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…
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…
S4 E5: Feminism in Black and White
- March 4, 2020
- Tagged as: S4E5, Season 4
People fighting for more democracy in the United States often have to struggle against sexism and racism. In fact, those two struggles are often inseparable—certainly from the perspective of black women and some other women…
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COVID mutations and climate breakdown both indicate the need to rapidly end the Global North / Global South inequity. Time to realize we actually are all in this together, and act like it.
A piece altogether too kind ... but so thoughtful and good on how our show developed and evolved. Huge thanks @huler @catchatweetdown @amywestervelt @timothybtyson @hogan1_wesley
A really good listen | Duke: https://alumni.duke.edu/magazine/articles/really-good-listen
Another excellent one from Falling Tree and Alan Hall. Learned stuff about Beauvoir, including that she wrote a late book on the experience of elderly people and society's treatment of them -- not to mention her blind spots (esp. intersectionality):
...and producer Alan Hall's portrait of the philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir through her archive and the words of those who knew her or know her work. Alan's pictured here in 1990 on a pilgrimage to her graveside... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011m4h
In case you missed it in the holiday goings and comings....
In the feed, The Repair Ep 8.
Scotland is a relative leader among historical emitters in pivoting away from fossil fuels, or promising to. How quickly will Scots give up the flow of oil and money? Reporting by @vicmcarthur with @0212crd and @amywestervelt, thanks @IWMF @prx
