Episodes
Playing Offense for Democracy: Steve Phillips
We discuss the case for SWAMP audits, how we can truly build a multiracial democracy, and why we’re going to have to fight for it.
The Freedom of Dissent: Gal Beckerman
We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and to taking impactful civic action.
Everyone a Changemaker: Michael Zakaras
We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful.
How Gen Z Does Democracy: Raj Vinnakota
We discuss the investments to foster civic participation on college campuses, voter behavior among young people, and getting ready for the midterms.
Resist and Organize: Daniel Hunter
We discuss how our everyday choices to resist, organize, and act collectively can stop authoritarian takeovers. Feeling powerless does not mean that we’re actually powerless!
Storytelling For Change: Shanelle Matthews
We discuss the building blocks of narrative power and the strategies to succeed in changing hearts and minds.
How Underdogs Build Power: Stephanie Luce
We discuss Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World—a guide for a new generation of activists seeking not just to understand power, but to build it.
Turning Hope Into Action: Michael Ansara
We discuss the basics of organizing and the fruits of that work. Michael reminds us that “organizers organize organizations.”
From Protest to Power: Jonathan Pulphus
We discuss the enduring power of protesting and the significance of the Ferguson uprising in the long arc of the Black liberation movement.
We Are Changemakers: Sharon McMahon
We discuss the importance of shifting our mindset to one that is infused with hope. Positive change comes when we choose hope. Though nobody can fix it all, we can all do something and make an impact. Sharon reminds us that if something is worth doing for everyone, it’s worth doing for one person.
The Art of Calling In: Loretta Ross
We discuss "calling in" as a practice rooted in a human rights framework that can transform how we engage across our divide and potentially be the bridge that helps our democracy survive with Loretta Ross.