This special re-broadcast of a Season 4 episode is in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. A look at the right-wing counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America:…
BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020
- November 24, 2020
- Tagged as: bonus, bonus episode, election, podcast, Season 4
What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series on democracy, The Land That Never Has…
What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews…
How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy? Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with…
In most American schools, children hear about democracy, but don’t get to practice it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like? Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and…
“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai…
The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Donald Trump. Even before Ronald Reagan and his like-minded counterpart across the Atlantic, Margaret Thatcher. By host and producer…
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supremacist power and violence. They issued a bold pro-democracy challenge…
In this special episode, host John Biewen and series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika discuss the coronavirus pandemic and how the crisis, and the nation’s response to it, echo themes we’re exploring in our Season 4 series…
The Great Depression presented a crisis not only for the U.S. economy, but for American democracy. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to save the nation’s system of government, and its economic system, while reforming both. What…
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who. advertises. on. these. shows.
They carried confederate flags and called black police officers racial slurs. No evidence? Who advertises on this show?
https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-no-white-supremacy-capitol-riot-officer-harry-dunn-racial-slurs-1571250
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1g0A9Vraa65KqfhpNZGNRk?si=sVuWHnGjQ5afca4kvyzJaA
"It's sad to see us attacked by our fellow citizens."
"I received chemical burns to my face that still have not healed."
Capitol Police Capt. Carneysha Mendoza recounts her experience inside the rotunda during the Capitol riot. Watch: https://abcn.ws/3uryoaA
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this debate, if u want to call it that, is really about power. and those who are used to having the power to shape language cannot stand that something has been supposedly taken away from them, by ppl who have long been relegated to the margins
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/media/slate-mike-pesca-suspended.html