A fall preview — with a new cohost!
In this episode, Michael, Chris, and Candis discuss:The dynamics at play in national, state, and local elections this fallHow politics impacts the Census Bureau and other organizationsWhether all poli...
31 Aug 202039min
YIMBYs and NIMBYs in a democracy
Many of us are spending more time at home these days than we ever have before. In the United States, owning a home has come to symbolize the American Dream and homeowners have more political capital t...
24 Aug 202039min
After 100 years, there's still no "woman voter"
In their new book A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage, Christina Wolbrecht and Kevin Corder examine women’s (and men’s) voting behavior, and traces how women’s turnout and ...
17 Aug 202031min
She Votes! — Susan B. Anthony and "voting while female"
This episode examines the arrest, trial, and conviction of suffragist Susan B. Anthony for the crime of "voting while female." Rather than sitting on her heels, Anthony launched a campaign to raise aw...
10 Aug 202032min
Reason in politics and hope for democracy
"Hope for Democracy" recognizes the primary problems that plague contemporary democracy and offers a solution. It tells the story of one civic innovation, the Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR), which ...
3 Aug 202030min
The people who choose the President
At the end of its 2020 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on what might seem like an obscure question in Constitutional law, but could have huge ramifications in elections this November and ...
27 Jul 202042min
Broken Ground: Robert Bullard on environmental justice
This week, we're bringing you an episode from another podcast we think you might enjoy, Broken Ground from the Southern Environmental Law Center.Broken Ground digs up environmental stories in the Sou...
20 Jul 202022min
The world's most punitive democracy [revisited]
We're digging into the archives this week for another episode on race and criminal justice. Peter K. Enns, associate professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, Executive Director...
13 Jul 202038min
