Democracy Paradox

A podcast by Justin Kempf

212 Episodes

  1. Michael McFaul and Robert Person on Putin, Russia, and the War in Ukraine

    Published: 7/19/2022
  2. Scott Mainwaring on Argentina and a Final Reflection on Democracy in Hard Places

    Published: 7/12/2022
  3. Lucan Way on Ukraine. Democracy in Hard Places

    Published: 7/5/2022
  4. Michael Coppedge on Why Democracies Emerge, Why They Decline, and Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)

    Published: 6/28/2022
  5. Rachel Beatty Riedl on Benin. Democracy in Hard Places.

    Published: 6/21/2022
  6. Ashutosh Varshney on India. Democracy in Hard Places

    Published: 6/14/2022
  7. Evan Lieberman on South Africa. Democracy in Hard Places

    Published: 6/7/2022
  8. Dan Slater on Indonesia. Democracy in Hard Places

    Published: 5/31/2022
  9. Kathryn Stoner on How Putin's War has Ruined Russia

    Published: 5/24/2022
  10. Scott Radnitz on Why Conspiracy Theories Thrive in Both Democracies and Autocracies

    Published: 5/17/2022
  11. Dan Banik is In Pursuit of Development

    Published: 5/13/2022
  12. Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab on Cyber Surveillance, Digital Subversion, and Transnational Repression

    Published: 5/10/2022
  13. Thomas Piketty on Equality

    Published: 5/3/2022
  14. Marta Dyczok and Andriy Kulykov on the Media, Information Warriors, and the Future of Ukraine

    Published: 4/26/2022
  15. Yascha Mounk on the Great Experiment of Diverse Democracies

    Published: 4/19/2022
  16. Mark Beissinger on Contemporary Urban Civic Revolutions

    Published: 4/12/2022
  17. Craig Whitlock on the Lessons Learned in Afghanistan

    Published: 4/5/2022
  18. Miles Rapoport on How We Can Achieve Universal Voting

    Published: 3/29/2022
  19. Between Russia and China: Anja Mihr on Central Asia

    Published: 3/22/2022
  20. Moisés Naím on the New Dynamics of Political Power

    Published: 3/15/2022

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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.