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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Viktor Orbán’s “velvet repression” in Hungary

Posted February 18, 2019 • 00:41:40

This episode begins a four-part series examining the state of democracy around the world. First up is Hungary, a country that’s often referred to...

What is democracy? A conversation with Astra Taylor

Posted January 21, 2019 • 00:37:59

We begin our third season with a fundamental question: What is democracy? Astra Taylor grapples with this question in a documentary of the same name...

When states sue the federal government [rebroadcast]

Posted December 31, 2018 • 00:31:13

Our holiday break continues this week as we bring you an episode with with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro that originally aired in October....

Citizenship, patriotism, and democracy in the classroom [rebroadcast]

Posted December 24, 2018 • 00:35:10

While we take a holiday break, we are going back into the archives to rebroadcast a few of our favorite episodes from earlier this year. This one originally...

2018: The year in democracy

Posted December 17, 2018 • 00:38:42

From gerrymandering to record voter turnout, it’s been a busy year for democracy. This doesn’t mean that everything has been positive, but there’s...