StocktonAfterClass

About StocktonAfterClass

Ron Stockton was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for 48 years. His specialty was non-western politics and political change. He taught classes on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion and Politics, the Politics of Revolution, Non-Western politics, and American politics. He also taught in the Honors Program, focusing upon foundational readings from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has an interest in religion and politics and in the role of religio-ethnic groups in the political system. The listener can anticipate talks on Arab-Americans, Jews, African-Americans, the Scots-Irish, and Evangelicals. He has lectured and written on American politics, public opinion, and voting behavior and on the role of religious organizations and ideologies in the political system. There will be occasional discussions of books and films that address serious issues. And he has lectured and published and even taught a class on gravestones, especially those of different ethnic and religious groups such as Muslims, African-Americans, Jews, and Native Americans. The goal of the podcast series is to provide analysis and commentary by a political scientist to explain and make accessible political, historical, and cultural developments in the United States and around the world, and to give the listener analytical tools to understand those developments. It is also to entertain the listener.

Publisher

Ronald Stockton

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2021

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

73 of 237 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Week Before The Election (2024)

   Host Stockton discusses the political landscape one week before the election, offering insights into progressive policies and candidate platforms.

2. 

   11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ron's Talk on September 11

   Chancellor Ron reflects on his 9/11 commemoration speech, revealing his prescient warnings about political dangers and his underestimation of future events.

3. 

   8 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Abdul El Sayed Discusses Israel. And a Jewish response

   Send us Fan Mail This is from an article on The Forward, a Jewish newspaper. It draws from an interview that Abdul El sayed gave with the New Yorker a day before the primary election. A Jewish journalist thought it deserved discussion so he provided key excerpts along with his comments. If you are a supporter of Abdul, or his critic, you will find this of interest. Sorry I posted this without music.

Inside a recent episode

A Week Before The Election (2024)

Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Arab Americans could have made a difference four years ago. That's not the reaction. The reaction was, oh my gosh, what is going on? So I kind of am on a list, and I get interviewed a lot by reporters. So the reporters started coming in and talking to me and saying, OK, tell us about the Arabs. […]

Who has been a guest on StocktonAfterClass

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ron
• Christa Bruhn
• Ben-Gvir
• Smotrich

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

43 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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