We’re sharing an episode from our friends at Latino USA! In this episode, producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. travels to southern... more

We discuss how ungoverning is the equivalent of a bull in a china shop. Many institutions will be destroyed, but... more

We discuss election integrity and voting machines, the amazing work of election workers, and the logistics of election audits.  ... more

We discuss why the American electorate voted the way they did in 2024, the history of various voter suppression tactics,... more

We discuss the long history of vigilante democracy in the US and its return in our current politics. The playing... more

We discuss how the Democratic party continues to ignore AAPI voters in schools despite their increasing power at the ballot... more

We discuss the intersection of feminism and democracy and discover how the egalitarian underpinnings of feminism are fundamental to an... more

We discuss the importance of shifting our mindset to one that is infused with hope. Positive change comes when we... more

We discuss why American democracy should not treat the Latinx community as a monolith, what actually matters to this community,... more

We discuss the purpose of fascist education, the political nature of universities in defending democracy, and the dangers of America’s... more

We discuss the necessary policies that make a family friendly economy possible, such as investments in child care, elder care,... more

Future Hindsight is a finalist in the 2024 Signal Awards and we need your help to win the gold!   ... more

We discuss the deep impact of Project 2025 policies on the American people, even if only 10-15% were implemented. Well... more

This is a recording of a live event of the American Voter Project at the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative... more

We discuss deepening our understanding of the climate crisis, the urgent need for decarbonization, and our role in speaking truth... more

We discuss the power and the promise of public schools, the universal rejection of book bans by parents across the... more

We discuss how ballot measures give voters the opportunity to take power and agency. It is about citizens putting issues... more

We discuss how two parties alone cannot represent the diversity of views in American society, how fusion voting could solve... more

We discuss what it takes for citizens to take action and run for elected office. Wendy ran as a Democrat... more

Joe Spielberger is the policy counsel for the Effective and Accountable Government team at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO),... more

Daniel Alvarenga is a journalist who covers issues pertaining to immigration, racial equity, and Latinx cultures – with a special... more

Barbara McQuade is a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, co-host of the podcast #SistersinLaw, and a professor at... more

Daria Dawson is the Executive Director of America Votes, which coordinates more than 400 partners to engage and mobilize voters... more

Alissa Quart is the executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and the author of Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from... more

A.J. Jacobs is a journalist and author. His most recent book is The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble... more

Nationly is a limited election series podcast by Immigrantly Media. Join hosts Sara Sadhwani and Juan Diego Ramirez as they... more

Melanie D’Arrigo is the Executive Director of the Campaign for New York Health, which aims to win universal single-payer healthcare... more

Wajahat Ali is a Daily Beast columnist and the co-host of Democracy-ish. He's also the author of Go Back to... more

Robert L. Tsai is the author of Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer’s Pursuit of Equal Justice for All and Professor... more

Rachel Vindman is the co-host of the Suburban Women Problem podcast and she has her finger on the pulse on... more

Madiba Dennie is Deputy Editor and Senior Contributor at the critical legal commentary outlet Balls and Strikes. Her debut book... more

Jessica González-Rojas is the New York State Assembly Member representing the 34th District in New York City. We discuss the... more

Debbie Cox Bultan is the CEO of the NewDEAL, a network of 150 rising state and local officials, and the... more

Bill Weir is CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent and the author of Life As We Know It (Can Be). We discuss... more

Mandela Barnes is the president of Power to the Polls Wisconsin. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from... more

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick is the Policy Director at the American Immigration Council, a non-profit organization that strives to strengthen the United... more

Jonathan M. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the Director of the Department... more

Philip K. Howard is the founder and chair of Common Good, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for simplifying government,... more

Danielle Allen is the author of Justice by Means of Democracy. She is also the James Bryant Conant University Professor... more

Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and the author of The Pursuit of Happiness:... more

Braxton Brewington is the Press Secretary of the Debt Collective. We discuss the origins of the Debt Collective in the... more

Rachel Bitecofer is a political scientist and election forecaster turned political strategist. Her most recent book is Hit ’Em Where... more

Richard L. Hasen is Professor of Law and Political Science at UCLA and director of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project.... more

