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Back to SearchBONUS EPISODE: Election 2020
Season 4 Episode 13
What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series o…
5 years, 1 month ago
Hearing Hiroshima (Rebroadcast)
The word “Hiroshima” may bring to mind a black-and-white image of a mushroom cloud. It’s easy to forget that it’s an actual city with a million peopl…
5 years, 5 months ago
S4 E12: More Democracy
Season 4 Episode 12
What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change?
By host and pr…
5 years, 7 months ago
S4 E11: More Truth
Season 4 Episode 11
How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of Ameri…
5 years, 7 months ago
S4 E10: Schooled for Democracy
Season 4 Episode 10
In most American schools, children *hear about* democracy, but don’t get to *practice* it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look l…
5 years, 8 months ago
S4 E9: American Empire
Season 4 Episode 9
“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over …
5 years, 8 months ago
S4 E8: The Second Redemption
Season 4 Episode 8
The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Donald Trump. Even before Ronald…
5 years, 9 months ago
S4 E7: Freedom Summer
Season 4 Episode 7
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supre…
5 years, 9 months ago
Bonus Episode: Pandemic America
Season 4 Episode 6
In this special episode, host John Biewen and series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika discuss
the coronavirus pandemic and how the crisis, and the na…
5 years, 9 months ago
S4 E6: A New Deal
Season 4 Episode 6
The Great Depression presented a crisis not only for the U.S. economy, but for American democracy. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to save the na…
5 years, 9 months ago