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Intergenerational Politics, hosted by Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi, dives into issues facing our nation and engages all generations in politics. Jill Wine-Banks is the only woman to have served on the Watergate prosecution team, is an MSNBC Legal Analyst, and is the author of "The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President." Victor Shi is an incoming freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles, the youngest elected delegate for Joe Biden in Illinois, and an advocate for democracy reform.

Victor Shi, Jill Wine-Banks


    • Apr 3, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 49m AVG DURATION
    • 237 EPISODES

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    The Intergenerational Politics podcast is a refreshing and insightful show that brings together hosts from different generations to discuss important political issues. The podcast stands out for its ability to invite guests involved in politics who actively seek to improve the country and reduce political polarization. The interview with Mary Trump was particularly enlightening, providing valuable insights into the current state of politics.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is its dedication to critical thinking. The hosts delve into the idea of teaching critical thinking and emphasize the importance of education as a tool for developing one's own ideas rather than simply regurgitating information. This approach challenges the current education system that often prioritizes memorization over critical thinking skills. Additionally, the podcast highlights the value of comparative history classes, where students can engage in deep analysis and debate by taking turns writing essays that are then critiqued by their peers.

    Another commendable aspect of this podcast is its high-quality production and professional sound. The hosts exhibit strong interview skills and commentary, pushing back on guests when necessary and probing deeper into important topics. This level of professionalism sets this podcast apart from others in the media landscape that may lack such rigor.

    However, there are some minor drawbacks worth mentioning. In one episode featuring Secretary Albright, some listeners had difficulty hearing Victor's voice due to low volume levels, which resulted in having to adjust the volume settings frequently throughout the episode. This technical issue should be addressed to ensure an optimal listening experience for all.

    In conclusion, The Intergenerational Politics podcast offers a valuable platform for informed discussions on political matters. It effectively bridges generational gaps by bringing together hosts from different age groups while inviting guests who provide meaningful insights into improving society. With its commitment to critical thinking and high-quality production values, this podcast is a must-listen for those interested in politics and seeking a fresh perspective on important issues affecting our world today.



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    237: Bidding You Adieu

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 24:16


    Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi reflect on their intergenerational podcast, iGen Politics, and the highlights of their four-year journey. They discuss their favorite episodes, including interviews with Madeline Albright and Billy Ray, and the growth of their audience and community. They also mention the challenges of recording during the pandemic and the future of the podcast. They emphasize the importance of intergenerational conversations and the upcoming election. They conclude by thanking their listeners and encouraging them to stay tuned for future episodes. Takeaways: iGen Politics is an intergenerational podcast that aims to engage listeners of all generations in political discussions. The hosts reflect on their favorite episodes and guests, including Madeline Albright and Billy Ray. They appreciate the growth of their audience and the support they have received. They emphasize the importance of intergenerational conversations and communication in bridging political divides. They encourage listeners to stay engaged and informed, especially in the upcoming election.

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    236: How to Outsmart Republicans with Billy Ray

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 66:20


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    235: The White House Drug Dealer Under Donald Trump with Noah Shachtman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 51:14


    The White House Drug Dealer Under Donald Trump with Noah Shachtman

    234: The State Of The Union with Victor & Jill

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 42:15


    233: Lawyer who Took Down Trump University Tells All About how to defeat Donald Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 61:21


    232: Barbara McQuade: Trump is the "Greatest Purveyor" of Disinformation & Lies"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 49:37


    Barbara McQuade Co-Host of #SistersInLaw  with her new book  Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

    231: Why Gen Z Will Make Republicans Find Out w/ Olivia Julianna, Harry Sisson, and Isaiah Martin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 54:56


    Why Gen Z Will Make Republicans Find Out w/ Olivia Julianna, Harry Sisson, and Isaiah Martin

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    230: The Damndest Thing Jamie Raskin Has Ever Seen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 46:43


    Jamin Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016 Babbel: Learn a new language with Babbel and get 50% off on a one time payment for a lifetime subscription when you go to Babbel.com/igen

    229: Election expert says Trump is the worst candidate to ever run with Larry Sabato

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 63:29


    Larry Sabato is an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics, which works to promote civic engagement and participation

    228: Legal Scholar Laurence Tribe Schools Trump: Pathetic Legal Arguments, Must be Disqualified

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 51:37


    Legal Scholar Laurence Tribe Schools Trump: Pathetic Legal Arguments, Must be Disqualified Laurence  Tribe is an American legal scholar who is a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He previously served as the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School. A constitutional law scholar, Tribe is co-founder of the American Constitution Society.

