Rocky Talk

This episode's guest Kristin Smith, the Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop Director and Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College. Kristin Smith's research focuses on gender inequality, earnings and employment, and work and family policy. She has researched labor force issues, including gender differences in job tenure and shifting determinants of women's labor supply and the consequences of those shifts. In addition, Smith has studied occupational variation in earnings, job retention and job flexibility, with a focus on care workers and STEM workers. Smith also studies family policy, including paid family and medical leave, examining inequity in access and impacts on labor supply decisions. Smith's expertise lies in examining trends in how work and family life interconnect, developing workforce policy recommendations, and applying a gender lens to her analysis. She has a broad background in demography and sociology, has extensive experience in survey design and implementation, and is proficient at quantitative data analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data. Interview by Dartmouth student Zoe McGuirk '25. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Carlos Lozada, an opinion columnist at the New York Times and co-host of the weekly Matter of Opinion podcast. He is the author of The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians (2024) and What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era (2020). Previously, he was a book critic and senior editor at the Washington Post and the managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. Lozada has won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and the National Book Critics Circle citation for excellence in reviewing. He has been a Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University and a professor of political journalism at the University of Notre Dame. A native of Lima, Peru, he became a U.S. citizen in 2014. Interview by Dartmouth student Bea Burack '25. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Shannon Sullivan who has been with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) for over 11 years, and is the Chief of Compliance, overseeing the Consent Decree Implementation Unit, the Performance Standards Section, Officer Safety and Wellness, and the Equity Office. Previously she was the Director of the Consent Decree Implementation Unit (CDIU), a position she held for almost five years. Prior to her arrival at the BPD, Chief Sullivan worked in the federal government, and in the non-profit and private sectors. Originally from Connecticut, she holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Goucher College. Interview by Dartmouth student Varun Swaminathan '26. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guests are Democratic and Republic state party chairs, Chris Ager (R) and Raymond Buckley (D) What happens to New Hampshire and its outsize influence on U.S. presidential elections if the state loses its first-in-the-nation primary? Democratic and Republican state party chairs, Chris Ager (R) and Raymond Buckley (D) discuss the politics in New Hampshire and where they go their start in politics. Interview by Dartmouth student Varun Swaminathan '26. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Former U.S. Senator Judd A. Gregg (R-NH). Once-rare occurrences like government shutdowns and impeachment inquiries now occur with such regularity that it seems the system may be critically dysfunctional. Former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg shares his insight on the current state of the U.S. Senate and whether such apparent dysfunction really poses risks to American democracy. Interview by Dartmouth student Varun Swaminathan '26. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Fahim Abed and independent journalist from Afghanistan and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Join us as Fahim Abed walks us through his journey of becoming a journalist. He was a local reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan until the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. He was evacuated from Kabul with a number of his colleagues and relocated to the United States. He is studying migration and American history with a focus on Asian migrants to the U.S. and the integration challenges they face. Interview by Dartmouth student Varun Swaminathan '26. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Matt McDonald '00 is the President of Penta. Matt will discuss his experience in public relations in Washington, D.C. and ways to navigate the professional field in the nation's capital. Matt will share current thinking on stakeholder engagement and models for navigating public policy issues. Matt McDonald '00 is the President of Penta and has served as a senior counselor to leaders in the public and private sectors for more than two decades, providing guidance at the intersection of communications and business strategy. Prior to Penta, Matt was a consultant for McKinsey in their New York and Washington offices. Previously Matt had also worked in the Bush White House as well as serving as an advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger, Senator McCain, and Governor Romney. Matt is a Dartmouth 2000 where he was an economics major and he later got his MBA at MIT. Interview by Dartmouth student Talia Fein '25. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is John V. Kane, Assistant Professor at New York University. We hear a lot of talk about budget deficits, but do voters really care about government spending as much as they say? Like many other kinds of political attitudes, concern about government deficits and debt may be, in part, a result of systematic partisan bias. Drawing upon his recently published article, “Deficit Attention Disorder” (co-authored with Ian G. Anson), Kane shows how both partisans and partisan media shift their concern about deficits in response to changes in party control of the presidency. These results corroborate Kane and Anson's theory of “partisan-motivated issue attention” (PMIA), in which partisans can satisfy partisan instincts by caring more, or less, about particular issues when it benefits their preferred party. Interview by Dartmouth student Kavya Nivarthy '25. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Hanover Town Manager, Alex Torpey. He speaks about the role local government can play in reshaping how we govern. Alex Torpey is municipal manager, entrepreneur, educator, consultant, and speaker who is currently the Town Manager of Hanover, New Hampshire. Previously, Alex was the Business Administrator for the City of Lambertville, NJ and the Borough Administrator for Leonia, NJ. He was elected Mayor of his hometown of South Orange, New Jersey in 2011 (by 12 votes), which at 23 years-old, made him one of the youngest mayors in the United States. Interview by Dartmouth student Kyle Mullins '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Lynn Mather, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, University at Buffalo School of Law and here she discusses her experiences teaching at Dartmouth. Lynn Mather taught in Dartmouth's Government Department for 30 years. During that time, she served as Acting Director of the Rockefeller Center, chaired the Government Department, and co-founded the Women's Studies program. She received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1995 and held the Nelson A. Rockefeller Chair in Government. Interview by Dartmouth student Kyle Mullins '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Former NH Secretary of State (1976 - 2022) Bill Gardner have a discussion about rigged elections and New Hampshire electoral processes. Gardner has many stories to share from his long tenure as the Secretary of State of New Hampshire. Interview by Dartmouth student Kyle Mullins '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Morgan C. Williams, Jr., Assistant Professor of Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University Morgan C. Williams, Jr. discusses the first empirical estimate of the race-specific effects of larger police forces in the United States. Each additional police officer abates approximately 0.1 homicides. In per capita terms, effects are twice as large for Black versus white victims. At the same time, larger police forces make more arrests for low-level “quality-of-life” offenses, with effects that imply a disproportionate burden for Black Americans. Notably, cities with large Black populations do not share equally in the benefits of investments in police manpower. Our results provide novel empirical support for the popular narrative that Black communities are simultaneously over and under-policed. