Democracy Works

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.

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Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide to Mark Meadows whose testimony captured the nation's attention in the January 6 Congressional hearings, joins us this week to discuss her time in the Trump administration and her new role safeguarding American democracy.

Previous episodes

  • 293 - Cassidy Hutchinson on what comes after January 6 
    Mon, 25 Mar 2024
  • 292 - How discontent destabilizes demoracy 
    Mon, 11 Mar 2024
  • 291 - A different take on social media and democracy 
    Mon, 26 Feb 2024
  • 290 - How to combat political extremism 
    Mon, 12 Feb 2024
  • 289 - A different kind of political divide 
    Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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