How to Vote in the United States of America! In Illinois, anyway.
How to vote in the US! Requires homework and feels like an exam. But after its done there a collective feeling of relief and pride.
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Jul 17
What just happened in the UK? General Election Special Episode
The UK General Election just resulted in a historic win for the Labour Party. In a special bonus episode we find out how it feels.
Jun 28
Democracy in Italy: S2 Episodes 3 and 4
Well, the prospect of US democracy surviving the year seems a little less likely, but this month I spent a enormously fun hour learning...
Dec 7, 2022
Episode 7: Chile, part 2. Student Power
In the second half of my conversation with Rodrigo and Paloma we get to hear about the Chilean Student Uprisings from someone who lived...
Dec 6, 2022
Episode 6: Chile, part 1 of 2. Writing a new constitution.
Today we will be hearing about Democracy In Chile from my two guests Rodrigo Retamal and Paloma Contreras. Our conversation will be...
Dec 4, 2022
Resources for Practicing Spanish while Dyslexic
I am a dyslexic person who has been learning Spanish for over two decades. In that time language learning technology has changed...
Sep 7, 2022
Episodes 4 & 5: More from Mexico
I figured you couldn't wait to hear the rest of my conversation with Brenda Lopez and David Palma. So today you get two episodes for one!...
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 3: Mexico, Part 1. A more United States?
We are back with another fascinating conversation about Democracy In... Mexico. (Which, I recently discovered, is actually officially...
Aug 17, 2022
Episode 2: The UK, part 2. So what's up with Boris?
Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Nicola Sharratt and John Leighton, about Democracy In... The UK. We ended the last episode...
Aug 10, 2022
Episode 1. Democracy In... The United Kingdom, part one.
Welcome to the Democracy In... podcast! In this, our first episode, I'm talking to Nicola Sharratt and John Leighton about what democracy...
Feb 10, 2022
Coping with Conflictual Reactions to the Comaroff Story
Anthropologists have been left confused and angry, this week, after details broke of a sexual harassment case against John Comaroff, a...
Apr 1, 2021
Reporting on "Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work"
Last summer I had a great conversation with Lizzie Wade, a reporter at Science, about my Myths of Meritocracy paper. We discussed the...
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