Is This Democracy

40 Episodes

1. 40. The Precarious State of the Union

   Published: 3/7/2025
2. 39. The Path to Authoritarianism

   Published: 2/21/2025
3. 38. Is the Constitution Still in Effect?

   Published: 2/7/2025
4. 37. Into the Trump Regime

   Published: 1/24/2025
5. 36. From Reagan to Trump: A Conversation about “Landslide” and the Transformation of American Politics since the 1970s – with Ben Bradford and Seth Cotlar (Part II)

   Published: 4/16/2024
6. 35. “Landslide”: How the Radical Right Took Over the Republican Party and Transformed American Politics in the 1970s – with Ben Bradford and Seth Cotlar (Part I)

   Published: 4/11/2024
7. 34. What Today’s Republican Party Is Made Of – A GOP Primary Post-Mortem

   Published: 3/19/2024
8. 33. The Many Blind Spots and Pitfalls of the “Biden Too Old” Discourse

   Published: 2/23/2024
9. 32. “Project 2025”: What the Right Plans to Do Once Trumpism Returns to Power

   Published: 2/1/2024
10. 31. Why the Reactionary Campaign Against Claudine Gay Is a Matter of Great Concern

    Published: 1/11/2024
11. 30. Mad Poll Disease and the Folly of “Popularism” – with Michael Podhorzer

    Published: 11/30/2023
12. 29. What Do Americans Value in 2023?

    Published: 11/10/2023
13. 28. The New Speaker vs. Democracy, Threats of MAGA Violence as the New Normal, and the State of the 2024 Presidential Race

    Published: 10/27/2023
14. 27. Reflections on the Israel-Hamas war – and what the latest Speaker drama can tell us about the dangerous state of Republican politics

    Published: 10/13/2023
15. 26. Taking Stock: The State of American Democracy Heading into Summer

    Published: 6/7/2023
16. 25. The Ideology of Silicon Valley vs the Idea of Democracy – with Adrian Daub

    Published: 5/17/2023
17. 24. “Cancel Culture”: How a Moral Panic Is Capturing America and the World – with Adrian Daub

    Published: 5/16/2023
18. 23. “Polarization” Is Not the Problem. It Obscures the Problem – with Shannon McGregor

    Published: 5/2/2023
19. 22. Land of Unlimited Gun Violence

    Published: 4/21/2023
20. 21. Trump Arraignment in Manhattan, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Tennessee Assembly: Many Different Battles – One Conflict

    Published: 4/6/2023