Podcast Episodes

Using the tools of democracy to address economic inequality

Episode 47

Democracy and inequality have been at odds for as long as democracy as has existed. As the gap between rich and poor widens, so too does trust in pol…

7 years, 2 months ago

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What is democracy? A conversation with Astra Taylor

Episode 46

We begin our third season with a fundamental question: What is democracy?

Astra Taylor grapples with this question in a documentary of the same name a…

7 years, 2 months ago

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Trump on Earth: The Red State Paradox

Episode 45

We’ll be back with new episodes starting next week. This week’s episode comes to you from our friends at Trump on Earth, a podcast that’s taking a cl…

7 years, 2 months ago

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It’s good to be counted [rebroadcast]

Episode 44

For this week’s rebroadcast, we revisit an episode on the U.S. Census that originally aired in May 2018. New episodes return January 21 when we talk …

7 years, 2 months ago

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When states sue the federal government [rebroadcast]

Episode 43

Our holiday break continues this week as we bring you an episode with with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro that originally aired in Octobe…

7 years, 3 months ago

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Citizenship, patriotism, and democracy in the classroom [rebroadcast]

Episode 42

While we take a holiday break, we are going back into the archives to rebroadcast a few of our favorite episodes from earlier this year. This one ori…

7 years, 3 months ago

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2018: The year in democracy

Episode 41

Michael Berkman

From gerrymandering to record voter turnout, it’s been a busy year for democracy. This doesn’t mean that everything has been positive…

7 years, 3 months ago

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The complicated relationship between campaign finance and democracy

Episode 40

Caroline Hunter

In the United States, voting is a very private act. You step into the booth alone and, for a lot of people, it’s considered taboo to …

7 years, 3 months ago

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Capturing the nation’s mood

Episode 39

Eric Plutzer

We end almost every episode of the show with four questions that come from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Mood of the Nation P…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Are land-grant universities still “democracy’s colleges?”

Episode 38

Land-grant universities were once known as “democracy’s colleges,” places where people who were not wealthy elites could earn the education necessar…

7 years, 4 months ago

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