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Bad Watchdog: The Red Herring
We're excited to bring you an episode from Bad Watchdog, the podcast from the Project on Government Oversight and one of our colleagues in The Democr…
1 year, 4 months ago
How strong is support for democracy?
Episode 270
We are collecting our thoughts about what's next for democracy following the 2024 election and will take up the question during our end-of-year episo…
1 year, 4 months ago
How the Supreme Court could shape the 2024 election
Episode 269
Dahlia Lithwick has covered the Supreme Court since the landmark Bush v. Gore decision in 2000. In that time, she's seen a sea change in the court it…
1 year, 5 months ago
Eddie Glaude Jr. on the peril of outsourcing democracy
Episode 268
With just weeks to go before the election, voting and candidates are top of mind of many of us. It's easy to think that once our preferred candidates…
1 year, 5 months ago
Liberalism is a lifestyle
Episode 267
Chris Beem talks with political theorist Alexandre Lefebvre about why liberalism is more than just a political ideas and procedures, and how abiding …
1 year, 6 months ago
The immigration stories that aren't told
Episode 268
Immigration is a perennial issue in American politics, but the rhetoric we hear from candidates on the campaign trail is often very different than th…
1 year, 6 months ago
How the National Popular Vote could change presidential elections
Episode 266
We're back from summer break with a deep dive on the National Popular Vote campaign, an effort to render the Electoral College obsolete when states p…
1 year, 7 months ago
Making Peace Visible: In search of good conflict
Episode 265
While Democracy Works is on summer break, we bring you an episode from our friends at Making Peace Visible, a podcast that ignites powerful conversat…
1 year, 8 months ago
Season finale: Protests, debates, and the "meh" election
Episode 264
We've reached the end of another school year and another season of Democracy Works. Before we go on summer break, Michael Berkman, Chris Beem, and Ca…
1 year, 10 months ago
How elected strongmen weaken democracy
Episode 263
Democracies today are increasingly eroding at the hands of democratically-elected incumbents, who seize control by slowly chipping away at democratic…
1 year, 10 months ago