Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


Latest Episodes

What Can Be Done About Injustice in Our Justice System?
June 02, 2023

In our 300 year old system of an adversarial combative system of justice, there is no mechanism to prove and protect the innocent. In his newly published book, The Plea of Innocence, author Tim Bakken

Madison’s Intent for the Second Amendment
May 12, 2023

In short, it was not about individual rights but about protecting the institution of slavery. It created militias as slave patrols. And despite conventional wisdom, militias were useless in the war fo

Sea Change: As Islands Sink, Will Communities Rise?
May 10, 2023

The thousands of islands in the global south have been treated as toys by the western civilizers. Though they are responsible for less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions, today their voices are not

I Want a Better Catastrophe!
May 05, 2023

We finally get that cant have infinite growth on our finite planet. The dominant western approach of treating the earth as our playground isnt working anymore. Its late but there are still real opp

Pressure Starting for Cease Fire in Ukraine?
May 02, 2023

Is it heresy to support a cease fire; can we both support Ukraine and diplomacy? Our guest on this informative show wonders if the Biden Administration is trapped in its own stifling, peace-averse do

The Roots of Anti-Woke
May 01, 2023

Its a puzzling mystery why so many working class people in the midwest go for Trumpism. Some answers are in Imagining the Heartland; White Supremacy and the American Midwest by anthropologist author

“Courage Unexcelled in US History”
April 21, 2023

It was a crime to even be a member of the One Big Union. But even Helen Keller was a member of the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World. On this show, Ahmed White talks about his new book

The Real War On Fake Drugs
April 19, 2023

Nothing in this story makes sense, but its all too real. So says todays guest Jordan S Rubin whose new book is titled Bizarro: The Surreal Saga of Americas Secret War on Synthetic Drugs and the F

Why They Fear Curiosity
April 13, 2023

The pressure to prevent active curiosity is a serious threat to democracy. Our guests today are authors Perry Zurin and Dani Bassett whose new book is Curious Minds, The Power of Connection. The push

You’ll Never Guess Which Country is Leading the Green Wave
April 11, 2023

From a vaunted Latin American pink wave, Colombias new president Gustavo Petro and vice president Francia Marquez realized that even with socialised profits, more extraction does not equal more wea