Institute of Politics

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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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From Delta to Electric: Tracing the Chicago Blues Legacy

May 16, 2025

  • Chicago Style
  • culture
  • music

GOALLLLLLL!!! The Geopolitics of Global Football and World Cups

May 14, 2025

  • culture
  • international
  • IPP

Hasan Piker: Off the Stream & In the Flesh

May 12, 2025

  • culture
  • free speech
  • activism

Pizza with Podcasters: Know Your Enemy in Conversation with Crooked Media's Reid Cherlin

April 29, 2025

  • democracy
  • democrat
  • culture
  • journalism

Class, Currency, and Capital: Scott Galloway and David Axelrod in Conversation

April 01, 2025

  • culture
  • economics

Trad Wives & Alpha Males: Gender Relations in the Blender

February 11, 2025

  • Divided We Stand
  • gender equity
  • culture

Walls are Witnesses: The Future of Black Chicago

February 04, 2025

  • Chicago/Illinois
  • activism
  • culture

Chicago Style: We Are the Culture: Black Chicagoans on Black Chicago's Influence on Everything

May 02, 2024

  • Chicago Style
  • Chicago/Illinois
  • race
  • culture

I Find You Dangerous: Sharing Space in a Diverse Society with David Brooks and John Inazu

April 29, 2024

  • culture

Hate Sp**ch?

April 25, 2024

  • culture
  • free speech

Are Liberals Now Illiberal?

April 17, 2024

  • counterpoint
  • culture

AI: Technology, Culture, Politics and Policy Collide

May 16, 2023

  • tech
  • culture

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