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Back to SearchDanielle Allen on achieving democracy's ideals
Episode 166
Danielle Allen is a leader of two large-scale efforts to make democracy truly inclusive and reimagine the way we teach new generations of democratic …
5 years ago
Reimagining citizenship in a consumer world
Episode 165
If you're listening to this podcast, you probably don't fit Ethan Porter's definition of a consumer citizen, but you probably know someone who does —…
5 years ago
Understanding — and addressing — domestic terrorism
Episode 164
When the social fabric and institutions the hold a democracy together are weakened, it can create a breeding ground for extremism that radicalization…
5 years ago
Anne Applebaum on why democracy is not inevitable
Episode 163
Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and a senior fellow at The Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins Uni…
5 years, 1 month ago
The long road to a multiracial democracy
Episode 162
Seizing Freedom is a new podcast from Virginia Public Media that tells the stories of Black Americans during Reconstruction who fought for the everyd…
5 years, 1 month ago
A path forward for social media and democracy
Episode 161
Sinan Aral has spent two decades studying how social media impacts our lives, from how we think about politics to how we find a romantic partner. He …
5 years, 1 month ago
Will Alexei Navalny make Russia more democratic?
Episode 160
Alexei Navalny has been a figure in Russian opposition for years, but garnered international attention recently though social media and what's widely…
5 years, 1 month ago
Direct democracy's dark side
Episode 159
From gerrymandering to ranked-choice voting to expanding voting rights, the ballot initiative has been essential to expanding and reforming democracy…
5 years, 2 months ago
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We'll be back with a new episode of Democracy Works next week. In the meantime, we invite you to check out our partner podcasts in The Democracy Grou…
5 years, 2 months ago
Extreme maps, extreme politics
Episode 156
Despite ongoing threats of violence, the wheels of democracy continue to turn, and in 2021, that means redistricting. States will draw new electoral …
5 years, 2 months ago