Jenna Spinelle
Democracy Works Podcast HostJenna Spinelle is the Communications Specialist for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State. She is responsible for shaping all of the institute's external communication, including website content, social media, multimedia, and media outreach.
She holds a B.A. in journalism from Penn State and is an instructor in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
Prior to joining the McCourtney Institute, Spinelle worked in Penn State's Undergraduate Admissions Office and College of Information Sciences and Technology.
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Since 2008, the Tea Party and the Resistance have caused some major shake-ups for the Republican and Democratic parties. The changes fall outside the… -
This week, we begin a new year and a new season with a look ahead what 2020 will mean for democracy in the United States and around the world. We know… -
While the Democracy Works team enjoys a holiday break, we are rebroadcasting an episode with E.J. Dionne that was recorded in March 2019. The McCourtney… -
As we enter the holiday season, Robert Talisse thinks it's a good idea to take a break from politics. In fact, he might go so far as to say democracy is… -
One of the things we heard in our listener survey (which there's still time to take, by the way) is that we should have more young people on the show as… -
Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of bestselling books The Russians, Who Stole the American Dream? and many others. Over the… -
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… -
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.… -
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 is an… -
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 Modi…
