Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics

This summer the United States has experienced a number of severe weather events that seem related to climate warming. In the West, weeks of drought and high temperatures have created a tinder box for an unprecedented explosion of wildfires. The hurricane season is heating up and we already have had hurricanes and tropical storms wreaking havoc along the Gulf coast and in Eastern states. Summer temperatures have been high everywhere combined with unusually high humidity along the East coast. Even while we continue to cope with the on-going coronavirus pandemic, Beyond Your News Feed examines, in this episode, the other global crisis of our warming planet. To help us understand how climate change is affecting our planet – ecologically, socially, and politically, Professor Casey Stevens, Providence College Assistant Professor of Political Science joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on these issues. Professor Stevens is an expert on the international politics of environmental sustainability and gives an international perspective of how the world is coping with this crisis.

Show Notes

This summer the United States has experienced a number of severe weather events that seem related to climate warming.  In the West, weeks of drought and high temperatures have created a tinder box for an unprecedented explosion of wildfires.  The hurricane season is heating up and we already have had hurricanes and tropical storms wreaking havoc along the Gulf coast and in Eastern states.  Summer temperatures have been high everywhere combined with unusually high humidity along the East coast.  Even while we continue to cope with the on-going coronavirus pandemic, Beyond Your News Feed examines, in this episode, the other global crisis of our warming planet.  To help us understand how climate change is affecting our planet – ecologically, socially, and politically, Professor Casey Stevens, Providence College Assistant Professor of Political Science joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on these issues.  Professor Stevens is an expert on the international politics of environmental sustainability and gives an international perspective of how the world is coping with this crisis. 

Creators & Guests

Host
Bill Hudson
Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics is a podcast of the Providence College Political Science Department. On the podcast, we provide analysis of political issues and events featuring the expertise of Providence College faculty members. Our episodes seek to offer in depth discussion of contemporary events that go beyond what typically is covered in the media. In particular, our guests draw on the most up to date research in political science and other fields to throw light on world events. Our episodes cover political events in all regions of the world and in the United States. The issues and events analyzed include elections, public policy, domestic and international crises, political ideologies, racial and ethnic relations, prominent political figures, and many other topics.

What is Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics?

Welcome to "Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics" a new podcast sponsored by the Providence College Political Science Department. Host William Hudson, Political Science Department Chair, and colleagues will provide expert analysis of current political events and issues, delving more deeply into their causes and consequences than can be found in typical media sources.