American Angst is a podcast where political scientist Dr. Michael Bailey unpacks the founding ideals and present tensions of American democracy with clarity, depth, and concern. Hosted and produced by his longtime friend Dale McConkey, the show blends serious civic reflection with honest, good-humored conversation for anyone trying to make sense of this American moment.
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Protesting in God's Name: Faith, Immigration, and Public Witness (01:10:46)
This week on American Angst, Mike shares a crossover episode with host Dale McConkey Church Potluck. They are joined by United Methodist pastors Rev. Ash McEuen and Rev. Karen Kagiyama for a timely an...
Jimmy Carter’s Living Legacy (Literally!) Josh Carter on Democracy, Global Health, and Caregiving (01:05:11)
In this kickoff-to-2026 episode of American Angst, we’re joined by a truly special guest: Josh Carter—podcaster, advocate, and yes, Jimmy Carter’s grandson—who offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes lo...
"It's a Republic, not a Democracy": Bailey's Take (00:53:19)
Dr. Michael Bailey closes out the American Angst year with a holiday-season conversation that’s equal parts warm, witty, and razor-sharp about American civic identity. Starting with a few Christmas-mo...
Trump’s Troublesome Environmental Policy: From Ocean Depths to Atmospheric Heights (01:02:15)
In this wide-ranging episode of American Angst, Dr. Michael Bailey and Dale take a deep and sobering look at Donald Trump’s environmental record. Using a “bottom of the ocean to the top of the atmosph...
Thanksgiving: The Most American Holiday? (01:04:36)
It's a special Thanksgiving crossover episode of American Angst and Church Potluck! Dr. Michael Bailey and Dale McConkey start off-topic with a quick overview of 10 dizzying days in American politics....
Election Results and Shutdown Breakthrough: Who Won the Week? (00:58:59)
In this episode of American Angst, Michael Bailey briefly updates us on the apparent breakthrough in the government shutdown. The deal reopens the government and restores furlough pay, but Bailey emph...
American Dream on Hold: The Rising Barriers to Homeownership for Young Adults (00:53:06)
Homeownership used to be the on-ramp to the middle-class American Dream. For many young adults, that on-ramp now feels barricaded—by high prices, high mortgage rates, high rents, and student debt. In ...
The Government Shutdown: Why Our System Fails on Purpose (01:11:24)
Boo! In this Halloween edition of American Angst, political philosopher Dr. Michael Bailey leads a brisk, illuminating tour of the current government shutdown and what it reveals about our constitutio...
Democratic Backsliding: How Democracies Erode (with Dr. Sam Call) (01:06:11)
We may begin talking about sweater weather and niceties about upstate New York, but we quickly let the angst flow deep and wide. Join us as Sam Call (comparative politics) joins Michael Bailey (politi...
Faith & the Founders, Part 2: The Godless Constitution Thesis (01:08:44)
We’re back with another crossover of American Angst and Church Potluck—and it’s the middle slice of a three-part series. In Part 1, we explored evidence for a religious impulse at the founding of the ...
Faith & the Founders, Part 1: The Christian Commonwealth Thesis (01:04:47)
It’s a crossover feast: American Angst meets Church Potluck for a lively, thoughtful dive into religion, politics, and the Founders—setting the table for an upcoming conversation on Christian national...
San Francisco De-Angstified: A Father-Daughter Conversation (01:01:47)
San Francisco is often painted as a city in crisis by conservative politicians and pundits, but does that picture hold up when you actually live there? In this special episode, political scientist Mic...
Climate Change and Glimmers of Hope: A Conversation with Courtney Cooper (01:13:20)
Environmental policy professor Dr. Courtney Cooper joins American Angst to untangle climate science, local vs. federal solutions, and why adaptation and mitigation aren’t either/or options. With Dr. M...
Trump Loyalty Shakedown: Free Speech’s New Fault Line (00:51:58)
Is America’s free-speech problem moving from online pile-ons to state-pressured loyalty tests? Political scientist and philosopher Dr. Michael Bailey makes the case that we’re drifting into a new, int...
Why Don't We Trust the Experts? Science and the Crisis of Authority (00:49:57)
Physicist and astronomer Dr. Todd Timberlake joins the conversation to explore the modern crisis of expertise. What does it mean to trust science when experts sometimes get things wrong? How do peer r...
Charlie Kirk's Tragic Death and the Temptation of Collective Blame (00:51:28)
Political philosopher Dr. Michael Bailey and host Dale McConkey reflect on the public murder of Charlie Kirk and a week already heavy with 9/11 remembrances. With humility about their limits and the f...
Trump Derangement Syndrome: Sincerity, Bulls**t, and the Death of Dialogue (00:45:29)
Political philosopher Michael Bailey joins host Dale McConkey to unpack “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a window into America’s fractured political discourse. They begin with how shifting cultural gua...
American Inequality: From Gilded Age Tycoons to Tech Oligarchs (00:56:19)
In this episode of American Angst 101, host Dale McConkey hands the reins to Michael Bailey, political philosopher at Berry College, for a thoughtful deep dive into the growing problem of inequality i...
Campaigns, Congress, and Cattle: A Conversation with Candidate Shawn Harris (01:06:09)
In this special episode of American Angst, political scientist Michael Bailey and host Dale McConkey welcome retired Brigadier General Shawn Harris, a Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressi...
End of an Era? Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 4 (01:02:50)
In our fourth and final installment of our "Democrats in the Hot Seat" series, political scientist Dr. Michael Bailey shifts the focus squarely onto the Democratic Party—its historic dominance since t...
Patriarchy in the Pulpit and the Pentagon: Pete Hegseth and Doug Wilson (00:56:35)
CROSSOVER EPISODE! In this first-ever crossover episode between Church Potluck and American Angst 101, host Dale McConkey, political scientist Michael Bailey, and historian Christy Snider dive into a...
Limits to Pluralism? Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 3 (00:49:05)
Political scientist Dr. Michael Bailey leads this episode of American Angst 101 with a sweeping exploration of how the United States’ founding-era vision of a liberal federal government—meaning one gr...
Elitism, Crime, and Borders: Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 2 (00:58:33)
In this follow-up to the previous conversation on MAGA critiques of the Democratic Party, Political Scientist Michael Bailey dives into the final three charges: (1) being elitist cultural snobs, (2) s...
Wokeness, Patriotism, and Religion: Dems in the Hot Seat, Part 1 (00:50:54)
In this episode of American Angst, political philosopher Michael Bailey analyzes the first three of six major criticisms often leveled against the Democratic Party by conservatives and MAGA supporters...
The Phrase That Won’t Die: “We’re a Republic, Not a Democracy" (01:02:19)
In this thought-provoking episode of American Angst 101, Michael Bailey and his longtime friend and fellow political scientist Dr. Steven Taylor join forces to examine the phrase “We’re a republic, no...
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