Protecting democracy from foreign interference — recorded live at the National Press Club
Laura Rosenberger With the midterms this week, all eyes are on the threat of election hacking and interference. Electoral integrity is important, but as you’ll hear in this week’s episode, the threats...
5 Nov 201832min
Will Millennials disrupt democracy?
Stella Rouse From cooking to shopping to getting around town, disruption is the name of the game for Millennials. Will they do the same thing to democracy? Millennials, or those born between 1981 and ...
29 Okt 201837min
David Frum on developing the habits of democracy
Around the McCourtney Institute, we like to say that we’re “partisans for democracy.” We can think of few people who better embody that notion today than David Frum. He was among the first people to t...
22 Okt 201840min
When states sue the federal government
It seems like every few weeks, we see headlines about states banding together to block actions taken by the federal government. You might even remember former Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott quippi...
15 Okt 201829min
How “if it bleeds, it leads” impacts democracy
Peter Enns The problems with the prison system in the U.S. have been well documented, but what’s not talked about nearly as often is how things got this way. Why does there seem to be such enthusiasm ...
8 Okt 201834min
A story about democracy, told through 20 million traffic stops
The lights flash in your rearview mirror as the police car comes up behind you. A sinking feeling forms in the pit of your stomach as the officer approaches. Sound familiar? However, this is where th...
1 Okt 201831min
Breaking the silence in Syria
We’ve talked before on this show about the importance of a free press, but this week’s episode brings a whole new meaning to the term. In 2014, Abdalaziz Alhamza and his friends started social media a...
24 Sep 201835min
Citizenship, patriotism, and democracy in the classroom
As a piece in The Atlantic recently noted, democracy is not natural. Becoming a democratic citizen involves a set of behaviors that need to be learned and practiced over time. One of the first places ...
17 Sep 201833min
