« Parmi les objets nouveaux qui, pendant mon séjour aux États-Unis, ont attiré mon attention, aucun n’a plus vivement frappé mes regards que l’égalité des conditions. Je découvris sans peine l’influence prodigieuse qu’exerce ce premier fait sur la marche de la société ; il donne à l’esprit public une certaine direction, un certain tour aux lois ; aux gouvern ... Show More
Feb 25
Les femmes dans l'histoire de l'espionnage
Bienvenue dans ce nouvel épisode consacré à un sujet à la fois ancien, souvent mal compris, et pourtant toujours d’actualité : les femmes dans l’histoire de l’espionnage. Lorsqu’on parle d’espionnes, une image s’impose presque immédiatement : celle de la femme fatale, dangereuse, ... Show More
31m 17s
Feb 11
Scrutin proportionnel et scrutin majoritaire
Le droit de vote est une exigence démocratique, mais comment les électeurs sont-ils représentés ? Quels sont les différents modes de scrutin, leurs avantages et inconvénients ? Dans le scrutin proportionnel, les sièges sont répartis en proportion du nombre de voix obtenus par cha ... Show More
38m 7s
Nov 2021
Daily: Albanian Rhapsody – Fighting for freedom in Stalinism's last bastion
Albania in the 1980s was the last bastion of Stalinism in Europe. It was difficult to visit, and a place of poverty, executions and secret police, but for LSE politics professor Lea Ypi it was also home. She talks to Alex Andreou about her astonishing memoir Free: Coming of Age a ... Show More
28m 47s
Feb 2024
Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall
<p>When people think of the plays of Shakespeare, they tend to think of his comedies and tragedies that spotlight interpersonal dynamics like love and jealousy, pretense and reality. But my guest would say that many of Shakepeare's plays, especially his sometimes overlooked histo ... Show More
51m 20s
Aug 2023
The Supreme Court Crisis w/ Elie Mystal
Attorney, writer and political commentator Elie Mystal joins Laverne to talk about the radically conservative United States Supreme Court, the constitutional amendments through history and his eye-opening book, Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution. He expla ... Show More
47m 58s
Jun 2021
Daily: Is MERITOCRACY a myth?
When people end up in a job or position they love, was it because they worked hard in school, or did they just get lucky? Why is the idea of progressing on merit under threat? Is there a way we can modernise it for the 21st century? Should we we even try?
Adrian Wooldridge, Polit ... Show More
30m 28s
Feb 2022
SLP 155: Why Questioning Is Really Important with Alexx Stuart
<p>‘I am very much a grey area thinker, I don’t fall into absolutes, I never have. Because absolutes never lead us to progress, never, ever. So, while questioning is really important, I fully condone questioning when something doesn’t seem right, unfortunately a lot of political ... Show More
1h 20m
<p>We have to reconstruct the foundations of our democracy, building on the past, not repudiating everything we're building on it.</p><p>Bruce Ackerman<br/><br/><a href='https://www.patreon.com/demparadox'>Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon</a><br/><br/><a href='https://demo ... Show More