    227: Beto O'Rourke SLAMS Greg Abbott & Republicans for Inhumanity & Cruelty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 60:28


    Beto O'Rourke is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019 Learn a new language with Babbel and get 55% off when you go to Babbel.com/igen

    226: Top Political Strategist Says Trump is the Weakest Presidential Candidate in History with Simon Rosenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 47:56


    225: Nobel Prize Winning Economist Says Joe Biden is Overseeing a VERY Strong Economy with Paul Krugman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 34:39


    Paul Krugman is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a columnist for The New York Times

    224: A Palestinian and Jewish perspective on the Israel-Hamas War w/ Dean Obeidallah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 47:47


    Dean Obeidallah is an American lawyer, comedian, and journalist. He is the host of SiriusXM Progress' The Dean Obeidallah Show and a frequent contributor to CNN, The Daily Beast, and MSNBC.

    223: Lawyer Who Got Trump off the Ballot in Colorado Speaks Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 38:09


    President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington @CREWcrew Former federal corruption prosecutor joins Jill & Victor to discuss the win they had in the Colorado Supreme Court banning Trump for the ballot

    222: Why colleges are not fighting antisemitism with Jen Rubin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 56:22


    Jennifer Rubin is an American political commentator who writes opinion columns for The Washington Post. Her podcast is Jen Rubin's Green Room 

    221: White House Spokesperson Slams Extreme House Republicans on Biden Impeachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 38:58


    220: 2024 Could Be the Last Election in the U.S. if Trump is Elected Jonathan Karl Warns

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 50:37


    Jonathan Karl is an American political journalist and author. Throughout his career, Karl has covered the White House, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and the U.S. State Department, and has reported from more than 30 countries, covering U.S. politics, foreign policy, and the military.

    219: Everything you didn't know about Katie Phang... and were afraid to ask !

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 57:35


    Katie Phang is an American lawyer, political commentator, podcaster, and television host. She hosts The Katie Phang Show, which airs on the weekends on MSNBC and Thursdays to Fridays on Peacock

    218: A Thanksgiving Chat with Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 16:17


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    217: The Lawyer Who Declined to Represent Donald Trump Has Bad News For Trump & his Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 59:06


    Donald Trump's trials are well underway and we are getting a glimpse into what he's like as a witness. Today, we bring you a lawyer who used to represent Rudy Giuliani and who turned down a request to be Donald Trump's lawyer in the Mar-a-Lago search case. He is Jon Sale, who is now a partner at Nelson Mullins in Florida. Jon also previously served on the Watergate Prosecution team with Jill, as an assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York and in the District of Connecticut, and has recently appeared on virtually every TV network. He also supports the use of cameras in the Courtroom, which we talk about.

    216: What You Need to Know About The Israel-Hamas War - with Admiral John Kirby

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 42:55


    John Kirby is the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council. Since the Hamas attack on Israel, John has been the face of this administration's public-facing response and he has been doing a phenomenal job explaining how President Biden is responding. Prior to his current position, John served in the US Navy as a rear admiral, was the Spokesperson for the State Department under President Obama from 2015 to 2017, and was the Press Secretary at the Pentagon for the first year and a half of the Biden administration.

    215: January 6th Police Officer Harry Dunn SLAMS Republican Election Lies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 53:29


    Harry Dunn  is an American police officer and author. He has served in the United States Capitol Police since 2008. Dunn was one of many victims of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and testified with his colleagues in front of the House Select January 6 Committee in 2021. He has received the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Citizens Medal.

    214: Why Our Media is Failing Us with John Harwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 54:24


    John Harwood, is Editor at Large for CNBC covering Washington and hosts the CNBC Digital original video series “Speakeasy with John Harwood.” Harwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and grew up in the Maryland suburbs outside of the nation's capital. He has been around journalism and politics all his life; his first trip on a presidential campaign press plane came when he was 11 years old and accompanied his father, then a political reporter for The Washington Post. While still in high school, he began his journalism career as a copy boy at The Washington Star. He studied history and economics at Duke University and graduated magna cum laude in 1978. Harwood subsequently joined The St. Petersburg Times, reporting on police, investigative projects, local government and politics. Later he became state capital correspondent in Tallahassee, Washington correspondent and political editor. While covering national politics, he also traveled extensively to South Africa, where he covered deepening unrest against the apartheid regime. In 1989, Harwood was named a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, where he spent the 1989-90 academic year. In 1991, he joined The Wall Street Journal as White House correspondent, covering the administration of George H. W. Bush. Later Harwood reported on Congress. In 1997, he became The Wall Street Journal'spolitical editor and chief political correspondent. While at The Wall Street Journal, Harwood wrote the newspaper's political column, “Washington Wire,” and oversaw the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. In March 2006, he joined CNBC as Chief Washington Correspondent. In addition to CNBC, Harwood offers political analysis on NBC and NPR, among others. Harwood has covered each of the last nine presidential elections.

