The ongoing struggle for civil rights
Joyce Ladner was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1950s and 60s as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was mentored by Medgar Evers...
8 Apr 201937min
Immigration, refugees, and the politics of displacement
Jan Egeland From Brexit to Hungary to the U.S. border wall, many of today’s political conflicts center around immigration. Moving people from one place to another is easier said than done, and as we’v...
1 Apr 201936min
A playbook for organizing in turbulent times
Srdja Popovic 20 years ago, Srdja Popovic was part of a revolution — literally. He was a founding member of the Otpor! movement that ousted Serbia Slobodan Milsovic from power in 1999. It’s easy to ch...
25 Mar 201939min
Jonathan Haidt on the psychology of democracy
We say on this show all the time that democracy is hard work. But what does that really mean? What it is about our dispositions that makes it so hard to see eye to eye and come together for the greate...
18 Mar 201943min
Future Hindsight: Ian Bremmer on the failure of globalism
We are closing out our series on democracy around the world with a bonus episode from Future Hindsight, a show that features deep conversations with guests who are engaged in strengthening our society...
14 Mar 201932min
Brexit and the UK’s identity crisis
Sona Golder We’re just a few weeks away from the deadline for the UK to reach an agreement on its plan to leave the European Union. Nearly three years after the infamous Brexit vote, things appear to ...
11 Mar 201928min
Brazil’s tenuous relationship with democracy
Gianpaolo Baiocchi To say Brazil has had a complicated history with democracy is a understatement. The country has bounced in and out authoritarian regimes for hundreds of years, with democracy never ...
4 Mar 201939min
Yellow vests and the “grand debate” in France
Cole Stangler This episode is the second in our series looking at democracy around the world. France is the focus this week. Our guest is Cole Stangler, an independent journalist based in Paris who co...
25 Feb 201937min