Phillip Atiba Solomon is the chair and Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies, Professor of Psychology at Yale... more

Sam Wang is the Director of the Electoral Innovation Lab and a professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. We discuss... more

Jess Piper is the Executive Director of Blue Missouri and the host of the Dirt Road Democrats podcast. We discuss... more

Ken Harbaugh is the host of the Burn the Boats podcast, a former United States Navy pilot, and executive producer... more

Cynthia Richie Terrell is the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen. We discuss institutional reforms that can reduce the barriers... more

Anat Shenker-Osorio is the host of the Words to Win By podcast and the Principal of ASO Communications. We discuss... more

Marietje Schaake is International Policy Director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, International Policy Fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered... more

Ryan Busse is a Democratic candidate for governor of Montana and the author of Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry... more

Deb Otis is the Director of Research & Policy at FairVote, a nonpartisan organization that researches and advances voting reforms... more

Lala Wu is the co-founder and executive director of Sister District, an organization that works to build enduring progressive power... more

Over the last several years our politics has been pushed from a place of collaboration to bold faced loyalty tests.... more

Rich Harwood is the president and founder of The Harwood Institute, who just launched a campaign to reclaim the public... more

Juliet Hooker is the author of Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss and the Royce Family Professor of Teaching... more

Shaun Donovan is the CEO & President of Enterprise Community Partners. We discuss how the deeply entrenched housing crisis has... more

Christopher Paul Harris is Assistant Professor of Global & International Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and the author... more

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Neal Rickner joins us to talk about the American Values Coalition, a growing community of... more

Thursday, November 16th, 2023   Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University... more

Thursday, November 9th, 2023   Bernard E. Harcourt is Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political... more

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023   Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters,... more

Thursday, October 26th, 2023   Nick Suplina is Senior Vice President for Law & Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety.... more

Thursday, October 19th, 2023   Sam Oliker-Friedland is the Executive Director of the Institute for Responsive Government and a former... more

Thursday, October 12th, 2023   Steven Levitsky is Professor of Government at Harvard University. Together with Daniel Ziblatt, he is... more

Thursday, October 5th, 2023   Jocelyn Simonson is Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, a former public defender, and... more

Thursday, September 28th, 2023   Stephen Bright and James Kwak are co-authors of The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race,... more

Thursday, September 21st, 2023   Sara Schreiber is the Executive Director of America Votes, the coordination hub of progressive communities.... more

Thursday, September 14th, 2023   Yoni Landau is the CEO and founder of Movement Labs, the founder of Contest Every... more

Thursday, September 7th, 2023   Samuel G. Freedman is an award-winning professor of journalism at Columbia University and author of... more

Thursday, August 31st, 2023   Kurt Andersen is a prolific writer and author of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America:... more

Thursday, August 24th, 2023   Anne Nelson is an author and lecturer in the fields of international affairs, media, and... more

Thursday, August 17th, 2023   David Pepper is a lawyer, writer, political activist, and former elected official. He served as... more

Thursday, August 10th, 2023   Skye Perryman is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward, an organization that uses the... more

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023   Norman Chen is the CEO of the Asian American Foundation or TAAF. We discuss racism... more

Thursday, July 27th, 2023   Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran are co-authors of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting... more

Thursday, July 20th, 2023   Jenice Fountain is the Executive Director of the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive justice organization in... more

Thursday, July 13th, 2023   Layla Law-Gisiko serves on Manhattan’s Community Board 5 at the very center of New York... more

Thursday, July 6th, 2023   We’re sharing an episode from fellow Democracy Group podcast, Democracy Decoded, a show that examines... more

Thursday, June 29th, 2023   Dr. Richard Haass is the President of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author... more

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023   Anna Chu is the executive director of We The Action, an organization that connects volunteer... more

Thursday, June 15th, 2023   Frank Guridy is the Executive Director of the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and... more

Thursday, June 8th, 2023   David Priess is the Director of Intelligence at Bedrock Learning and has served at the... more

Thursday, June 1st, 2023   Beto O’Rourke is a fourth-generation Texan, the former US Representative of Texas’s 16th Congressional district,... more

