Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


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Is Corporatocracy Unstoppable?
October 01, 2024

Corporations have their own interests at heart. From post-Civil War America through to Germany in 1933 to America today. And knowing public image counts, many try to have it both ways: bragging that t

From Rockefeller Republicanism to Trumpism: How Did We Get Here?
September 27, 2024

People think of Nelson Rockefeller as the epitome of moderate Republicanism. But what appears to be a clean break from this tradition is really an evolution. Author Professor Marsha E. Barrett expla

Architecture as the Ultimate Expression of Power: Gaza 2035
September 24, 2024

It was only discovered in an architectural trade journal: Netanyahus Gaza 2035. Architects were hired to provide models of a new Gaza , the old one having been flattened. Steel and glass high riser

Nuts and Bolts: What Needs to be Learned to Make Our Agenda Reality
September 19, 2024

As Americans, we want what we want right now. But it doesnt work that way to make real political change. As with any mechanism, there are certain things that must be learned to make it work and achie

Criminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us Nowhere
September 17, 2024

Some might call it cruel and unusual punishment, arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor its their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr

A Military Security State and the Erosion of Freedom
September 12, 2024

They love to say America has the strongest military of any nation ever. But boasting usually leads to disaster. On this show, we hear from William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel of the US Ai

What is the 9/11 Generation?
September 10, 2024

History professor Matt Warshauer argues in his new book that the 9/11 generation is the most unique in American history, and he explains how. The title is Creating and Failing the 9/11 Generation. Thi

Evangelicals Souring on Trump: Why It Took So Long.
September 05, 2024

He got 81% of the evangelical vote in key swing states in 2016. Our guest today the Reverend Doug Pagitt is exceptionally familiar with what goes on with evangelical Christians, and he says he expects

Gen Z, Millennials and The 2024 Presidential Election
September 03, 2024

They werent there for Biden. A large chunk of young men are for Trump, but with a new presidential candidate, the Democratic Party is connecting with young people. One millennial voice is Josh Lafasa

Waving Goodbye to Neoliberalism?
August 29, 2024

It may have the word liberal in it but its anything but. Until the Biden/Harris years, the corporate wing of the Democratic Party had its deserved image of serving the richest among us. Trump under