Looking for something to read, watch or listen to between innings? This section will hopefully point you in the direction of some interesting content that can help put this project in a bit of context.
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Politics and American Life
- University of Virginia Center for Politics
- Pew Research – Politics and Policy
- Harvard Kennedy School – Institute of Politics
- Brookings Institution
- Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers
- USC Center for the Political Future
- The Heritage Foundation
- Duke University Polarization Lab
- Pew American Cities Project (2016)
- Pew States’ Fiscal Health
- Population Change Data 2021
- Urban Institute
- Gun Violence Archive
- The 1619 Project at The New York Times
- America at a Crossroads – Judy Woodruff, PBS (2025)
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Ballotpedia – 2025 political dates and 2024 election wrap
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Podcasts
- The Bulwark
- Politicon – coalition of pods inc Jen Rubin, Sisters-in-Law, Victor Shi, James Carville etc..
- The Political Scene – The New Yorker
- Reflections of History – Jon Meacham
- ProPolitics with Zac McCrary
- Pod Save America
- The Anti-Dystopians
- NPR Politics Podcast
- FiveThirtyEight
- Can He Do That? – Washington Post politics
- The Bully Pulpit – USC
- Polis – Duke University Center for Politics
- UNC Program for Public Discourse
- The Argument – Jane Coaston , NYT
- Political Junkie – Ken Rudin
- Into America – Trymaine Lee
- Listening to America – Clay Jenkinson
- The Focus Group – Sarah Longwell
- The Coming Storm – Gabriel Gatehouse, BBC
- America Explained – an international perspective with Andy Gawthorpe
- The Revolution – Steve Kornacki
- Gaslit Nation
- Is This Democracy?
- That Trippi Show (with former Democratic campaign manager Joe Trippi)
- Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
- Enemies List – Rick Wilson
- Politics is Everything – UVA Center for Politics
- Trumpland – Alex Wagner
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Journalism
- News Deserts and Ghost Newspapers – Will Local News Survive? – UNC 2020 Report
- Newsonomics – Ken Doctor
- CNN’s Reliable Sources
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Nieman Lab
- Shorenstein Center at Harvard
- Center for Journalism and Democracy – Howard University
- Local News Initiative at Northwestern
- Pew Research Center – Journalism and Media
- Tow Center for Digital Journalism
- News Co/Lab at Arizona State University
- Polis @ LSE
- Local News Lab
- News Literacy Project
- News Media Alliance
- Lenfest Institute (Philadelphia)
- Venetoulis Institute (Baltimore)
Podcasts
- On The Media – WNYC
- The Kicker – Columbia Journalism Review
- Reveal – Center for Investigative Reporting
- Longform (interviews with non-fiction writers)
- Media Voices
- It’s All Journalism
- Recode Media – Vox, with Peter Kafka
- The Death of Journalism – John Ziegler
- American Crisis – Can Journalism Save Democracy? – Margaret Sullivan
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Baseball
- MLB.com
- ESPN.com Baseball
- Society for American Baseball Research
- Baseball History Daily
- Baseball Reference
- Baseball Almanac
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- Baseball parks state-by-state from Baseball Pilgrimages
- Ballpark Digest
- Ballparks of Baseball
- Minor League Baseball
- NCAA Baseball
- Baseball America – Prospects
- Best Baseball Writing from MLB.com
- Sporting News
Podcasts
- Lost Ballparks
- Baseball America
- Starting 9 – Barstool Sports
- Baseball Tonight – ESPN
- This Week in Baseball History
- Baseball Today – Jomboy Media
- Talkin’ Baseball – Jomboy Media
- Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander
- Ballpark Dimensions – Sarah Langs and Mandy Bell
- The Wind-Up – The Athletic
- Baseball is Dead – Jared Carrabis
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Documentaries
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Bibliographies
coming soon
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States of Play 