How to Fix Democracy
By Bertelsmann Foundation
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Since its origins, democracy has been a work in progress. Today, many question its resilience.
How to Fix Democracy, a collaboration of the Bertelsmann Foundation and Humanity in Action, explores practical solutions for how to address the increasing threats democracy faces. Host Andrew Keen interviews prominent international thinkers and practitioners of democracy.
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James Traub | Democratic Resilience Starts in the Classroom
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Jeffrey Rosen | Hamilton, Jefferson, and the Future of American Democracy
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May 14, 2026 |
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Soli Özel | Democratic Resilience or Illusion? Lessons from Turkey
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Konstanty Gebert | From Solidarity to Uncertainty: Poland's Ongoing Fight for Democracy
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Hélène Landemore | Who Owns Democracy? Citizens vs. Elites
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Maury Giles: Courageous Citizenship — Practicing Resilience in an Age of Outrage
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Richard Edelman | From Polarization to Insularity: Can Trust be Rebuild
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Rebuilding Trust: Can We Fix America's Social and Political Fractures? | Featuring Dr. Michael Neblo and Frederick J. Riley
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Cynthia Miller - Idriss | How Distrust Fuels Extremism
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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From FDR to AI: Derek Leebaert on Trust and Democracy
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Burt Neuborne | Law, Trust, and the American Constitution
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Richard Kreitner | Trust, Mistrust, and the Myth of American Unity
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Joan Williams | Outclassed: Rebuilding Trust Between Political Elites and the Working Class
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Jonathan Rauch | High Tech and Low Trust - An American Quandary
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Sally Lehrman & The Trust Project
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Francis Fukuyama on How to Fix Trust
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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American Democracy|A conversation with Dr. Carol Anderson
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Democracy as an Unfinished Project: A Conversation with Congressman Jamie Raskin
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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From Stability to Upheaval: Yuval Levin on the 1950s Prelude to America's 1960s Revolution | Featuring Yuval Levin
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Turning Point in American Conservatism | Featuring Matthew Continetti
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Dualities of the American Immigrant Experience: A Reflection on Dreams, Acceptance, and Cultural Tensions from the 1950s to Today | Featuring Ray Suarez
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Democracy and Foreign Policy: Elites, Power, and Accountability in the Cold War Era |Featuring Elizabeth Saunders
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Faith, Politics, and the Rise of Authoritarianism: A Journey Through American Conservatism | Featuring Peter Wehner
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Republican Thread: Conservatism in the Twentieth Century | Featuring Jacob Heilbrunn
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Pursuing Gay Rights in America's Democracy | Featuring James Kirchick
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May 08, 2024 |
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How the Constitution and the Law Can Save American Democracy | Featuring Jeffrey Rosen
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Testing American Liberalism in the Cold War Years | Featuring James Traub
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Challenges to Democracy in the Cold War | Featuring Sarah Snyder
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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The Democratic Divide in a Post World War II America | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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American Democracy Transformed | Featuring Kevin Baker
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Fighting for Equity: African-American struggles in the '20s and '30s | Featuring Jill Watts
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Women's Political Rights | Featuring Dr. Allida Black
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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The Hoover Presidency | Featuring Richard Norton Smith
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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The Legacy of FDR | Featuring Paul Sparrow
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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FDR and the Great Depression | Featuring Derek Leebaert
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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American Isolationism and the Shifting World Order | Featuring Robert Kagan
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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The Scopes Trial and the Fight for the Freedom to Teach | Featuring Edward Larson
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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American Democracy in the Aftermath of World War I | Featuring Adam Hochschild
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May 03, 2023 |
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How Authoritarian Leaders Wield & Maintain Power | Featuring Moisés Naím
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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The State of American Democracy in the Shadow of January 6th | Featuring Larry Diamond
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Is Bipartisanship Possible in the United States | Featuring Michael Thorning
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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The Transformation of the Republican Party | Featuring Dana Milbank
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Midterm Elections Special | Featuring Rebekah Caruthers
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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American Ideologies and Trumpism | Featuring Darrell M. West
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court | Featuring Dahlia Lithwick
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Religion and American Conservatism | Featuring Katherine Stewart
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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The Health of American Democracy | Featuring Cynthia Miller-Idriss
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Racial Injustice & Voting Rights in the United States | Featuring Andrea Young
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Bridging the Partisan Divide | Featuring Mónica Guzmán
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May 16, 2022 |
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The Crisis of the American Right | Featuring Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Tocqueville's Take on Democracy | Featuring Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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The Roles of Citizens | Featuring Jon Alexander
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Democracy in Pain | Featuring Patrick Radden Keefe
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Examining Elections | Featuring David van Reybrouck
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Innovating Democracy | Featuring Claudia Chwalisz
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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The State of American Democracy | Featuring Darryl Pinckney
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Democracy Delivering Results | Featuring Danilo Türk
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Fostering Collaboration | Featuring Hélène Landemore
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Non-Western Democracies | Featuring David Stasavage
