Jenna Spinelle
Host/Producer, Democracy Works podcast-
Journalist Jeff Sharlet joins us to discuss his trip through the heart of MAGA world while reporting his book "The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War." -
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg joins us to discuss how the pandemic increased polarization and distrust in institutions, and weakened social connection. -
Alex Burness, a reporter who covers state and local democracy issues for the news site Bolts, joins us to discuss how democracy is expanding and contracting at the state level. -
Author and blogger Cory Doctorow joins us to discuss how the enshittification of tech platforms impacts our democracy — and what we can do to change things for the better. -
Tim Heaphy, the lead investigator on the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville and the January 6 insurrection, makes the case that a disengaged citizenry is the biggest threat to American democracy. -
Democracy Works host Chris Beem talks with author Jonathan Rauch about why the current crisis in American Christianity is also a crisis in American democracy. -
It's easy to feel defeated in the face of political challenges, but this episode shows that everyone has the capacity to create positive change and contribute to a culture of peace in their communities. -
Two leading experts on democracy join us to discuss how to prevent political violence in the United States and around the world. -
As we approach the end of another year, we reflect on the new political reality of a second Trump administration. -
Balazs Trencsenyi, co-director of Invisible University for Ukraine, joins us to discuss the university's work to uphold education and democracy in Ukraine amid the country's ongoing war with Russia.
