# Politics with Paul Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218.md RSS feed: https://feeds.podcastai.com/aLCuM7vb9yElCK7Txu6YYD.xml Official site: https://podcast.paulrader.org Author: Paul Rader Episodes: 99 ## Resource Approachable, nonpartisan, and nonideological analysis of various political topics by nonpartisan political analyst, writer, researcher, and speaker Paul Rader. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-with-paul-7031218 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218.md ## Episodes - [America's 250th: What's Changed the Most Over the Years? | Politics with Paul #98](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/america-s-250th-what-s-changed-the-most-over-the-years-politics-with-paul-98) — 2026-06-23T11:15:00+00:00 - [Redistricting Part 2: Can We Ensure Fair Districts in Elections? | Politics with Paul #97](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/redistricting-part-2-can-we-ensure-fair-districts-in-elections-politics-with-paul-97) — 2026-06-16T11:45:00+00:00 - [Redistricting Part 1: What Goes Into Making New Districts? | Politics with Paul #96](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/redistricting-part-1-what-goes-into-making-new-districts-politics-with-paul-96) — 2026-06-09T12:15:00+00:00 - [Is America Really on the Decline? | Politics with Paul #95](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/is-america-really-on-the-decline-politics-with-paul-95) — 2026-06-02T11:45:00+00:00 - [What Would the Founding Fathers Think of America Today? | Politics with Paul #94](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/what-would-the-founding-fathers-think-of-america-today-politics-with-paul-94) — 2026-05-26T11:45:00+00:00 - [Lobbying: A Misunderstood, Necessary, and Flawed Institution | Politics with Paul #93](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/lobbying-a-misunderstood-necessary-and-flawed-institution-politics-with-paul-93) — 2026-05-19T12:45:00+00:00 - [How Much Does Authenticity Matter in Elections? | Politics with Paul #92](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/how-much-does-authenticity-matter-in-elections-politics-with-paul-92) — 2026-05-12T12:45:00+00:00 - [Midterm Elections and Why They Hurt the President's Party | Politics with Paul #91](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/midterm-elections-and-why-they-hurt-the-president-s-party-politics-with-paul-91) — 2026-05-05T12:00:00+00:00 - [How to Read Ballot Measures | Politics with Paul #90](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/how-to-read-ballot-measures-politics-with-paul-90) — 2026-04-28T13:00:00+00:00 - [A New Way to Nominate Congressional Candidates? w/ Tom Joseph | Politics with Paul #89](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/a-new-way-to-nominate-congressional-candidates-w-tom-joseph-politics-with-paul-89) — 2026-04-21T12:30:00+00:00 - [Is a Party-less Future Possible in American Politics? w/ Metin Pekin | Politics with Paul #88](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/is-a-party-less-future-possible-in-american-politics-w-metin-pekin-politics-with-paul-88) — 2026-04-14T12:15:00+00:00 - [How Representative is Our Government—And How Should it Be? | Politics with Paul #87](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/how-representative-is-our-government-and-how-should-it-be-politics-with-paul-87) — 2026-04-07T12:00:00+00:00 - [What Political Civility Really is and Combatting Toxicity w/ Michael Lee | Politics with Paul #86](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/what-political-civility-really-is-and-combatting-toxicity-w-michael-lee-politics-with-paul-86) — 2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00 - [What Do Democrats and Republicans Agree On? More Than You Think | Politics with Paul #85](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/what-do-democrats-and-republicans-agree-on-more-than-you-think-politics-with-paul-85) — 2026-03-24T12:30:00+00:00 - [Blame, "Both Sides-ing," and Whataboutism: When Are These Appropriate? | Politics with Paul #84](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/blame-both-sides-ing-and-whataboutism-when-are-these-appropriate-politics-with-paul-84) — 2026-03-17T11:30:00+00:00 - [A Project to Revolutionize Holding Government Accountable? w/ Ramon Perez | Politics with Paul #83](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/a-project-to-revolutionize-holding-government-accountable-w-ramon-perez-politics-with-paul-83) — 2026-03-10T11:45:00+00:00 - [It's Election Polling Season - Here's What You Should Know About it | Politics with Paul #82](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/it-s-election-polling-season-here-s-what-you-should-know-about-it-politics-with-paul-82) — 2026-03-03T13:00:00+00:00 - [Why Our Ideas for Fixing Politics Aren’t as Easy and Obvious as We Think | Politics with Paul #81](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/why-our-ideas-for-fixing-politics-aren-t-as-easy-and-obvious-as-we-think-politics-with-paul-81) — 2026-02-24T12:30:00+00:00 - [How to Mobilize and Motivate Supporters for Your Cause w/ Bert Ralston | Politics with Paul #80](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/how-to-mobilize-and-motivate-supporters-for-your-cause-w-bert-ralston-politics-with-paul-80) — 2026-02-17T12:45:00+00:00 - [Is Potentialism the Key to American Civic Renewal? w/ Daniel Yudkin | Politics with Paul #79](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/is-potentialism-the-key-to-american-civic-renewal-w-daniel-yudkin-politics-with-paul-79) — 2026-02-10T12:45:00+00:00 - [How Do We Improve Youth Voter Turnout? w/ Stephanie Houghton | Politics with Paul #78](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/how-do-we-improve-youth-voter-turnout-w-stephanie-houghton-politics-with-paul-78) — 2026-02-03T12:45:00+00:00 - [How to Encourage and Incentivize People to Depolarize w/ Phelosha Collaros (DepolarWise) | Politics with Paul #77](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/how-to-encourage-and-incentivize-people-to-depolarize-w-phelosha-collaros-depolarwise-politics-with-paul-77) — 2026-01-27T12:45:00+00:00 - [Can This App Revolutionize Civic Engagement? w/ Claire Shorall (Sway) | Politics with Paul #76](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/can-this-app-revolutionize-civic-engagement-w-claire-shorall-sway-politics-with-paul-76) — 2026-01-20T13:30:00+00:00 - [The Problem of Uncontested Elections…and What You Can Do About it | Politics with Paul #75](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/the-problem-of-uncontested-elections-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-politics-with-paul-75) — 2026-01-13T12:45:00+00:00 - [Most Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings about Campaigns w/ Alex Patton | Politics with Paul #74](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/most-common-mistakes-and-misunderstandings-about-campaigns-w-alex-patton-politics-with-paul-74) — 2026-01-06T13:45:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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