Colleen, Shogan, archivist of the United States, joins us for a conversation about democratizing access to national records and running a non-partisan organization in an increasingly polarized country

We're excited to bring you an episode from Bad Watchdog, the podcast from the Project on Government Oversight and one of our colleagues in The Democracy Group podcast network.

Democracy Works host Michael Berkman talks with Christopher Claassen, a political scientist at the University of Glasgow, about how to measure support for democracy across countries and across generat

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate's senior legal correspondent, joins us to discuss how the Supreme Court has shaped and could continue to shape the 2024 presidential election.

Author and scholar Eddue Glaude Jr. joins us to discuss what happens when we let the heavy democratic lifting fall to just a few elected officials.

Chris Beem talks with political theorist Alexandre Lefebvre about why liberalism is more than just a political ideas and procedures, and how abiding by liberal principles can enhance your life far bey

Anthropologist Jason De Len joins us to discuss his book "Soldiers and Kings," which tells the stories of smugglers who help migrants make the journey from central America to Mexico and the United St

We're back from summer break with a deep dive on the National Popular vote Interstate Compact, a campaign to render the Electoral College obsolete when states pledge their electors to the winner of th

While Democracy Works is on summer break, we bring you an episode from our friends at Making Peace Visible, a podcast that ignites powerful conversations all over the world about how the media covers

We've reached the end of another school year and another season of Democracy Works. Before we go on summer break, Michael Berkman, Chris Beem, and Candis Watts Smith reflect on recent events and what'