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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The democracy rebellion happening in states across the U.S.

Posted December 2, 2019 • 00:42:26

Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of bestselling books The Russians, Who Stole the American Dream? and many others....

A roundtable on impeachment, institutions, and legitimacy

Posted November 25, 2019 • 00:55:27

This week’s episode is a conversation between Michael Berkman, Chris Beem, and Michael Baranowski of The Politics Guys, a podcast that looks at political...

Your guide to ranked-choice voting

Posted November 18, 2019 • 00:38:13

Ranked-choice voting has been in the news a lot lately. It was adopted in New York City’s November 2019 election, used for the first time in U.S....

Latino immigrants and the changing makeup of American democracy

Posted November 11, 2019 • 00:41:48

We’ve talked about immigration several times on this show with good reason. The role that people coming to the United States play in our democracy...

Inside the world’s largest democracy

Posted November 4, 2019 • 00:38:51

More than 600 million people voted in India’s most recent election, but that does not mean all is well with democracy there. Prime Minister Narendra...