The Filibuster

Dec 18 2024 17 ep. 42 mins 2
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The Filibuster seeks to objectively and civilly explain the great debates of the day. Join Union University's political science faculty as they analyze politics from their academic, political, and faith perspectives.

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Assessing Donald Trump's Domestic Policy and Political Record

Jan 25 2021 56 mins  
Sean Evans and Hunter Baker assess President Trump's domestic policy successes and failures, the impact of his character on his presidency, and the future of Trumpism.

Assessing Trump's Foreign Policy Record

Jan 27 2021 54 mins  
Sean Evans and Greg Ryan discuss President Trump's foreign policy successes and challenges.

Assessing Biden's First 100 Days

May 03 2021 56 mins  
Sean Evans and Hunter Baker discuss the Joe Biden's "First 100 Days" by examining the filibuster, Biden's ambitions, voting rights, lessons Biden learned from the Obama years, Covid, infrastructure, and the impact of Biden's policies on small business.

Assessing Biden's Foreign Policy in the First 100 Days

May 10 2021 57 mins  
Dr. Evans and Dr. Ryan discuss the continuities and differences between the Biden and Trump foreign policies regarding China, trade, immigration, the Middle East, international alliances, and more.

Reflections and Lessons from 9/11

Sep 09 2021 53 mins  
The Political Science faculty briefly discuss the withdrawal from Afghanistan before discussing their memories of 9/11 and the impact and lessons from that tragic day.

Russia Invades the Ukraine

Feb 25 2022 62 mins  
The Political Science Faculty discuss why Russia invaded the Ukraine, what can be done about it, and how the invasion impacts global and American politics.

The Israeli-Hamas War

Oct 17 2023 55 mins  
Seth Brake, Union's new International Relations professor provides the 411 on the Israeli-Hamas conflict: why it happened, what it means, how Israel, Hamas, and other will react, and its significance for the Middle East and the world.

House Republican Dysfunction

Nov 01 2023 27 mins  
In this episode of the Filibuster Podcast, Dr. Sean Evans explains the political dynamics that led the House to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker.

Mike Johnson and the Future of the House GOP

Nov 01 2023 24 mins  
This episode of the Filibuster podcast explains how Mike Johnson rose to be Speaker and how he will try to navigate internal party politics.

The Pro-Life Movement After Dobbs: Part I

Dec 04 2023 24 mins  
The faculty discuss how the politics of abortion has changed from the Roe (constitutional right to abortion) to the Dobbs (states can freely regulate or ban abortion) eras.