Town Hall Seattle Civics Series
414 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 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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167: Christof Spieler: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
October 31, 2019 00:46 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBIn the US, the 25 largest metropolitan areas have fixed guideway rail or bus transit systems. Nearly all of them are talking about expanding—yet according to architecture and engineering expert Christof Spieler, discussions about transit are still remarkably unsophisticated. Spieler brought us his vision of some of the most important discussion in transportation, encapsulated in his book Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit. He focused the discussion on quality of servic...
Christof Spieler: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
October 31, 2019 00:46 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBIn the US, the 25 largest metropolitan areas have fixed guideway rail or bus transit systems. Nearly all of them are talking about expanding—yet according to architecture and engineering expert Christof Spieler, discussions about transit are still remarkably unsophisticated. Spieler brought us his vision of some of the most important discussion in transportation, encapsulated in his book Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit. He focused the discussion on quality of servic...
Paul Tough: Who Needs College?
October 28, 2019 18:01 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBDoes college still work? Can a college education today provide real opportunity to young Americans seeking to improve their station in life, or is the system designed only to protect the privileged and leave everyone else behind? Paul Tough explored the landscape of higher education with perspectives from his new book The Years That Matter Most, sharing stories of students trying to find their way—with hope, joy, and frustration—through the application process and into college. Tough intro...
166: Paul Tough: Who Needs College?
October 28, 2019 18:01 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBDoes college still work? Can a college education today provide real opportunity to young Americans seeking to improve their station in life, or is the system designed only to protect the privileged and leave everyone else behind? Paul Tough explored the landscape of higher education with perspectives from his new book The Years That Matter Most, sharing stories of students trying to find their way—with hope, joy, and frustration—through the application process and into college. Tough intro...
Ijeoma Oluo with Charles Mudede: So You Want to Talk About Race
October 25, 2019 19:04 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBWidespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans–have made it impossible to ignore the issue of race. To guide us in discussing this difficult subject, Seattle-based writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo stepped up with perspectives from her book So You Want to Talk About Race. Joined in conversation by Associate Editor of The Stranger Charles Mudede, Oluo delved into subjects ranging from intersectionality to affirmative actio...
165: Ijeoma Oluo with Charles Mudede: So You Want to Talk About Race
October 25, 2019 19:04 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBWidespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans–have made it impossible to ignore the issue of race. To guide us in discussing this difficult subject, Seattle-based writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo stepped up with perspectives from her book So You Want to Talk About Race. Joined in conversation by Associate Editor of The Stranger Charles Mudede, Oluo delved into subjects ranging from intersectionality to affirmative actio...
Jenny Brown with Amelia Bonow: The Abortion Struggle Now
October 21, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBWith an anti-abortion majority in the Supreme Court and several states with only one abortion clinic, many reproductive rights activists are on the defensive. Organizer and author Jenny Brown joined us with Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now, a rallying cry for modern abortion rights movements. In conversation with Amelia Bonow, activist and founder of #ShoutYourAbortion, Brown highlighted the history of legal abortion in the US up until 1873—and the century of illegal abortion that ...
164: Jenny Brown with Amelia Bonow: The Abortion Struggle Now
October 21, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBWith an anti-abortion majority in the Supreme Court and several states with only one abortion clinic, many reproductive rights activists are on the defensive. Organizer and author Jenny Brown joined us with Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now, a rallying cry for modern abortion rights movements. In conversation with Amelia Bonow, activist and founder of #ShoutYourAbortion, Brown highlighted the history of legal abortion in the US up until 1873—and the century of illegal abortion that ...
People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons
October 16, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 99 MBWashington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition presents a People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons. This conversation informs the public and elected officials about the damage and dangers of nuclear war, examining Washington’s nuclear arsenals and the role of our state’s industry in producing them. Hear testimonies from people whose communities have been directly impacted by the long legacy of the nuclear weapons industry in Washington Stat...
163: People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons
October 16, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 99 MBWashington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition presents a People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons. This conversation informs the public and elected officials about the damage and dangers of nuclear war, examining Washington’s nuclear arsenals and the role of our state’s industry in producing them. Hear testimonies from people whose communities have been directly impacted by the long legacy of the nuclear weapons industry in Washington Stat...
