Latest Advanced placement Podcast Episodes
Talking Comparative with Dr. Ryan Daugherty
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - September 19, 2023 03:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Ryan Daugherty is an AP CoGoPo Reader and a professor of political science at Butler University. His students read: Most of the dense Orvis and Drogus textbook that podcast alum Karen Waples used as a basis for her AP CoGoPo textbook. Ziblatt and Levitsky's How Democracies Di...
Talking Comparative with Dr. Anne Marie Choup
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - September 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Anne Marie Choup is a professor of political science and an AP CoGoPo Reader. Here is her CV. Her students read: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, by Louisa Lim. ...
All Hail the Chief! Dr. Eduardo Magalhães III, Chief Reader of AP CoGoPo.
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - August 22, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsEduardo Magalhães III is a Professor of Political Science at Simpson College and currently serves as the Chief Reader of the AP Comparative Government and Politics exam. Dr. Magalhães recommends that listeners of this podcast read Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman as well as Midni...
In Conversation with Hugh Williams of Human Rights Watch
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - July 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsI am joined by Hugh Williamson, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. Check out... -Hugh's website and his writing for Human Rights Watch -A collection of Hugh's writing and speaking about worker priests -The 1982 film, The MIssing. Please support t...
Reflecting with the CoGoPo Class of 2023
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - July 02, 2023 09:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsA couple days after the AP CoGoPo exam and a couple weeks before graduation, I sat down with my students to reflect on GoGoPo. We explored the most valuable lessons they learned, the concepts they struggled with, and the countries they were most and least interested in. We wrapped with ...
Four Teachers Grapple with CoGoPo Concepts
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - June 19, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsI am joined by a virtual Mt. Rushmore of CoGoPo teachers: Ryan DeMarco, Lisa Dudgeon, Jane Highley, and Anthony Peek. They explore their favorite countries to teach and the most challenging concepts to communicate to students. Then they offer advice to students who are to beginning thei...
Four Teachers Reflect on Reading AP CoGoPo Exams in SLC
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - June 12, 2023 08:21 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsI sit down with four esteemed CoGoPo teachers--Ryan DeMarco, Lisa Dudgeon, Jane Highley, and Anthony Peek--who just finished reading AP CoGoPo exams in Salt Lake City. We reflect on our week in assessing exams, giving a little extra focus to the argument essay. Please support the CoGo...
In Conversation with Karen Waples, Author of a Fresh New CoGoPo Textbook
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - May 30, 2023 03:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsKaren Waples is an educator, an AP Consultant, and a textbook author. We discuss her new textbook, Comparative Government and Politics: Stories of the World. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Contact Daniel Lazar at da...
Calamity in the Caucuses: The Fight For Chechnya
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - December 31, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn commemoration of Russia's 1994 New Year's Eve assault on Chechnya (28 years ago today), this episode explores the Chechen struggle for independence in the 1990's, how Yeltsin failed, and how Putin's weaponized Chechnya to bolster his legitimacy. Please support the CoGoPod here. I t...
Russian Political Culture & Participation: Apathetic Engagement Among the Keenly Disillusioned
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - November 06, 2021 13:26 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsPlease support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! My notes for this talk are available here. Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). ...
The Quandaries of Russia’s Anti-Revolutionary Revolution
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - October 31, 2021 17:37 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis talk explores how and why Yeltsin and the rest of the world failed to see the revolutionary situation in which Russia found itself in the 1990's and how Putin capitalized on that chaos. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Than...
Is The House of Lords Broken and Can it be Fixed?
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - September 25, 2021 13:06 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat does the upper house of Parliament do and what should be done about this esteemed, if sometimes anachronistic legislative body? Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Thank you! My notes for this talk are available here. Contact Daniel Lazar at daniel...
Structural-Functional Analysis of the British National Government
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - September 19, 2021 18:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis talk seeks to summarize and sometimes analyze the functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in the UK. Please support the CoGoPod here. Your donations are truly appreciated. Thank you! Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or...
