All Episodes

Behind the White House Curtain w/ Steven L. Herman

How the American Media Has Failed Democracy w/ Andrea Grimes

Disinformation and the 2024 Presidential Election w/ David Gilbert

How Insurers Helped Build America w/ Hannah Farber

Protecting Access to the Ballot w/ Campaign Legal Center

Freedom of Speech w/ Eliza Jane Schneider

Undecided Voters: Who Are They & What Do They Want w/ Oscar Pocasangre

History of Citizenship Stripping in the United States w/ Amanda Frost

What is Going on in Washington? w/ David Smith

Making Voting Fun? There's an App for That w/ Sara Gifford

The Role of Local Newsrooms in Democracy w/ Sarah Alvarez & Chris Fitzsimon

Reviewing the Supreme Court's 2023 Term w/ Joshua Douglas

The Intersection Between Emerging Tech and Politics w/ Matt Krayton

What Do We Owe the Other Side? w/ Robert Talisse

How Women Will Impact the 2024 Election w/ Lauren Leader

Moore v Harper Democracy is Saved (For Now) w/ Eliza Sweren-Becker

Felix Frankfurter: "The Most Dangerous Man" in Supreme Court History? w/ Brad Snyder

How the Supreme Court Divided America w/ Michael Waldman

Know Your Shadowy Cabal: The Council for National Policy w/ Anne Nelson

Run For Something w/ Amanda Litman

This Happened Here: The Trumping of America w/ Paul Street

Anatomy of Fake News w/ Nolan Higdon

Understanding the Limits of Black Capitalism w/ Francisco Perez

Political Disinformation and Misinformation: A Primer w/ Adam Berinsky

Polls Show Bipartisan Support for President Biden's Agenda w/ Grace Adcox

We Need Senators, Not Partisan Hacks: A Senate Update w/ Ira Shapiro

Using Sortition to Solve "Wicked Problems" w/ Hugh Pope

COVID and Inequality w/ Stephen Bezruchka

Spotchecking the Enumerators to Prevent Curbstoning: Inside the 1940 Census w/ Dan Bouk

Using Honesty to Hold Political Liars Accountable w/ Sarah Croco, Jared McDonald & Candace Turitto

The Constitution Should Not Be a Suicide Pact w/ Rick Hasen

Direct Democracy, Canadian Style w/ Peter MacLeod

Should Everything Be Privatized? w/ Donald Cohen

2022 Midterm Elections: A Red Ripple Instead of a Red Wave

Democracy Day w/ Joe Amditis

The Role of Education When Democracy is Under Attack w/ Judy Pace, Eric Soto-Shed & Elizabeth Yeager Washington

The Politics of a Darkening America w/ Keith Boykin

Restoring the Right to Vote w/ Desmond Meade

Approval Voting w/ Aaron Hamlin

The Limits of Party w/ James Curry and Frances E. Lee

The Roberts Court, the Most Activist SCOTUS in History w/ Andrew Koppelman

Mitch McConnell, "The Architect of Division" w/ Ira Shapiro

How The People Can Push Back Against the Backsliding of Democracy w/ Katie Fahey

How Democracies Revive w/ Lee Drutman

Can Millionaires Save Democracy? w/ Morris Pearl

Discussions on Democracy w/ Justin Kempf

Episode 53: Democracy in Real Time: An Update on Chile's New Constitution w/ Jennifer Piscopo & Peter Siavelis

Episode 52: The Rise of Illberalism w/ Thomas Main

Episode 51: From Harding to Biden - 100 Years of American Presidents w/ Ronald Gruner

Episode 50: Americans are "awful" at spotting fake news w/ Jonathan Nagler

Episode 49: Gen Z are "hardened diamonds," not snowflakes w/ John Della Volpe

How Martin Luther King Jr. Practiced Critical Race Theory

Episode 48: 2021 Year in Review w/ Amanda Marcotte

Episode 47: Political Cleavages & Social Inequalities w/ Amory Gethin

Episode 46: How Critical Race Theory Became the GOP's Latest Boogeyman w/ Reginald C. Oh

Episode 45: The High Price of Zero Corporate Taxes w/ Public Citizen

Episode 44: A Blinking Red Light for Democracy w/ Amy Siskind

Episode 43: Why The New Deal Matters w/ Eric Rauchway

Episode 42: The Cult of QAnon w/ Mike Rothschild

Episode 41: How Dynastic Family Wealth Undermines Democracy w/ Chuck Collins

Episode 40: All About Sortition w/ Linn Davis and Madeline McCarren

Episode 39: How Right-Wing Populism Fuels the Empire of Resentment w/ Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal

Episode 38: Expanding Voting Rights in Virginia w/ State Sen. Jennifer McClellan & State Del. Cia Price

Episode 37: Mid-summer ICYMI: NYC Primary, Arizona Voting Suppression & Minority Rule via Gerrymandering w/ David Daley

Episode 36: Monitoring Online Political Advertising w/ Laura Edelson

Episode 35: Framer of Democracy Overhaul Bill Says the Time is Now w/ Rep. John Sarbanes

Episode 34: Joe Manchin supports expanded voting protections after all w/ Tierney Sneed

Episode 33: The Backsliding of Global Democracy w/ V-Dem Institute

Episode 32: Piles of Democracy-Diminishing Dollars w/ Chuck Collins

Episode 31: Biden's First 100 Days w/ David Dayen

Episode 30: Becoming a Better Democracy

Episode 29: The New Corporation's Threat to Democracy

Episode 28: Imagining a New Possible

Seattle's Clean Campaigns

The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics

The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader

Neighborhood of Fear: America's Suburban Crisis from 1975-2001

Alaska passes ranked choice voting

Accelerating Democracy Under a Biden Administration

Using Game Theory to Explain the Political Status Quo

Chile votes to rewrite its constitution

Why the GOP relies on negative propaganda loops & voter suppression to win elections

The Promise--And Failure--of the Reconstruction Amendments to Expand American Democracy

American Fascist: How Trump Hollowed Out American Democracy

Poll finds nearly half of Americans don't believe democracy is working

Being a Good Ancestor

Why Donald Trump Is a Dangerous Threat to Democracy

'Let Them Eat Tweets' with Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson

Black lives, police reform & America's changing demographics - "Getting the Work Done"

The Economic Threat to Democracy

Vote-by-mail in the 2020 Election

Wisconsin's 2020 Primary, Reviewed

Is the U.S. Ready For a Nordic Style of Government

Saving Democracy in Oregon

Corporate Personhood

Exporting Oregon-Style Democracy

Gerrymandering Reform

Corruption & Money in National Politics

Oregon Campaign Finance

Free Speech