212 Episodes

  1. James Goldgeier on NATO, its Enlargement, and its Future

    Published: 18/04/2023
  2. Steven Simon on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East including Iran and the Wars in Iraq

    Published: 11/04/2023
  3. Larry Bartels Says Democracy Erodes from the Top

    Published: 04/04/2023
  4. Samuel Woolley on Bots, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Propaganda

    Published: 28/03/2023
  5. Josh Chin on China's Surveillance State

    Published: 21/03/2023
  6. Staffan Lindberg with a Report on Democracy in the World

    Published: 14/03/2023
  7. Srdja Popovic on Dilemma Actions

    Published: 07/03/2023
  8. Wendy Hunter on Lula, Bolsonaro, January 8th and Democracy in Brazil

    Published: 28/02/2023
  9. Jennifer Piscopo on the Constitutional Chaos in Chile

    Published: 21/02/2023
  10. Martin Wolf on the Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

    Published: 14/02/2023
  11. Anna Grzymala-Busse on the Sacred Foundations of Modern Politics

    Published: 07/02/2023
  12. Francis Fukuyama Responds to Liberalism's Discontents

    Published: 31/01/2023
  13. Patrick Deneen Offers a Powerful Critique of Liberalism

    Published: 24/01/2023
  14. Michael Walzer on Liberal as an Adjective

    Published: 17/01/2023
  15. Robert Kagan Looks to American History to Explain Foreign Policy Today

    Published: 10/01/2023
  16. Olivier Zunz on Alexis de Tocqueville

    Published: 03/01/2023
  17. Lynette Ong Describes How China Outsources Repression

    Published: 27/12/2022
  18. Olga Onuch and Henry Hale Describe the Zelensky Effect

    Published: 20/12/2022
  19. Elizabeth Economy in a Wide Ranging Conversation About China

    Published: 13/12/2022
  20. Richard Wike Asked Citizens in 19 Countries Whether Social Media is Good for Democracy

    Published: 06/12/2022

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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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