James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters

About James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters

A podcast exploring themes related to civic engagement in order to build a more inclusive, just, and equitable democracy.

Publisher

James Madison Center for Civic Engagement

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jun 2019

Latest episode

1 Aug 2023

Latest episodes

1 of 110 episodes have a transcript.

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   1 Aug 2023

   Episode 110: The tensions between expertise and democracy: An interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci

   In this episode we talk with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the tensions between expertise and democratic decision-making during the pandemic and his advice for navigating apathy and misinformation during the next major public health crisis.

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   2 May 2023

   Episode 109: European democracy at a crossroads: An interview with Minister Counselor Markus Teglas

   Germany has a history of being at the center of global debates about democracy. As Europe again finds itself dealing with democracy in crisis, this time with Russia's war against Ukraine, Minister Counselor Markus Teglas asks us to consider Europe again at a crossroads and what Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the rise of right wing populist movements across the continent means for global democracy.

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   17 Apr 2023

   Episode 108: Solutions to the campus free speech woes: An interview with ALL IN Democracy Challenge's Stephanie King and JMU Debate

   It feels like free speech has become the number one issue confronting higher education today. Campuses are now hotbeds of discontent. Students are sitting in, protesting questionable speakers on campus. State elected officials are dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programming. So what is being done to address the campus free speech woes? Stephanie King, senior director of strategic initiatives for the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, and Dannise Brown and Adonis Ortiz, members of the Madison Debate Society at James Madison University provide us with some answers to campus free speech issues.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 45: Distrust of News, Divergent Sources, Doom Scrolling and Democracy

Published 23 Nov 2020 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But if you want an analysis policy differences, you're going to have to dig deep. David, you mentioned this issue of trust and how it's declined earlier in our conversation. And I'm wondering if we can return to that topic. This year in September, Gallup found that just 9 % in the United States trusted mass media, quote -unquote, a great deal, and 31 % a fair amount. When we dig into that data and look at trust by party identification, we see that there's been a steep decline in Republicans trust in the media. Starting in 2016, and that it hasn't recovered, at the same time, trust by those who identify as Democrats in the media has risen sharply since President Trump was elected. […]

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