Podcast Episodes

Can I Vote?

Season 2 Episode 2

The right to vote is a basic American freedom, but  for people with felony convictions, figuring out if they can vote is a huge task. This episode lo…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Make Every Vote Count

Season 2 Episode 1

America is a democracy, but is that democracy accessible to every American? When the Constitution was ratified, only white men who owned property cou…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Democracy Decoded is Back!

Season 2

Why does American Democracy look the way it does today and how can we make it more responsive to the people it was formed to serve? Democracy Decoded…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Bonus: Foreign Interference With Far-Reaching Consequences

Season 1 Episode 8

In this bonus episode, Simone explores the backstory behind a case of foreign interference in U.S. elections which had far reaching consequences, bot…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Bonus: What Happens When the People Decide?

Season 1 Episode 7

In this bonus episode we’re featuring content from a new podcast called “When the People Decide”. Host Jenna Spinelle explores the basics of the ball…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Giving a Voice to All Americans

Season 1 Episode 6

Democracies work best when everyone can participate meaningfully, but wealthy special interests and a small number of big donors have come to dominat…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Of, By and For the People

Season 1 Episode 5

This week, Simone examines some of the gaps in our campaign finance laws that have allowed foreign entities to spend money to influence our elections…

4 years, 5 months ago

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There Oughta Be a Law...

Season 1 Episode 4

This week, Simone takes a closer look at the Federal Election Commission - the only government agency tasked solely with overseeing the integrity of …

4 years, 5 months ago

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Dark Money Trickles Down

Season 1 Episode 3

This week, Simone is joined by two CLC experts, Erin Chlopak and Brendan Fischer, as well as attorney Peter Earle and “BadAss Grandmas” Ellen Chaffee…

4 years, 5 months ago

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How Did We Get Here?

Season 1 Episode 2

Joined by Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director of OpenSecrets, and Norman Ornstein, chair of the Board of Campaign Legal Center, host Simone Leeper lo…

4 years, 6 months ago

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