Timothy Faust: Single Payer Healthcare and What Comes Next
October 14, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThe concept of single payer healthcare is not complicated: tax funding pays for all care for all people. The idea is simple in theory, so what’s stopping us from implementing single payer healthcare in our nation? Writer and healthcare data scientist Timothy Faust arrived at Town Hall to explain the idea of single payer healthcare, why we don’t yet have it, and how it can be won. Faust brings us an exploration of a single payer healthcare model—how it’s cheaper than our current model and mos...
162: Timothy Faust: Single Payer Healthcare and What Comes Next
October 14, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThe concept of single payer healthcare is not complicated: tax funding pays for all care for all people. The idea is simple in theory, so what’s stopping us from implementing single payer healthcare in our nation? Writer and healthcare data scientist Timothy Faust arrived at Town Hall to explain the idea of single payer healthcare, why we don’t yet have it, and how it can be won. Faust brings us an exploration of a single payer healthcare model—how it’s cheaper than our current model and mos...
161: Naomi Klein with Teresa Mosqueda: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal
October 10, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBFor more than twenty years, Naomi Klein has been the foremost chronicler of the economic war waged on both people and planet—and an unapologetic champion of a sweeping environmental agenda with justice at its center. Klein joined us at Town Hall with insight from On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, a report from the front lines of contemporary natural disaster that offers prescient advisories and dire warnings of what future awaits us if we refuse to act—as well as hopeful glim...
Naomi Klein with Teresa Mosqueda: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal
October 10, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBFor more than twenty years, Naomi Klein has been the foremost chronicler of the economic war waged on both people and planet—and an unapologetic champion of a sweeping environmental agenda with justice at its center. Klein joined us at Town Hall with insight from On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, a report from the front lines of contemporary natural disaster that offers prescient advisories and dire warnings of what future awaits us if we refuse to act—as well as hopeful glim...
160: Leta Hong Fincher: China’s Feminist Awakening
October 08, 2019 17:46 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBOn the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty-seven days. The Feminist Five became international symbols, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. Journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher sees the Five as heralds of a much larger feminist movement of civil rights lawyers, labor activists, performance artists, and online advocates pro...
Leta Hong Fincher: China’s Feminist Awakening
October 08, 2019 17:46 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBOn the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty-seven days. The Feminist Five became international symbols, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. Journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher sees the Five as heralds of a much larger feminist movement of civil rights lawyers, labor activists, performance artists, and online advocates pro...
159: Samantha Power with John Koenig: The Education of an Idealist
October 03, 2019 23:51 - 1 hour - 78 MBSamantha Power is widely considered the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America’s “foremost thinkers on foreign policy.” Power took Town Hall’s stage with insight from her memoir The Education of an Idealist, tracing her career as an author, diplomat, and as a vocal critic of US foreign policy, outlining how she put her ideals into practice while working with Obama in the Senate, on the...
Samantha Power with John Koenig: The Education of an Idealist
October 03, 2019 23:51 - 1 hour - 78 MBSamantha Power is widely considered the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America’s “foremost thinkers on foreign policy.” Power took Town Hall’s stage with insight from her memoir The Education of an Idealist, tracing her career as an author, diplomat, and as a vocal critic of US foreign policy, outlining how she put her ideals into practice while working with Obama in the Senate, on the...
158: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz with Nikkita Oliver: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People
October 01, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBThe history of America as a country goes beyond that of a land “discovered” by a few brave men in the “New World.” Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz joined us at Town Hall to reveal the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. Dunbar-Ortiz was joined by Seattle-based educator and activist Nikkita Oliver to present an examination of the legacy of Indigenous peoples’ resistance, resilience, and steadfas...
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz with Nikkita Oliver: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People
October 01, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBThe history of America as a country goes beyond that of a land “discovered” by a few brave men in the “New World.” Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz joined us at Town Hall to reveal the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. Dunbar-Ortiz was joined by Seattle-based educator and activist Nikkita Oliver to present an examination of the legacy of Indigenous peoples’ resistance, resilience, and steadfas...
