4. The Rogue Court, the Threat of Rightwing Political Violence – and Discussing Politics Over Thanksgiving
Conservative justices are leaking decisions, but more importantly, they have made the Supreme Court the spearhead of a reactionary counter-mobilization against democracy: What is to be done about a Ro...
25 Nov 20221h 13min
3. Elon Musk, Donald Trump – and Should Journalists Be Rooting for Democracy?
The fate of Twitter: The democratic stakes of having so much of our media infrastructure in the hands of billionaires; the fraud relationship between the libertarian-to-far-right tech oligarchy and de...
18 Nov 20221h 14min
2. The State of Democracy After the Midterms (Still bad; Could have been way worse)
A big-picture reflection on the midterms (what else!) and what they can tell us about the state of American democracy – Why the result, while heartening, doesn’t simply prove that “the system works” a...
11 Nov 20221h 8min
Episode 1 - November 4, 2022
Our mission statement: Podcasting about a democracy on the brink – Joe Biden says democracy is on the ballot: Is he right? – Midterm primer: Why the election is close (when maybe it shouldn’t be?) and...
4 Nov 20221h 21min
