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EPISODE · Oct 13, 2025 · 54 MIN

Can the Democrats save democracy in the US?

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The Democratic Party in America is in an identity crisis. It's shifting priorities to claw back grounds from the Republicans. But is it too little, too late? How can the Democrats respond to a radicalising and increasingly authoritarian-minded Republican Party? The Future of America's Democratic Party presented by the American Academy in BerlinSpeakersJacob S. HackerStanely B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Co-Director of the Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership at Yale Law SchoolPaul PiersonJohn Cross Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California at BerkeleyDaniel Benjamin (host)President of the American Academy in Berlin

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