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guests are Simon Perkins, President of Orvis and Bill McLaughlin D'78, T'81, Former President of Orvis. They discuss the past, present, and the future of a purpose-led brand and how to make the bottom line while making the world a better place. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Bill Barrow, a national politics reporter for The Associated Press. Democracy is not a game with a scoreboard or a red carpet to critique celebrity fashion. Yet in this red vs. blue era of American politics, journalism too often advances shallow, oversimplified narratives – sometimes to the point of error. At best, this is lazy and reductive. At worst, this “SportsCenter” brand of journalism exacerbates cultural divisions that are fraying American institutions, including the fourth estate. There's a better way, even in a marketplace of ideas dominated by cable news and social media. We must reclaim our ability, our responsibility to think in nuance and complexity. Then our journalism—all of it—must follow suit, so that our readers, listeners, and viewers can better understand themselves and the world around them. Interview by Dartmouth student Kavya Nivarthy '25. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Beth Robinson '86, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. If Americans lose faith in our independent Judiciary, the foundation of our liberty will weaken. One threat to public confidence in the courts is a misunderstanding of how judges do our jobs. Using actual cases, the presentation will explore the practice and challenge of interpreting the law, in an effort to move beyond common myths about judging to more nuanced understanding. Interview by Dartmouth student Blake McGill '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Sonali Chakravarti, Professor of Government at Wesleyan University. For three weeks in March and April of 2021, the process of jury selection for the trial of Derek Chauvin was live-streamed on CourtTV. We heard hesitations, nervousness, and expressions of feeling in response to questions about the viral video depicting George Floyd's death under the knee of Derek Chauvin. The open exploration of critiques of law enforcement and systemic racism during voir dire, jury selection, at the Chauvin trial is a sharp departure from previous cases where judges have been either hostile to critiques of the law or law enforcement or unsure about how to assess juror biases when they speak candidly about their perceptions of racial discrimination. In normalizing the language of the critique of law enforcement during jury selection, three important changes occurred: (1) the first was that Black jurors were less likely to be dismissed for opinions they have long voiced, but which had been seen as the basis for legitimate dismissal, (2) the second was that it clarified what the standard of impartiality should mean for the court in the current era given widespread scrutiny of the racial discrimination within and outside of the law. Lastly, (3) the topics covered during voir dire served to underscore the range of life experiences that are valuable for the jury's task of phronesis, Aristotle's term for practical wisdom, that must precede the verdict. Interview by Dartmouth student Kavya Nivarthy '25. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is John T. Broderick, Jr. the Senior Director of External Affairs, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) and former Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court (2003 - 2010). For years, John Broderick's eldest son struggled with alcohol problems, which had masked a severe underlying mental health issue. One evening, that struggle resulted in an assault that sent John to the hospital and his son to prison. As a family they survived and healed, and now use their experience to help educate others that mental illness is not something to be ashamed of. Rather, it is something to be recognized and to be addressed just as any physical illness would be. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Alex Azar '88, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2018-2021). Secretary Azar led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2018 to 2021 during the Trump Administration and was the architect of Operation Warp Speed; he combined his experience in the pharmaceutical industry with his understanding of government programs—having previously served as general counsel and subsequently Deputy Secretary of HHS in the George W. Bush Administration—to lead the largest biomedical development program in history. Under his direction, the United States developed two remarkably safe and effective vaccines within months, embarked on the production of tens of millions of doses, and authorized therapeutics to treat COVID. As a result of his leadership, the Warp Speed team developed a public-private partnership with the biopharmaceutical industry through which hundreds of millions of Americans were vaccinated within one year of the inception of the program. While the policy lessons remain relevant for pandemic response programs, the model can also help guide future public-private partnerships. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Jamila Michener, Associate Professor at Cornell University. She studies poverty, racism, and public policy, with a particular focus on health and housing. She is author of the award-winning book, Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics. She is Associate Dean for Public Engagement at the Brooks School of Public Policy, co-director of the Cornell Center for Health Equity, co-director of the Politics of Race, Immigration, Class and Ethnicity (PRICE) research initiative, and board chair of the Cornell Prison Education Program. Civil law is the channel through which many people adjudicate the (non-criminal) legal challenges that emerge in everyday life. Core functions of civil law involve arbitrating outcomes that are especially vital to people living in or near poverty (e.g., evictions, loss of public assistance, disputes between lenders and borrowers, and much more). Moreover, civil legal protections are especially critical to low-income women of color. This talk will highlight the repercussions of civil legal inequality. Professor Michener will show how civil legal institutions affect economic and political dynamics in race-class subjugated communities. and consider the implications of civil legal institutions for U.S. democracy. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is James Wright, President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History, Emeritus at Dartmouth College. The nature and scale of America's wars have changed dramatically in the last 60 years. The American public has not always had a good understanding of the experience of those fighting in those recent wars. This discussion will describe some of these changes and their consequences for veterans and for American society. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Noah Joshua Phillips '00, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Antitrust law is at a crossroads. Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips of the Federal Trade Commission will reflect upon the goals of antitrust, the populist voices calling for reform, and whether the antitrust laws are equipped to solve every societal ill the reformists want competition law to address. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Sven Steinmo a Professor of Political Science at University of Colorado. He will speak on Tax and Tax Evasion. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Penelope Spurr '24 reflects on her First-Year Fellowship at The American Leader.

