212 Episodes

  1. Simon Shuster on Zelensky in War and Peace

    Published: 23/01/2024

  2. Marcela Rios Tobar on the Failed Constitutional Process in Chile

    Published: 16/01/2024

  3. Kurt Weyland on the Resilience of Democracy

    Published: 09/01/2024

  4. Is a New Jim Crow Emerging in India? Ashutosh Varshney Gives a Warning

    Published: 02/01/2024

  5. Does Democracy Rely on a Civic Bargain? Josiah Ober Makes the Case

    Published: 26/12/2023

  6. Is Islamism Democratic? Sebnem Gumuscu on Islamist Parties in Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey

    Published: 19/12/2023

  7. Can America Fight Back Against the Authoritarian Economic Statecraft of China? Bethany Allen Believes We Can

    Published: 12/12/2023

  8. Does Democracy Die in Darkness? Katlyn Carter on Transparency and Secrecy in Early Representative Governments

    Published: 05/12/2023

  9. How Can Democracy Survive in an Age of Discontent? Rachel Navarre and Matthew Rhodes-Purdy on Populism and Political Extremism

    Published: 28/11/2023

  10. Rachel Schwartz on How Guatemala Rose Up Against Democratic Backsliding

    Published: 21/11/2023

  11. Who is Alexey Navalny? David Herszenhorn Paints a Picture

    Published: 14/11/2023

  12. Leadership is Not a Formula Says Moshik Temkin

    Published: 07/11/2023

  13. Patricia Evangelista Says The Philippines is an Example of What Happens When Autocrats and Dictators Rise and We Let Them

    Published: 31/10/2023

  14. Cenk Uygur is Running an Unorthodox Campaign for President

    Published: 24/10/2023

  15. Shadi Hamid on Democracy, Liberalism, and the Middle East

    Published: 17/10/2023

  16. Branko Milanovic on Different Visions of Inequality

    Published: 10/10/2023

  17. Yascha Mounk Warns Against a Misguided New Ideology

    Published: 03/10/2023

  18. Heather Cox Richardson on History, Conservatism, and the Awakening of American Democracy

    Published: 26/09/2023

  19. Daniel Ziblatt on American Democracy, the Republican Party, and the Tyranny of the Minority

    Published: 19/09/2023

  20. Is Reunification Still Possible? Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo on Korea

    Published: 12/09/2023

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Is it possible for a democracy to govern undemocratically? Can the people elect an undemocratic leader? Is it possible for democracy to bring about authoritarianism? And if so, what does this say about democracy? ​​My name is Justin Kempf. Every week I talk to the brightest minds on subjects like international relations, political theory, and history to explore democracy from every conceivable angle. Topics like civil resistance, authoritarian successor parties, and the autocratic middle class challenge our ideas about democracy. Join me as we unravel new topics every week.

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