RevDem Podcast

Review of Democracy

Democracy

European Union

Poland

Ukraine

Human Rights

Authoritarianism

Rule Of Law

Russia

Populism

Latin America

Hungary

Climate Change

Germany

China

Democratic Backsliding

Eastern Europe

Migration

Social Media

Genocide

Civil Society

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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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	433	Founded	6 years ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	PoliticsNews

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Recent Guests

Kieran Burns

Museum professional, head curator at the House of European History

House of European History

Episode: Postcolonial? – How Does the House of European History Confront Europe’s Colonial Past and the “Colonial Matrix of Power”? Part I

Ayoko Mensah

Fellow curator at the House of European History

House of European History

Episode: Postcolonial? – How Does the House of European History Confront Europe’s Colonial Past and the “Colonial Matrix of Power”? Part I

Diana Natermann

Lecturer in the History of International Relations

Maastricht University

Episode: Postcolonial? – How Does the House of European History Confront Europe’s Colonial Past and the “Colonial Matrix of Power”? Part I

Aline Sierp

Associate professor, memory studies

Maastricht University

Episode: Postcolonial? – How Does the House of European History Confront Europe’s Colonial Past and the “Colonial Matrix of Power”? Part I

Bethan Winter

Archival Visegrad Fellow; researcher focusing on the Jan Hus Educational Foundation and underground seminars in Czechoslovakia

Czech Academy of Sciences (Dobrovsky Fellow); University of Sussex (Assistant Professor from July 2018)

Episode: Challenging Archives, Episode 2: The Apartment Universities in Czechoslovakia

Eszter Szabó-Reznek

Associate lecturer at the University of Bucharest; New Europe College Fellow; expert in the social and economic history of cultural institutions, with a focus on Hungarian and Romanian theatres

University of Bucharest

Episode: Challenging Archives, Episode 1: Hungarian-Language Theaters in Socialist Romania

Curtis Dozier

Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College

Vassar College

Episode: The Ancient World Mobilized for Hate: A Conversation with Curtis Dozier

Ghia Nodia

Professor of political science at Ilia State University; director of the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy, and Development in Tbilisi; member of the Journal of Democracy editorial board

Ilia State University; Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy, and Development; Journal of Democracy

Episode: Georgia’s Struggle Between Democracy and Autocracy – In Conversation with Ghia Nodia

James Loxton

Senior lecturer in comparative politics, University of Sydney

University of Sydney

Episode: Dictocrats and Dictobrats – James Loxton on Why We Elect Former Dictators and Their Children

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Adrian Matus

Host of RevDem Podcast / panel host in multiple episodes

Konstantin Kipp

Host of RevDem Podcast series and RevDem Rule of Law Podcast

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Apple Podcasts	#170	Indonesia/News/Politics
Apple Podcasts	#201	Finland/News/Politics
Apple Podcasts	#230	Colombia/News/Politics

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The Ancient World Mobilized for Hate: A Conversation with Curtis Dozier

Q: how should scholars, teachers, students of classics engage with Greco-Roman antiquity in a way that acknowledges both its formative influence and its role in shaping systems of oppression?

He argues for a broad, critical reception approach—engaging with the ancient world not as a pristine source but as a site where power, prestige, and exclusion have long been constructed and contested, thereby broadening the field to include marginalized perspectives.

Challenging Archives, Episode 1: Hungarian-Language Theaters in Socialist Romania

Q: From what you said, it seems the history of theatres is documented from multiple perspectives. Could you share a document or a story from the archives that changed your initial expectations?

she notes that no single document radically overturned prior beliefs, but the strength lay in cross-referencing diverse sources—state records, factory-related materials, and independent archives—to reveal how actors, editors, and administrators negotiated ideology and practice within the Theatre of Cluj and related institutions.

Challenging Archives, Episode 1: Hungarian-Language Theaters in Socialist Romania

Q: Your topic is extremely fascinating and provides new insights about how theatres were bureaucratized and often appropriated by the state. What was so unique about Hungarian speaking theatres in socialist Romania?

Eszter explains that these theatres reveal micro-level institutional practices outside the centralized centers; they show how local strategies and minority-language needs interacted with national cultural policies, resulting in a nuanced picture of how culture was produced under a planned economy.

Mixed Families in Post-Conflict Societies- A Discussion with Karolina Lendák-Kabók and Lucija Balikić (Part 2)

Q: why is it important to bridge history and contemporary times in your study of mixedness?

Because combining these perspectives helps reveal how past policies and social norms continue to shape present-day identities, family choices, and minority dynamics, offering a fuller picture than looking at a single moment.

Mixed Families in Post-Conflict Societies- A Discussion with Karolina Lendák-Kabók and Lucija Balikić (Part 2)

Q: how do you plan to demonstrate this long-term social process and make sense of it on a deeper level?

We approach it by integrating archival, historical data with contemporary interviews, tracing patterns across generations, and examining how legal norms, religious prescriptions, and social attitudes persist and transform practices over time.

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The program features in-depth conversations with scholars, curators, and policy researchers who examine democracy, political economy, and historical narratives through a critical, archival lens. Episodes often center on how institutions, memory, and culture shape democracy, with discussions ranging from postcolonial legacies and archival research to the mechanics of democratic backsliding, nationalism, and transitions after authoritarianism. A notable thread across episodes is how historical sources, archival practices, and counter-narratives illuminate contemporary debates about rights, migration, minorities, and governance. The show frequently brings together academics and museum professionals to translate complex ideas into accessible, p... more

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1. Kieran Burns
2. Ayoko Mensah
3. Diana Natermann
4. Aline Sierp
5. Bethan Winter
6. Eszter Szabó-Reznek
7. Curtis Dozier
8. Ghia Nodia

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