Grace Adcox, Polling Analyst, Data for Progress -- Polls Show Bipartisan Support for President Biden's Agenda
Sarah Alvarez, founder, Outlier Media -- The Role of Local Newsrooms in Democracy
Joe Amditis, Assistant Director, Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University -- Democracy Day
Miles Armaly, Assistant Professor, American Politics, University of Mississippi -- Episode 26: The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics
Joel Bakan, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia -- Episode 29: The New Corporation's Threat to Democracy
Michael Bellesiles, author, "Inventing Equality: Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War" - Episode 18: The Promise--and Failure--of the Reconstruction Amendments to Expand American Democracy
Yochai Benkler, Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Harvard Law School - Episode 19: Why the GOP relies on negative propaganda loops & voter suppression to win elections
Adam Berinsky, Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Political Disinformation and Misinformation: A Primer
Stephen Bezruchka, Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health, University of Washington -- COVID and Inequality
Cindy Black, Executive Director, Fix Democracy First - Episode 27: Seattle's Clean Campaigns
Dan Bouk, Associate Professor of History, Colgate University -- Spotchecking the Enumerators to Prevent Curbstoning: Inside the 1940 U.S. Census
Keith Boykin, author, "Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America" & "Quitting: Why I Left My Job to Live a Life of Freedom" -- The Politics of a Darkening America
Barry Burden, Director, Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Episode10: Vote-by-mail in the 2020 Election
Alex Carmada, Senior Policy Adviser, Reinvent Albany -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Philip Clayton, President, Institute for Ecological Civilization -- Episode 28: Imagining a New Possible
Donald Cohen, Founder & Executive Director, In the Public Interest -- Should Everything Be Privatized?
Chuck Collins, Director of the Program for Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies -- Episode 32: Piles of Democracy-Diminishing Dollars
-- Episode 41: How Dynastic Family Wealth Undermines Democracy
Marjorie Connelly, Senior Fellow, Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research -- Episode 16: Poll finds nearly half of Americans don't believe democracy is working
Sarah Croco, Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics -- Using Honesty to Hold Political Liars Accountable
James Curry, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Utah -- The Limits of Party
David Daley, author, "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count" & "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy" -- Episode 37: Mid-summer ICYMI: NYC Primary, Arizona Voting Suppression & Minority Rule Via Gerrymandering
-- Episode 9: Wisconsin's 2020 primary, reviewed
David Dayen, Executive Editor, The American Prospect -- Episode 31: Biden's First 100 Days
Linn Davis, Program Manager, Healthy Democracy -- Episode 40: All About Sortition
-- Episode 5: Exporting Oregon-Style Democracy
Joshua Douglas, law professor, University of Kentucky -- Reviewing the Supreme Court's 2023 Term
Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow, New American Foundation -- How Democracies Revive
Liz Dupee, Director, Washington Democracy Hub -- Episode 1: Free Speech
Kristin Eberhard, Director, Climate and Democracy, Sightline Institute -- Episode 30: Becoming a Better Democracy
-- Episode 7: Saving Democracy in Oregon
Laura Edelson, NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy -- Episode 36: Monitoring Online Political Advertising
Katie Fahey, Executive Director, The People -- Episode 4: Gerrymandering Reform
-- How The People Can Push Back Against the Backsliding of Democracy
Ron Fein, Legal Director, Free Speech For People -- Episode 27: Seattle's Clean Campaigns
Chris Fitzsimon, publisher, States Newsroom -- The Role of Local Newsrooms in Democracy
Amada Fritz, former Commissioner, City of Portland -- Episode 1: Free Speech
Amory Gethin, Co-Founder and Manager, World Political Cleavages and Inequality Database -- Episode 47: Political Cleavages & Social Inequalities
Sara Gifford, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, ActiVote -- Making Voting Fun? There's an App for That
Jeff Golden, Oregon State Senate, 3rd District -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Ruth Greenwood, Co-Director, Voting Rights and Redistricting, Campaign Legal Center -- Episode 9: Wisconsin's 2020 primary, reviewed
