How to Fix Democracy

How to Fix Democracy


Latest Episodes

The Democratic Divide in a Post World War II America | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
February 02, 2024

The democratic divide in post WWII: advance abroad, retreat at home. In this episode, Andrew Keen speaks with Dr. Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University. They discu

American Democracy Transformed | Featuring Kevin Baker
December 13, 2023

American Democracy Transformed: A Conversation with Kevin Baker on the Interwar Era's Cultural and Political Evolution In this episode, host Andrew Keen discusses with writer and editor, Kevin Baker,

Fighting for Equity: African-American struggles in the '20s and '30s | Featuring Jill Watts
November 10, 2023

Fighting for Equity: African-American struggles in the '20s and '30s. In this episode, host Andrew Keen talks to Jill Watts author of The Black Cabinet, about the untold story of African Americans and

Women's Political Rights | Featuring Dr. Allida Black
October 24, 2023

Women's Political Rights | Dr. Allida Black Allida Black speaks with host Andrew Keen about the history of women in politics and the impact of their noteworthy political and social activism, which dat

The Hoover Presidency | Featuring Richard Norton Smith
September 20, 2023

In this episode of How to Fix Democracy, host Andrew Keen engages in a conversation with the author and historian Richard Norton Smith, delving into a discussion about the Hoover presidency and its pr

The Legacy of FDR | Featuring Paul Sparrow
August 15, 2023

The Legacy of FDR | Paul Sparrow, former Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, speaks with Andrew Keen about the immense challenges and legacies of FDR and his adminis

FDR and the Great Depression | Featuring Derek Leebaert
July 24, 2023

FDR and the Great Depression | In this episode of How to Fix Democracy, author and historian Derek Leebaert provides a revisionist account of President Franklin Roosevelt and four members of his Cabin

Robert Kagan
July 10, 2023

American Isolationism and the Shifting World Order in the 1920s and 30s | In this 3rd episode of the season, host Andrew Keen talks to Robert Kagan, the distinguished Brookings Institute scholar of fo

Edward Larson
June 08, 2023

The Scopes Trial and the Fight for the Freedom to Teach | In 1924, John Scopes, an instructor in a public school in Dayton, Tennessee, was indicted for violating the Tennessee Butler Act for teaching

Adam Hochschild
May 03, 2023

American Democracy in the Aftermath of World War I | In the first episode of Season 5, How to Fix Democracy host Andrew Keen sits down with Adam Hochschild, historian, journalist, and award-winning au