Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe clumsy journey to antiracism
Episode 127
This week, we are bringing you another interview that we hope will give some context to the discussions about racism and inequality that are happenin…
5 years, 9 months ago
Civil rights, civil unrest
Episode 126
As protests continue throughout the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death, we’ve been thinking a lot about comparisons to the Civil Rights era and…
5 years, 9 months ago
Aaron Maybin on doing the hard work of democracy [rebroadcast]
Episode 125
We are working on an episode about the social and democratic context for the protests taking place around the U.S. after George Floyd’s death; we’ll …
5 years, 10 months ago
Free speech from the Founding Fathers to Twitter
Episode 124
This is another episode that we recorded in our final days together in the office before COVID-19. However, the topic is just as relevant — if not mo…
5 years, 10 months ago
Bonus: Mayors and bipartisanship during COVID-19
Episode 123
Today we’re bringing you a special episode produced by Nicole Gresen, our intern on Democracy Works during the spring 2020 semester.
Nicole spoke wit…
5 years, 10 months ago
The people vs. the experts — and those caught in the middle
Episode 122
These days, it can feel like some politicians are working against experts in public health and other fields when it comes to actions surrounding COVI…
5 years, 10 months ago
China’s role in the COVID-19 infodemic
Episode 121
As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t enough to deal with, the World Health Organization says we’re now in an infodemic alongside it. We’ve seen this pl…
5 years, 10 months ago
A roadmap to a more equitable democracy
Episode 120
COVID-19 has exposed longstanding racial and economic inequalities in American life, which is evident in the fact that communities of color are being…
5 years, 10 months ago
Trust, facts, and democracy in a polarized world
Episode 119
This episode was recorded before COVID-19 changed everything, but many of the themes we discuss about public opinion polling and the importance of tr…
5 years, 11 months ago
Bonus: Civic engagement, social distancing, and democracy reform
Episode 118
Democracy is very much a group activity. Inside, we come together to debate, discuss, do the work of government, and make laws. Outside, we protest a…
5 years, 11 months ago