Disunion Runs Deep | Democracy in Danger
America’s Constitution was meant to unify the new nation and help avert a civil war over the thorniest of divisions: slavery. Oops! In retrospect, that charter proved much too ambiguous, lending itsel...
20 Feb 202331min
How do extraordinary ordinary people change the world? | Politics in Question
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Rachel Lears joins Julia and James to discuss how filmmaking can help us understand how people make political change happen. Lears is an award-winning d...
15 Feb 202343min
The Growing Crisis of U.S. Gun Violence | Our Body Politic
Farai interviews senior news writer and founding staffer at The Trace, Jennifer Mascia on the recent shootings in California, and what's going wrong with gun regulations in the US. Then, she speaks wi...
13 Feb 202334min
Why We Misunderstand Independent Voters | Let's Find Common Ground
Independent voters make up more than 40 percent of the voting public. But you wouldn’t know that from media coverage, which focuses almost exclusively on red versus blue. Independents are often overlo...
8 Feb 202329min
What’s the Public’s Role in Upholding a Broken Criminal Justice System? | 70 Million
Currently, over 7 million people are under some form of carceral supervision in the United States–from custody to bail to probation. For our final episode, 70 Million reporter Mark Betancourt moderate...
6 Feb 202329min
Separating news from noise | Democracy Works
How much news is too much? Or not enough? News Over Noise, the new podcast from Penn State's News Literacy Initiative explores that question and offers guidance on how to consume news that enhances yo...
1 Feb 202347min
Michael Walzer on Liberal as an Adjective | Democracy Paradox
Michael Walzer is an emeritus professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was also a longtime editor of Dissent. He is the author of many books including the classic of political philosophy Sphe...
30 Jan 202326min
What does the House Speaker election say about the Republican Party? | Politics in Question
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Julia and Lee kick off a new year by considering what the House Speaker election says about the Republican Party. What is going on with the GOP? Is the ...
25 Jan 202335min