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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A Political Wilderness? | Featuring DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Citizenship and July 4th | Featuring Roya Hakakian
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Voter Suppression | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Digital Democracy and Citizen Engagement | Featuring Wietse Van Ransbeeck
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Democracy Through the Camera Lens | Featuring Astra Taylor
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Citizen Power | Featuring Eric Liu
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May 26, 2021 |
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What is Global Citizenship | Featuring Nanjala Nyabola
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May 14, 2021 |
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Devil's Curse of Migration | Featuring Abdul-Rehman Malik
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Democracy, Citizenship, and Dystopian Fiction | Featuring Margaret Atwood
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Can America Lead Again? | Featuring Tom Malinowski
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Smart Cities, Smart Citizens? | Featuring Bianca Wylie
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Active, Equal, and Collective | Featuring Richard Bellamy
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Citizenship and Belonging | Featuring Adrienne Clarkson
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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The Contradictions of Human Nature | Featuring Adam Hochschild
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Human Capital-ism | Featuring Daniel Markovits
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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No Nostalgia | Featuring Jan Sowa
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Laboratories of Democracy | Featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Crisis of Confidence | Featuring Ian Bassin
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Economics Rife with Anger | Featuring Mark Blyth
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Political Power without Capital | Peniel Joseph
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Listening to Other | Featuring Arlie Hochschild
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Winner Take All | Featuring Robert H. Frank
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Four Horsemen of Leveling | Featuring Walter Scheidel
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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This Is When You Want Deficits | Featuring Maya MacGuineas
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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System Attrition | Featuring Adam Tooze
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Describing the Deficit | Stephanie Kelton
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Us Later, Not Me Now | Featuring Rebecca Henderson
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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All About Taxes | Featuring Gabriel Zucman
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Redistribute Productivity | Featuring Sir Paul Collier
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Individual Choice | Featuring Gideon Rachman
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Reform and Revolution | Featuring Richard D. Wolff
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May 26, 2020 |
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Capitalism and the Health of Democracy | Helen Thompson
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May 22, 2020 |
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Buying into America | Featuring Amity Shlaes
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May 12, 2020 |
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Concentrations of Power | Featuring Sarah Miller
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Democracy, Markets, and Healthcare | Featuring Sir Angus Deaton
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Uneven Playing Field | Featuring Raghuram Rajan
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Why We Can't All Be Denmark | Featuring Branko Milanovic
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Democracy: It's the Only Way to Preserve Freedom | Featuring Larry Diamond
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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"Fed or Free" is a False Choice| Featuring Annika Savill
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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What is Local is Global |Featuring Richard Stengel
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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The Art of Listening | Featuring Leon Botstein
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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The Other 1% | Featuring Ralph Nader
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Democracy Is Not a Fancy Beast! | Featuring John Ralston Saul
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Human Dignity First | Featuring Rob Riemen
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Waves of Democracy | Featuring Carl Gershman
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Pluto Populism and Plebiscites | Featuring Constanze Stelzenmüller
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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We've Stumbled into Dystopia | Featuring Maria Ressa
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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The Main Challenges to Democracy | Featuring Yascha Mounk
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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The Evolution of the Republican Party | Featuring Norman Ornstein
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Hard Won, Hard Fought | Cornell Brooks
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Division Makes Us Vulnerable | Featuring Laura Rosenberger
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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No Middle Class, No Middle Ground | Featuring Edward Luce
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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A Historical Perspective of Democracy | Featuring Sheri Berman
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Drowning in Information | Featuring Anne Applebaum
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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Rule of Law, or Rule by Law? | Featuring Sir Malcolm Rifkind
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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Young People and Democracy | Featuring Mete Coban
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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The Strength of Democracy | Tzipi Livni
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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The 1% is Anti - Democratic | Featuring Madeleine Albright
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May 24, 2019 |
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Do You Even Know Aristides? | Featuring Angelos Chaniotis
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May 10, 2019 |
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Dignity, Diversity, and Democracy | Featuring Earl Lewis
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Words Matter, Sentences Don't | Featuring Ivan Krastev
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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The Flaneurs of Prague | Featuring Norman Eisen
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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One Vote, One Person, One Time | Featuring Moisés Naím
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Excluding Women at our Peril | Featuring Soraya Chemaly
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Too Democratic or Not Democratic Enough? | Featuring Adrian Wooldridge
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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The Battle for Democracy | Featuring Carol Anderson
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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The Age of Fragmentation | Featuring David Runciman
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Democracy Under Attack | Featuring Michael Ignatieff
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Jan 23, 2019 |