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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A conversation about conversation

Posted May 21, 201800:32:26

This week’s episode seeks to answer one simple, but very important, question: Why is it so hard for people to talk to each other? There are a lot...

Ten thousand democracies

Posted May 11, 201800:27:36

One of the things we talked about in our episode with How Democracies Die author Daniel Ziblatt is the “grinding work” that it takes to make a...

It’s good to be counted

Posted May 8, 201800:31:47

The next census is just around the corner 2020, and the U.S. Census Bureau is already hard at work on preparing to count the more than 325 million people...

Satire is good for more than just a few laughs

Posted May 1, 201800:33:45

Political satire has been around nearly as long as politics itself and can provide a much needed laugh in times of crisis. But, as you’ll hear from...

Tommie Smith: From sharecropper to Olympic protester

Posted April 24, 201800:36:11

Tommie Smith is a true living legend. He won a gold medal in the men’s 200 meter event at the 1968 Olympics, setting a world record in the process....