Democracy Works

The Democracy Works podcast seeks to answer that question by examining a different aspect of democratic life each week — from voting to criminal justice to the free press and everything in between. We interview experts who study democracy, as well as peop

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How misogyny fuels political violence

Posted September 22, 2025 • 00:46:23

The last time Cynthia Miller-Idriss was on the show, we discussed...

Standing up for higher education

Posted September 8, 2025 • 00:45:31

Summer is typically a quiet time for higher education but this summer has been anything but quiet amid funding cuts, lawsuits, and questions about the...

How mental health shapes democratic engagement [rebroadcast]

Posted May 19, 2025 • 00:45:22

In a rebroadcast from 2023, we discuss how to meet the demands that democracy places on us without sacrificing our own personal mental health in the...

Inside the MAGA black hole

Posted May 5, 2025 • 00:47:35

Jeff Sharlet has spent the past few years embedded in the deepest corners of the growing far-right movement in the United States. He's come to think...

How 2020 changed America

Posted April 21, 2025 • 00:47:18

From fights over masks and vaccines to the loss of social connection, the year 2020 accelerated many of the trends that were already happening in America...