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 demo

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 communitie

Two leading experts on democracy join us to discuss how to prevent political violence in the United States and around the world.

We kick off 2025 with a discussion about how the democracy reform movement should position itself given the results of the 2024 election.

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.