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Back to SearchFinding hope in 2024
Happy New Year! We're starting off 2024 with a conversation about finding hope in politics. We often hear from listeners that our show brings feeling…
2 years, 3 months ago
Year in review: Media, mental health, and threats to democracy
Episode 253
For our final episode of 2023, we revisit some of our episodes from throughout the year and reflect on what's in store for democracy in 2024. We talk…
2 years, 3 months ago
Making Peace Visible: The state of democracy in India
This week, we're bringing you an episode from Making Peace Visible, a podcast that helps us understand the human side of conflicts and peace efforts …
2 years, 3 months ago
Does mandatory civic education increase voter turnout?
Episode 252
Two of our Penn State colleagues join us this week to discuss their recent findings on the connection between state-mandated civics tests and voter t…
2 years, 4 months ago
A deep look at political loss
Episode 251
Democracy is sometimes described as "a system where political parties lose elections." That's true but doesn't capture the deeper feelings of grief a…
2 years, 4 months ago
When populism and democracy collide
Episode 250
Cas Mudde, one of the world's leading experts in the study of populism and far-right politics, joins us this week to discuss the tensions between pop…
2 years, 5 months ago
Understanding union voters
Episode 249
In the heyday of American labor, the influence of local unions extended far beyond the workplace. Unions were embedded in tight-knit communities, tou…
2 years, 5 months ago
A conflict at the heart of our political disagreements
Episode 248
Why do we disagree about the causes of and solutions to social inequality? What explains our different viewpoints on Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, inco…
2 years, 5 months ago
What can we learn from early democracies?
This week, we're handing the microphone to Penn State student Joey Picarillo for an interview about the rise and fall of early democracies and what l…
2 years, 6 months ago
Building better bureaucracy
Episode 247
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2 years, 6 months ago