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RevDem Podcast
RevDem Podcast is brought to you by the Review of Democracy, the online journal of the CEU Democracy Institute. The Review of Democracy is dedicated to the reinvigoration, survival, and prosperity of democracies worldwide and to generating innovative cross-regional dialogues. RevDem Podcast offers in-depth conversations in four main areas: rule of law, political economy and inequalities, the history of ideas, and democracy and culture.
Episodes
RevDem PodcastNorms & Narratives in the Constitution of the United Kingdom: In conversation with Nick Barber
In the newest episode of the RevDem Rule of Law podcast, assistant editor Gaurav Mukherjee talks to Nick Barber to discuss democratic backsliding in the UK…
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From leisure time to oligarchs: A conversation with Iván Szelényi about his six decades of researching social inequality
In this conversation with RevDem guest contributor Máté Rigó, Iván Szelényi discusses his career as a sociologist in Hungary, Australia, and the United States…
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Immediate EU membership for Ukraine? In conversation with Dimitry Kochenov
On 28 February, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky officially applied for membership of the EU. On 18 April, it…
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Gary Gerstle on the Neoliberal Political Order: An Elite Promise of a World of Freedom and Emancipation (Part I)
In this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó published in two parts, Gary Gerstle discusses key questions tackled in his new The Rise and Fall…
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For a Democracy, It Is Vital to Be Able to Tell Facts Apart
Our editor Robert Nemeth talks to Marius Dragomir and Astrid Söderström, authors of a recent study on the state of state media globally, which covers 546 state…
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Crisis as a trigger for new ways of thinking about politics
In this conversation concerning the recently released volume “Crisis and Renewal in the History of European Political Thought,” co-editors Cesare Cuttica…
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Mark R. Beissinger: Revolutions have succeeded more often in our time, but their consequences have become more ambiguous
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Mark R. Beissinger introduces his unique global dataset and probabilistic structural approach to…
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Criminalizing backsliding judges? In Conversation with Armin von Bogdandy
“Reverting from illiberal regimes back to a state of the Rule of Law will be a long and difficult process. Probably the more instruments there are the better…
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Historians and Populism: Regional Perspectives and Entanglements
In light of the recent solidifying of what could be named as ‘populist international’, we are opening a conversation on one of the first areas and people that…
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Peter Osnos: George Soros’ philanthropy is completely based on values
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Peter Osnos discusses his new edited volume George Soros: A Life in Full. Osnos introduces the concept of…
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Does England Love Coalitions? Party Cooperation in the UK [Party Co-Op series]
Britain is probably the last country that comes to mind when one thinks of alliances of parties. But, in fact, there have been many examples of co-operation…
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In Conversation with Tarunabh Khaitan: Checking the Ascendant Executive in India
India, like many countries, faces democratic backsliding. In the newest episode of the RevDem Rule of Law podcast, assistant editor Gaurav Mukherjee talks to…
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Latin America: When parties become cartels, people are going to rebel against them [Party Co-Op Series]
Thanks to the Latin American experience political science realized the significance of the institutionalization of political parties and party systems. The…
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Prof. Robert Zaretsky: Irresistible Simon Weil
Simone Weil’s figure poses a challenge to each reader of hers. In this conversation, our editor Kasia Krzyżanowska speaks to prof. Robert Zarestky (professor…
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Mezger: Youth and the Politicization of Germanness in Interwar Yugoslavia
In this conversation, Lucija Balikić, a researcher affiliated with the CEU Democracy Institute and a PhD candidate at the History department of the same…
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Signe Larsen: The Federal Telos of the European Union
In this conversation with our editor, Kasia Krzyżanowska, Dr. Signe Larsen (a Fellow by Examination in Law at Magdalen College, University of Oxford) talks…
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Party Co-Op Podcast: Although the liberal democrats won, the word ‘liberal’ is still not popular in Czechia
Zsolt Enyedi in conversation with Krystof Dolezal, political scientist and strategist about party cooperation in Czechia during the 2021 parliamentary…
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Antonia Baraggia: Using Money to Protect the Rule of Law?
