"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
Democracy-ish: Can America's democracy be saved?
Political Historian, author and editor Eli Merritt joins #democracyish to provide some historical grounding for the place we find ourselves in America's story. America is at a tipping point, the quest...
12 Jun 202339min
Democracy needs serious people
Before we take a break for the summer, we wanted to talk about some of the events that have been on our minds lately, and some of what we'll be watching over the summer. Chris Beem and Candis Watts Sm...
29 Mai 202332min
Gen Z's fight for democracy
We've talked about generational politics on the show before with episodes on Millennials and Baby Boomers. This week, we turn our focus to Gen Z, those born from the late 1990s to early 2000s. This ge...
15 Mai 202347min
