NUPolitics is WRBB’s politics podcast – bringing you the latest global, local, and student government news alongside deep dives into the issues that students care about. From roundtable discussions to interviews with local leaders, NUPolitics is your place to get informed.
Episodes
Caleb Driesman interviews Professor Thomas Vicino on the past, present, and future of White Flight. Learn how banks utilized racism for profit, and why people move to the suburbs to start families.
Jake sits down with Professor Greg Goodale to discuss how Political Communication has evolved since the start of the millennium, the forces affecting them, and the mixed future ahead of us.
In this episode of NUPolitics, WRBB contributor Zoë Sommers speaks with Carl Cilke, a PhD candidate in the Political Science department at Northeastern University. The two discuss the history, mechanics, and merits of the electoral college.
WRBB’s Sydney Wise speaks to Professor Michael MacDonald about gentrification in the Greater Boston Area. The two discuss the role Northeastern University and other schools, students, and the public in general have in gentrification and its consequences for the displaced populations.
In this episode of NUPolitics, the NUPolitics team discusses some important takeaways from the results of the 2018 Midterm Elections.
In this return episode of NUPolitics, Seth Pate discusses some of the important ballot measures for the Massachusetts Midterm Election.
In this episode of NUPolitics, Jake Willis interviews head of the Northeastern University College Democrats, Chris Mirabella, and they discuss student activism in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. Additionally, Caleb Driesman interviews Dr. Costas Panagopoulos, Northeastern University professor of political science, about the 2018 midterm elections and what to expect.
In this episode of NUPolitics, WRBB’s very own Dan Lim (General Manager) and Kathryn Garcia (News Director) discuss pertinent global news from this week. From the death of Guatemalan Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on April 1 to catching up on some of President Trump’s latest tweets, this episode of NUPolitics has got you covered.
In this episode, Caleb Driesman interviews Nathan Hostert, head of the yourNortheastern Campaign, and Collin Walter, head of the uniteNU campaign, about the 2018 SGA elections. Driesman talks with each of them about their campaigns, thoughts on the referenda this year, and what each of them hope to accomplish as SGA president.