157: Peter Pomerantsev: This Is Not Propaganda
September 27, 2019 21:47 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBPerhaps the most important global trend of the last few years has been the rise and transformation of information warfare. Researcher of media and propaganda Peter Pomerantsev asserted that in the digital age, real military engagement matters less than how it is broadcast—resulting is a constant deluge of lies, shock humor, absurdity, and fear-mongering designed to disorient us and undermine our sense of truth. Pomerantsev invited us to journey behind the enemy lines of the endless, multin...
Peter Pomerantsev: This Is Not Propaganda
September 27, 2019 21:47 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBPerhaps the most important global trend of the last few years has been the rise and transformation of information warfare. Researcher of media and propaganda Peter Pomerantsev asserted that in the digital age, real military engagement matters less than how it is broadcast—resulting is a constant deluge of lies, shock humor, absurdity, and fear-mongering designed to disorient us and undermine our sense of truth. Pomerantsev invited us to journey behind the enemy lines of the endless, multin...
157: Rick Steves: Guatemala, Ethiopia, Hunger, and Hope
September 23, 2019 18:12 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBGuidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves returned to Town Hall to take us behind the scenes of his new public television special about hunger, hope, and the impact of smart development aid in the Global South. Building on his passion for “Travel as a Political Act,” Steves shared lessons learned while traveling in Guatemala and Ethiopia—how globalization, technological innovations, the empowerment of women, and climate-smart agriculture are coming together to counter what he calls “Th...
Rick Steves: Guatemala, Ethiopia, Hunger, and Hope
September 23, 2019 18:12 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBGuidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves returned to Town Hall to take us behind the scenes of his new public television special about hunger, hope, and the impact of smart development aid in the Global South. Building on his passion for “Travel as a Political Act,” Steves shared lessons learned while traveling in Guatemala and Ethiopia—how globalization, technological innovations, the empowerment of women, and climate-smart agriculture are coming together to counter what he calls “Th...
Christopher Leonard with Paul Constant: The Rise of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
September 16, 2019 20:10 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThe annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Goldman Sachs, Facebook, and U.S. Steel combined. But few people know much about Koch Industries—and according to investigative journalist Christopher Leonard, that’s because the billionaire Koch brothers want it that way. Leonard made his way to Town Hall’s stage with insight from his book Kochland, an exploration of Koch Industries seven years in the making. In conversation with Seattle Review of Books co-founder Paul Constant, L...
156: Christopher Leonard with Paul Constant: The Rise of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
September 16, 2019 20:10 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThe annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Goldman Sachs, Facebook, and U.S. Steel combined. But few people know much about Koch Industries—and according to investigative journalist Christopher Leonard, that’s because the billionaire Koch brothers want it that way. Leonard made his way to Town Hall’s stage with insight from his book Kochland, an exploration of Koch Industries seven years in the making. In conversation with Seattle Review of Books co-founder Paul Constant, L...
Ganesh Sitaraman: Public Options for Creating Freedom, Opportunity, and Equality
September 11, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBWhenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life are public options, yet they are seldom celebrated as such. Author Ganesh Sitaraman joined us with perspective from his co-written book The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality to challenge decades of receive...
154: Ganesh Sitaraman: Public Options for Creating Freedom, Opportunity, and Equality
September 11, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBWhenever you go to your local public library, send mail via the post office, or visit Yosemite, you are taking advantage of a longstanding American tradition: the public option. Some of the most useful and beloved institutions in American life are public options, yet they are seldom celebrated as such. Author Ganesh Sitaraman joined us with perspective from his co-written book The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality to challenge decades of receive...
153: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
September 09, 2019 19:31 - 1 hour - 119 MBThe summer of 2019 marks the five year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri—an event that sparked tremendous protests, and which stirred a massive rise in mobility and voice from the Black Lives Matter movement. To reflect on five years of progress since this landmark tragedy and explore the present and future of Black Lives Matter, renowned political and social writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor joined us for a Town Hall event for a rising generation of activis...
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
September 09, 2019 19:31 - 1 hour - 119 MBThe summer of 2019 marks the five year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri—an event that sparked tremendous protests, and which stirred a massive rise in mobility and voice from the Black Lives Matter movement. To reflect on five years of progress since this landmark tragedy and explore the present and future of Black Lives Matter, renowned political and social writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor joined us for a Town Hall event for a rising generation of activis...
