web01.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 23:15:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “#Presidents” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/%23presidents Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -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 8: Unreconstructed https://circumscription.fireside.fm/8 1169cc2b-0c0c-41b8-b9d0-fe03e5b5e991 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with political scientist Julia Azari about three racially transformative presidents, and their backlash successors. 54:20 no <p><a href="https://www.marquette.edu/political-science/directory/julia-azari.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Julia Azari</a> is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, and she studies the American presidency, American political parties, political communication and American political development. She's the author of the 2014 book, <em>Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate</em>. Her newest book (and the focus of this podast episode) is<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691246956/backlash-presidents" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> <em>Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History</em> </a>published in 2025.</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://www.lbjlibrary.org/object/video/signing-civil-rights-act-1964" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--President Johnson's remarks on the signing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 (July 2, 1964)</a><br> <a href="https://brightlinewatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Bright Line Watch</a><br> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5004618-bill-clinton-first-black-president/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Bill Clinton on being called 'first Black president': 'I took it as a great compliment'" (article at The Hill, by Cheyanne M. Daniels)</a><br> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5517328/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people-20-years-later" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"'George Bush doesn't care about Black people' 20 years later" (NPR interview with Rodney Carmichael and Leah Donnella)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia entry on fainting goats</a><br> <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--The Bulwark</a><br> <a href="https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2016/11/3/13512362/weak-parties-strong-partisanship-bad-combination" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination" (article at Vox, by Julia Azari)</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> --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo<br> --"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Julia Azari.</p> presidents, U.S. politics, race, hierarchy, backlash Julia Azari is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, and she studies the American presidency, American political parties, political communication and American political development. She's the author of the 2014 book, Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate. Her newest book (and the focus of this podast episode) is Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History published in 2025.

OTHER LINKS
--President Johnson's remarks on the signing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 (July 2, 1964)
--Bright Line Watch
--"Bill Clinton on being called 'first Black president': 'I took it as a great compliment'" (article at The Hill, by Cheyanne M. Daniels)
--"'George Bush doesn't care about Black people' 20 years later" (NPR interview with Rodney Carmichael and Leah Donnella)
--Wikipedia entry on fainting goats
--The Bulwark
--"Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination" (article at Vox, by Julia Azari)

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

Special Guest: Julia Azari.

]]> Julia Azari is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, and she studies the American presidency, American political parties, political communication and American political development. She's the author of the 2014 book, Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate. Her newest book (and the focus of this podast episode) is Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History published in 2025.

OTHER LINKS
--President Johnson's remarks on the signing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 (July 2, 1964)
--Bright Line Watch
--"Bill Clinton on being called 'first Black president': 'I took it as a great compliment'" (article at The Hill, by Cheyanne M. Daniels)
--"'George Bush doesn't care about Black people' 20 years later" (NPR interview with Rodney Carmichael and Leah Donnella)
--Wikipedia entry on fainting goats
--The Bulwark
--"Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination" (article at Vox, by Julia Azari)

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

Special Guest: Julia Azari.

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