What can we learn from early democracies?
This week, we're handing the microphone to Penn State student Joey Picarillo for an interview about the rise and fall of early democracies and what lessons we can learn from them today. Joey is a stud...
25 Sep 202333min
Building better bureaucracy
Before we get to the show notes, we invite you to take our listener survey for a chance to win a Democracy Works coffee mug!COVID-19 brought the problems with government technology into sharp focus. T...
18 Sep 202345min
Tim Miller on why Republicans stuck with Trump
Before we get to the show notes, we invite you to take our listener survey for a chance to win a Democracy Works coffee mug!Chris Beem talks with former Republican political operative Tim Miller about...
11 Sep 202337min
"Democracy '24" on the debate stage
Before we get to the show notes, we invite you to take our listener survey for a chance to win a Democracy Works coffee mug!We're back from summer break and diving into the 2024 election season, Donal...
4 Sep 202333min
When the People Decide: Libraries as civic spaces
We're excited to present an episode from our sister podcast, When the People Decide, about how libraries can be sites of civic engagement and building a new social fabric in America's cities and towns...
7 Aug 202324min
A deep dive on parties and political reform
Americans want electoral reforms so that they can have more choice in elections. Recent surveys show that 20 to 50 percent of Americans are open to a new electoral system, while demand for a third par...
24 Jul 202341min
Democracy Paradox: The democratic crisis you haven't heard about
This week, we bring you an interview from the Democracy Paradox podcast about the political crisis in Peru and how it fits into the bigger picture of democratic erosion around the world.Democracy Para...
10 Jul 202349min
Village SquareCast: Can curiosity save us?
This episode from the Village SquareCast is a conversation between Manu Meel, executive director of Bridge USA and Mónica Guzmán, a senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels and author of I N...
26 Jun 202346min
