Town Hall Seattle Civics Series
414 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Civics series at Town Hall shines a light on the shifting issues, movements, and policies, that affect our society, both locally and globally. These events pose questions and ideas, big and small, that have the power to inform and impact our lives. Whether it be constitutional research from a scholar, a new take on history, or the birth of a movement, it's all about educating and empowering.
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184: Michael Lerner: A Political Manifesto to Heal the World
January 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBMany liberals and progressives yearn for coherent alternatives to capitalism, but previous visions of socialism do not necessarily account for anything beyond material benefits. Social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner came to Town Hall to advocate his strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Drawing from his book Revolutionary Love, Lerner proposed a method to replace what he terms the “capitalist globalization of selfishness” wit...
Michael Lerner: A Political Manifesto to Heal the World
January 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBMany liberals and progressives yearn for coherent alternatives to capitalism, but previous visions of socialism do not necessarily account for anything beyond material benefits. Social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner came to Town Hall to advocate his strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Drawing from his book Revolutionary Love, Lerner proposed a method to replace what he terms the “capitalist globalization of selfishness” wit...
Erika Lee: A History of Xenophobia in the US
December 31, 2019 21:06 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBThe United States is known as a nation of immigrants—but it is also a nation of xenophobia. Author Erika Lee took the stage at Town Hall with an unblinking look at the irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants which have been defining features of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Drawing on perspectives from her book America for Americans, Lee offered numerous examples chronicling our nation’s entrenched and staunchly negative treatment of immigrants. Benjamin...
183. Erika Lee: A History of Xenophobia in the US
December 31, 2019 21:06 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBThe United States is known as a nation of immigrants—but it is also a nation of xenophobia. Author Erika Lee took the stage at Town Hall with an unblinking look at the irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants which have been defining features of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Drawing on perspectives from her book America for Americans, Lee offered numerous examples chronicling our nation’s entrenched and staunchly negative treatment of immigrants. Benjamin...
183: Erika Lee: A History of Xenophobia in the US
December 31, 2019 21:06 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBThe United States is known as a nation of immigrants—but it is also a nation of xenophobia. Author Erika Lee took the stage at Town Hall with an unblinking look at the irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants which have been defining features of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Drawing on perspectives from her book America for Americans, Lee offered numerous examples chronicling our nation’s entrenched and staunchly negative treatment of immigrants. Benjamin...
182. César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: Migrating to Prison
December 24, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBFor most of America’s history, we did not lock people up for migrating here. Yet over the last thirty years, our country’s federal and state governments have increasingly incarcerated people accused of violating immigration laws. Now almost 400,000 people annually spend time locked up pending the result of a civil or criminal immigration proceeding. Leading scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández joined us to take a hard look at the immigration prison system’s origin and operation with ...
182: César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: Migrating to Prison
December 24, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBFor most of America’s history, we did not lock people up for migrating here. Yet over the last thirty years, our country’s federal and state governments have increasingly incarcerated people accused of violating immigration laws. Now almost 400,000 people annually spend time locked up pending the result of a civil or criminal immigration proceeding. Leading scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández joined us to take a hard look at the immigration prison system’s origin and operation with ...
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: Migrating to Prison
December 24, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBFor most of America’s history, we did not lock people up for migrating here. Yet over the last thirty years, our country’s federal and state governments have increasingly incarcerated people accused of violating immigration laws. Now almost 400,000 people annually spend time locked up pending the result of a civil or criminal immigration proceeding. Leading scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández joined us to take a hard look at the immigration prison system’s origin and operation with ...
181. Eli Saslow with Simone Alicea: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
December 19, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBRadio show host Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. But even someone steeped in the culture of white nationalism found the space to question the prejudices behind his beliefs. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eli Saslow joined us at Town Hall to tell the story of how the man who was considered the “leading light” of the burgeoning white natio...
Eli Saslow with Simone Alicea: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
December 19, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBRadio show host Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. But even someone steeped in the culture of white nationalism found the space to question the prejudices behind his beliefs. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eli Saslow joined us at Town Hall to tell the story of how the man who was considered the “leading light” of the burgeoning white natio...
181: Eli Saslow with Simone Alicea: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
December 19, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBRadio show host Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. But even someone steeped in the culture of white nationalism found the space to question the prejudices behind his beliefs. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eli Saslow joined us at Town Hall to tell the story of how the man who was considered the “leading light” of the burgeoning white natio...
180: Charlton McIlwain with Kamal Al-Mansour: Black Software
December 11, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBActivists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today’s digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. But according to Charlton D. McIlwain, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. With insight from his book Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter, McIlwain chronicled the long relationship between African Americans, computing technolog...
