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    Democracy Works

    The Democracy Works podcast seeks to answer that question by examining a different aspect of democratic life each week — from voting to criminal justice to the free press and everything in between. We interview experts who study democracy, as well as people who are out there doing the hard work of democracy day in and day out.

    The show’s name comes from Pennsylvania’s long tradition of iron and steel works — people coming together to build things greater than the sum of their parts. We believe that democracy is the same way. Each of us has a role to play in building and sustaining a healthy democracy and our show is all about helping people understand what that means.

    Democracy Works is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what’s broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.

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    What really motivates Trump supporters Dec 07, 2020
    Show notes

    John Hibbing is the Foundation Regent University Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska. He studies the manner in which these biological variations mitigate the way in which individuals respond to politically relevant environmental occurrences. His latest book is The Securitarian Personality: What Really Motivates Trump's Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era.

    The book draws from an original national survey that includes over 1,000 strong Trump supporters and Hibbing's own experience at a Trump rally in the Midwest. Hibbing argues Trump's base is driven by the desire for security, not fear or authoritarianism as others claim. In the book, and in this interview, Hibbing also provides insight into the approaches likely to increase levels of political civility in the future.

    Additional Information

    The Securitarian Personality: What Really Motivates Trump's Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era

    Hibbing's University of Nebraska faculty page

    Hibbing on Twitter

    We are conducting a listener survey in partnership with our colleagues in The Democracy Group podcast network. Take a few minutes to help us learn more about how we can make epodes that will better serve you in 2021 and beyond and receive a Democracy Group notebook. Take the survey.

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    Journalist Salena Zito on Trump voters and her book "The Great Revolt"

    Jonathan Haidt on psychology and political polarization


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    The myth of the "Latino vote" Nov 30, 2020
    Show notes

    We are conducting a listener survey in partnership with our colleagues in The Democracy Group podcast network. Take a few minutes to help us learn more about how we can make epodes that will better serve you in 2021 and beyond and receive a Democracy Group notebook. Take the survey.

    Geraldo Cadava is a professor of History and Latina and Latino Studies at Northwestern University. His book,"The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity from Nixon to Trump," examines little-understood history of Hispanic Americans with a cultural study of how post–World War II Republican politicians actively courted the Hispanic vote.

    In the book and in this interview, Cadava offers insight into the complicated dynamic between Latino liberalism and conservatism, which, when studied together, shine a crucial light on a rapidly-changing demographic that will impact American elections for years to come.

    Additional Information

    The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity from Nixon to Trump

    Cadava's lecture for Penn State Latinx Studies

    Cadava's website

    Cadava on Twitter

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    Latino immigrants and the changing makeup of American democracy

    Street-level bureaucrats at the border


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    Can corporations be democratic citizens? Nov 23, 2020
    Show notes

    Dawn Carpenter is the creator and host of What Does It Profit? - a podcast that explores how we can reconcile capitalism’s demand for profit with the long term well-being of people and the planet, She is a former investment banker who had a mid-career pivot to studying applied ethics, the nature work, and the responsibilities of wealth.

    Dawn and Jenna discuss the rights and responsibilities corporations have to both shareholders and stakeholders, and how those dynamics have evolved from the postwar Keynsian period through the neoliberal era to the crossroads we seem to be at today.

    We'll be back with a full episode next week. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving from our team to yours and we hope you enjoy this interview.

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    What Does It Profit?

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    Is common ground hiding in plain sight? Nov 16, 2020
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    Will Friedman is president of Public Agenda, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and public engagement organization that strives to strengthen democracy and expand opportunity for all Americans. One of the organization's major projects is the Hidden Common Ground Initiative, which challenges the increasingly dominant narrative of a hopelessly-divided America by identifying and elevating the areas and narratives where Americans agree on solutions to politically-polarized issues, and by fostering productive dialogue on those areas where we truly disagree.

    This work, along with the Hidden Tribes initiative, Common Ground Committee, and others begs the question — if this common ground is already prevalent in our society and our democracy, then why is it hidden? We explore that question in this episode and ask how to work toward common ground in a way that does not simply maintain the status quo.

    Additional Information

    Hidden Common Ground Initiative

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    Trust, facts, and democracy in a polarized world

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    When four threats to democracy collide Nov 09, 2020
    Show notes

    Lieberman is co-author with Suzanne Mettler of the book "Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy." He is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.

    Political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power—alone or in combination—have threatened the survival of the republic, but it has survived—so far. What is unique, and alarming, about the present moment in American politics is that all four conditions exist.

