Democracy

Making the Presidency: A Conversation with Lindsay Chervinsky

Why does our democracy work the way it does? While each founding father was critical to the story of American…

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The DSR Daily Brief for September 29th: Explosion in Pakistan Kills 50

The three-hundred seventy-third episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited In This Episode Pakistan: At least 50 killed, dozens…

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The DSR Daily Brief for August 14th: The Maui Wildfire Aftermath, Trump Faces Another Possible Indictment

The three-hundred-forty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited In this Episode Maui officials and scientists warn that after…

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More than Just Voting: How to Protect Our Democracy, with Rachel Vindman

Marissa welcomes Rachel Vindman back on the podcast for a heartfelt and funny conversation about everything that’s going on in…

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The DSR Daily Brief for July 14th: Putin’s Account of Meeting with Prigozhin, Blinken in Jakarta for ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting

The three-hundred-twenty-first episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited In this Episode Putin gives his account of post-mutiny Prigozhin…

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The DSR Daily Brief for July 14th: Putin\’s Account of Meeting with Prigozhin, Blinken in Jakarta for ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting

The three-hundred-twenty-first episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited In this Episode Putin gives his account of post-mutiny Prigozhin…

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Special Episode of Deep State Radio: Trump Indicted

Donald Trump has been indicted, though the details of the case won’t likely be known until Tuesday of next week…

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Maybe It Should Have Been Called the Summit with Added Democracy-Like Product

Celebrating democracy seems like a good idea. Further, President Biden and his team have been actively supporting democracy worldwide since…

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The DSR Daily Bonus Brief: Freedom in the World

In this weekend’s bonus brief, Grant and Chris talks with Adrian Shahbaz Vice President of Research and Analysis at Freedom…

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The High Cost of Underestimating Joe Biden

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A Time of Reckoning for US Media

Blaming the media is one of the laziest arguments you’ll find on Twitter. Which is saying something because Twitter was,…

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Democracy vs. Inflation – Full Member Version

President Biden is headed to Saudi Arabia and will meet with Mohammed bin Salman.  Is this the end for the…

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Democracy vs. Inflation

President Biden is headed to Saudi Arabia and will meet with Mohammed bin Salman.  Is this the end for the…

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The Great Experiment: A Conversation with Yascha Mounk – Full Member Version

The United States seems at a breaking point. Election denialists, conspiracy theories, and extreme partisanship are straining the American institutions.…

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The Great Experiment: A Conversation with Yascha Mounk

The United States seems at a breaking point. Election denialists, conspiracy theories, and extreme partisanship are straining the American institutions.…

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100% Democracy: A Conversation with E.J. Dionne – Full Member Version

Democracy is in danger in the United States, could universal voting be the cure?  That is the question at the…

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100% Democracy: A Conversation with E.J. Dionne

Democracy is in danger in the United States, could universal voting be the cure?  That is the question at the…

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Freedom in the World with Amy Slipowitz

This week Grant and Zoe were joined by Amy Slipowitz the research manager of Freedom in the World at Freedom House.…

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In Search of Optimism

I have spent this week as I often do meeting with senior officials and smart observers in and around Washington. …

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COVID at Two: Where Did We Go Wrong? – Full Member Episode

It has been two years since COVID-19 started hitting the headlines globally. As the new omicron variant is causing surging…

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