180. Charlton McIlwain with Kamal Al-Mansour: Black Software
December 11, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBActivists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today’s digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. But according to Charlton D. McIlwain, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. With insight from his book Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter, McIlwain chronicled the long relationship between African Americans, computing technolog...
Charlton McIlwain with Kamal Al-Mansour: Black Software
December 11, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBActivists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today’s digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. But according to Charlton D. McIlwain, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. With insight from his book Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter, McIlwain chronicled the long relationship between African Americans, computing technolog...
179. Caitlin Zaloom with Ross Reynolds: Making College Work at Any Cost
December 05, 2019 21:17 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBThe struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. Author Caitlin Zaloom took us into the homes of middle-class families throughout the nation to highlight the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life. With insight from her new book Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, Zaloom shared interviews with parents and their college-age children about stressful and intensely...
Caitlin Zaloom with Ross Reynolds: Making College Work at Any Cost
December 05, 2019 21:17 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBThe struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. Author Caitlin Zaloom took us into the homes of middle-class families throughout the nation to highlight the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life. With insight from her new book Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, Zaloom shared interviews with parents and their college-age children about stressful and intensely...
179: Caitlin Zaloom with Ross Reynolds: Making College Work at Any Cost
December 05, 2019 21:17 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBThe struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. Author Caitlin Zaloom took us into the homes of middle-class families throughout the nation to highlight the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life. With insight from her new book Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, Zaloom shared interviews with parents and their college-age children about stressful and intensely...
178: Daniel Brook: The Accident of Color
December 04, 2019 00:18 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIn nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, many cosmopolitan residents eluded the racial categories the rest of America takes for granted. Before the Civil War, these free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. Journalist and author Daniel Brook joined us at Town Hall with accounts from his book The Accident of Color, following this story through Reconstruction and revisiting a crucial inflection point in America...
Daniel Brook: The Accident of Color
December 04, 2019 00:18 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIn nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, many cosmopolitan residents eluded the racial categories the rest of America takes for granted. Before the Civil War, these free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. Journalist and author Daniel Brook joined us at Town Hall with accounts from his book The Accident of Color, following this story through Reconstruction and revisiting a crucial inflection point in America...
178. Daniel Brook: The Accident of Color
December 04, 2019 00:18 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIn nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston, many cosmopolitan residents eluded the racial categories the rest of America takes for granted. Before the Civil War, these free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. Journalist and author Daniel Brook joined us at Town Hall with accounts from his book The Accident of Color, following this story through Reconstruction and revisiting a crucial inflection point in America...
177. Allison Stanger: How Whistleblowers Preserve Our Democracy
November 27, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBMisconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital public service—yet they always suffer for it. Allison Stanger, professor of International Politics and Economics, took Town Hall’s stage to bring us an episodic history of whistleblowing as an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience. With accounts from her book Whistleblowers: Honesty ...
177: Allison Stanger: How Whistleblowers Preserve Our Democracy
November 27, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBMisconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital public service—yet they always suffer for it. Allison Stanger, professor of International Politics and Economics, took Town Hall’s stage to bring us an episodic history of whistleblowing as an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience. With accounts from her book Whistleblowers: Honesty ...
Allison Stanger: How Whistleblowers Preserve Our Democracy
November 27, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBMisconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital public service—yet they always suffer for it. Allison Stanger, professor of International Politics and Economics, took Town Hall’s stage to bring us an episodic history of whistleblowing as an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience. With accounts from her book Whistleblowers: Honesty ...
176. Douglas Smith: How America Saved Russia From Famine
November 25, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIn 1921, facing one of the worst famines in history, the new Soviet government under Vladimir Lenin invited the American Relief Administration to save communist Russia from ruin. Author Douglas Smith joined us with an account of how a small, daring band of Americans fed more than ten million men, women, and children across a million square miles of territory. Smith’s book The Russian Job chronicles this endeavor—the largest humanitarian operation in history, which saved countless lives, stav...
Douglas Smith: How America Saved Russia From Famine
November 25, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIn 1921, facing one of the worst famines in history, the new Soviet government under Vladimir Lenin invited the American Relief Administration to save communist Russia from ruin. Author Douglas Smith joined us with an account of how a small, daring band of Americans fed more than ten million men, women, and children across a million square miles of territory. Smith’s book The Russian Job chronicles this endeavor—the largest humanitarian operation in history, which saved countless lives, stav...
