Real Democracy Now! a podcast
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Real Democracy Now! a podcast is a news podcast hosted by Nivek Thompson. It has 59 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.
Real Democracy Now! a podcast answers the question: can we do democracy differently? If you're dissatisfied with the current state of democracy but not sure how it could be improved this is the podcast for you. You'll hear from experts and activists as well as everyday people about how democracy works and how it can be improved. Then you get to choose which reforms you think would make the most difference.
news ·en ·59 episodes
Book: Collaboration and Public Policy; Agency in the Pursuit of Public Purpose
The Paris Citizens' Assembly
3.8 New Zealand's Electoral System with Therese Arseneau
3.7 Electoral systems in Australia with Antony Green
3.6 Reforming democracy, democratic legitimacy and majority bonuses with Dr Camille Bedock
3.5 Electoral Integrity with Pippa Norris
Bonus Ep10 Deliberation Culture Context - John Dryzek
Bonus Ep9 Deliberation Culture Context - Quinlan Bowman
Bonus Ep8 Deliberation Culture Context - John Parkinson
Bonus Ep7 Deliberation Culture Context - Ian O'Flynn
Bonus Ep6 Deliberation Culture Context - Stephanie Lawson
Bonus Ep5 Deliberation Culture Context - Arabella Lyon
Bonus Ep4 Deliberation Culture Context - Vijayendra Rao
Bonus Ep3 Deliberation Culture Context - Emmanuel Ani
Bonus Ep2 Deliberation Culture Context - Melissa Williams
Bonus Ep1 Deliberation Culture Context - Jensen Sass
3.4 Electoral reform with Dr Alan Renwick
3.3 Legislature by Lot with Professor John Gastil
3.2 Patterns of democracy with Prof Lijphart
3.1 Electoral Systems with Professor David Farrell
2.18 One change to democracy, part 4
2.17 Democracy and ethics with Dr Simon Longstaff
2.16 Democracy and capitalism with Professors Morlino Merkel Fung and Associate Professor Näsström
2.15 One change to democracy, part 3
2.Bonus Democratic deficit, a mismatch between expectations & performance plus challenges with Prof Pippa Norris
2.14 Citizen satisfaction with democracy with A/Prof Quinton Mayne
2.13 Democratic deficit , structural aspects with Professors Urbinati, Hindess, Merkel and Morlino plus Dr Fuller & A/Prof Isakhan
2.12 Democratic deficit, trust and stealth democracy with Professors Stoker, Warren, and Morlino
2.11 If you could change one thing about democracy, part 2
2.10 Monitory democracy with Professor John Keane
2.9 Representation and the Spirit of Democracy with Sofia Näsström
2.8 Pragmatic democracy and saving democracy with Professor Archon Fung
2.7 A problem-based approach to democratic theory with Professor Mark Warren
2.6 Democracy with adjectives, Jean-Paul Gagnon
2.5 If you could change one thing about democracy what would it be?
2.4 Non-Western democracy with Benjamin Isakhan & Zelalem Sirna
2.3 Evaluating representative democracy with Professors Morlino & Merkel & Assistant Professor Pemstein
2.2 From direct to representative democracy with Dr Roslyn Fuller and Professor Nadia Urbinati
2.1 Democracy in ancient Greece with Prof Paul Cartledge
1.19 Deliberative mini-publics - some critiques
1.18 Evaluating deliberative mini-publics
1.17 Participants in deliberative mini-publics
1.16 Deliberative Polling with Professor Fishkin
1.15 The G1000 in the Netherlands
1.14 The G1000 in Belgium
1.13 Deliberative mini-publics in the USA: AmericaSpeaks and the National Institute for Civil Discourse
1.12 Democracy in Practice: deliberative mini-publics in Bolivian schools
1.11 Facilitating deliberative mini-publics, more from Australia
1.10 Facilitating deliberative mini-publics: in Australia and the UK
1.9 The essence of a real democracy - some perspectives
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