    213: Political Courage with Cassidy Hutchinson & Alex Butterfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 73:45


    Join Victor & Jill for a very special one off show with Cassidy Hutchinson and Alex Butterfield, how they both made the decision to testify against a president 50 years apart and how their friendship has blossomed.

    212: The World in Disarray with Raja Krishnamoorthi

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 41:42


    Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was elected to Congress in 2016 and is now in his fourth term representing Illinois' 8th District, which includes Chicago's west and northwest suburbs as well as the 41st ward of the city. He serves as Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, making him the first South Asian American in history to lead a Congressional Committee. He also serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability as a member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs. The Congressman is a Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus and Co-Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Immigration Task Force. In addition, he is the founder and Chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic and the bipartisan Solar Caucus.

    211: Going after Ken Paxton with Joe Jaworski

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 54:29


    Joe's twitter bio: Native Texan, Husband, Father, Lawyer, Drummer for “Other Bright Colors”, Mediator at The Jaworski Law Firm, former Mayor of Galveston, TX

    210: The State of our Democracy with Heather Cox Richardson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 55:29


    Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian, author and educator. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians

    209: How Tommy Tuberville is destroying the military with Norm Ornstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 51:10


    Norman Ornstein is an American political scientist and an Emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. He is the co-author of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism

    208: Why there should be cameras in the courtroom with Anthony Coley

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 50:40


    During the first two years of the Biden Administration, Anthony Coley led public affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice and served as Attorney General Merrick Garland's chief spokesman

    207: Getting in Good Trouble with Justin Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 52:40


    Jill & Victor are joined this week by Justin Jones, one of the Tennessee Three.

    206: Why Barbara Lee wants to be the next Senator of California

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 51:19


    Congresswoman Barbara Lee has been representing California's 12th District (formerly 13th) since 1998. She is the highest ranking African American woman appointed to Democratic Leadership, serving as Co-Chair of the Policy and Steering Committee. She also serves on the Budget Committee and the powerful Appropriations Committee, which oversees all federal government spending.

    205: A real intergenerational chat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 44:24


    Finally Jill and Victor get to talk amongst themselves.

    204: #1 Win in Ohio with David Pepper

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 52:16


    David Pepper is a lawyer, writer, political activist, former elected official, and adjunct professor, and served as the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party between 2015 and 2021. In that role, he was engaged in numerous fights and extensive litigation over voter suppression and election laws in the Buckeye State. Stemming from that work, David appeared in “All In”—the documentary highlighting Stacey Abrams' nation-wide fight for voting rights. Pepper has written four novels that bridge real-world politics and fiction—including A Simple Choice (released in August 2022)). His first novel, The People's House, earned praise for having “predicted the Russia scandal.” The Wall Street Journal named Pepper "one of the best political-thriller writers on the scene.”  Born and raised in Cincinnati, David is a fifth-generation Cincinnatian. David earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and later earned his J.D. from Yale Law School.

    203: Democrat Fox News Host on How to Combat Republicans - Jessica Tarlov

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 55:49


    Jessica Tarlov is the Democrat co-host of The Five on Fox News. She joins Jill and Victor to discuss how she approaches her position at Fox as the only Democrat on the show, how to communicate effectively, and how to win over Republicans. 

    202: Donald Trump Indicted Again w/ Michael Beschloss

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 35:39


    Donald Trump Indicted Again w/ Michael Beschloss, Jill Wine-Banks & Victor Shi. Michael Richard Beschloss is an American historian specializing in the United States presidency. He is the author of nine books on the presidency

    201: Defending Democracy with Jocelyn Benson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 45:39


    Defending Democracy with Jocelyn Benson 

    200: Miles Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 53:12


    Miles Taylor is an American government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the administration of the latter, he was an appointee who served in the United States Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, including as chief of staff of the DHS. He was the author Anonymous.

    199: Randi Ettner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 49:40


    Randi Ettner is an American clinical and forensic psychologist known for her work with transgender people.

    198: Paul Butler on Police Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 48:43


    Paul Butler on Police Reform

    197: Andrew Warren

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 49:00


    Andrew Warren

    196: Shadow Docket with Steve Vladeck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 61:06


    Shadow Docket with Steve Vladeck

    195: Jen Rubin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 61:41


    194: Gretchen Carlson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 53:39


    Gretchen Carlson

    193: Mark Jacob

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 60:51


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    192: Tim Heaphy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 57:29


    Tim Heaphy

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    191: George Conway

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 49:09


    George Conway talks in depth about the E Jean Carrol trial and that he is a relative of Mike Pence !

    190: Angelo Carusone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 54:53


    Angelo Carusone

    189: Richard Painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 50:20


    Richard Painter

    188: Gloria Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 50:19


    Gloria Johnson

    187: Mehdi Hasan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 44:01


    Mehdi Hasan from MSNBC joins Jill and Victor 

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