John Sides is a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and co-foundedĀ The Monkey Cage, which is a popular political science blog now available at the Washington Post. The blog gives academic social scientists a platform to use their expertise to help the public understand political news. In our conversation, John talks about the origins of TMC, the kinds of articles that are successful, and how (and why!) to write well for a public audience.
You can find the rest of this summer’s science communication podcast series here.