Civic Forum
By Rory Truex
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Because democracy needs a pod.
Informed conversations on the most important issues facing democracy, in the US and elsewhere, hosted by Rory Truex, Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
| Episode | Date |
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How Losing the War Is Helping Putin Win At Home | Seva Gunitsky (UToronto) and Sam Greene (King's College London)
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Oct 27, 2026 |
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Trump and the Autocrats: Our New Global Disorder| Michael McFaul (Stanford, former US Ambassador to Russia)
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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A New Era or More of the Same? Debriefing the Trump-Xi Summit | Ryan Hass (Brookings)
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Will AI Break Universities? The Future of Teaching and Learning | Jill Dolan (Princeton) and Kate Stanton (Princeton)
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration | Andrea Flores (former Biden National Security Council)
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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An Optimistic Take on American Democracy | Frances Lee (Princeton)
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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After Orban: Lessons from Hungary on Democratic Healing | Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton) and Peter Dosa (Hungary Report)
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Is the Pro-democracy Movement Working? | Jess Craven (Chop Wood, Carry Water) & Micah Sifry (The Connector)
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Getting Workers on the Ballot | Nick Carnes (Duke) and Noam Lupu (Vanderbilt)
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Will AI Create a Permanent Underclass? | Jasmine Sun (independent journalist)
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Will AI Create Permanent Dictatorships? | Margaret Roberts (UCSD) and Jennifer Pan (Stanford)
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Can the FBI Be Saved? | Asha Rangappa (Yale)
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Bonus Episode: The Prospects for Democracy in Iran | Daniel Tavana (Penn State)
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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How Trump Has Changed the Presidency | Julia Azari (Marquette)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Trump's Authoritarianism: The View from Europe | Marcel Dirsus (The Next Best)
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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National Security Leaders Sound the Alarm on Trump's Authoritarianism | Steven Cash, Steady State
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Trump and the New International (Dis)order | Paul Poast, University of Chicago
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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2025 in Review: Our Authoritarian Year
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Trump, Maduro, and the Crisis in Venezuela | Michael Albertus, UChicago
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Who's Actually Solving Problems in Congress? | Brad Porteus, Bridge Grades
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Laboratories Against Democracy: How the States Became the Front Line of American Authoritarianism | Jake Grumbach, UC Berkeley
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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The State and Stakes of U.S.-China Relations | Jessica Chen Weiss, Johns Hopkins SAIS
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The Business Case for Democracy | Daniella Ballou-Aares, Leadership Now
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The Strategy Behind No Kings | Ezra Levin, Indivisible
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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How America is Losing the Law | Deborah Pearlstein, Princeton University
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Our Politics Can Be Better | Lee Drutman, New America
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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The State of American Science | Holden Thorp, Science Magazine
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The State of American Democracy | Steven Levitsky, Adam Przeworski, Susan Stokes and Daniel Ziblatt
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Do Americans Support Violence and Authoritarianism? | Kevin Arceneaux, Sciences Po
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Tracking American Democratic Decline | John Carey & Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ending the Gerontocracy | Amanda Litman, Run For Something
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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What Trump Learned From Orbán | Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Science of Protest | Erica Chenoweth, Harvard University
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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What's Ahead For Russia & Ukraine? | Mark Beissinger, Princeton University
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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MAGA and Race, What's Different This Time | Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Princeton University
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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What's New In Trump's Authoritarian Playbook | Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU
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Aug 03, 2025 |