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Back to SearchChris Beem on democratic humility and virtues
Episode 97
Earlier this fall, our own Chris Beem traveled to Notre Dame to appear on With a Side of Knowledge, a podcast produced by the university’s Office of …
6 years, 3 months ago
Next-generation democracy
Episode 96
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One of the things we heard in our listener survey (which there’s still time to take, by the way…
6 years, 3 months ago
The democracy rebellion happening in states across the U.S.
Episode 95
Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of bestselling books The Russians, Who Stole the American Dream? and many others. Ove…
6 years, 4 months ago
A roundtable on impeachment, institutions, and legitimacy
Episode 94
This week’s episode is a conversation between Michael Berkman, Chris Beem, and Michael Baranowski of The Politics Guys, a podcast that looks at polit…
6 years, 4 months ago
Your guide to ranked-choice voting
Episode 93
Ranked-choice voting has been in the news a lot lately. It was adopted in New York City’s November 2019 election, used for the first time in U.S. Con…
6 years, 4 months ago
Latino immigrants and the changing makeup of American democracy
Episode 92
We’ve talked about immigration several times on this show with good reason. The role that people coming to the United States play in our democracy is…
6 years, 4 months ago
Inside the world’s largest democracy
Episode 91
More than 600 million people voted in India’s most recent election, but that does not mean all is well with democracy there. Prime Minister Narendra …
6 years, 5 months ago
Changing the climate conversation
Episode 90
Climate change is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time, but it’s so big that it can be difficult to imagine how you as an individual can make …
6 years, 5 months ago
From political crisis to profound change
Episode 89
October 21, 2019
Last week, we heard from Andrew Sullivan about the challenges facing the future of democracy in the United States and around the wor…
6 years, 5 months ago
Andrew Sullivan on democracy’s double-edged sword
Episode 88
This is one of the most pessimistic episodes we’ve done, but it’s worth hearing. Andrew Sullivan, New York magazine contributing editor, Daily Dish f…
6 years, 5 months ago