Ronald Gruner, author, "We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century" -- Episode 51: From Harding to Biden--100 Years of American Presidents
Jacob Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institution for Social and Political Studies, Yale University -- Episode 13: 'Let Them Eat Tweets'
Aaron Hamlin, Executive Director, The Center for Election Science -- Approval Voting
Susan Harley, Managing Director, Public Citizen's Congress Watch division -- Episode 45: The High Price of Zero Corporate Taxes
Thom Hartmann, Author, "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People'--and How You Can Fight Back" -- Episode 6: Corporate Personhood
Rick Hasen, Professor of Law and Political Science, UCLA -- The Constitution Should Not Be a Suicide Pact
Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause Wisconsin -- Episode 9: Wisconsin's 2020 primary, reviewed
Sebastian Hellmeier, former graduate fellow, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute -- Episode 33: The Backsliding of Global Democracy
Nolan Higdon, Lecturer, Department of History, Cal State East Bay -- Anatomy of Fake News
Jason Kafoury, activist, campaign finance reform -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Justin Kempf, host, "Democracy Paradox" podcast -- Episode 54: Discussions on Democracy
Scott Kendall, campaign counsel, Alaska for Better Elections -- Episode 23: Alaska Passes Ranked Choice Voting
Mike Konczal, Director, Progressive Thought, Roosevelt institute -- Episode 11: The Economic Threat to Democracy
Andrew Koppelman, Professor of Law, Northwestern University -- The Roberts Court, the Most Activist SCOTUS in History
Matt Krayton, Owner and Principal, Publitics -- The Intersection Between Tech & Politics
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, State Representative, Alaska's 35th District -- Episode 23: Alaska Passes Ranked Choice Voting
Roman Krznaric, author, "The Good Ancestor: How To Think Long Term in a Short-Term World" -- Episode 15: Being a Good Ancestor
Jean Lachapelle, graduate fellow, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute -- Episode 33: The Backsliding of Global Democracy
George Lakey, author, "Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got it Right--and How We Can, Too" -- Episode 8: Is the U.S. Ready for a Nordic Style of Government
Lauren Leader, Co-Founder and CEO, All in Together -- How Women Will Impact the 2024 Election
Frances E. Lee, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University -- The Limits of Party
Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School -- Episode 3: Corruption & Money in National Politics
Robert Lieberman, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University -- Episode 14: Why Donald Trump is a Dangerous Threat to Democracy
Amanda Litman, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Run For Something -- Run For Something
Peter MacLeod, Principal, MASS LBP -- Direct Democracy: Canadian Style
Matthew C. MacWilliams, author, "On Fascism: 12 Lessons From American history" -- Episode 17: American Fascist: How Trump Hollowed Out American Democracy
Amanda Marcotte, senior politics writer, Salon.com -- Episode 48: 2021 Year in Review
Thomas Main, author, "The Rise of Illiberalism" -- Episode 52: The Rise of Illiberalism
Madeline McCarren, Democracy Without Elections -- Episode 40: All About Sortition
Jared McDonald, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Affairs, University of Mary Washington -- Using Honesty to Hold Political Liars Accountable
Jennifer McClellan, State Senator, Virginia's 9th District -- Episode 38: Expanding Voting Rights in Virginia
Desmond Meade, Executive Director, Florida Rights Restoration Committee -- Restoring the Right to Vote
Dan Meek, activist, campaign finance reform -- Episode 1: Free Speech
Sharon Meieran, Multnomah County Commissioner, Oregon -- Episode 1: Free Speech
Bill Mullen, Professor of English and American Studies, Purdue University -- Episode 25: The U.S. Anti-Fascism Reader
Jonathan Nagler, co-director, Center for Social Media and Politics -- Episode 50: Americans are "awful" at spotting fake news
Anne Nelson, author, "Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right" -- Know Your Shadowy Cabal: The Council for National Policy
Reginald C. Oh, Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law -- Episode 46: How Critical Race Theory Became the GOP's Latest Boogeyman
Judy Pace, Professor of Education, University of San Francisco -- The Role of Education When Democracy is Under Attack
Morris Pearl, Chair, Patriotic Millionaires -- Can Millionaires Save Democracy?
