How Guilty Pleas Fastrack and Derail Justice | 70 Million
The US Constitution guarantees a right to trial to anyone accused of a crime, but less than 3 percent of criminal defendants get a trial. Instead, they’re regularly cornered into pleading guilty, some...
7 Nov 202241min
Homecoming: The Case for a Post-Global World with Rana Foroohar | How Do We Fix It?
For much of the past fifty years, American political leaders of both parties have assumed that globalization and free trade would lead to more opportunity, higher living standards and increased busine...
2 Nov 202231min
Brazilian Nail-Biter | Democracy in Danger
Pollsters in Brazil had Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the comeback candidate, leading by as many as 14 percentage points in the presidential election. But neither top nominee won a majority this month, s...
31 Okt 202233min
What can we learn from political polls? | Politics in Question
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Elliott Morris joins Julia and Lee to discuss political polling. Morris is a data journalist and US correspondent at The Economist, where he writes on A...
26 Okt 202242min
Combating Disinformation with Tara McGowan of Courier Newsroom | The Great Battlefield
Tara McGowan returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding Courier Newsroom, where they're working in 8 battleground states to fight back against disinformation by publishing good in...
24 Okt 20221h 2min
What Should Centers for Civic Engagement Do For Higher Education? An Interview with David Kirkpatrick and Kara Dillard | Democracy Matters
In this episode, Madison Center for Civic Engagement Democracy Fellow Leia Surovell interviews the new interim Executive Director, Dr. David Kirkpatrick and the new interim Associate Director Dr. Kara...
19 Okt 202227min
Bridging Divides on College Campuses: Clare Ashcraft and Jackson Richter | Let's Find Common Ground
Rigid polarization and political division are among the biggest challenges facing our country. Young people often feel that tribalism is better than unity and that conversations across political and c...
17 Okt 202228min
Stop Banning Books: Jonathan Friedman | Future Hindsight
Jonathan Friedman is the director of free expression and education programs at PEN America. He oversees research, advocacy, and education related to academic freedom, educational gag orders, book bans...
12 Okt 202247min
