Is it time to revive civility?
Timothy Shaffer There are a lot of calls these days to “revive civility” in politics. While there are plenty of examples of uncivil behavior, there’s far less agreement about what civility should look...
22 Apr 201936min
E.J. Dionne on empathy and democracy
E.J. Dionne has the unique perspective of studying the horse race and the big picture of American politics. He writes a twice-weekly column for the Washington Post and appears regularly on NPR, but he...
15 Apr 201934min
No Jargon: Who controls the states?
We are excited to bring you an episode from No Jargon, a podcast from the Scholars Strategy Network. Much like Democracy Works, No Jargon aims to break down some of the biggest issues in politics and ...
8 Apr 201929min
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