Alex Gallo-Brown with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai: Variations of Labor
September 06, 2019 22:29 - 47 minutes - 66.1 MBWhat does it mean to labor in modern-day America? Alex Gallo-Brown took the stage with visions from his book Variations of Labor, offering poetry, essays, and fiction about all walks of work. In conversation with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai of Puget Sound Sage, Gallo-Brown explored the lives of semiprofessional poker players, line cooks in high-tech company cafeterias, and an activist trying to drum up support for a union. Gallo-Brown painted a bleak picture of dead-end jobs and truncated h...
152: Alex Gallo-Brown with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai: Variations of Labor
September 06, 2019 22:29 - 47 minutes - 66.1 MBWhat does it mean to labor in modern-day America? Alex Gallo-Brown took the stage with visions from his book Variations of Labor, offering poetry, essays, and fiction about all walks of work. In conversation with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai of Puget Sound Sage, Gallo-Brown explored the lives of semiprofessional poker players, line cooks in high-tech company cafeterias, and an activist trying to drum up support for a union. Gallo-Brown painted a bleak picture of dead-end jobs and truncated h...
Labor Day with Robert Reich and Pramila Jayapal
September 04, 2019 18:26 - 1 hour - 121 MBWhat steps can we take in order to better our country by protecting the common interest of our workers? Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich arrived at Town Hall along with Washington’s 7th District Representative Pramila Jayapal for a Labor Day exploration of Reich’s latest book The Common Good. They offered their perspective on the state of American politics and the labor movement, and unpacked Reich’s powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argu...
151: Labor Day with Robert Reich and Pramila Jayapal
September 04, 2019 18:26 - 1 hour - 121 MBWhat steps can we take in order to better our country by protecting the common interest of our workers? Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich arrived at Town Hall along with Washington’s 7th District Representative Pramila Jayapal for a Labor Day exploration of Reich’s latest book The Common Good. They offered their perspective on the state of American politics and the labor movement, and unpacked Reich’s powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argu...
The Media is Dying
August 13, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBEven in a booming economy, the American media industry is contracting at an alarming rate. Reporters everywhere are being forced out of the business through layoffs and shutdowns, and many Americans are concerned that biased and partisan media organizations are replacing local news coverage with a top-down slate of propaganda pieces. In the first of a series of discussions sponsored by Fuse Washington, Town Hall presented a panel conversation (moderated by writer and former Stranger editor...
150: The Media is Dying
August 13, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBEven in a booming economy, the American media industry is contracting at an alarming rate. Reporters everywhere are being forced out of the business through layoffs and shutdowns, and many Americans are concerned that biased and partisan media organizations are replacing local news coverage with a top-down slate of propaganda pieces. In the first of a series of discussions sponsored by Fuse Washington, Town Hall presented a panel conversation (moderated by writer and former Stranger editor...
149: Anthony McCann: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff
August 06, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBIn 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Encamped in the shadowlands of the republic, insisting that the Federal government had no right to own public land, the occupiers were seen by a divided country as either dangerous extremists dressed up as cowboys, or as heroes insisting on restoring the rule of the Constitution. To explore the occupation’s beginnings and af...
Anthony McCann: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff
August 06, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBIn 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Encamped in the shadowlands of the republic, insisting that the Federal government had no right to own public land, the occupiers were seen by a divided country as either dangerous extremists dressed up as cowboys, or as heroes insisting on restoring the rule of the Constitution. To explore the occupation’s beginnings and af...
Nada Bakos: The Life of a CIA Terrorist Hunter
July 30, 2019 08:00 - 56 minutes - 78.5 MBIn 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Through determination and an affinity for intelligence work, she rose through the ranks of the CIA as an analyst and Targeting Officer and found herself on the front lines of America’s war against Islamic extremists. Nada brought her story to Town Hall, drawing from her book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House. She described how she was ...
148: Nada Bakos: The Life of a CIA Terrorist Hunter
July 30, 2019 08:00 - 56 minutes - 78.5 MBIn 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Through determination and an affinity for intelligence work, she rose through the ranks of the CIA as an analyst and Targeting Officer and found herself on the front lines of America’s war against Islamic extremists. Nada brought her story to Town Hall, drawing from her book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House. She described how she was ...