Thursday, May 25th, 2023   Representative Anna Eskamani serves on behalf of Florida’s 42nd district of Orange County in the... more

Thursday, May 18th, 2023   Chris Wiggins and Matthew L. Jones are co-authors of How Data Happened: A History from... more

Thursday, May 11th, 2023   Judge Victoria Pratt was Chief Judge in Newark Municipal Court in New Jersey and the... more

Thursday, May 4th, 2023   Craig Aaron is the Co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action. We discuss the... more

Thursday, April 27th, 2023   Jeff Sharlet is a journalist, best-selling author, and longtime observer and investigator of the Christian... more

Thursday, April 20th, 2023   Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward are the co-authors of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild... more

Thursday, April 13th, 2023   Anat Shenker-Osorio is a renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor, the host of Words to... more

Thursday, April 6th, 2023   We’re sharing an episode of Drilled, a true-crime podcast about climate change, hosted and reported... more

Thursday, March 30th, 2023   Alana Sivin is the New York State Director of Criminal Justice Reform at FWD.us. We... more

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023   Joanna Schwartz is a professor of law at UCLA, where she teaches civil procedure and... more

Thursday, March 16th, 2023   Laphonza Butler is President of Emily’s List, an organization that aims to help elect pro-choice... more

Thursday, March 9th, 2023   Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider are co-authors of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The... more

Thursday, March 2nd, 2023   Daniel Squadron is the co-founder and Executive Director of The States Project and also a... more

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023   Leah Goodridge has served on the New York City Planning Commission since 2021 and is... more

Thursday, February 16th, 2023   Gregg Colburn is the co-author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain... more

Thursday, February 9th, 2023   Octavia Abell is the co-founder and CEO of Govern For America, which describes its mission... more

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023   Ruth Milkman is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and History at the CUNY Graduate Center and... more

Thursday, January 26th, 2023   Jared Yates Sexton is a self-described Hoosier, a Political Analyst, and host of the Muckrake... more

Thursday, January 19th, 2023   Victor Shi is a Gen Z activist, host of On the Move, co-host of iGen... more

Thursday, January 12th, 2023   Danielle Moodie is a cultural connoisseur, a political junkie, and, in addition to Democracy-ish, also... more

Thursday, January 5th, 2023   Steve Phillips is the host of the Democracy in Color podcast and the author of How... more

Thursday, December 29th, 2022   We’re sharing a clip from an episode of Some of My Best Friends Are…  ... more

Thursday, December 22nd, 2022   Chris Kang is the Co-Founder and Chief Counsel of Demand Justice. He served in the... more

Thursday, December 15th, 2022   Jackie Salit and Thom Reilly are co-directors of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable... more

Thursday, December 8th, 2022   Chris Melody Fields Figueredo is the Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which... more

Thursday, December 1st, 2022   Cecile Richards is the co-chair of American Bridge, former president of Planned Parenthood, a co-founder... more

Thursday, November 23rd, 2022   Andrew Koppelman is the author of Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted... more

Thursday, November 10th, 2022   Rebecca Cokley is a disability-rights advocate and the first U.S. Disability Rights Program Officer for... more

Thursday, November 10th, 2022   Thaddeus Johnson is a former police officer, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Criminal... more

Thursday, November 3rd, 2022   Dr. Alison Gill is a veteran, former federal government executive, and Host of Mueller She... more

Thursday, October 27th, 2022   Amanda Brown Lierman is the Executive Director at Supermajority and Supermajority Education Fund, which builds... more

Thursday, October 20th, 2022   Orly Lobel is the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and the Director of the Center... more

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022   We're sharing an episode of Civics 101 from New Hampshire Public Radio.   The House... more

Thursday, October 13th, 2022   Ryan Busse is a former firearms executive, Senior Policy Advisor to Giffords, and author of... more

Thursday, October 6th, 2022   Aidan Kohn-Murphy is the founder and Executive Director of the organization Gen Z for Change,... more

Thursday, September 29th, 2022   Jonathan Friedman is the director of free expression and education programs at PEN America. He... more

Thursday, September 22nd, 2022   Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale and the author of... more

Thursday, September 15th, 2022   Steve Pierson is the host of the How We Win podcast. He’s an activist, community... more