This episode's guest is Ambassador Lewis M. Eisenberg '64. The Ambassador discusses the paths he took to become the Ambassador to Italy and San Marino (2017-2021), touching on the impact of Dartmouth, Wall Street, politics, and government service and asks: Are democracy and freedom at significant risk in America and the world? Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest Sonu Bedi, Joel Parker 1811 Professor in Law and Political Science, Professor of Government at Dartmouth College The current division between red and blue states is not a problem but arises as a feature of the science of the U.S. Constitution. All of us, regardless of political affiliation, can appreciate this science and the way the Constitution has endured since 1789. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Sadhana Hall, Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Center, speaking about her new book "Leadership Blueprints." Interview by Dartmouth student Kristabel Konta '24. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Alissa Johannsen Rubin an International Correspondent for the The New York Times. Have we lost our commonly held point of departure for thinking about current events, science, health care, and culture? As a country we do not agree on the fundamentals so often -- not always -- journalists are under attack even before they embark on their reporting. How can journalists preserve the credibility they have and gain back ground? New York Times International Correspondent Alissa Rubin offers lessons drawn from Bernard Nossiter and recent history. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Tina Nadeau, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court. She is The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center's Perkins Bass Distinguished Visitor. Incarceration does not treat substance use disorder, it cultivates it. As NH and the nation face a crippling opioid epidemic, Chief Justice Tina Nadeau explains that if we want to increase public safety, reduce the cost of incarceration, and return offenders to the community as productive members, we need to invest in alternatives to incarceration. 70%-80% of those appearing in Superior Court with felony offenses suffer from substance use disorder or mental illness, and often times both. They have spent time in prison and jail without any improvement in their conditions and when released resort to the same behavior that resulted in their incarceration in the first place. One alternative – drug court – has proven effective in treating the underlying conditions that result in criminal behavior. The result? Graduates of drug court reoffend at a significantly lower rate than their incarcerated counterparts and have learned the skills it takes to manage a long-term, chronic relapsing condition, often for the first time in their lives. Interview by Dartmouth student Blake McGill '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Janos Marton ’04, National Director of Dream Corps JUSTICE. He speaks about the first 100 days of the Biden presidency, his work in criminal justice, and his time at Dartmouth. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Oren Cass, Executive Director of American Compass. What makes the dogma of American conservatism so peculiar is its lack of any discernible conservatism. Tax cuts and more tax cuts, with some free trade mixed in, may or may not be good policy, but they are not conservative in any meaningful sense of the word. America’s challenges in the 21st century are different than those of prior generations, from great-power competition with China and monopolies in the technology sector to failing communities and rising inequality. Neither the libertarian faith in markets nor the progressive reliance on redistribution will solve such problems, indeed it helped to create them. Conservatives, with their appreciation for the nation-state, the rules, and institutions necessary to well-functioning markets, and the strength of the social fabric, have a vital role to play, if they can reassert themselves. Oren Cass will discuss what conservatism is, how we lost it, and the prospects for finding it again in the post-Trump political landscape. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Nicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, at Yale University. Apollo's Arrow offers a broad account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020 and of how the pandemic will unfold, and ultimately end, in the coming years. Using up-to-the-moment information, and drawing on epidemiology, sociology, medicine, public health, history, virology, and other fields, it explores what it means to live in a time of plague — an experience that is paradoxically uncommon to the vast majority of humans who are alive, yet deeply fundamental to our species. Unleashing new divisions in our society as well as new opportunities for cooperation, this 21st-century pandemic has upended our lives in ways that test our frayed collective culture. Apollo's Arrow envisions what happens when the great force of a deadly germ meets the enduring reality of our evolved social nature. Interview by Dartmouth student Blake McGill '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Glenn Blumhorst, President & CEO, National Peace Corps Association. In President Kennedy’s first days in office, he asked Sargent Shriver to create the Peace Corps, which over the last 60 years has sent over 250,000 Americans to more than 140 countries to serve as global citizens. Glen Blumhorst looks back at Kennedy’s campaign promise and forward to what lies ahead for the Peace Corps. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guests are Peter R. Fisher, Clinical Professor, Tuck School, Dartmouth College and Curt Welling D'71, T'77, Clinical Professor of Business Organization, Tuck School, Dartmouth College Dartmouth College as they discuss GameStop, Robinhood, and Reddit: Market Structure, Social Media, and Financial Bubbles—New Wine or Old Wine in New Bottles?. Tuck professors Peter R. Fisher and Curt Welling will consider the recent GameStop/Robinhood controversy from a variety of perspectives: regulatory, financial, and social. They will discuss a range of “remedies” that have been suggested to solve the underlying “problems”. What happened; how did it happen; who are the players; what are their motivations? What, if anything, should happen now? Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Guest Mark W. Huddleston, President Emeritus, University of New Hampshire. Student loan debt in the United States now exceeds $1.6 trillion dollars, having nearly doubled over the last ten years. Some maintain that this debt burden is so onerous that young Americans have been forced to delay starting families and to forgo buying their own homes. Although the federal government has declared a temporary moratorium on debt repayment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are pressing for more permanent relief, including, in some quarters, wholesale debt forgiveness. This presentation examines the various dimensions of the student debt issue. Who exactly has compiled what debt? Where do the burdens press most heavily? What has contributed to the sharp rise in borrowing? What public policy options are available and appropriate? Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Anne Alstott, the Jacquin D. Bierman Professor at Yale Law School. A solution to inequalities wherever we look—in health care, secure retirement, education—is as close as the public library. Or the post office, community pool, or local elementary school. Public options—reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private options—are all around us, ready to increase opportunity, expand freedom, and reawaken civic engagement if we will only let them. Interview by Dartmouth student Sydney Towle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

