We bring on Astra Taylor to talk about her twinned book and documentary on democracy (What Is Democracy and Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone). We discuss the theory and practice of self-government, how she developed her film and book, and what lessons she learned in the process.
Episode 114 - Losing the War, by Lee Sandlin
Episode 113 PREVIEW - The Soleimani Assassination with Derek Davison
Episode 112 - The True History of FDR and the New Deal, with Eric Rauchway
Episode 111 UNLOCKED - Union Organizing with Max Lyons and Nela Hadzic
Episode 110 Preview - The Corbyn Defeat and Hope in Dark Times
Episode 109 - Nicole Fabricant on the Bolivian Situation
Episode 108 UNLOCKED - Ezra Levin on Political Organizing
Episode 107 - The Baldwin-Buckley Debate
Episode 106 Preview - Overworked America
Episode 105 - Matt Karp on the Antislavery Movement and Bernie vs. Warren
Episode 104 Preview - Jeff Spross on the Warren Medicare-for-All Financing Flap
Episode 103 - Interview with Texas-25 Candidate Heidi Sloan
Episode 102 Preview - Emma Caterine on Credit and Utopian Science Fiction
Episode 101 - Harvey Kaye on the Promise of America
Episode 100 Preview - Manu Saadia on Piketty's Capital and Ideology, Part II
Episode 99 - Jedediah Purdy on the Crumbling American Commonwealth
Episode 98 Preview: Manu Saadia on Piketty's Capital and Ideology
Episode 97a Preview: An Exploration of the Little Colorado River Gorge
Episode 97 - David Dayen on Presidential Power
Episode 96 Preview: Hannah Arendt on Republican Cheating
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