Podcast Episodes
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Episode 919
This week on Democracy Dialogues, Maya Tudor speaks with two keen observers of Indian politics, Gilles Verniers and Yamini Aiyar, about what India’s…
5 months ago
The Instigators
Episode 917
Black women have always been the most relentless instigators for change—building a democracy for all. In The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been E…
5 months ago
H. A. Drake, "The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas That Changed the World" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 918
The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas That Changed the World (Oxford UP, 2025) is about four cornerstones of modern thought that were put in place…
5 months ago
Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy
Episode 916
When we think about threats to democracy, we often imagine dramatic breakdowns—military coups, constitutional crises, or sudden collapses. But today,…
5 months ago
Julia F. Irwin, "Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century" (UNC Press, 2023)
Episode 34
Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century (UNC Press, 2023) offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster ass…
5 months ago
Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy
Episode 914
When we think about threats to democracy, we often imagine dramatic breakdowns—military coups, constitutional crises, or sudden collapses. But today,…
5 months ago
Billionaire Backlash: Can It Help Save Democracy?
Episode 915
This week on Democracy Dialogues, host Maya Tudor speaks with her colleague and fellow political scientist Pepper Culpepper about his new book Billio…
5 months ago
Oscar Winberg, "Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics" (UNC Press, 2025)
Episode 810
Political historian Oscar Winberg has a fascinating new book titled Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics. Th…
5 months, 1 week ago
Erica Bornstein, "A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's Nonprofit Sector" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Episode 911
Erica Bornstein, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon (and Divisional Associate Dean), has a new book that delves into the regulator…
5 months, 1 week ago
Nathan K. Finney, "Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Episode 910
Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War (Cornell University Press, 2025) explores how the expansion of the Amer…
5 months, 1 week ago