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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Aaron Maybin on doing the hard work of democracy [rebroadcast]

Posted June 3, 202000:33:54

We are working on an episode about the social and democratic context for the protests taking place around the U.S. after George Floyd’s death; we’ll...

Free speech from the Founding Fathers to Twitter

Posted June 1, 202000:41:01

This is another episode that we recorded in our final days together in the office before COVID-19. However, the topic is just as relevant — if not...

Bonus: Mayors and bipartisanship during COVID-19

Posted May 29, 202000:19:25

Today we’re bringing you a special episode produced by Nicole Gresen, our intern on Democracy Works during the spring 2020 semester. Nicole spoke...

The people vs. the experts — and those caught in the middle

Posted May 25, 202000:35:30

These days, it can feel like some politicians are working against experts in public health and other fields when it comes to actions surrounding COVID-19....

China’s role in the COVID-19 infodemic

Posted May 18, 202000:35:10

As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t enough to deal with, the World Health Organization says we’re now in an infodemic alongside it. We’ve seen...