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The ANDREA MITCHELL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRACY aims not just to promote, but to understand, democracy. Global in its outlook, multifaceted in its purposes, the Mitchell Center seeks to contribute to the ongoing quest for democratic values, ideas, and institutions throughout the world. In THE ANDREA MITCHELL CENTER PODCAST, we interview scholars, journalists, and public thinkers grappling wi... more

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Susan Stryker
Historian, filmmaker, and theorist; Professor Emerita of Gender and Women's Studies at University of Arizona
University of Arizona; Stanford University (visiting)
Episode: Episode 8.6: Susan Stryker on Gender, History, and the Politics of Classification
Natasha Piano
Assistant Professor of Political Theory, UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Episode: Episode 8.5: Elite Power and the Meaning of Democracy
Nareman Amin
Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam in the Religious Studies Department at Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Episode: Episode 8.4: Faith After Revolution: Religion, Politics, and the Legacy of Egypt's 2011 Uprising
Alissa Quart
Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Episode: Episode 8.3: The Perils of the American Dream: A Discussion with Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Michael Gorup
Assistant Professor of Politics at Ithaca College; author of The Counter-Revolutionary Shadow, Race, Democracy, and the Making of the American People
Ithaca College
Episode: Episode 8.2: Race, Democracy, and the Making of "the People"
Marie Gottschalk
Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Penn; author on criminal justice, race, and democracy
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Episode 8.1: The Cruel Double Standard of American Criminal Justice: How Crime in the Streets is Treated Differently than Crime in the Suites
Marion Orr
Political scientist; author of House of Diggs, The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman
Brown University
Episode: Episode 7.17: The Forgotten Civil Rights Legacy of Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
Derek Denman
Adjunct lecturer in philosophy at St. Joseph's University; PhD in political science from Johns Hopkins; author of Fortress Power, Hostile Designs and the Politics of Spatial Capital
St. Joseph's University
Episode: Episode 7.16: Fortress Power: How Design Shapes Control and Resistance
Cody Keenan
Speechwriter and political advisor; former Director of Speech Writing in the Obama White House
Fenway Partners; Northwestern University (visiting professor); former Obama White House
Episode: Episode 7.15: Presidential Words Matter: A Conversation with Obama Speechwriter Cody Keenan

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Joshua Rose
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Matthew Roth
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Rafael Khachaturian
Host of The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast; facilitates conversations with guests.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 15 ratings
  • Great podcast on democracy

    Great podcast from an important center on democracy at a leading institution

    Justin Kempf

    Host of Democracy Paradox

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    justin kempf
    United States3 years ago
  • One of my faves

    Excellent topics, rigorous and scholarly yet still with a critical, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, decolonial orientation

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    setphasers2kill
    United States5 years ago
  • Clear concise and to the point.

    Great interviews

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JoePatK
    United States6 years ago

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Episode 8.6: Susan Stryker on Gender, History, and the Politics of Classification
Q: What new directions does your history of gender open up for understanding gender and its future?
She discusses the ongoing blending of grammar, social science, and lived experience, and argues for viewing gender as a dynamic, linguistic-social construction that can be actively reimagined through autotheory and activist scholarship.
Episode 8.6: Susan Stryker on Gender, History, and the Politics of Classification
Q: Can you talk more about how you see trans liberation and feminism coming together and where and how they fall apart?
Stryker explains that transness can be a unifying force for solidarity across different forms of oppression, arguing that feminism should critique social systems rather than rely on biological essentialism, and emphasizes bodily autonomy and social justice as common ground for trans and feminist movements.
Episode 8.5: Elite Power and the Meaning of Democracy
Q: Are contemporary calls for redistribution and accountability compatible with democratic legitimacy, or do they risk top-down coercion?
If designed with legitimacy in majoritarian consent and external to merely electoral processes, redistribution can strengthen democratic legitimacy; the key is to implement it through accountable institutions that reflect the broader public goods, not as a blunt mandate from elections alone.
Episode 8.5: Elite Power and the Meaning of Democracy
Q: What lessons can we draw from Schumpeter regarding democracy as the least-worst option in dangerous times?
Schumpeter emphasizes defending liberal norms and institutions against authoritarian threats, arguing for the careful preservation of democratic mechanisms even when they are imperfect, situating democracy as a pragmatic safeguard rather than an idealized perfection.
Episode 8.5: Elite Power and the Meaning of Democracy
Q: How do Pareto and Mosca propose we safeguard democracy without overburdening ordinary citizens with participation?
They advocate for institutional structures outside direct electoral processes—such as middle-class entry into leadership, technocratic representations, and accountability mechanisms—that constrain elites while keeping participation realistic for large publics.

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