Thursday, September 8th, 2022   Ian Bremmer is a political scientist and he’s the founder and president of the research... more

Thursday, September 1st, 2022   Christopher Beem is Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, co-host of the Democracy... more

Thursday, August 25th, 2022   Rob Sand is Iowa’s State Auditor, which is the taxpayers’ watchdog in the state. He’s... more

Thursday, August 18th, 2022   Jennifer Taub is a lawyer, advocate, and author of Big Dirty Money: The Shocking Injustice... more

Thursday, August 11th, 2022   Zephyr Teachout is Senior Counsel for Economic Justice for the New York Attorney General and... more

Thursday, August 4th, 2022   Elizabeth Yeampierre is an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental and climate justice leader... more

Thursday, July 28th, 2022 Amanda Renteria the CEO of Code for America, an organization of people-centered problem solvers working to... more

Thursday, July 21st, 2022   Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne are the co-authors of 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal... more

Thursday, July 14th, 2022   Matthew E. Kahn is Provost Professor at the University of Southern California and the author... more

Thursday, July 7th, 2022   Rachel Vindman is the host of the Suburban Women Problem podcast and wife of retired... more

Thursday, June 30th, 2022   This week, Future Hindsight is sharing an episode of The Financial Confessions – a podcast... more

Thursday, June 23rd, 2022   Katie Fahey is the Executive Director of The People, an organization working to find common... more

Thursday, June 16th, 2022   Sung Yeon Choimorrow is the executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum,... more

Thursday, June 9th, 2022   Jeff Clements serves as President of American Promise, an organization that is focused on repairing... more

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022   Amy Westervelt is a climate journalist and the founder and executive producer of the Critical... more

Thursday, May 26th, 2022   Andrea Miller is the President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health. As we await... more

Thursday, May 19th, 2022     John Opdycke is the President of Open Primaries, an organization building a coalition of... more

Thursday, May 12th, 2022   Marie Yovanovitch is the former Ambassador to Ukraine and best-selling author of her memoir, Lessons... more

Thursday, May 5th, 2022   Nisha Anand is an Indian-American activist, leader for racial justice, and the CEO of DreamCorps.... more

Thursday, April 28th, 2022   Ian Haney López is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the... more

Thursday, April 21st, 2022 Richard Hasen is a nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, and his... more

Thursday, April 14th, 2022   David J. Toscano served 14 years (2006-20) in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the... more

Thursday, April 7th, 2022   Emily Cherniack is the founder of New Politics. She believes that politics has the power... more

We are running a short, four-minute survey during the month of April, and it’s all about you. We want to... more

Thursday, March 31st, 2022   Carol Jenkins is the President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for... more

Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State of Michigan and the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the... more

Nathan Lockwood is the Executive Director of Rank the Vote, an organization with a vision that the national adoption of... more

Art Chang was a mayoral candidate in New York City in 2021. We discuss his campaign and the big issues... more

Danielle Allen is a MacArthur Fellow and the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She’s published broadly in... more

Understanding Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter stands as a movement to demand and secure Black humanity. Being a leader-full... more

Neil Roberts is Professor of Africana Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Political Science and Religion at Williams College. He’s working... more

Anat Shenker-Osorio is a renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor, the host of Words to Win By, and the Principal... more

We're revisiting our conversation with Mark Rank, a poverty expert, professor, and author of Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong... more

We're revisiting our conversation with Colin Jerolmack, an environmental sociologist and author of Up to Heaven and Down to Hell:... more

We’re sharing a curated list of podcast recommendations on abortion rights that we put together for our friends at EarBuds... more

Retaking The Commons In order to repair our current social contract, we must first repair our relationship to the Commons.... more

Faith in the Social Contract As members of a society, we must have an understanding of “we” for the social... more

Technology in the Social Contract Increasingly, the design of new technology determines the way our society functions and the way... more

Tax Policy is Where It Starts What do our tax dollars really go towards? The truth is, so much of... more

Racism Bites Everybody Creating racist policies and ideologies is short-sighted. In the long run, these practices affect everyone, including white... more

