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Callais confusion, power-sharing, and the inevitability of proportional representation," (2026) by Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Michael Latner &amp; Carlos Algara, in the <em>Yale Law Journal</em></a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia summary of proportional representation</a><br> <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691257716/a-real-right-to-vote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy</em>, (2024) by Rick Hasen, Princeton University Press</a><br> <a href="https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/safeguarding-democracy-project" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--the Safeguarding Democracy Project website</a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Funky end," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui</p> <p>Special Guests: Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen.</p> race, politics, partisanship, Supreme Court, racially polarized voting, racism Guy-Uriel Charles is the Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he also directs the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice. Along with a coauthor, he’s also working on a book that focuses on the past and future of voting rights. He was appointed by President Joe Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Rick Hasen is Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and he also directs the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is an expert on election law, and is the author of A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.

We discuss Section 2 of the Voting Rights, and the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision.

OTHER LINKS
--"House Majority Leader William Lamberth cannot answer several questions from Rep. Jesse Chism (D)," from YouTube
--Louisiana v. Callais (et al.), Supreme Court opinion, decided April 29, 2026
--"Pathological racism, chronic racism, & targeted universalism," (2021) by Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes Rohwer, in the California Law Review
--Social dominance, (1999) by Jim Sidanius & Felicia Pratto, Cambridge University Press
--Wikipedia summary of Rucho v. Common Cause
--"Callais confusion, power-sharing, and the inevitability of proportional representation," (2026) by Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Michael Latner & Carlos Algara, in the Yale Law Journal
--Wikipedia summary of proportional representation
--A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, (2024) by Rick Hasen, Princeton University Press
--the Safeguarding Democracy Project website

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Funky end," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guests: Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen.

]]> Guy-Uriel Charles is the Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he also directs the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice. Along with a coauthor, he’s also working on a book that focuses on the past and future of voting rights. He was appointed by President Joe Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Rick Hasen is Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and he also directs the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is an expert on election law, and is the author of A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.

We discuss Section 2 of the Voting Rights, and the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision.

OTHER LINKS
--"House Majority Leader William Lamberth cannot answer several questions from Rep. Jesse Chism (D)," from YouTube
--Louisiana v. Callais (et al.), Supreme Court opinion, decided April 29, 2026
--"Pathological racism, chronic racism, & targeted universalism," (2021) by Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes Rohwer, in the California Law Review
--Social dominance, (1999) by Jim Sidanius & Felicia Pratto, Cambridge University Press
--Wikipedia summary of Rucho v. Common Cause
--"Callais confusion, power-sharing, and the inevitability of proportional representation," (2026) by Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Michael Latner & Carlos Algara, in the Yale Law Journal
--Wikipedia summary of proportional representation
--A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, (2024) by Rick Hasen, Princeton University Press
--the Safeguarding Democracy Project website

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Funky end," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guests: Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen.

]]> Episode 15: Decline and Fall https://circumscription.fireside.fm/15 cf28751c-5403-4748-9d98-384be91da258 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A discussion with two political scientists about how we in the U.S. got here, and what change might require. 54:47 yes <p><a href="https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/federico" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chris Federico</a> is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Minnesota and the Arleen C. Carlson Professor of American Government and Politics. He’s also past president of the International Society of Political Psychology. <a href="https://drericlmcdaniel.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Eric McDaniel</a> is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of two books, <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/everyday-crusade/34A0EF92928EB4E3AC25B014B6DF0FFC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>The Everyday Crusade: Religious Nationalism in American Politics</em></a>, as well as <a href="https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Politics-in-the-Pews2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches</em></a>. The three of us discussed the background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, and what it might take for change to occur.</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/jrnRU3ocIH4?si=LCgoNz8HbdG_9IXZ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"McCain counters Obama 'Arab' question," from YouTube</a><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/5llMaZ80ErY?si=nCYEDGsfGxkvepx3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Trump: They're eating the dogs, the cats," from YouTube</a><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/wBi_c_unAdI?si=rWf76XJQE6feST7S" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"New angle shows moment federal agents shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis," from YouTube</a><br> <a href="https://www.lillianamason.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Lilliana Mason's website</a><br> <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-dominance/ADA29C256881001463D6E2777404DB95" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>Social dominance</em>, by Sidanius and Pratto</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Curse and mark of Cain," Wikipedia entry</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Curse of Ham," Wikipedia entry</a><br> <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/new-measure-of-affective-polarization/DEF7FCC26D4F09BDE5603BCC02B4765D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"A new measure of affective polarization," (in press) by Campos and Federico, in the <em>American Political Science Review</em></a><br> <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/lindaskitka" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Linda Skitka's website</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"The Sermon on the Mount," Wikipedia entry</a><br> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5715767-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-texas-primary-poll/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Crockett, Talarico locked in dead heat in Texas Senate primary: Poll," The Hill</a><br> <a href="https://research.ebsco.com/c/fc2myp/search/results" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic attitudes: Robust evidence for paradoxical relationaships among American partisans," (2025) by Malka et al. in <em>Political Studies</em></a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Imprecation," by Kevin Hartnell<br> --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guests: Christopher Federico and Eric McDaniel.</p> politics, identity, ideology, Trump, partisanship, religion Chris Federico is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Minnesota and the Arleen C. Carlson Professor of American Government and Politics. He’s also past president of the International Society of Political Psychology. Eric McDaniel is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of two books, The Everyday Crusade: Religious Nationalism in American Politics, as well as Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches. The three of us discussed the background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, and what it might take for change to occur.

OTHER LINKS
--"McCain counters Obama 'Arab' question," from YouTube
--"Trump: They're eating the dogs, the cats," from YouTube
--"New angle shows moment federal agents shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis," from YouTube
--Lilliana Mason's website
--Social dominance, by Sidanius and Pratto
--"Curse and mark of Cain," Wikipedia entry
--"Curse of Ham," Wikipedia entry
--"A new measure of affective polarization," (in press) by Campos and Federico, in the American Political Science Review
--Linda Skitka's website
--"The Sermon on the Mount," Wikipedia entry
--"Crockett, Talarico locked in dead heat in Texas Senate primary: Poll," The Hill
--"Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic attitudes: Robust evidence for paradoxical relationaships among American partisans," (2025) by Malka et al. in Political Studies

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Imprecation," by Kevin Hartnell
--"Pleasure," by Haunted Me
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guests: Christopher Federico and Eric McDaniel.

]]> Chris Federico is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Minnesota and the Arleen C. Carlson Professor of American Government and Politics. He’s also past president of the International Society of Political Psychology. Eric McDaniel is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of two books, The Everyday Crusade: Religious Nationalism in American Politics, as well as Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches. The three of us discussed the background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, and what it might take for change to occur.

OTHER LINKS
--"McCain counters Obama 'Arab' question," from YouTube
--"Trump: They're eating the dogs, the cats," from YouTube
--"New angle shows moment federal agents shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis," from YouTube
--Lilliana Mason's website
--Social dominance, by Sidanius and Pratto
--"Curse and mark of Cain," Wikipedia entry
--"Curse of Ham," Wikipedia entry
--"A new measure of affective polarization," (in press) by Campos and Federico, in the American Political Science Review
--Linda Skitka's website
--"The Sermon on the Mount," Wikipedia entry
--"Crockett, Talarico locked in dead heat in Texas Senate primary: Poll," The Hill
--"Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic attitudes: Robust evidence for paradoxical relationaships among American partisans," (2025) by Malka et al. in Political Studies

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Imprecation," by Kevin Hartnell
--"Pleasure," by Haunted Me
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guests: Christopher Federico and Eric McDaniel.

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