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RevDem Podcast

Review of Democracy
European Union
Rule Of Law
Germany
Poland
Civic Mobilization
Historical Racism
Eastern Europe
Racism
Social Hierarchies
Constitutional Pluralism
2024 Lok Sabha Elections
Whiteness
Western Europe
Migration
Nazi Period
Racism Against East Europeans
Discrimination
Hungary
Brexit
Eurozone Crisis

RevDem Podcast is brought to you by the Review of Democracy, the online journal of the CEU Democracy Institute. The Review of Democracy is dedicated to the reinvigoration, survival, and prosperity of democracies worldwide and to generating innovative cross-regional dialogues. RevDem Podcast offers in-depth conversations in four main areas: rule of law, political economy and inequalities, the histo... more

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What does it mean to feel “at home” in aplace, and why does that matter for democracy? In this episode, historianJeremy DeWaal talks about Heimat, a German word that is famously hard to translate. It is often rendered as “home” or “homeland”, but it ... more

Over the last two years, the world has witnessed atrocities beyond imagination. The killing of approximately 1,200 people by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023, was followed by a genocidal war in which the Israeli Defense Forces have, according to re... more

In this episode of the Review of Democracy Podcast,historians Tara Zahra and Pieter Judson discuss their book TheGreat War and the Transformation of Habsburg Central Europe (Oxford University Press, 2025), which presents an intriguing reinterpretatio... more

In the Soviet Union, youth fashion meant more than just a way of expression. In our latest episode, we discusswith Alla Myzelev about the stiliagi, a flamboyant youth subculture that emerged in the late Stalinist and early post-Stalinist Soviet Union... more

In our latest episode of the special series producedin partnership with the Journal of Democracy, we discuss the recent article co-authored by Benjamin Gedan and Elias French, entitled “The Threat to Latin American Term Limits” (Journal of Democracy,... more

As 2025 draws to a close, RevDem editors Alexandra Kardos(History of Ideas), Gabriel Pereira (Cross-Regional Dialogue), and Kristóf Szombati (Political Economy and Inequalities) take stock of a turbulent democratic year through three keywords: imagin... more

In this latest conversation with Golnar Nikpour, we discuss her book, The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran (Stanford University Press, 2024). We discuss how modern Iranian prisons illuminate broader questions about political moder... more

In this exclusive end-of-year conversation with ourCo-Managing Editor Ece Özbey, Nobel Prize–winning political economist Daron Acemoğlu reflects on what 2025 revealed, and failed to resolve, about the state of democracy. From Trump’s global impact to... more

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Recent Guests

Tara Zahra
The Hanna Hall-Born Great Professor of East European History and the Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium at the University of Chicago.
University of Chicago
Episode: The Great War and the Transformation of Central Europe: A Conversation with Tara Zahra and Pieter Judson
Pieter Judson
Senior Fellow at the Department of History at the European University Institute in Florence.
European University Institute
Episode: The Great War and the Transformation of Central Europe: A Conversation with Tara Zahra and Pieter Judson
Alla Myzelev
Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at State University of New York
State University of New York
Episode: Stiliagi and Soviet Masculinities- A Conversation with Alla Myzelev
Benjamin Gedan
A fellow in the Latin America Studies Initiative at John Hopkins University and director of the Latin America Program at the Stimson Center
Johns Hopkins University, Stimson Center
Episode: Benjamin Gedan and Elias French on The Threat to Latin American Term Limits
Elias French
An independent researcher and former director of research at Zeno Group
Zeno Group
Episode: Benjamin Gedan and Elias French on The Threat to Latin American Term Limits
Golnar Nikpour
Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth College and a scholar of modern Iran
Dartmouth College
Episode: Carceral Politics: “Public Life” of Prisons in Modern Iran and Beyond
Daron Acemoğlu
Notable political economist and recent Nobel laureate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Episode: 2025 in Perspective: Daron Acemoğlu on Democracy, Delivery, and the Crisis Within
Pedro Abramovay
Vice President of Programs at the Open Society Foundation, former campaign director for Avaaz
Open Society Foundation
Episode: How to Resist Illiberalism: Pedro Abramovay on Reimagining Democracy in Latin America
Nate Schenkkan
Independent expert on human rights and global authoritarianism
Previously Senior Director of Research at Freedom House
Episode: Exiles and Diasporas in the Crosshairs of Authoritarian States – Nate Schenkkan on the Rise of Transnational Repression and What Can Be Done to Counter It

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Stiliagi and Soviet Masculinities- A Conversation with Alla Myzelev
Q: Who are the figures and institutions that helped bridge these two sides?
It was more about people's understanding of the regime and how to navigate it rather than institutions facilitating that creativity; Stiliagi had to find places to express themselves away from the scrutiny of authorities.
Stiliagi and Soviet Masculinities- A Conversation with Alla Myzelev
Q: What made you turn toward the Stiliagi as a topic?
I started thinking about countercultures, alternative cultures, and youth subcultures because of the intense shortage of materials in the Soviet Union and how individuals constructed their identities.
2025 in Perspective: Daron Acemoğlu on Democracy, Delivery, and the Crisis Within
Q: How do you foresee the state of democracy evolving in the coming year?
I would love to see establishment parties deliver on promises and the democratic process work at the local level, constraining destructive agendas.
2025 in Perspective: Daron Acemoğlu on Democracy, Delivery, and the Crisis Within
Q: What is one idea, trend, a conversation about democracy that truly stayed with you this year?
The transformation brought by Donald Trump's presidency is significant, affecting perceptions and approaches to democracy long term.
Exiles and Diasporas in the Crosshairs of Authoritarian States – Nate Schenkkan on the Rise of Transnational Repression and What Can Be Done to Counter It
Q: Which states are the most aggressive and efficient in executing transnational repression?
China is identified as the most prolific perpetrator, followed by Russia, Iran, Turkey, and even smaller nations like Rwanda and Tajikistan.

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