Future Hindsight is a weekly podcast that takes big ideas about civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for... 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 Gonzalez Rojas is the New York State Assembly Member representing the 34th District in New York City. We discuss... 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, August 24th, 2023 Anne Nelson is an author and lecturer in the fields of international affairs, media, and human rights.... more