Podcast Episodes

Republicans Are Making It Harder to Vote and Easier to Cheat

The Republican plan for the 2024 election is simple: make it harder to vote and easier to cheat. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz break down the variou…

1 year, 4 months ago

How Voter ID Laws Keep Millions of People From Voting with Lauren Kunis

Nearly 50 million Americans lack an active ID that has their current name and address. And if they’re in a state with strict voter ID laws, it likely…

1 year, 5 months ago

Why State Legislatures are Key for Election Certification and Democracy with Daniel Squadron

While Congress makes laws for the whole country, the reality is that people’s everyday lives are more affected by their state legislature. So why don…

1 year, 5 months ago

⚡️LIGHTNING ROUND: The Election Lawsuits You Should Watch in August

What happened with election lawsuits in July and what cases should you look out for in August? Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz break it all down. 

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1 year, 5 months ago

The Solution to Our Democracy Problems is Local with Joe Kennedy

Former Congressman Joe Kennedy III joins Defending Democracy to talk about the local solutions to national democracy problems, the Groundwork Project…

1 year, 5 months ago

How We Fix The Corrupted Supreme Court with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

It’s clear that there are issues with the U.S. Supreme Court. From justices accepting lavish gifts to the shadow docket to outrageous rulings, immens…

1 year, 5 months ago

Fighting Texas’ Voter Suppression with Beto O’Rourke

Everything is bigger in Texas — including voter suppression. Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke discusses the fight for voting rights in the Lone Star …

1 year, 6 months ago

How We Fix New York’s Terrible Voting Laws with State Sen. Zellnor Myrie

New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie discusses New York’s terrible voting laws, efforts to improve ballot access and how MAGA extremism has infected …

1 year, 6 months ago

Can the Justice System Handle Trump? with Joyce Vance

Law professor and former United States Attorney Joyce Vance joins Marc Elias to discuss whether the justice system can handle a defendant like Trump,…

1 year, 6 months ago

Is the Media Failing to Protect Democracy? with Dan Pfeiffer

Pod Save America co-host, former Obama senior advisor and writer Dan Pfeiffer joins to discuss the role of media in protecting democracy, polls and c…

1 year, 7 months ago