Jonna Mendez: The Secret CIA Tactics That Won The Cold War
July 23, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBStories of Cold War era espionage have inspired countless stories and films—but actual Cold War operatives can often deliver truths that are stranger than fiction. Former CIA spymaster Jonna Mendez arrived at Town Hall to tell her story—both she and her husband Antonio worked as CIA operatives to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s at one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War. Soviets kept files on all foreigners, studied their patterns, tapped their phones, and even planted listening de...
147: Jonna Mendez: The Secret CIA Tactics That Won The Cold War
July 23, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBStories of Cold War era espionage have inspired countless stories and films—but actual Cold War operatives can often deliver truths that are stranger than fiction. Former CIA spymaster Jonna Mendez arrived at Town Hall to tell her story—both she and her husband Antonio worked as CIA operatives to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s at one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War. Soviets kept files on all foreigners, studied their patterns, tapped their phones, and even planted listening de...
Thom Hartmann: History of Guns and the Second Amendment
July 16, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBThom Hartmann, often considered the most popular progressive radio host in America, invites us to an in-depth, historically informed discussion of one of the most controversial portions of the U.S. Constitution—the Second Amendment. Hartmann joined us at Town Hall with insight from his book The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment to examine the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native Americans to the enforcement of slavery (Slave Patrols ...
146: Thom Hartmann: History of Guns and the Second Amendment
July 16, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBThom Hartmann, often considered the most popular progressive radio host in America, invites us to an in-depth, historically informed discussion of one of the most controversial portions of the U.S. Constitution—the Second Amendment. Hartmann joined us at Town Hall with insight from his book The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment to examine the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native Americans to the enforcement of slavery (Slave Patrols ...
145: Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions At Work
July 11, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBHow do we handle emotions in the workplace? What used to be taboo is now front and center when we talk about a day in the life of the modern worker. Join Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, the authors of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, for a wide-ranging conversation on why emotions are the new secret weapon to success in the office and how to channel yours to feel your best and do your best work. The authors shared learnings, expert advice, comic illust...
Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions At Work
July 11, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBHow do we handle emotions in the workplace? What used to be taboo is now front and center when we talk about a day in the life of the modern worker. Join Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, the authors of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, for a wide-ranging conversation on why emotions are the new secret weapon to success in the office and how to channel yours to feel your best and do your best work. The authors shared learnings, expert advice, comic illust...
Adam Gopnik: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
July 09, 2019 19:37 - 1 hour - 102 MBNot since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, come under such relentless attack, from both right and left. Some say that the crisis of democracy in our era has produced a crisis of faith in liberal institutions and, even worse, in liberal thought. Adam Gopnik, staff writer at The New Yorker, offered us a thorough examination of liberalism—its history and place in the modern day—with A Thousand Small Sanities, a manifesto rooted in the lives of people who invented and ex...
144: Adam Gopnik: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
July 09, 2019 19:37 - 1 hour - 102 MBNot since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, come under such relentless attack, from both right and left. Some say that the crisis of democracy in our era has produced a crisis of faith in liberal institutions and, even worse, in liberal thought. Adam Gopnik, staff writer at The New Yorker, offered us a thorough examination of liberalism—its history and place in the modern day—with A Thousand Small Sanities, a manifesto rooted in the lives of people who invented and ex...
143: Caroline Fredrickson: The Democracy Fix
July 04, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBDespite representing a minority of the American public, conservatives are in power in Washington, DC as well as state capitols and courtrooms across the country. Caroline Fredrickson—president of the American Constitution Society—arrived at Town Hall to outline the process by which these conservative representatives came into power. With insight from her book The Democracy Fix, she contended that while progressives fought to death over the nuances of policy and to bring attention to specific...
Caroline Fredrickson: The Democracy Fix
July 04, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBDespite representing a minority of the American public, conservatives are in power in Washington, DC as well as state capitols and courtrooms across the country. Caroline Fredrickson—president of the American Constitution Society—arrived at Town Hall to outline the process by which these conservative representatives came into power. With insight from her book The Democracy Fix, she contended that while progressives fought to death over the nuances of policy and to bring attention to specific...