Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


Latest Episodes

The Mystery that is Cuban History
October 19, 2023

For over 60 years, North Americans have been kept in the dark about our neighbor Cuba. On this show Professor author Lisandro Perez talks about what his new book reveals. In The House on G Street trac

The Useful Struggle for American Democracy
October 12, 2023

Democracy and oligarchy: since our founding its been a long balancing act. In his new book Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, author histo

Racism Built Into America’s Medical System
October 10, 2023

In his new book The Bodies Keep Coming, author Dr. Brian Williams offers Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal. As doctors know, treating the underlying causes of

Who’s Your State Legislator? It Matters More Than You Think.
October 06, 2023

Its not the way its supposed to work. Our founders fought for self-government to replace the distant authoritarian system. As Justice Brandeis said; states are the laboratories of democracy. But the

Is Water Not a Human Right?
October 03, 2023

The right says let the market be in charge. Privatizing and commodifying our essential human needs is OK with them. Should we just accept the normalization of hundreds of millions of plastic bottles,

Today’s Gun Culture: The South Won
September 28, 2023

So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War: Militarily devastated, the angry Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this revealing discuss

How About A Rural New Deal?
September 26, 2023

Liberals usually fail to connect and inspire people of the rural mid-west. And we lose elections. But if were true to tradition, we should take the lead in solving rural alienation. Our guest today

American Midnight: The Early 20th Century Model for Trump?
September 21, 2023

Authoritarianism. Anti-Immigrant. White men fearful of losing control. Books banned, free press shut down. Widespread domestic spying. Dissent criminalized and many jailed tortured and killed. In hi

Wither American Arts?
September 13, 2023

The writers and screen actors strike is an example of whats happening to working people: the rents are too damn high. Housing is at the root of so many issues of the 2020s, including a stagnation in

The First September 11th: 50 Years Ago
September 11, 2023

Republicans determined to replace democracy with authoritarian tyranny. No its not 2023, its 1973 when they succeeded. Duly elected democratic socialist Salvador Allende is overthrown and replaced w