176: Douglas Smith: How America Saved Russia From Famine
November 25, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIn 1921, facing one of the worst famines in history, the new Soviet government under Vladimir Lenin invited the American Relief Administration to save communist Russia from ruin. Author Douglas Smith joined us with an account of how a small, daring band of Americans fed more than ten million men, women, and children across a million square miles of territory. Smith’s book The Russian Job chronicles this endeavor—the largest humanitarian operation in history, which saved countless lives, stav...
175: Just Food: A Conversation about Food as a Right in Washington
November 22, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBHunger isn’t just the absence of food, it’s the absence of justice. When our systems are broken, the most vulnerable in our state suffer the most. Food justice aligns itself with the primary goals of social justice—demanding equal opportunity and access to basic rights and needs. To show us a way forward in promoting food justice, Northwest Harvest presented a panel discussion on Town Hall’s stage with a focus on providing equitable access to nutritious food for everyone. These experts take ...
Just Food: A Conversation about Food as a Right in Washington
November 22, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBHunger isn’t just the absence of food, it’s the absence of justice. When our systems are broken, the most vulnerable in our state suffer the most. Food justice aligns itself with the primary goals of social justice—demanding equal opportunity and access to basic rights and needs. To show us a way forward in promoting food justice, Northwest Harvest presented a panel discussion on Town Hall’s stage with a focus on providing equitable access to nutritious food for everyone. These experts take ...
175. Just Food: A Conversation about Food as a Right in Washington
November 22, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBHunger isn’t just the absence of food, it’s the absence of justice. When our systems are broken, the most vulnerable in our state suffer the most. Food justice aligns itself with the primary goals of social justice—demanding equal opportunity and access to basic rights and needs. To show us a way forward in promoting food justice, Northwest Harvest presented a panel discussion on Town Hall’s stage with a focus on providing equitable access to nutritious food for everyone. These experts take ...
174: Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear with Marcos Martinez: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration
November 20, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBAs his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issue—with the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Mueller’s investigation of his 2016 campaign—better defines his administration. Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump administration from its earliest days. Now they join us at Town Hall to offer us a glimpse inside the White House with their book Border Wars, documenting how Trump...
174. Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear with Marcos Martinez: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration
November 20, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBAs his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issue—with the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Mueller’s investigation of his 2016 campaign—better defines his administration. Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump administration from its earliest days. Now they join us at Town Hall to offer us a glimpse inside the White House with their book Border Wars, documenting how Trump...
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear with Marcos Martinez: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration
November 20, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBAs his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issue—with the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Mueller’s investigation of his 2016 campaign—better defines his administration. Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump administration from its earliest days. Now they join us at Town Hall to offer us a glimpse inside the White House with their book Border Wars, documenting how Trump...
173: Timothy A. Wise with Million Belay: The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
November 18, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBFew challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—especially at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. To explore agricultural avenues open to us in the near future, researcher Timothy A. Wise presented insight from his book Eating Tomorrow, in conversation with sustainable agriculture activist Million Belay. Together, Wise and Belay explored how in country after country agribusiness an...
173. Timothy A. Wise with Million Belay: The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
November 18, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBFew challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—especially at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. To explore agricultural avenues open to us in the near future, researcher Timothy A. Wise presented insight from his book Eating Tomorrow, in conversation with sustainable agriculture activist Million Belay. Together, Wise and Belay explored how in country after country agribusiness an...
Timothy A. Wise with Million Belay: The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
November 18, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBFew challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—especially at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. To explore agricultural avenues open to us in the near future, researcher Timothy A. Wise presented insight from his book Eating Tomorrow, in conversation with sustainable agriculture activist Million Belay. Together, Wise and Belay explored how in country after country agribusiness an...
Richard Stengel: The Global Battle Against Disinformation
November 14, 2019 19:22 - 1 hour - 72 MBDuring the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel—former editor of Time magazine and an Under Secretary of State—stood on the front lines of the new global information war. Stengel took Town Hall’s stage to recount his time as the single person in government tasked with unpacking, disproving, and combating both ISIS’s messaging and Russian disinformation. With insight from his book Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can ...
172: Richard Stengel: The Global Battle Against Disinformation
November 14, 2019 19:22 - 1 hour - 72 MBDuring the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel—former editor of Time magazine and an Under Secretary of State—stood on the front lines of the new global information war. Stengel took Town Hall’s stage to recount his time as the single person in government tasked with unpacking, disproving, and combating both ISIS’s messaging and Russian disinformation. With insight from his book Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can ...
172. Richard Stengel: The Global Battle Against Disinformation
November 14, 2019 19:22 - 1 hour - 72 MBDuring the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel—former editor of Time magazine and an Under Secretary of State—stood on the front lines of the new global information war. Stengel took Town Hall’s stage to recount his time as the single person in government tasked with unpacking, disproving, and combating both ISIS’s messaging and Russian disinformation. With insight from his book Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can ...
