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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Grassroots organizing to “reboot” democracy [rebroadcast]

Posted January 6, 2020 • 00:36:42

Happy New Year! Our winter break continues with a rebroadcast from fall 2018 with Lara Putnam on grassroots organizing in suburban America. This episode...

E.J. Dionne on making America empathetic again [rebroadcast]

Posted December 30, 2019 • 00:35:39

While we enjoy a holiday break, we are rebroadcasting an episode with E.J. Dionne that was recorded in March 2019. The McCourtney Institute for Democracy...

Is it possible to overdo democracy?

Posted December 23, 2019 • 00:42:08

As we enter the holiday season, Robert Talisse thinks it’s a good idea to take a break from politics. In fact, he might go so far as to say democracy...

Chris Beem on democratic humility and virtues

Posted December 16, 2019 • 00:35:01

Earlier this fall, our own Chris Beem traveled to Notre Dame to appear on With a Side of Knowledge, a podcast produced by the university’s Office...

Next-generation democracy

Posted December 9, 2019 • 00:28:51

One of the things we heard in our listener survey (which there’s still time to take, by the way) is that we should have more young people on the show...