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Back to SearchThe people vs. the bureaucrats in Flint
Episode 176
This week, we explore the questions of who governs in a democracy and what happens when the power is taken away from the people. Ashley Nickels, asso…
4 years, 10 months ago
There is no "I" in democracy
Episode 175
Shaylyn Romney Garrett is a writer, speaker and changemaker pursuing connection, community, and healing in a fragmented world. She is the co-author w…
4 years, 10 months ago
How democracies can win the war on reality
Episode 174
Misinformation, disinformation, propaganda — the terms are thrown around a lot but often used to describe the same general trend toward conspiratoria…
4 years, 10 months ago
Conspiracism finds a home on the intellectual right
Episode 173
Chris Beem takes the interviewer's chair this week for a conversation with political theorist Laura K. Field about her recent work that examines how …
4 years, 10 months ago
The Federalist Society's ideas have consequences for democracy
Episode 172
Is the Federalist Society bad for democracy? There's nothing inherently wrong with groups of like-minded people organizing to share and disseminate t…
4 years, 11 months ago
Colored Conventions show us where democracy really happens
Episode 170
For nearly 100 years, African Americans gathered in cities across the United States to participate in state and national-level political meetings tha…
4 years, 11 months ago
Can pranksters save democracy?
Episode 171
Srjda Popovic and Sophia A. McClennen have appeared on our show separately and are now joining forces to apply a research framework to dilemma action…
4 years, 11 months ago
Public schools, not government schools
Episode 169
The Trump administration infamously referred to public schools as "failing government schools," illustrating how education has been caught up in the …
4 years, 11 months ago
Reforming criminal justice from the inside out
Episode 168
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner joins us to discuss the promise and peril of institutional reform and how he built a coalition of voters…
5 years ago
Laboratories of restricting democracy
Episode 167
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, legislators in 43 states have introduced more than 250 bills aimed at restricting access to voting in pe…
5 years ago