Anand Giridharadas with Steve Scher: Winners Take All
November 11, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBWhat do we do when our society’s economic elite become more interested in celebrating their own magnanimity than bringing about real change? Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas returned to Town Hall’s stage with a reprise presentation of perspectives from his hit book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. He decried the modern Gilded Age where the rich and powerful have rebranded themselves as saviors of the poor—constantly seeking to do more good, but nev...
171. Anand Giridharadas with Steve Scher: Winners Take All
November 11, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBWhat do we do when our society’s economic elite become more interested in celebrating their own magnanimity than bringing about real change? Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas returned to Town Hall’s stage with a reprise presentation of perspectives from his hit book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. He decried the modern Gilded Age where the rich and powerful have rebranded themselves as saviors of the poor—constantly seeking to do more good, but nev...
171: Anand Giridharadas with Steve Scher: Winners Take All
November 11, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBWhat do we do when our society’s economic elite become more interested in celebrating their own magnanimity than bringing about real change? Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas returned to Town Hall’s stage with a reprise presentation of perspectives from his hit book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. He decried the modern Gilded Age where the rich and powerful have rebranded themselves as saviors of the poor—constantly seeking to do more good, but nev...
170. Robert Shiller: How Viral Stories Can Drive Our Economy
November 08, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBIn a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can we afford to ignore the power of viral stories to affect economies? Whether it’s the belief that tech stocks can only go up, that housing prices never fall, or that some firms are too big to fail, economist Robert Shiller asserted that the stories we tell can have a powerful effect on our economic behavior. Shiller brought us lessons from his new book Narrative Economics, cautioning us that narratives like...
170: Robert Shiller: How Viral Stories Can Drive Our Economy
November 08, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBIn a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can we afford to ignore the power of viral stories to affect economies? Whether it’s the belief that tech stocks can only go up, that housing prices never fall, or that some firms are too big to fail, economist Robert Shiller asserted that the stories we tell can have a powerful effect on our economic behavior. Shiller brought us lessons from his new book Narrative Economics, cautioning us that narratives like...
Robert Shiller: How Viral Stories Can Drive Our Economy
November 08, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBIn a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can we afford to ignore the power of viral stories to affect economies? Whether it’s the belief that tech stocks can only go up, that housing prices never fall, or that some firms are too big to fail, economist Robert Shiller asserted that the stories we tell can have a powerful effect on our economic behavior. Shiller brought us lessons from his new book Narrative Economics, cautioning us that narratives like...
Susan Rice with Sally Jewell: Tough Love
November 06, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBMother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Ambassador Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. She joined us with stories from Tough Love, a powerful recollection of the experiences that taught her how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few. In conversation with Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior and current CEO of The Nature Conservancy, Rice offered an in...
169. Susan Rice with Sally Jewell: Tough Love
November 06, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBMother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Ambassador Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. She joined us with stories from Tough Love, a powerful recollection of the experiences that taught her how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few. In conversation with Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior and current CEO of The Nature Conservancy, Rice offered an in...
169: Susan Rice with Sally Jewell: Tough Love
November 06, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBMother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Ambassador Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. She joined us with stories from Tough Love, a powerful recollection of the experiences that taught her how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few. In conversation with Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior and current CEO of The Nature Conservancy, Rice offered an in...
168: Democracy In Decline: After Local Media Disappears, What Comes Next?
November 04, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBAmericans are losing trust in journalism. With the widespread consolidating and closing of American media outlets, many are worried that democracy supported by a free press may be in danger. Civic Ventures joined with Town Hall to present a panel of experts to examine whether democracy as we know it can survive without a culture of independent investigative journalism. They delved into the rise of media conglomerates trafficking in partisan broadcasting, and explore strategies for supporting...
168. Democracy In Decline: After Local Media Disappears, What Comes Next?
November 04, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBAmericans are losing trust in journalism. With the widespread consolidating and closing of American media outlets, many are worried that democracy supported by a free press may be in danger. Civic Ventures joined with Town Hall to present a panel of experts to examine whether democracy as we know it can survive without a culture of independent investigative journalism. They delved into the rise of media conglomerates trafficking in partisan broadcasting, and explore strategies for supporting...
Democracy In Decline: After Local Media Disappears, What Comes Next?
November 04, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBAmericans are losing trust in journalism. With the widespread consolidating and closing of American media outlets, many are worried that democracy supported by a free press may be in danger. Civic Ventures joined with Town Hall to present a panel of experts to examine whether democracy as we know it can survive without a culture of independent investigative journalism. They delved into the rise of media conglomerates trafficking in partisan broadcasting, and explore strategies for supporting...