Political scientist Brian Klaas looks into why we talk so much about politics, but never actually discuss any actual policy. My critique of his analysis is rather predictable.

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The Death of Serious Politics

Michael Mullan-Jensen prompted me to discuss The Death of Serious Politics by Brian Klaas.

You can read my annotated version here.

Listener Feedback

Predictably, I butchered the pronunciation of четвёртая власть in episode 166, so Evgeny Kuznetsov set the record straight.

Credits

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Showrunners

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Executive Producers

  • Butterbeans
  • Jaroslav Lichtblau
  • Michael Mullan-Jensen
  • Rizele
  • Sandman616
  • Sir Galteran

Supervising Producers

avis, Bennett Piater, Dave, ikn, krunkle, Tobias Weber

Producers

Andrew Davidson, astralc, Cam, Captain Egghead, Dirk Dede, Fadi Mansour, Florian Pigorsch, Joe Poser, MrAmish, RJ Tracey, Robert Forster

Associate Producers

Jonathan, Juhan Sonin, Kai Siers, RikyM, Steve Hoos, Vlad

Thanks to Bytemark, who are providing the hosting and bandwidth for this episode’s audio file. Podcast cover art photo by GegenWind.

Music

Today, I’m ending the show with the song Nebula by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen.