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Spectacles Out Loud — 125 episodes
Northern Ireland: Weaponizing a Peace Agreement | Insight
Cawthorn in Crisis: Private Vice, Public Mediocrity | Insight
The Supreme Court Problem, Without the Partisanship | Focus re-run
Can the EU Bring Hungary to Heel? | Insight
Stalin and the Nazis: Unusual Comrades | Focus
Coloring Inside the Lines | Insight
Interim Interruptions | Insight
A Gloomy Future for Free Speech? | Focus
Putin May Yet Be a Master Strategist | Insight
Mudslides and Mistrust | Insight
Does “Europe” Include Ukraine? | Insight
Why the French Election Matters | Insight
N(EU)clear Failure | Guest Insight
Words and Wars | Insight
Why the West Will Win | Focus
Shout, You’re on Camera | Insight
Spectacles, but for Bad Guys | Insight
Vote With Your Ballot
How Not to Build Democracy | Focus
Madison v. DeSantis | Insight
Good Medicine, Political Poison | Insight
Not Tired of Losing Yet | Insight
Taiwan’s Nuclear Memories | Angelica Oung
The Pork Is Back in Town | Insight
How to Solve the Blood Shortage | Guest Insight
Why Are They Called Oligarchs? | Insight
Explainer: Is Ukraine a Democracy? | Insight
What’s There to Say? | Insight
The Power of the Dollar | Insight
Are We a Republic? | Focus
The Disease of Medical Lobbying | Insight
Curtains for Tunisian Democracy | Insight
The Boris Bet | Insight
Cougars or Duplexes: Which Are Scarier? | Insight
Capital on the Hill | Insight
When in Rome? | Focus
It’s Global Trade, Stupid | Insight
Ukraine and the Tragedy of Geopolitics | Guest Insight
The Rules of Law | Insight
A Democracy of the Deserving | Focus
80 Year Old Man Quits Job | Insight
Explaining the Coup in Burkina Faso | Insight
Putin’s “Power” Politics Pay Off | Insight
Europe’s Check on Big Tech | Insight
Big Brother's Bank Account? | Guest Insight
Inoculating Liberalism | Insight
Eye On The Ball | Focus
Why the Filibuster? | Insight
Corruption! At the Fed | Insight
Confidence and Competence | Insight
Who’s in Charge Here? | Insight
Is Washington Up to The Task? | Focus
Domestic Instability is Ruining Foreign Policy | Insight
Arabian Nights Under an Artificial Moon | Focus
Talk Is Cheap, Not Worthless | Insight
Can Secession Be Legitimate? | Insight
How Big Money Breaks Democracy, Explained | Insight
The Anarchist’s Cooked-Book | Focus
#MeToo and Democracy in Essence | Insight
The Many Faces of Nostalgia | Insight
The Despot’s Dilemma | Insight
James Baldwin, Theories, and the Moral Life | Focus
Beyond Gerrymandering | Insight
A Different Perspective on Inflation | Insight
In Polls We Trust? | Focus
Ortega’s Propaganda Peddlers | Insight
What Really Happened in Ethiopia | Insight
Building Roads to the Future? | Insight
The Missing Link in the Climate Debate | Focus
Laundering Bloody Brass | Insight
The Post-Liberal Roller Coaster | Insight
On Climate: Summits and Speeches | Insight
A Promised Leader, Undelivered | Focus
Black Gold, Dark Money | Insight
Déjà Coup | Insight
A Losing Battle with No Winners | Insight
Why Autocracy Persists | Focus
Time for Europe to Get Serious | Insight
Putin’s “Power” Politics | Insight
Toyota Boycott Blunder | Insight
Insight - Striking for Democracy
Insight - Are We Getting Inflation All Wrong?
Insight - Trump’s Allies Are Defying Subpoena. Now what?
Focus - The Systemic Challenge of Immigration, Explained
Insight - Vote-Buying, Boycotts, and International Meddling in Iraq
Insight - Squamish First Nation Provides a Glimpse at The City of Tomorrow
Insight - Pandora Papers Expose Democracy’s Broken Promises
Focus - What I Learned in Becoming an e-Resident of Estonia
Insight - Tunisian Democracy Sheds the Burden of Reciprocity
Insight - As Shortages Abound, What Can We Do?
Insight - What Can We Learn About Democracy From the German Election?
Focus - Why Does American Politics Feel Like Theater?
Insight - Normalcy an Inadequate Solution in a Changing World
Insight - The Ball Is in the Courts Now
Focus - Lessons from Norm MacDonald: Comedy in a Democracy
Insight - The Promises and Perils of Australia’s New Submarines
Insight - Disastrous Developments in Haiti
Insight - Saudi Arabia’s Missing Missile Mystery
Focus - Bureaucratic Tyranny With Democratic Characteristics
Insight - The Life-and-Death Debate for Liberal Democracy
Insight - Housing Crises and Interest Group Deception
Focus - An Unconventional Answer to Contemporary Chaos
Insight - Court Expansion Isn’t What It’s Cracked up to Be
Insight - Brazil’s Bolsonaro, All-In, Shows His Hand
Insight - Democracy Crossing Death’s Threshold in Tunisia
Focus - The Supreme Court: Political, Unaccountable, and All-too Powerful
Insight - The Political Crossroads Offered by FDA Approval
Insight - Voting Rights Bill a Dead End for Democracy
Insight - The Big Fail Isn't in Kabul. It's on Our TVs.
Focus - Why Liberal Democracy? Why Spectacles?
Insight - The Misadventure of Nation-Building in Afghanistan
Insight - Raising the Temperature on Climate Rhetoric
Insight - In South Africa, a Shattered Image of Democracy
Insight - Mr. Carlson Goes to Budapest
Focus - The Dangers of an Existential Struggle Between Liberalism and Authoritarianism
Insight - Parsons's Pardons: Liberty and Justice for Some
Insight - Japan's Name-and-Shame Approach to Rule-Breakers
Insight - Impending Evictions and Political Cowardice
Focus - The Privatization of Censorship
Insight - A Big Infrastructure Deal: Bipartisanship to the Rescue?
Insight - January 6 Hearings & a Key Decision from the Justice Department
Insight - Tunisian Democracy on Death's Doorstep
Focus - American Education, Federalism, and the Unfulfilled Dream of Liberal Neutrality
Insight - Death Penalty Moratorium Restored
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