AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar

Aug 20 2024 28 ep. 48 mins 10

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Daniel Lazar offers analysis of the six AP CoGoPo countries: Britain, Russia, China, Iran, Nigeria, and Mexico.

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The Question 4 Breakdown Edition, Live from SLC

Aug 20 2024 35 mins

I sat down with esteemed AP CoGoPo teachers Ryan DeMarco and Anthony Peek just as we finished reading AP CoGoPo exams in Salt Lake City. Together we grapple with the dreaded Question 4.Please support the CoGoPod here. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Anthony recommends The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. Ryan recommends The Foreign Affair

Talking Comparative with Dr. Ryan Daugherty

Sep 18 2023 32 mins

Dr. 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 Die. Too many articles to list!He recommends On Populist Reason by Ernesto Laclau. Yours truly heartily re

Talking Comparative with Dr. Anne Marie Choup

Sep 04 2023 61 mins

Dr. 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 KeefeIndelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, by Louisa Lim. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, by Noo Saro-Wiwa. Yours truly heartily recommended: The

All Hail the Chief! Dr. Eduardo Magalhães III, Chief Reader of AP CoGoPo.

Aug 21 2023 71 mins

Eduardo 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 Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. On behalf of Dr. Magalhães and his family, I might nudge

In Conversation with Hugh Williams of Human Rights Watch

Jul 24 2023 94 mins

I 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 the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Big thanks to Jane Highley for

Reflecting with the CoGoPo Class of 2023

Jul 02 2023 55 mins

A 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 some gentle advice for students new to CoGoPo. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciat

Four Teachers Grapple with CoGoPo Concepts

Jun 18 2023 26 mins

I 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 their studies of CoGoPo. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every litt

Four Teachers Reflect on Reading AP CoGoPo Exams in SLC

Jun 12 2023 35 mins

I 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 CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Special thanks to Dre

In Conversation with Karen Waples, Author of a Fresh New CoGoPo Textbook

May 29 2023 58 mins

Karen 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 danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLe

Calamity in the Caucuses: The Fight For Chechnya

Dec 30 2022 57 mins

In 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 truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you!Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaron