Is This Democracy
Lilliana Mason and Thomas Zimmer
EN92 episodes
newspolitics
Welcome to Is This Democracy, the podcast where we discuss the ongoing conflict over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America.Hosted by Lilliana Mason and Thomas Zimmer
Episodes (92)
44. Is Trump Winning or Losing – or Should We Ask a Different Question?
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43. Mass “Deportation” Is the End of Constitutional Government
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42. Stupidity, Ideology, and Tariffs (plus: why protests matter a great deal)
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41. Escalation
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Mar 25, 20251:11:31pending
40. The Precarious State of the Union
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Mar 7, 20251:11:45pending
39. The Path to Authoritarianism
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Feb 21, 20251:10:48pending
38. Is the Constitution Still in Effect?
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Feb 7, 20251:05:13pending
37. Into the Trump Regime
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Jan 24, 20251:05:42pending
36. From Reagan to Trump: A Conversation about “Landslide” and the Transformatio...
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35. “Landslide”: How the Radical Right Took Over the Republican Party and Transf...
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Apr 11, 202455:29pending
34. What Today’s Republican Party Is Made Of – A GOP Primary Post-Mortem
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Mar 19, 20241:19:25pending
33. The Many Blind Spots and Pitfalls of the “Biden Too Old” Discourse
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Feb 23, 20241:22:36pending
32. “Project 2025”: What the Right Plans to Do Once Trumpism Returns to Power
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31. Why the Reactionary Campaign Against Claudine Gay Is a Matter of Great Conce...
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Jan 11, 20241:20:42pending
30. Mad Poll Disease and the Folly of “Popularism” – with Michael Podhorzer
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Nov 30, 20231:20:10pending
29. What Do Americans Value in 2023?
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28. The New Speaker vs. Democracy, Threats of MAGA Violence as the New Normal, a...
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27. Reflections on the Israel-Hamas war – and what the latest Speaker drama can...
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Oct 13, 20231:09:40pending
26. Taking Stock: The State of American Democracy Heading into Summer
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25. The Ideology of Silicon Valley vs the Idea of Democracy – with Adrian Daub
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24. “Cancel Culture”: How a Moral Panic Is Capturing America and the World – wit...
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May 16, 20231:47:50pending
23. “Polarization” Is Not the Problem. It Obscures the Problem – with Shannon Mc...
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May 2, 20231:14:44pending
22. Land of Unlimited Gun Violence
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21. Trump Arraignment in Manhattan, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Tennessee Assembly:...
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20. Walter Huss and the History of Republican Radicalization, From the 1950s to...
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Mar 30, 20231:24:37pending
19. The Legal Fate of Donald Trump – and What Republicans Really Mean When They...
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18. The War on Public Education Is Escalating – with Jennifer Berkshire
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17. There Is No “Free Speech Crisis” On Campus – and the Latest in Fox News vs D...
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Mar 10, 20231:11:31pending
16. A Conversation on Critical Race Theory and Democracy - with Victor Ray (Part...
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15. A Conversation on Critical Race Theory and Democracy - with Victor Ray (Part...
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14. The Reactionary Crusade Against Trans Rights Is an Assault on Democracy – an...
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13. The Murder of Tyre Nichols, the Authoritarian Takeover of Florida Education,...
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12. Six Burning Questions About the State of Democracy
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11. America’s Racial (Counter-) Reckoning – and some reflections on the latest “...
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Jan 20, 20231:12:37pending
10. Republican Extremism, MAGA Nihilism, and the rise of Ron DeSantis
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Jan 13, 20231:12:50pending
9. Chaos in the House! And What We Expect from American Democracy in 2023
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Jan 5, 20231:13:14pending
8. How Do We Save Democracy from Donald Trump? (And a proper dissection of the t...
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Dec 23, 20221:22:56pending
7. We Need to Talk About Centrism
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6. Where to Put Trump in the History of Modern Conservatism (and Why Republicans...
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5. What Does “Democracy” Even Mean, And Why Conservatives Don’t Want to Be Conse...
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4. The Rogue Court, the Threat of Rightwing Political Violence – and Discussing...
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3. Elon Musk, Donald Trump – and Should Journalists Be Rooting for Democracy?
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2. The State of Democracy After the Midterms (Still bad; Could have been way wor...
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Episode 1 - November 4, 2022
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