This episode's guest is Monica Delores Hooks ’92, Executive Director of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative. A conversation with a historical perspective, highlighting the leadership and policy initiatives coming from the City of Atlanta, and focusing on economic mobility for women. Interview by Dartmouth student Sydney Towle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Today's guest is Sonu S. Bedi, Professor of Government at Dartmouth College as he discusses his work in the study of race. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Guest Linda Fowler, Professor of Government, Emerita, Frank J. Reagan Chair in Policy Studies, Emerita, Past Director, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College. Large numbers of people do not regard the election of President Biden as legitimate, while the majority who accept or even celebrate him remain worried about the strains on our constitutional system. The question arises, then, whether our 18th century structure worked and if it fulfilled its functions or fell short. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Guest Lisa Baldez, Professor of Government and Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth College Nearly every country across the globe has ratified the U.N. treaty on women’s rights. Most of the world’s constitutions formally guarantee equality between men and women. Gender quotas for women candidates are found in every region of the world. The United States enjoys none of these mechanisms. Opponents often claim that women in the United States already have ‘enough’ legal rights and don’t need treaties, an ERA, or help getting elected to political office. As the U.S. celebrates the centennial of woman suffrage, this panel asks, why does the U.S. stand alone, and would these mechanisms further gender equality in the United States? Working from their expertise in political science, sociology, and the law, our panelists reflect on the causes and consequences of U.S. “exceptionalism” in following global women’s rights norms. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

