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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... more

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Episodes

Christianity as a democratic institution

Chris Beem talks with author Jonathan Rauch about why the current crisis in American Christianity is also a crisis in... more

17 Feb 2025 · 33 minutes
The power of practicing peace

It's easy to feel defeated in the face of political challenges, but this episode shows that everyone has the capacity... more

03 Feb 2025 · 43 minutes
Pushing back against political violence

Two leading experts on democracy join us to discuss how to prevent political violence in the United States and around... more

20 Jan 2025 · 45 minutes
Democracy reform in 2025 and beyond

We kick off 2025 with a discussion about how the democracy reform movement should position itself given the results of... more

06 Jan 2025 · 39 minutes
Season finale: Reflecting on a new political era

As we approach the end of another year, we reflect on the new political reality of a second Trump administration.

23 Dec 2024 · 44 minutes
Sustaining democracy during wartime

Balazs Trencsenyi, co-director of Invisible University for Ukraine, joins us to discuss the university's work to uphold education and democracy... more

09 Dec 2024 · 46 minutes
Telling America's story at the National Archives

Colleen, Shogan, archivist of the United States, joins us for a conversation about democratizing access to national records and running... more

25 Nov 2024 · 43 minutes
Bad Watchdog: The Red Herring

We're excited to bring you an episode from Bad Watchdog, the podcast from the Project on Government Oversight and one... more

18 Nov 2024 · 41 minutes
How strong is support for democracy?

Democracy Works host Michael Berkman talks with Christopher Claassen, a political scientist at the University of Glasgow, about how to... more

11 Nov 2024 · 33 minutes
How the Supreme Court could shape the 2024 election

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate's senior legal correspondent, joins us to discuss how the Supreme Court has shaped — and could continue... more

28 Oct 2024 · 45 minutes
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