Oct 28

Francis Fukuyama Reflects on the End of History and His Legacy

I'm not sure that that understanding of American exceptionalism is that powerful and that the United States may be a much more ordinary kind of democracy than I used to think.Francis FukuyamaFrancis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman ... Show More

48m 19s

Sep 30

Ian Shapiro Says the Left's "Preemptive Capitulation" to Neoliberalism Paved the Way for Populism

If we want people to support democratic capitalism, it has to be a kind of democratic capitalism that delivers for most people, and we haven't had that.Ian ShapiroWhat went wrong after the Cold War – and what can democracies learn from the opportunities they missed? Ian Shapiro, ... Show More

49m 7s

Sep 16

Noam Lupu Says Support for Democracy Is Growing in the Americas, But Not Necessarily Liberal Democracy

The irony of democratic backsliding is a lot of these things are pitched to people and understood by people as actually pro-democratic.Noam LupuSupport for democracy is rising across the Americas after more than a decade of decline, but what kind of democracy do citizens actually ... Show More

45m 9s

Sep 2023

Democracy’s existential crisis

Why is democracy worth saving? Sean Illing is joined by Astra Taylor, the author of the new book The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart. They discuss the history and reality of insecurity and how we can fight for more sustainable and meaningful democratic pol ... Show More

51m 17s

Sep 2020

A radical — or obvious? — plan to save American democracy

We talk a lot on this show about the problems with American political institutions. But what if all those problems are actually just one problem: the two-party system. Lee Drutman is a political scientist, senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America, co-host of ... Show More

1h 9m

Feb 2023

How to fix our flawed democracies

Gideon talks to Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, about his new book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. They discuss why the post-war settlement between democratic governments and their people is no longer fit for purpose and what can be done to re ... Show More

24m 55s

Aug 2025

#429 — The New World Order

Sam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum about the erosion of democracy at home and abroad. They discuss the Sudanese civil war and the outside forces involved, America's retreat from global leadership, the impacts of USAID cuts, gerrymandering, the integrity of U.S. el ... Show More

26m 52s

Apr 2023

Is there such a thing as a rules-based international order?

Gideon talks to the US political theorist John Ikenberry about why the Ukraine war has been both a challenge and a spur for those who want to see liberal democratic values thrive. Clip: Global News More on this topic:<a href="htt ... Show More

26m 44s

Aug 2025

Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.

For Democrats, President Trump’s victories have revealed the antidemocratic flaws at the core of our government. But could it be an opening for a constitutional revolution as the party searches for its next leader?This week, Ross explores what that revolution would enta ... Show More

55m 37s

Jun 2022

Democracy Imperiled

What happened at the Capitol on January 6 begs us to look to our past to help us understand our present, and to imagine a better future. From debates around voting rights to immigration to police reform, we find ourselves at a crossroads in American Democracy.

51m 35s

Jul 2024

#376 — How Democracies Fail

Sam Harris and Anne Applebaum discuss the nature of modern autocracies and how democracies fail. They discuss the power of ideas, why autocracies seek to undermine democracies, cooperation among dictators, how Western financial experts and investors have enabled auto ... Show More

1h 7m

Nov 2020

US ELECTION: One day, like a miracle, he will disappear

As Biden slowly erodes Donald Trump’s leads in the final swing states, we convene our favourite expert regulars for an all-star postmortem of Election 2020. Former Obama staffer Amy Pope, UCL politics professor Brian Klaas and Steve Schmidt of never-Trump Republican political act ... Show More

40m 13s

Michael McFaul Says Powerful Autocracies...