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 complicated relationship between campaign finance and democracy

Posted December 10, 201800:33:55

In the United States, voting is a very private act. You step into the booth alone and, for a lot of people, it’s considered taboo to tell someone...

Bonus: Capturing the nation’s mood

Posted December 6, 201800:28:06

We end almost every episode of the show with four questions that come from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Mood of the Nation Poll. Rather...

Are land-grant universities still “democracy’s colleges?”

Posted December 3, 201800:32:02

Land-grant universities were once known as “democracy’s colleges,” places where people who were not wealthy elites could earn the education necessary...

Norman Eisen’s love letter to democracy

Posted November 26, 201800:34:14

As we’ve previously discussed, there are a lot of books about democracy filling book store and library shelves right now. Norman Eisen could have...

Winning the “democracy lottery”

Posted November 19, 201800:40:37

It’s not the Powerball or the Mega Millions, but this democracy lottery does give people the chance to directly impact information that appears on...