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55 Voices for Democracy – The Podcast

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    November 30, 2023 · 56 min

    "Going through a crisis and having a positive vision of the future are not the same thing. You need to have a positive vision of the future to get through the crisis." Our hosts, Aida Baghernejad and Tom Zoellner, interview politician and…

  • Lynne Thompson on the Role of Poetry in Democracies

    October 19, 2023 · 27 min

    "There is an understanding that between humans we have this one thing called language and it brings us - or can bring us - together." Writer and poet Lynne Thompson talks with hosts Aida Baghernejad and Tom Zoellner about her journey to…

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    March 23, 2023 · 32 min

    Host Tom Zoellner sat down with professor William Wiggins to discuss the ongoing importance of African-American history within the larger context of US history. Professor Wiggins has written on numerous subjects dealing with revolutionary…

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  • Teresa Bücker on Time as a Political Resource

    March 2, 2023 · 31 min

    "Time is a political resource. How time is distributed is a question of structures we find within a society. It's structured by the economic system we have; it's structured by gender, by race," states journalist and author Teresa Bücker…

  • Roberto Lovato on the Tenderness that Survives the Terror

    February 16, 2023 · 38 min

    "I've been through war. I've witnessed the workings of genocide. I have gone to mass graves across the entire continent (…) We have to un-forget to get past the present fear." In this episode, writer and journalist Roberto Lovato speaks…

  • Antonia Juhasz on the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Democracy

    January 5, 2023 · 34 min

    "Part of what has led the movement against fossil fuels is the increased number of people being confronted with the effects of oil drilling and fracking," argues energy analyst and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz. The Senior…

  • Raul Krauthausen on Inclusion and Accessibility

    December 8, 2022 · 33 min

    "I realized that everything I learned in terms of communication, creativity, strategy and planning at university can also be used for good...for the rights of people with disabilities," states Raul Krauthausen. The inclusion activist and…

  • Sarah Jaffe on Working Conditions & Labor Movements

    November 22, 2022 · 49 min

    "Until we start thinking about what people's lives are really like and not just shame them for how they vote, we're not going to have a healthy democracy," argues Sarah Jaffe. The labor journalist talks about working people's…

  • Geraldo Cadava on the 2022 Midterm Elections & 'the Latino Vote'

    November 10, 2022 · 42 min

    "One of the things that is so fascinating about last night's midterm elections is how young people really showed up," states Geraldo Cadava, professor of history and Latina and Latino studies at Northwestern University. In this episode, he…

  • Boris Dralyuk on Poetry, Translation and Émigrés

    October 20, 2022 · 32 min

    While politics can involve seemingly abstract decisions, "literature can remind us of the stakes at human level," argues Boris Dralyuk.  In this episode, the translator, author and editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Review of Books talks about…

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How can democracy be renewed and defended today? A collaboration of the Thomas Mann House, the Goethe Institute, Wunderbar Together, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.