Democracy Without Politicians: Hélène Landemore
February 5th, 2026
”What we are aspiring to is people's power.”
We discuss the concept of deliberative representative democracy by ordinary citizens, which means representing and being represented in turn.
Hélène Landemore is a political theorist and professor of political science at Yale University. Her latest book is Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule, a manifesto for what’s possible.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guest: Hélène Landemore
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis