Longman’s Podcasts on Politics

This series of video podcasts includes short lectures on a wide array of interesting and important topics for the American government course and features many of Longman’s finest authors. Faculty and students using MyPoliSciLab and any of Longman’s textbooks can enjoy any of videos included below. Each lecture is approximately 15 minutes in length and is followed by essay questions that can be used as homework assignments. New podcasts from other Longman authors will be added periodically.Select the podcast you would like to listen to from the list below:

 Electing the President

Lectures by George Edwards

• The Electoral College and Voter Inflation

• The Electoral College and State Interests

• A Presidential Transcript: The Policy Impacts of George W. Bush

Party Politics in Campaigns & Elections

Lectures by Marjorie Hershey

• The Campaign Poll Vault: Party Strategies in 2006

• Loaded Bases: The Importance of Party Composition

• A New Hampshire State of Mind: The Road to 2008

• Q & A Part I: Independent’s Day?

• Q & A Part II: The Donkey in the Room

Economic and Political Inequality

Lectures by Ed Greenberg

• Economic Inequality in the United States

• Money Talks: The Implications of Rising Economic Inequality

• All About the Benjamins: The Political Fallout

 

America’s Elected Officials

Lectures by Larry Sabato

• From VP to VIP: The Changing Role of the Vice Presidency

• Congress: Why We Love to Hate Them

• Constituent Views: Strict Directives or Suggested Guidelines

The Supreme Court

Lectures by Larry Sabato

• Better Know a Supreme Court Justice

• “No More Souters:” Every Seat Matters

• Myths and Misconceptions of the Court

Federalism and the States

Lectures by Larry Sabato

• Now Batting for Federalism: The Supremacy Clause
• The Capitols Capitalize: The Federal’s Loss is the States’ Gain
• The Times, They are A-changin’: State Governments in the 1960s
• Down But Not Out: The Struggle Endures

War Powers of the President

Lectures by Ed Greenberg

• All’s Fair in Love and War: The Disistribution of War Powers

• This Land is My Land: The Expansion of the “Defensive War”

• Habeas What? Civil Liberties and National Security

• Reigning in the President’s War Powers: What Can Be Done?

 

Is Voting for Young People?

Lectures by Martin Wattenberg

• “Medicare? I don’t care.”: Youth Voting in America

• American Idle: Young People and the Media

• The Land of the Free: Encouraging Youth Voting