Structural Analysis: Thinking About Systems
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - September 11, 2021 18:43 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsPlease support the CoGoPod here. Your donations are truly appreciated. Thank you! Here are the lecture notes. Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Thank you for listening. ★ Su...
Thinking About Political Culture
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - September 03, 2021 18:06 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis short talk defines political culture then explores Almond's three levels of political culture before diving into cultural congruence and consensual vs. conflictual political cultures. Please support the CoGoPod here. Your donations are truly appreciated. Thank you! Here are the ...
In Conversation with Vincent Okwechime, Formerly of Shell Oil Nigeria
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - June 21, 2021 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsTrained in law, Vincent Okwechime worked for Shell Oil Nigeria as a lawyer, manager of oil spill cleanup and compensation, head of security, and lastly as brand manager. He retired in 2010. We have been friends ever since. He is an earnest, kind, and wise man. Please support the CoGoP...
A Prelude to Studying Mexican Politics
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - March 07, 2021 09:28 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis short talk offers considerations from which to launch scholarly pursuits of Mexican politics and discusses the many policy challenges that the Mexican regime faces. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspire...
Interview: The Life of a Nigerian Teen
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - February 23, 2021 10:18 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsOur theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Thank you for listening. iHkYB625IVC5oz0xYB0O
Interview: A Retrospective on Adolescence in Port Hartcourt
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - February 23, 2021 10:18 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsOur theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Thank you for listening. iHkYB625IVC5oz0xYB0O
In Conversation with Obi: Life in Port Hartcourt, Nigeria
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - February 23, 2021 10:18 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe CoGoPod welcomes my pal Obi. Born in Texas, raised in Port Harcourt, and now, like me, an immigrant in Berlin, Obi and I dive into his Nigerian youth. This is the narrative of but one man. A good man. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Th...
The Curse of Black Gold: Power Politics in the Niger Delta
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - February 11, 2021 11:55 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis talk explores the domestic and global reactions to the political, economic, and environmental impacts of oil in Nigeria. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Dani...
Corruption & Lawlessness in Nigeria's Unstable Democracy
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - February 10, 2021 21:16 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis short talk explores the causes and consequences of ubiquitous corruption for Nigerian politics. While there is a virtual cornucopia of corruption cases from which to choose, I dive into three illustrative cases while focusing on the implications of corruption on the broader politic...
A Prelude to Studying Nigerian Politics
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - February 08, 2021 23:33 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis short talk offers considerations from which to launch our scholarly pursuit of Nigerian politics. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaron...
Iranian Political Culture, Participation, & Socialization
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - January 15, 2021 00:19 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis talk offers some introductory insights into Persian political culture, with a particular focus on political socialization, elite recruitment, and interest articulation and aggregation. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our t...
Students Discuss the "One China" Myth
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - January 13, 2021 07:39 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMy students discuss my lecture (in the previous episode) on China's long struggle for internal sovereignty. They discuss the key questions raised by the lecture, they share the most important lessons, and they offer some comparative analyses along the way. Please support the CoGoPod a...
Students Debate Chinese Democracy
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - January 13, 2021 00:41 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsStudents debate the motion: “Western Liberal Democracy Would Be Wrong for China". While they did not have the luxury of choosing their side of the debate, given the choice, most or all would rather argue against the motion. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations ...
A Prelude to Studying Iranian Politics
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - January 12, 2021 00:34 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis talk offers considerations from which to launch our scholarly pursuits of Iranian politics and concludes by diving into policy challenges that the Iranian regime faces. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "In...
The "One China" Myth: Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - January 03, 2021 19:11 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis lecture explores China's long struggle for internal sovereignty. Despite PRC claims of being "Zhong Guo Ren" (Chinese People with Universal Values), China is a fragmented society bound by the chains of the CCP. To illustrate this, we dive into the long struggles with Xinjiang, Tibe...
A Prelude to Studying the PRC
AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar - January 03, 2021 18:40 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis talk offers considerations from which to commence scholarly inquiries into Chinese politics before diving into ten policy challenges that the PRC is facing. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by K...
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