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Ep. 33: Erwin Chemerinsky on 'No Democracy Lasts Forever'
Luke talks with Professor Erwin Chemerinsky about calls for a new constitution and his latest book, No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 32: Alfredo and Sami on Mexico's Judicial Elections
Luke talks with Lic. Alfredo Villalpando, a student of Mexican political life, and Dr. Sami Tapio Tenoch Laaksonen, a political activist and journali…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 31: Mariano Guevara on Mexico's Judicial Elections
Luke talks with Mariano Guevara about Mexico’s first-ever popular election for federal judicial officials, including why the elections are significan…
1 year ago
Ep. 30: Gary Berton on Thomas Paine's Unfinished Struggle for Democracy
Luke talks with Gary Berton about Thomas Paine, including why the U.S. doesn’t fit Paine’s definition of democracy, why Paine argued against the Cons…
1 year ago
Ep. 29: Samuel Moyn on Misplaced Faith in the Courts
Luke talks with Samuel Moyn about what constitutes a constitutional crisis, why faith in the courts versus Trump is misplaced, what people in the aca…
1 year, 1 month ago
Audio Article: The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil. By Luke Pickrell. Published on March 11, 2025. Original Article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 28: Steven Raney on DSA, YDSA, and the Current Moment
Steven Raney returns to the podcast to discuss where things stand in DSA and YDSA around fighting the Constitution and demanding a democratic republi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Audio Article: A New Foundation
A New Foundation. By Luke Pickrell. Published on March 24, 2025. Original article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/a-new-foundation
1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 27: Ricardo Miranda on Mexico's Constitution and the Programa Universitario de Estudios sobre Democracia, Justicia y Sociedad (PUEDJS-UNAM)
Luke talks with Ricardo Mirando, Academic Secretary of the Programa Universitario de Estudios sobre Democracia, Justicia y Sociedad (PUEDJS-UNAM) in …
1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 26: Aziz Rana on Democracy as a Decolonial Project
Luke speaks with Aziz Rana about the importance of viewing the Trump administration through the lens of constitutional critique, the need for a major…
1 year, 2 months ago