Meeting Basic Needs through Deliberative Democracy
Episode 18 of the Imagine A World podcast, hosted by Knight-Hennessy Scholars, titled "Meeting Basic Needs through Deliberative Democracy" was published on June 26, 2024 and runs 47 minutes.
June 26, 2024 ·47m · Imagine A World
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Episode Description
Highlights from the episode:
- (7:23) Thay's childhood growing up in Brazil and London, and her reflections on being a non-traditional undergraduate student at Stanford
- (14:34) How Thay's interest in politics was fostered by discussions with her uncle
- (18:55) Thay's reflections on her Imagine a World Statement about meeting people's basic needs and providing them a foundation to thrive, and how it informs her approach to deliberative democracy and her nonprofit, Skaped
- (26:37) Thay's PhD research on political polarization, and how she hopes to combine theory and practice in her work in Brazil
- (34:50) The role of music and writing in bringing balance to Thay's life (read her Stanford Daily article on coming back to herself)
- (38:48) Thay's advice to Knight-Hennessy applicants and the role of KH in her Stanford experience
- (41:01) Thay's improbable fact about her arboreal interlocutors
- (45:08) A special musical performance from Thay
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