Democracy Works
Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy
The Democracy Works podcast seeks to answer that question by examining a different aspect of democratic life each week — from voting to criminal justice to the free press and everything in between. We interview experts who study democracy, as well as people who are out there doing the hard work of democracy day in and day out. The show’s name comes from Pennsylvania’s long tradition of iron and steel works — people coming together to build things greater than the sum of their parts. We believe that democracy is the same way. Each of us has a role to play in building and sustaining a healthy democracy and our show is all about helping people understand what that means. Democracy Works is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what’s broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.
Categories: Government & Organizations
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Previous episodes
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293 - Cassidy Hutchinson on what comes after January 6 Mon, 25 Mar 2024
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292 - How discontent destabilizes demoracy Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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291 - A different take on social media and democracy Mon, 26 Feb 2024
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290 - How to combat political extremism Mon, 12 Feb 2024
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289 - A different kind of political divide Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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288 - Tim Alberta on evangelicals and Republicans Mon, 22 Jan 2024
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287 - How election officials are preparing for the year ahead Mon, 15 Jan 2024
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286 - Finding hope in 2024 Mon, 1 Jan 2024
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285 - Year in review: Media, mental health, and threats to democracy Mon, 18 Dec 2023
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284 - Making Peace Visible: The state of democracy in India Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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283 - Does mandatory civic education increase voter turnout? Mon, 4 Dec 2023
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282 - A deep look at political loss Mon, 20 Nov 2023
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281 - When populism and democracy collide Mon, 6 Nov 2023
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280 - Understanding union voters Mon, 23 Oct 2023
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279 - A conflict at the heart of our political disagreements Mon, 9 Oct 2023
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278 - What can we learn from early democracies? Mon, 25 Sep 2023
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277 - Building better bureaucracy Mon, 18 Sep 2023
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276 - Tim Miller on why Republicans stuck with Trump Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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275 - "Democracy '24" on the debate stage Mon, 4 Sep 2023
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274 - When the People Decide: Libraries as civic spaces Mon, 7 Aug 2023
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273 - A deep dive on parties and political reform Mon, 24 Jul 2023
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272 - Democracy Paradox: The democratic crisis you haven't heard about Mon, 10 Jul 2023
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271 - Village SquareCast: Can curiosity save us? Mon, 26 Jun 2023
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270 - Democracy-ish: Can America's democracy be saved? Mon, 12 Jun 2023
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269 - Democracy needs serious people Mon, 29 May 2023
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268 - Gen Z's fight for democracy Mon, 15 May 2023
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267 - Think Inclusive: Facing the Anti-CRT Movement Mon, 8 May 2023
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266 - Is America in a third reconstruction? Mon, 1 May 2023
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265 - Between democracy and autocracy Mon, 17 Apr 2023
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264 - Living in a fragmented democracy Mon, 3 Apr 2023
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263 - Feet in 2 Worlds: Immigrants in a Divided Country Mon, 27 Mar 2023
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262 - Harnessing the power of juries Mon, 20 Mar 2023
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261 - Civic learning amid the culture wars Mon, 6 Mar 2023
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260 - Finding the "we" in civic engagement Mon, 27 Feb 2023
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259 - Why politics makes us depressed — and what we can do about it Mon, 20 Feb 2023
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258 - What will it take to make democracy more representative? Mon, 6 Feb 2023
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257 - Separating news from noise Mon, 23 Jan 2023
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256 - What we learned from our guests in 2022 Mon, 19 Dec 2022
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255 - Where do the parties go from here? Mon, 12 Dec 2022
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254 - The real free speech problem on campus Mon, 5 Dec 2022
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253 - Jamelle Bouie makes the case for majoritarianism Mon, 21 Nov 2022
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252 - Our conversation with Josh Shapiro [rebroadcast] Mon, 14 Nov 2022
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251 - States united for democracy Mon, 7 Nov 2022
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250 - Celebrating democracy's small victories Mon, 31 Oct 2022
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249 - Climate change is everyone's fight Mon, 24 Oct 2022
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248 - Francis Fukuyama on the promise and peril of liberalism Mon, 17 Oct 2022
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247 - The backbone of democracy is now the face of fraud Mon, 10 Oct 2022
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246 - How Democrats can harness grassroots energy Mon, 3 Oct 2022
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245 - When should the states decide? Mon, 26 Sep 2022
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244 - Chris Beem on the seven democratic virtues Mon, 19 Sep 2022