Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


Latest Episodes

The Earth for Humanity: A How-To
April 25, 2024

Another Earth Day has come and gone, and how are we doing? The 19th and 20th century systems of control of the earth have failed; theres a connection between famines, global warming and empire. Espe

Yes, Biden Can WIn the Working Class
April 23, 2024

Listening to working peoples concerns is key. Democrats have almost always won this constituency. That is until recently. Bidens shift to the economic left is connecting and can yield electoral succ

The Power of What Appears to be Improvisation
April 18, 2024

Democracy is itself largely improvisation. Pushing back against the powers that be; the mainstream. Our guest Randy Fertel, author of the new book Winging It; Improvs Power and Peril in the Age of Tr

Should Biden Whistle Stop Campaign Across America?
April 16, 2024

Truman was down and nearly out. Then he did a campaign whistle stop tour of America and beat the odds. TV eye candy is one thing but seeing a president in the flesh connects far better, and connection

Trumpism is a Movement; Movements Are How Democrats Have Won
April 11, 2024

The Right gets it; where are Democrats? In his new book What it Took to Win, author and history professor Michael Kazin looks at the last hundred or so years and says its clear what has and still wo

Nuclear Rebranding as “Green?” Mere Window Dressing.
April 09, 2024

After decades in a coma, the nuclear industry is back. But the truth is nuclear power is not an acceptable stopgap measure, its a diversion from real, actually economic, safer solutions. On this show

Wealth Supremacy is On Autopilot: That’s Not the Only Option
April 05, 2024

In the current American version of capitalism, all of us are thingified: our only value being as digits on the way to corporate profits. This reflects a core bias in the system toward serving the ve

There’s No Conflict Between Commercialism and Idealism
April 02, 2024

Its basic to the very essence of America. On this show Constitutional Law Professor John O. McGinnis argues that commerce was the mothers milk of the American Revolution and that the virtues of comm

Seek Higher Ground: The Laws of Nature are Not Optional
March 28, 2024

Weve built all the dams we need and that nature can handle. Development in flood zones is still happening faster than more sustainable locations. In his new book; Seek Higher Ground, The Natural Solu

Why Place Supplants Issues in the Heartland
March 26, 2024

Most of us can guess but theres nothing like serious scientific research when it comes to understanding political change. In her forthcoming book How the Heartland Went Red, Harvards Stephanie Term