Podcast Episodes

Radical Justice is the Way: Jocelyn Simonson

Season 20 Episode 357

We discuss how certain radical acts of justice by everyday people challenge the legitimacy of the criminal system and form the underpinning of a new collective legal thought, demosprudence. Collectiv…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Deliberating for Democracy: James Fishkin

Season 20 Episode 356

We discuss deliberative polling as a way to assess the will of the people and then to make it consequential. This is what democracy is all about. 

James's civic action toolkit recommendations are: …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Resist Copaganda!: Alec Karakatsanis

Season 20 Episode 355

We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing, and telling us that the solution to our fears is more inv…

Published on 5 months ago

Multisolving Our Democracy: Elizabeth Sawin

Season 20 Episode 354

We discuss how multisolving is a way to address the multiple issues that are currently facing our democracy at the same time, ranging from pollution and sustainable energy to civil rights and collect…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Our Kidnapped Constitution: Madiba Dennie

Season 20 Episode 353

We discuss Inclusive Constitutionalism, a fresh way to interpret the Constitution that makes inclusive democracy real. By contrast, originalism interprets the meaning of the Constitution as fixed in …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

It's Time to Change the Constitution: Erwin Chemerinsky

Season 20 Episode 352

We discuss why the Constitution—the document we've been taught to revere as the very foundation of American democracy—might actually be responsible for the current crisis in government. It might be l…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Lawless Court: Leah Litman

Season 20 Episode 351

We discuss how the Supreme Court's lawlessness is fueled by the conservative grievance mindset where Republicans believe they are victims of laws they don't agree with. The Supreme Court has played a…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Democracy for the Unhoused: Maria Foscarinis

Season 20 Episode 350

We discuss why housing insecurity undermines our democracy. We cover the evolution from Reagan, when homelessness was blamed on the individual, to the increasing recognition that housing is a human r…

Published on 6 months ago

The Art of Calling In: Loretta Ross

Season 20 Episode 349

We discuss "calling in" as a practice rooted in a human rights framework that can transform how we engage across our divide and potentially be the bridge that helps our democracy survive.

Loretta's…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Democracy On The Job: Jaz Brisack

Season 20 Episode 348

We discuss what it takes to build worker power from scratch and how these efforts can reshape not only our workplaces, but democracy itself.

Jaz's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 

Organ…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago