Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig

Latest Episodes
S6E7: The Legislature Decides
On this episode, Lessig keeps the story going. We got the signatures. The next step was that the Maine legislature needed to decide whether it would pass the initiative into law itself, or let it go t
S6E6: The Race to Gather Signatures
On this episode, Lessig chronicles the next chapter in the story of the Maine initiative. We had an idea based on FreeSpeechForPeoples brilliant argument for an initiative. And Mainers were excit
S6E5: The Origins of the Initiative
On this episode, Lessig details how we got to this initiative that could end Super PACs: FreeSpeechForPeople.orgs brilliant argument, and the decision to take that argument into the field and win!
S6S4: The Fight to End SuperPACs and Originalism
On this episode, Lessig provides a brief history of the fight to end SuperPACs. Then, critically, he examines how the theory of the conservatives originalism supports our argument against SuperPAC
S6E3: The Money Problem
On this episode, Lessig asks: How is money a problem in a democracy, and how is it like the other problems were facing in our democracy?
S6E2: The Legal Background
On this episode, Lessig explains the legal background to the Maine initiative, from Citizens United to the case that gave us SuperPACs: SpeechNow v. FEC (2010).
S6E1: The Maine Initiative That Could End SuperPACs
On this episode, Lessig introduces the upcoming Maine initiative that could end SuperPACs and lays out the plan for Season 6 of Another Way.
S5E27 - Conclusion: How AI Could Threaten Democracy (TedX)
For this final episode of Season 5, Lessig speaks to TedX Berlin about AI, democracy, and the future.You can watch a video recording of this TedX talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zYHqg1Pw
S5E26: Lifeboats: Jon Stever
In 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, Jon Stever launched an extraordinary experiment to draw together a representative sample of the world to discuss the climate and ecological crisis the world is facing. In this conversation, I talk to him about how he
S5E25: Lifeboats: David Farrell
Ireland has been perhaps the most impressive example of citizen assemblies addressing national issues in a new and edifying way. David Farrell is an academic who has studied the Irish example. I talk with him about what Ireland can teach the rest of the w