
Hosted by Micah Sifry, This Old Democracy explores the ideas, movements and people working to rescue our faltering political system -- and rebuild American democracy on a stronger, more inclusive and truly representative foundation. This podcast is produced in partnership with the Center for Ballot Freedom, a cross-partisan nonprofit dedicated to strengthening democracy.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 19 | Founded | 10 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsGovernmentPolitics | |||

Political scientist Lilliana Mason on social sorting, partisan self-deception, and why the two-party system makes all of it worse.
The latest episode of This Old Democracy features the remarkable Lilliana Mason, a professor of political science at ... more
A new episode of This Old Democracy features Miles Rapoport, who has four decades of democracy reform to draw on — and a lot of reasons to stay optimistic In a moment when the democratic project feels genuinely imperiled, it helps to hear from someon... more
The latest This Old Democracy podcast features political scientist Lisa Disch on the artificial roots of two-party rule, the buried history of multi-party democracy in the US and a credible strategy for creating a better party system. If you've ever ... more
In a moment when many Americans feel trapped between rigid partisan choices, a reform movement in Kansas is working to widen the political lane. In the latest episode of This Old Democracy, Micah Sifry interviews Aaron Estabrook about United Kansas, ... more
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