Francisco Perez, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Utah -- Understanding the Limits of Black Capitalism
Paul Pierson, John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley -- Episode 13: 'Let Them Eat Tweets'
Jennifer Piscopo, Associate Professor of Politics, Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Occidental College -- Episode 53: Democracy in Real Time: An Update on Chile's New Constitution
-- Episode 20: Chile votes to rewrite its constitution
Hugh Pope, Editor, "The Keys to Democracy: Sortition as a New Model for Citizen Power" -- Using Sortition to Solve "Wicked Problems"
Cia Price, State Delegate, Virginia's 95th District -- Episode 38: Expanding Voting Rights in Virginia
Eric Rauchway, Professor of History, University of California, Davis - Episode 43: Why the New Deal Matters
Dan Rayfield, Oregon House of Representatives, 15th District -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Kyle Riismandel, author, "Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001" -- Episode 24: Neighborhood of Fear: America's Suburban Crisis, 1975-2001
Patrick Rodenbush, Communications Director, National Democratic Redistricting Committee -- Episode 4: Gerrymandering Reform
Lawrence Rosenthal, Chair and Lead Researcher of the Berkely Center for Right-Wing Studies -- Episode 39: How Right-Wing Populism Fuels the Empire of Resentment
Terryl Ross, founder, Mosaic Nation -- Episode 12: Black lives, police reform & America's changing demographics - "Getting the Work Done"
Mike Rothschild, author, "The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy of Everything" -- Episode 42: The Cult of QAnon
Rep. John Sarbanes, Maryland's 3rd Congressional District -- Episode 35: Framer of Democracy Overhaul Bill Says the Time is Now
-- Episode 3: Corruption & Money in National Politics
David Schuman, former judge, Oregon Court of Appeals (2001-2014) -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Ira Shapiro, author, "The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America" -- Mitch McConnell, "The Architect of Division"
-- We Need Senators, Not Partisan Hacks: A Senate Update
Peter Siavelis, Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and International Studies, Wake Forest College -- Episode 53: Democracy in Real Time: An Update on Chile's New Constitution
-- Episode 20: Chile votes to rewrite its constitution
Amy Siskind, founder, The Weekly List -- Episode 44: A Blinking Red Light for Democracy
David Smith, D.C. Bureau Chief, The Guardian -- What is Happening in Washington?
Tierney Sneed, investigative reporter, Talking Points Memo & creator of "The Franchise" newsletter -- Episode 34: Joe Manchin supports expanded voting rights after all
Eric Soto-Shed, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education -- The Role of Education When Democracy is Under Attack
Brad Snyder, Professor of Law, Georgetown University -- Felix Frankfurter: "The Most Dangerous Man" in Supreme Court history?
Karen Spencer, "It's All in the Game: The Impact of Staus-Quo Political Bias," (Medium, Sep. 15, 2020) -- Episode 21: Mini-episode: Using Game Theory to Explain the Political Status Quo
Patrick Starnes, activist, campaign finance reform -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Paul Street, author, "This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neliberals, and the Trumping of America" -- This Happened Here: The Trumping of America
Eliza Sweren-Becker, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice -- Moore v. Harper: Democracy is Saved (For Now)
Robert Talisse, author, "Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe the Other Side" -- What Do We Owe the Other Side?
Kate Titus, Executive Director, Common Cause Oregon -- Episode 2: Oregon Campaign Finance
Candace Turitto, Professional Track Faculty, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland -- Using Honesty to Hold Political Liars Accountable
Christopher Vials, Professor and Director of American Studies, University of Connecticut-Storrs -- Episode 25: The U.S. Anti-Fascist Reader
John Della Volpe, author, "Fight: How Gen-Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America" -- Episode 49: Gen Z are "hardened diamonds" not snowflakes
Michael Waldman, President and CEO, Brennan Center for Justice -- How the Supreme Court Divided America
Elizabeth Yeager Washington, Professor of Social Studies Education, University of Florida -- The Role of Education When Democracy Is Under Attack
Norman Williams, Director of the Center for Constitutional Government, Willamette University -- Episode 3: Corruption & Money in National Politics
Laura Williamson, Senior Policy Analyst, Demos.org -- Episode 22: Accelerating Democracy Under a Biden Administration