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Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families

More than eleven million children in the US live in doubled-up households, sharing space with extended family or friends. These households are even more common among low-income families, families of color, and single-parent families, functioning as a... more

9 Jul 2026 • 56 min

Nicholas Freudenberg, "Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since The 1960s" (Columbia UP, 2026)

Today I'm speaking with Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health at the CUNY School of Public Health. We are discussing his book, Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since the 1960s (Columbia U... more

7 Jul 2026 • 56 min

Martina Baradel, "21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Once

dominant and institutionalised, the Yakuza, one of Japan's best known

criminal organisations, is now shrinking under the combined pressure of

legal exclusion, social stigmatisation, and market regulation. Their

membership has dropped from mo... more

5 Jul 2026 • 1 hr 5 min

Jonathon W. Penney, "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

In Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age (Cambridge UP, 2025), Jonathon W. Penney explores the increasing weaponization of surveillance, censorship, and new technology to repress and control us. With corporations, gov... more

23 Jun 2026 • 48 min • Most popular

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Recent Guests

Dr. Martina Baradel

Associate Professor of Sociology of Organised Crime, University of Nagoya; Associate Member at University of Oxford

University of Nagoya / Oxford University

Episode: Martina Baradel, "21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Jon Penney

Legal scholar and social scientist

Osgoode Hall Law School; Berkman Klein Center at Harvard

Episode: Jonathon W. Penney, "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Sheri Berman

Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, author of a piece on democracy's current troubles

Barnard College

Episode: Why Democracy’s Troubles Should Come as No Surprise

Kristin Sylvian

Housing historian and director of the graduate program in public history at St. John's University, New York

St. John's University

Episode: Street Level: HUD at 60

Matthew Passard Joseph

Assistant Professor of African American and Diasporic Studies, Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Episode: Street Level: HUD at 60

John Finch

HUD official with long tenure in the agency's history

HUD (historical figure)

Episode: Street Level: HUD at 60

Kent Watkins

Colleague of John Finch, HUD veteran

HUD

Episode: Street Level: HUD at 60

Jeremy J. Holland

Author of The Political Worldviews of American Social Movements: Partisan Politics and the Future of Democracy

Routledge

Episode: Jeremy J. Holland, "The Political Worldviews of American Social Movements: Partisan Politics and the Future of Democracy" (Routledge, 2026)

Andrew Sorota

Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt

Office of Eric Schmidt

Episode: AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota

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Why Democracy’s Troubles Should Come as No Surprise

Q: Do you think political scientists should read more history to better explain contemporary democratic challenges?

Yes. History helps explain why democracies succeed or fail beyond the latest data; by revisiting post-war and interwar scholarship we can identify enduring variables—like social cleavages, inequality, and cross-cutting networks—that shape resilience or vulnerability of democratic systems.

Why Democracy’s Troubles Should Come as No Surprise

Q: What motivated you to write this piece, and what are the main concerns about democracy that you wanted to highlight?

I wrote it because the last several years have been puzzling from a democratic theory perspective; many established democracies seem to be decaying more quickly than expected, and there was a need to contextualize these shifts within historical waves and undertows to understand why they're happening and how to respond.

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Q: What were the lasting impacts of the professional era on Portland's policing and governance?

Professionalization insulated police from political control, creating semi-autonomous departments, reinforcing tenure for chiefs, and shifting power away from civil authorities; this set the stage for later shifts toward community policing and ongoing debates about accountability and democratic control.

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Q: How did Marie Aki's story illustrate the relationship between policing, gender, sexuality, and subversion in early 20th-century Portland?

Aki's professional status and lesbian identity exposed the tension between state surveillance and personal autonomy; as authorities labeled her a 'dangerous red,' her sexuality was weaponized in the trial, revealing how policing and political repression intersected with gender and sexuality in that era.

Kristian Williams, "Policing the Progressive City: Portland, Oregon, from Settlement to Uprising" (AK Press, 2026)

Q: What is the central argument of your book and how does starting with Portland illuminate policing in a national context?

The city's early colonial foundations and subsequent governance structures created a unique, layered pattern of racial hierarchy and political patronage that shaped policing from the outset; focusing on Portland allows us to trace how professionalization, community policing, and civil rights activism interacted with these local structures to produce a national dynamic in policing reform.

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This channel features scholars and practitioners discussing recently published work across public policy, economics, law, and social science. Episodes frequently center on regulation, public institutions, and the political economy of policy choices, with deep dives into topics like nonprofit governance, global finance, climate politics, platform regulation, health policy, and race and civil rights. Guests are typically academics, authors, and researchers who bring historical context, methodological rigor, and policy implications, often connecting theory to real-world case studies. A standout pattern is the emphasis on critical, long-form conversations that connect scholarly work to public understanding, with attention to democratic processe... more

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