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Every week, Brennan Center President Michael Waldman interviews the leaders, thinkers, and activists who are changing American democracy.
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- Dana Bash on the Elections that Changed the World · 43 min.Polling shows voters are deeply frustrated about political corruption. Industries like AI, crypto, and online gambling are pouring millions of dollars into the midterms, hoping…
- Why vote? (with Saad Amer and Alma Couverthie) · 37 min.With Election Day less than two weeks away, many Americans are just tuning in to what will be on their ballot. But organizers like our guests Saad Amer and Alma Couverthie work…
- How safe is your vote? (with Ben Ginsberg, Caitlin Durkovich, and Veronica Degraffenreid) · 47 min.Foreign interference, conspiracy theories from the White House, threats to election officials, and even weather disasters could all affect elections — but according to experts…
- The Dynamic Latino Vote (with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes) · 54 min.The “Latino vote” may be decisive in the upcoming election. A diverse and complex group, it continues to defy easy categorization. Political preferences vary influenced by age…
- The Midterms, Built by the Roberts Court · 53 min.The Supreme Court term starts the first Monday in October. It’s an annual reminder that the institution looms large over our governmental system. The Court is no longer coequal…
- Are the Midterms for Sale? (with Theodore Schleifer, Kareem Crayton & Dan Weiner) · 42 min.We are weeks away from a consequential midterm election, which will set the course for the president’s final two years in office and beyond. Yet we have no way of knowing is who…
- How to Save the Vote (with Kareem Crayton and Sean Morales-Doyle) · 29 min.The Trump administration has been leading an unprecedented campaign to undermine Americans’ right to vote. Luckily, his legislative attempts and executive orders have been halted…
- The Battle for American Identity (with Ben Rhodes) · 44 min.Are we a country based on ideals, on the American creed set out in our founding documents? Or are we a nation of blood and soil, as Vice President JD Vance has argued? Both these…
- Clearing the Confusion on the Supreme Court and Mail Voting · 8 min.This week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting. Headlines suggested that the justices had given Trump a green light. What did the…
- Let’s Unstick Congress (with Maya Kornberg and Tom Malinowski) · 1 t. 2 min.Does Congress need reform? To many, it's weaker and more hollowed out than ever. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Brennan Center expert Maya Kornberg has extensively…
- How will AI affect the midterms? (with Larry Norden and Abdi Ahmed) · 33 min.We’re back! After a summer hiatus, the podcast returns to discuss a major new study by the Brennan Center on how artificial intelligence can affect the upcoming election. A team…
- Trump Ramps Up Election Meddling (with Larry Norden and Wendy Weiser) · 34 min.We’re about 110 days out from the midterms, and the threats to our elections are mounting. This week alone, President Trump fired all remaining members of the Election Assistance…
- Bringing Power Back to the People (with Maya Wiley) · 48 min.This week, Michael is joined by Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, for a wide-ranging conversation on the power of coalition…
- Power Grab: Supreme Court Delivers for Trump (with Sam Breidbart and Eric Petry) · 46 min.As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, the Supreme Court has ended its term with a slew of rulings that further undermine our constitutional system of checks and balances…
- The Lost Founder (with Jesse Wegman) · 55 min.In this week’s episode, Jesse Wegman joins Michael Waldman to discuss his new book, The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution, the first…
- FBI Raids Ohio Voting Registration Group · 7 min.Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, the state’s leading voter registration organization. This is part of the latest and most…
- Voters Demand Solutions to End Corruption (with Dan Weiner and Marina Pino) · 43 min.At the beginning of his second administration, Trump said about accusations of corruption and conflicts of interest: “I found out that nobody cared, and I’m allowed to.”…
- Trump’s Supreme Court Showdown — and Other Cases to Watch (with Tom Wolf and Wilfred Codrington) · 1 t. 8 min.This month, the Supreme Court will likely finish its work for the year. Already this term, it has aggressively and controversially asserted its authority — most recently gutting…
- The Intellectual Movement Behind MAGA (with Laura Field) · 56 min.Today, there is a great deal of ferment on the right. The primary ideas and policies are very different from those that previously dominated conservative politics. They are…
- Hyperpartisanship and the Attack on Voting Rights (with Julian E. Zelizer) · 40 min.The Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais has set off a redistricting race to the bottom. States, particularly in the South, are scrambling to redraw their maps to…