    By revisiting how earlier generations of Americans faced threats to the principles enshrined in the Constitution, Lieberman sees the promise and the peril that have led us to today and, in this conversation, we chart a path toward repairing our civic fabric and renewing democracy.

    Additional Information

    Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy

    Robert Lieberman on Twitter

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    A brief history of "people power"

    The ongoing struggle for civil rights

    Using the tools of democracy to address inequality


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    Wynton Marsalis on democracy as jazz and The Ever Fonky Lowdown Nov 02, 2020
    Show notes

    The Ever Fonky Lowdown from Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestraaddresses the timeless cycle and methods used by the elite to exploit their fellow citizens in order to acquire, expand and maintain power.

    In the words of Mr. Game himself, ”We are here tonight, but this is an international hustle. It has played out many times across time and space, and is not specific to any language or race. It takes on different flavors according to people’s taste, but always ends up in the same old place.”

    Clips from The Ever Fonky Lowdown are used with permission from Blue Engine Records.

    Additional Information

    The Ever Fonky Lowdown - Jazz at Lincoln Center store

    The Ever Fonky Lowdown libretto, written by Wynton Marsalis

    The Sound of Democracy - virtual event for Penn State's Center for the Performing Arts

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    How music transcends political polarization


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    News deserts are democracy deserts, too Oct 26, 2020
    Show notes

    The connection between local news and democracy goes back to the Founding Fathers and particularly to Alex de Tocqueville. We explore the rise, fall, and potential rebirth of local news this week with Jennifer Lawless, Commonwealth professor of politics at the University of Virginia and co-author with Danny Hayes of the forthcoming book News Hole: The Decline of Newspapers and the Future of American Democracy.

    In the golden age of newspapers, the "news hole" was the section of the paper not taken up by advertising — aka where the stories, photos, sports scores, TV listings, weather, and everything else lived. Though that dynamic still exists, the term news hole has taken on a whole other meaning that's literally a hole in a community without a local news organization.

    This conversation is critically important in the height of election season as people across the U.S. vote for the more than 500,000 local elected positions across the country. As we heard from Mirya Holman in the Sheriffs 101 episode, it can often be difficult to find accurate, credible information about these candidates without local news organizations.

    Additional Information

    Resources for finding local news in your area:
    Institute for Nonprofit News
    LION Publishers
    States Newsroom (for state government coverage)

    UNC research on news deserts

    Jennifer Lawless on Twitter

    Is that a fact? podcast from the News Literacy Project

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    Sheriffs 101

    Defending the First Amendment and the Fourth Estate

    Fake news, clickbait, and the future of local journalism


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    The Supreme Court's politics and power Oct 19, 2020
    Show notes

    A lot of people are thinking about the Civil War era these days, whether it's asking questions about whether we're in a second civil war now, or thinking about what happened during the election of 1876. In addition to our discussion of the Supreme Court, we talk about both of these things with Rachel Shelden, associate professor of history at Penn State and director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center.

    If it sounds like we covered a lot in this episode, it's because we did. Like any good historian, Shelden does not use her knowledge of history predict the future, but she does offer some very useful insights for how the past can help all of us frame and interpret what's happening now.

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    The perfect storm for election disaster

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    Shelden's article in the Washington Post

    Stanford's Jonathan Gienapp on originalism and history

    Penn State Richards Civil War Era Center


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    The perfect storm for election disaster Oct 12, 2020
    Show notes

    In this episode, we review the mechanics of how election results are certified and the work of the Electoral College between Election Day and Inauguration Day. Most of their work has historically happened behind the scenes, but it could become very public this fall if results are contested. We also look at what elections in 2000 and 1876 can tell us about what might play out over the next few months, and why the act of conceding an election is important for democratic legitimacy.

    Our guest is Lawrence Douglas, the James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College. He is the author of seven books and a regular contributor to The Guardian.

    Additional Information

    Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020

    Lawrence Douglas in The Guardian

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    The people who choose the President

    Andrew Sullivan on democracy's double-edged sword

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    The 2020 election from WPSU's Take Note Oct 05, 2020
    Show notes

    We really enjoy collaborating with the team at WPSU on Democracy Works and were happy to give the interviewer's chair to WPSU News reporter Anne Danahy for an episode that also aired on the station's interview show Take Note.

    This interview was recorded on Tuesday, September 30, 2020, before the first presidential debate and President Trump's diagnosis with COVID-19.


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