What does it take to sustain democracy?
Political disagreements are everywhere these days and most experts agree that too much political polarization is bad for democracy in the long run. How do we move beyond those disagreements, or at lea...
13 Des 202139min
Fannie Lou Hamer's fight continues today
In her book Until I Am Free, Keisha N. Blain situates Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks and demonstrates how her i...
6 Des 202139min
Andrew Yang and Charlie Dent on the future of America's political parties
This week, we broadcast a recording from a virtual event with Andrew Yang and Charlie Dent on political parties and democracy reform. We discuss open primaries, ranked-choice voting, universal voting,...
29 Nov 20211h 14min
The soul of democracy
As we've heard from Carol Anderson and others on this show, the fight for voting rights often breaks down along racial and partisan lines. Desmond Meade saw that as a problem and set out to change it ...
22 Nov 202137min
Jonathan Haidt on democracy's moral foundations [rebroadcast]
Jonathan Haidt is part of the newly-announced University of Austin, created in response to what its founders deem a lack of viewpoint diversity among college faculty. Haidt was beginning to explore th...
15 Nov 202141min
Why social media is so polarizing — and what we can do about it
In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place...
8 Nov 202144min
What makes a campaign deplorable?
Political campaigns in the United States, especially those for the presidency, can be nasty—very nasty. And while we would like to believe that the 2020 election was an aberration, insults, invective,...
1 Nov 202142min
Fighting for democracy in the GOP
As another election cycle approaches, moderates in the Republican Party have some choices to make. Will they continue to fight Trumpism from within? Or break out to form a new political party, perhaps...
25 Okt 202135min
