- 34
- Episodes
- 33
- Transcribed
- 7
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Government 101
A podcast hosted by the Political Science Program and the Politics and Policy Student Organization at Minnesota State University, Mankato, that discusses issues of politics, governance, public policy, and current events.
- Publisher
- Government 101 Podcast
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Sept 2024
- Latest episode
- 14 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
33 of 34 episodes have a transcript.

14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live: "September 11 After 25 Years" Expert Panel Discussion

7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Controversial U.S. Elections Part 3 (Conclusions)

1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Controversial U.S. Elections Part 2 (21st century)
Inside a recent episode

Live: "September 11 After 25 Years" Expert Panel Discussion
Published 14 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I have all my grade sheet records from when I first started teaching here. And that was about my fourth year here, I think. Yeah, yeah, fourth or fifth year here. It was a Tuesday morning and I had just taught US government, poli sci 111 at eight o'clock that morning. And that was in Morris Hall 103, I think. kind of on the southwest side of Morris Hall. So I taught that class 8 o'clock to 9.15 in the morning, and I returned to my office at 9.20, around 9.25, oblivious to what had happened. But I had turned on my computer and was starting to digest the news for that day, and seeing all this about the horrific events in New York and Washington, D.C., and ultimately rural Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked planes crashed due to heroic actions by the people aboard the hijacked jetliner. […]
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- Tom Inglot
- Matt Loayza
- Paul Prew
- Fred Slocum
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100
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- Quality
- 33
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 81
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