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How to Fix Democracy — 132 episodes · page 1 of 2
Eric Liu | How to Live Like a Citizen: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up
John Ralston Saul | Can "Boring" Save Democracy? Lessons from Canada
R.T. Rybak | Standing Up for Democracy
Marc Loustau | What Hungary Can Teach Us About Democracy's Resilience
John Kampfner | Democracy Needs Courage: Lessons from the World's Boldest Reformers
James Traub | Democratic Resilience Starts in the Classroom
Jeffrey Rosen | Hamilton, Jefferson, and the Future of American Democracy
Soli Özel | Democratic Resilience or Illusion? Lessons from Turkey
Konstanty Gebert | From Solidarity to Uncertainty: Poland's Ongoing Fight for Democracy
Hélène Landemore | Who Owns Democracy? Citizens vs. Elites
Maury Giles: Courageous Citizenship — Practicing Resilience in an Age of Outrage
Richard Edelman | From Polarization to Insularity: Can Trust be Rebuild
Rebuilding Trust: Can We Fix America's Social and Political Fractures? | Featuring Dr. Michael Neblo and Frederick J. Riley
Cynthia Miller - Idriss | How Distrust Fuels Extremism
From FDR to AI: Derek Leebaert on Trust and Democracy
Burt Neuborne | Law, Trust, and the American Constitution
Richard Kreitner | Trust, Mistrust, and the Myth of American Unity
Joan Williams | Outclassed: Rebuilding Trust Between Political Elites and the Working Class
Jonathan Rauch | High Tech and Low Trust - An American Quandary
Sally Lehrman & The Trust Project
Francis Fukuyama on How to Fix Trust
American Democracy|A conversation with Dr. Carol Anderson
Democracy as an Unfinished Project: A Conversation with Congressman Jamie Raskin
From Stability to Upheaval: Yuval Levin on the 1950s Prelude to America's 1960s Revolution | Featuring Yuval Levin
The Turning Point in American Conservatism | Featuring Matthew Continetti
The Dualities of the American Immigrant Experience: A Reflection on Dreams, Acceptance, and Cultural Tensions from the 1950s to Today | Featuring Ray Suarez
Democracy and Foreign Policy: Elites, Power, and Accountability in the Cold War Era |Featuring Elizabeth Saunders
Faith, Politics, and the Rise of Authoritarianism: A Journey Through American Conservatism | Featuring Peter Wehner
The Republican Thread: Conservatism in the Twentieth Century | Featuring Jacob Heilbrunn
Pursuing Gay Rights in America's Democracy | Featuring James Kirchick
How the Constitution and the Law Can Save American Democracy | Featuring Jeffrey Rosen
Testing American Liberalism in the Cold War Years | Featuring James Traub
Challenges to Democracy in the Cold War | Featuring Sarah Snyder
The Democratic Divide in a Post World War II America | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
American Democracy Transformed | Featuring Kevin Baker
Fighting for Equity: African-American struggles in the '20s and '30s | Featuring Jill Watts
Women's Political Rights | Featuring Dr. Allida Black
The Hoover Presidency | Featuring Richard Norton Smith
The Legacy of FDR | Featuring Paul Sparrow
FDR and the Great Depression | Featuring Derek Leebaert
American Isolationism and the Shifting World Order | Featuring Robert Kagan
The Scopes Trial and the Fight for the Freedom to Teach | Featuring Edward Larson
American Democracy in the Aftermath of World War I | Featuring Adam Hochschild
How Authoritarian Leaders Wield & Maintain Power | Featuring Moisés Naím
The State of American Democracy in the Shadow of January 6th | Featuring Larry Diamond
Is Bipartisanship Possible in the United States | Featuring Michael Thorning
The Transformation of the Republican Party | Featuring Dana Milbank
Midterm Elections Special | Featuring Rebekah Caruthers
American Ideologies and Trumpism | Featuring Darrell M. West
The Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court | Featuring Dahlia Lithwick
Religion and American Conservatism | Featuring Katherine Stewart
The Health of American Democracy | Featuring Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Racial Injustice & Voting Rights in the United States | Featuring Andrea Young
Bridging the Partisan Divide | Featuring Mónica Guzmán
The Crisis of the American Right | Featuring Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch
Tocqueville's Take on Democracy | Featuring Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer
The Roles of Citizens | Featuring Jon Alexander
Democracy in Pain | Featuring Patrick Radden Keefe
Examining Elections | Featuring David van Reybrouck
Innovating Democracy | Featuring Claudia Chwalisz
The State of American Democracy | Featuring Darryl Pinckney
Democracy Delivering Results | Featuring Danilo Türk
Fostering Collaboration | Featuring Hélène Landemore
Non-Western Democracies | Featuring David Stasavage
A Political Wilderness? | Featuring DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren
Citizenship and July 4th | Featuring Roya Hakakian
Voter Suppression | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
Digital Democracy and Citizen Engagement | Featuring Wietse Van Ransbeeck
Democracy Through the Camera Lens | Featuring Astra Taylor
Citizen Power | Featuring Eric Liu
What is Global Citizenship | Featuring Nanjala Nyabola
Devil's Curse of Migration | Featuring Abdul-Rehman Malik
Democracy, Citizenship, and Dystopian Fiction | Featuring Margaret Atwood
Can America Lead Again? | Featuring Tom Malinowski
Smart Cities, Smart Citizens? | Featuring Bianca Wylie
Active, Equal, and Collective | Featuring Richard Bellamy
Citizenship and Belonging | Featuring Adrienne Clarkson
The Contradictions of Human Nature | Featuring Adam Hochschild
Human Capital-ism | Featuring Daniel Markovits
No Nostalgia | Featuring Jan Sowa
Laboratories of Democracy | Featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter
Crisis of Confidence | Featuring Ian Bassin
Economics Rife with Anger | Featuring Mark Blyth
Political Power without Capital | Peniel Joseph
Listening to Other | Featuring Arlie Hochschild
Winner Take All | Featuring Robert H. Frank
Four Horsemen of Leveling | Featuring Walter Scheidel
This Is When You Want Deficits | Featuring Maya MacGuineas
System Attrition | Featuring Adam Tooze
Describing the Deficit | Stephanie Kelton
Us Later, Not Me Now | Featuring Rebecca Henderson
All About Taxes | Featuring Gabriel Zucman
Redistribute Productivity | Featuring Sir Paul Collier
Individual Choice | Featuring Gideon Rachman
Reform and Revolution | Featuring Richard D. Wolff
Capitalism and the Health of Democracy | Helen Thompson
Buying into America | Featuring Amity Shlaes
Concentrations of Power | Featuring Sarah Miller
Democracy, Markets, and Healthcare | Featuring Sir Angus Deaton
Uneven Playing Field | Featuring Raghuram Rajan