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Emily Lynch<\/strong>: Assistant Teaching Professor, Political Science Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Professor Emily Lynch, of URI’s Department of Political Science, asked her students in Rhode Island Politics course (PSC 305) to make podcasts on local political issues in Rhode Island. Topics range from affordable housing policy to proposed educational reforms. Find the podcasts below and have a listen! <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Top 2026 Podcasts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Marley Ahlijanian, Jacob Farber, & Javon Jennings<\/a> on Sustainable living in Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Abbott & Myke Yeskewicz<\/a> on Corruption and Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Bairos, Shane Jones, & Erik Lopez<\/a> on Surveillance Concerns and Flock Safety in Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 2025 Podcasts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Gutierrez and J.P. Vallot<\/a> on Providence Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maeve Murphy, Madison Pella-Sabourin, Cait Sansonetti, Brynn Stewart, and Katie Rogers<\/a> on Political Participation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Howland, April DiBrita, Kayleigh Durant, and Megan Glancey<\/a> on Assault Weapons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Podcasts <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hannah DeAngelis, Kathryn Holmes, and Emma Trombino<\/a> on Housing in Narragansett<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Sullivan and David Patrie<\/a> on Free Lunch in RI Public Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Estus<\/a>‘ Podcast on School Committees in Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Leon’s, Gregory Manni’s, Kiersten Sundell’s<\/a> Podcast on The Environment and Energy in Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meredith Wilkinson’s, Kacie Curran’s, and Bella Evangelista’s<\/a> Podcast on Criminal Justice Reform in Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Vanable’s Podcast<\/a> on university and college curriculums in Rhode Island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Melendez’s Podcast<\/a> on the upcoming Seekonk River Soccer Stadium in Pawtucket and possible implications of the Rhode Island rent stability act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Remke’s and Isaiah Aponte’s Podcast<\/a> on homelessness in Rhode Island: Actions taken so far in housing and what still needs to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Severn’s Podcast<\/a> on the police bill of rights in Rhode Island and its implications on our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirsten Hauschildt’s and Chady Bandoma’s Podcast<\/a> on the intersectionality of poverty and quality education in Rhode Island and the greater New England area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honors PSC 305 Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Spring 2026, Izzie Rollins (Major: Political Science) completed an Honors Project under the mentorship of Dr. Emily Lynch<\/a> (Political Science) in PSC 305 (Politics in Rhode Island) that compared political topics in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. The podcast series can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Spring 2023, Mollie Melnick (Majors: Political Science & Spanish) completed an Honors Project under the mentorship of Dr. Emily Lynch<\/a> (Political Science) about women in politics, interviewing several women legislators in Rhode Island. Click here<\/a> for a link to her YouTube podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor Emily Lynch, of URI’s Department of Political Science, asked her students in Rhode Island Politics course (PSC 305) to make podcasts on local political issues in Rhode Island. Topics range from affordable housing policy to proposed educational reforms. Find the podcasts below and have a listen!  Top 2026 Podcasts Marley Ahlijanian, Jacob Farber, & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4688,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ppl-in-progress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8896"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10153,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions\/10153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}