A Conversation with CNN anchor Jake Tapper '91. CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper ’91 joined the network in January 2013. Tapper currently anchors a one-hour weekday program, The Lead with Jake Tapper, which debuted in March 2013, and has hosted CNN's Sunday morning show, State of the Union, since June 2015. Tapper imparts his political expertise on State of the Union by conducting interviews with top newsmakers on politics and policy, covering Washington, the country and the world. The Lead covers headlines from around the country and the globe with topics ranging from breaking news in politics and world events, to politics, money, sports, and popular culture. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Dr. Carlos Algara is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at El Paso, joining the department in fall 2020. Prior to coming to UTEP, Dr. Algara was a 2019-2020 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow placed in the United States Senate. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. His research agenda focuses on the nature of ideological representation in the United States, political parties, electoral accountability, legislative behavior, and what factors inform the policy preferences of the mass public. To learn more about Dr. Algara, visit his website at https://calgara.github.io Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Jason Lyall is the inaugural James Wright Associate Professor of Transnational Studies at Dartmouth College. He also directs the Political Violence FieldLab at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. His research examines the effects and effectiveness of political violence in civil and conventional wars. His current projects include: (1) the relationship between inequality and violence; (2) assessing the effectiveness of aid programs in conflict settings; and (3) civilian casualties and the dynamics of blame attribution in civil wars. His recent book is: Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War, published by Princeton University Press. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

The 2020 election in New Hampshire has been overshadowed by the Presidential Race; however, the results of this election may impact New Hampshire politics for the next decade. This program will examine the current “state of the race” in New Hampshire and discuss electoral implications. ndrew Smith has been Director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center since 1999 and is Professor of Practice in the UNH Department of Political Science. He has more than 30 years’ experience in academic survey research and is past President of the Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations and is Vice President, President Elect of the New England Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (NEAAPOR). Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Author and CNN commentator Keith Boykin ’87 examines the raging conflict between America's emerging black and brown population and its dwindling white majority. Keith Boykin ’87 is a CNN political commentator, New York Times best-selling author, and a former White House aide to President Bill Clinton. Keith has taught at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York and at American University in Washington, D.C. He is a co-founder and first board president of the National Black Justice Coalition. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Frank R. Baumgartner holds the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is one of the leading scholars of public policy, framing, agenda-setting, policy change, and lobbying in the US and has published extensively on these topics in both US and comparative perspectives. The death of George Floyd while in police custody and other dramatic instances of law enforcement brutality are fueling protest movements focused upon criminal justice and race in America. Three academic experts put these events in context through a discussion of the data and research on law enforcement practices and policies. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

Mark W. Huddleston served as president of the University of New Hampshire from 2007 to 2018, the longest presidential tenure in UNH history. During this podcast he discusses the status of Higher Ed in America. At least through the end of the 20th century, American higher education had been the envy of the world: thousands of colleges and universities, large and small, public and private, served, year in and year out, as conveyer belts to the middle class for millions of students and as drivers of innovation for the American economy. Rapidly rising operating costs, soaring student debt, demographic challenges and growing doubts about the value of college have clouded the picture in the 21st century, leading to a spate of institutional closures and raising fundamental questions about the future of American higher education. Interview by Dartmouth student Shawdi Mehrvarzan '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

A longtime Supreme Court analyst, Linda considers how the Supreme court is contributing to the fraying of American civil society. Linda Greenhouse is the 2020 Rockefeller Center Constitution Day speaker. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

A conversation with Sanat Mohapatra '20, founder of Unmasked, an anonymous, mental health social media app for college students. Sanat discusses his app and experience at Dartmouth. Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

A conversation with Daniel Benjamin, Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College. Daniel Benjamin discusses "Covid-19 and the Fate of Globalization." Interview by Dartmouth student Ben Vagle '22. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

A conversation with Professor Herschel Nachlis, Policy Fellow at the Rockefeller Center and Research Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. Professor Nachlis discusses "Crisis Governance: Lessons from American Policy History." Interview by Dartmouth student Eliza Jane Schaeffer '20. Edited by Laura Howard. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

A conversation with Professor Charles Wheelan. Charles Wheelan discusses his book “The Rationing,” a book about a pandemic. Interview by Dartmouth student Sydney Towle '22. Edited by Laura Howard. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy