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by Susan Travis
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  • EP10 | American Bureaucracy & the Draining of Institutional Expertise

    September 18, 2025 · 47 min

    Episode summary introduction:  America’s executive branch is comprised in part by “the bureaucracy,” those agencies which buttress American institutions.  Historically, those agencies are led by the most prominent experts in the country…

  • EP09 | The Courage to Resist Tyranny

    May 3, 2025 · 33 min

    As America slides ever deeper into an authoritarian regime hell-bent on achieving the aims of Project 2025, one Facebook user speaks truth to power through his inspiring post to American citizens, reminding them that non-violent resistance…

  • EP08 | The Quest for America's Multi-Racial Democracy

    December 27, 2024 · 42 min

    As America poises on the brink of the authoritarian vision posed by Project 2025, pro-democracy citizens must brace for an assault on democratic principles by stewarding themselves.  The real work lies ahead in a resistance to the oncoming…

  • EP07 | American Democratic Backsliding Into Project 2025

    October 30, 2024 · 56 min

    America is at a crossroads between saving our democracy and a hard right turn toward fascism.  Our journey to this crossroads has been of our own making, through a citizenry disinterested, complacent and cynical about our political future…

  • EP6B | Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny" - Daily Life

    October 10, 2024 · 54 min

    Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny:  Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, offers important reflections on the fragility of democratic systems and the rising momentum toward authoritarianism in contemporary politics.  Most importantly, it…

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  • EP6A | Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny" - The Big Picture

    September 20, 2024 · 40 min

    Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century offers important reflections on the fragility of democratic systems and the rising momentum toward authoritarianism in contemporary politics.  Most importantly, it…

  • EP5B | Sorting the Language of Dynamic Citizenry

    August 13, 2024 · 45 min

    America needs an engaged and informed citizenry capable of defending democracy, but what if they aren't sure what democracy means?  Too many Americans have become disillusioned or disengaged when they encounter confusing concepts amid a…

  • EP5A | The Naming of Parts in a New Normal

    August 3, 2024 · 16 min

    As our host, Susan Travis, reports on the fires and floods in her hometown of Ruidoso, New Mexico, the Summer of 2024 roars through its own tumultuous times, and for both, a new normal emerges.  This episode is a prelude to Episode 5B…

  • EP04 | Richard Haass' "The Bill of Obligations" for American Citizens

    June 11, 2024 · 46 min

    As Americans waken to the authoritarian threats facing democracy, Richard Haass' book, The Bill of Obligations; Ten Habits for Good Citizens, offers a 10-habit plan for stewarding ourselves toward a more robust dynamic citizenry.  His…

  • EP03 | American Democracy Relies on an Engaged Citizenry

    May 25, 2024 · 31 min

    Throughout history and culture, throughout our personal and collective lives, we are at times “called,” to a task, epic to the moment.  Yet, the scope of such a calling can seem overwhelming, and for a number of reasons, many never get…

  • EP02 | American Mayday - Ziblatt & Levitsky's: "How Democracies Die"

    May 24, 2024 · 36 min

    As those with authoritarian tendencies escalate their rhetoric and show their intentions, the work, How Democracies Die, by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky offers a guide for identifying the markers we're seeing around us.  For citizens…

  • EP01 | America on a Hero's Journey

    March 31, 2024 · 29 min

    The literary construct of Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey" offers insight into the America’s quest for a stronger democracy, and for its citizens, struggling to appropriately engage in pursuit of that healthier democracy.  This…

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Drawing from the archetypes of the hero’s journey found in narratives of myth, religion, culture, and politics, Susan Travis presents American democracy and its citizens as flawed heroes on an aspirational expedition of hope and determination.