The Legacy of the Subminimum Wage The devaluation of Black lives and women's work is at the heart of the... more

Our Responsibility to Defend the Truth Science denialism has existed as long as science has existed. As a part of... more

The Social Contract and Our Bodies The pandemic has given us a glimpse into the ways our health is woven... more

Racial Injustice in the Climate Crisis Economic and racial injustices are at the center of the climate crisis. White communities... more

Architecture of Opportunity We lose talent in our society when we overlook those from poor backgrounds or minority families. For... more

The Social Contract The state of nature is a human condition that exists in any space that lacks a civil... more

Our all-new season is all about something that we most often hear about in terms of its brokenness: the social... more

Subscribe to Some of My Best Friends Are at http://podcasts.pushkin.fm/futurehindsight This week, we're sharing an episode of Some of My... more

Intersectionality As an Assemblymember, González-Rojas works to address a variety of intersectional issues facing her community, ranging from housing to... more

Youth Vote Power Young people wield a lot of power when they vote. A whopping 73% of youth who were... more

The Power of State Legislatures State legislatures pass the laws that affect our daily lives. When Democrats won the ‘trifecta’... more

Helping Diverse First Time Candidates Run Since its founding, Run for Something has helped elect 515 young, local officials across... more

Pro-Choice Democratic Women Eleanor’s Legacy specifically helps pro-choice Democratic candidates for several reasons. First, due to a long-standing Republican majority... more

Normalize Black Women’s Leadership Normalizing Black women’s leadership means that it is as plausible to have a Black woman represent... more

Qualifications Women need to highlight their credentials early and often, particularly in economics. Voters do recognize that women understand kitchen... more

Motivations and Perspectives The goal of promoting women to run for office is not simply to achieve parity in Congress... more

Publication of Transcript Levine and the co-editors were outraged by what was happening in the trial and wanted to make... more

American Ideals The Declaration of Independence clearly lists the promises Americans are entitled to: life, liberty, and the pursuit of... more

Punishment Bureaucracy The Punishment Bureaucracy defines the array of institutions that powerful members of our society have constructed to enforce... more

White Collar Crime White collar crime, as originally defined by Edwin Sutherland in 1939, are offenses committed by someone of... more

Objectification Pride and greed are vices of domination that are at the root of sexual harassment and assault. Narcissistic gender... more

Non-Traditional Labor Several kinds of non-traditional labor in the US leave Americans vulnerable to coercion at work. Prisoners work during... more

Musical Chairs American poverty is a bit like a game of musical chairs. The US only has good opportunities for... more

Ideal Peacebuilding The ideal peacebuilding model is context-specific. It heavily relies on grassroots peacebuilding efforts by the local community to... more

Public-Private Paradox: America has clearly delineated public and private domains: the public domain is regulated, and the private domain is... more

New Socratic Method Socrates used direct questioning to make ancient Athenians reflect critically on their views, which often made people... more

Thanks, HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/hopeful12 and use code hopeful12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! The Erosion of... more

Evil Geniuses Influential conservatives have capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn our economy... more

We are launching an all-new authors’ season, focusing on books that get into the weeds of America’s most vexing problems.... more

Being a Good Neighbor Solving community problems can begin with a simple, common goal of being a good neighbor. Deep... more

Campaign Finance Laws The Supreme Court often operates like a conservative activist group to help the GOP. One of the... more

Race-Conscious Parenting Race-conscious parenting affirms that we should notice race, and to recognize racism and racial injustice. It rejects colorblindness,... more

Expanding Access Health insurance is essential to accessing healthcare. The uninsured do not get routine preventive care and, therefore, experience... more

Inclusive excellence Diverse leadership and promoting inclusive excellence benefits everyone. In fact, it’s critical to success in any organization. Always... more

Implicit Bias in Preschool Teachers In a study to detect implicit bias, preschool teachers were instructed to watch a video... more

Achieving Education Equity Championing Indigenous students to be successful in school systems starts with school curriculums – telling the accurate... more

Child Separation Policy’s History The United States has a long history of using child separation to further racial nationalism. The... more

Colorblind Organizing US unions traditionally operate on a 'colorblind' approach to organizing, but focusing on class issues alone often fails... more