On Monday 21 February, the Review of Democracy and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law co-hosted an event on the Court of Justice of the EU’s judgment on…
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Maarten Prak: Modern democracy was a step back from the situation found in many medieval and early-modern towns
This is an interview with Maarten Prak, Professor of Social and Economic History at the Department of History and Art History, Utrecht University, Netherlands…
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Dunstan: Black thinkers have contested the principles of democracy in ways that are central to the experience of these democracies
In this extended conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó regarding her new monograph Race, Rights and Reform, Sarah Dunstan maps the landscape of Black…
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In Conversation with Ana Bobic: Disentangling Primacy and the Rule of Law Crisis
In this podcast, RevDem assistant editor Teodora Miljojkovic interview Dr Ana Bobić (Référendaire to Advocate General Tamara Capeta at the Court of Justice of…
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Molly Krasnodębska: A Stigma of a Latecomer
In this conversation with our editor, Katarzyna Krzyżanowska, Dr Molly Krasnodębska discusses her newest book “Politics of Stigmatization. Poland as a…
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Marlene Laruelle: Russian society is very different from its regime
Andrea Pető in conversation with Marlene Laruelle (Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies,The George Washington University) about…
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Martin Krygier: Three Ways Not to Think About the Rule of Law
In this lecture, Martin Kryguer discusses three conventional ways of approaching the rule of law, each of which seems to me misconceived and misleading. The…
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Dimitar Bechev: The competitive element in competitive authoritarianism is still very pertinent
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó regarding contemporary Turkey, Dimitar Bechev discusses how the Justice and Development Party has evolved…
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Kiran Klaus Patel: The European Union has unexpectedly become too important to ignore
Ferenc Laczo discusses with Kiran Klaus Patel his latest book "Europäische Integration. Geschichte und Gegenwart" (European Integration: History and the…
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Joelle Grogan: Two Years On – COVID-19 and the Rule of Law
January 2022 marked two years since the novel coronavirus ‘COVID-19’ emerged in Wuhan, China. In this latest podcast for the RevDem Rule of Law section, Oliver…
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Hungary two months before the elections – can the opposition win? Zsolt Enyedi in conversation with Daniel Rona
In 2021, six opposition parties decided to select a prime ministerial candidate through a joint primary, to nominate a single candidate in every electoral…
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Suzanne Schneider: How the Apocalypticism of the Islamic State Reflects Global Transformations?
In this striking, in-depth conversation, Suzanne Schneider (Brooklyn Institute for Social Research) discusses the modernity of new forms of jihad; shows how…
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Michael Ignatieff: Liberalism has been weakened by its bloodless cosmopolitanism
In this conversation, RevDem editor Michał Matlak speaks with Michael Ignatieff about his recent book On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times (Macmillan…
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Tom Theuns: An EU 2.0? Mass Withdrawal of Pro-Democratic Member States
Our editor Oliver Garner (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) interviews Tom Theuns, Assistant Professor of Political Theory and European Politics at the…
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Roosevelt Montas: Why liberal education is the bedrock of modern-day democracy
In this conversation, hosted by RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Roosevelt Montás* discusses his recent book Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life…
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Dirk Moses: The Problems of Genocide [Part II]
Dirk Moses in conversation with Ferenc Laczo on the Diplomacy of Genocide and the Deeply Sinister Ambition of Permanent Security.
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2021's End of Year Special
Our editors Laszlo Bruszt, Oliver Garner, Kasia Krzyżanowska, Ferenc Laczo, and Michal Matlak discuss their favorite RevDem content, as well as the year's…
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Dirk Moses: The Problems of Genocide
Dirk Moses in conversation with Ferenc Laczo on the language of transgression and the Genocide Convention in context.
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Alberto Alemanno: It’s Not About Treaty Change, It’s About European Democracy
In this episode, Michal Matlak interviews Alberto Alemanno in the aftermath of the publication of the first batch of recommendations coming from the Conference…
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Turda: The idea of race across centuries and our current moment of reckoning
Marius Turda in conversation with Ferenc Laczo about "A Cultural History of Race", a series of six books tracing history on the long term, from antiquity all…
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Richard Youngs on the resilience of democracy
Richard Youngs in conversation with Michał Matlak about citizens’ attitudes towards democracy, transformative power of protests movements, citizens’ assemblies…
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Laszlo Bruszt: The Confederal Regime Weakens Vulnerable Member States
Laszlo Bruszt, our editor-in-chief, in conversation with Michał Matlak about the ideas behind the Review of Democracy, the foundation of the Democracy…
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Dimitry Kochenov: Why we shall abolish citizenship
Professor Dimitry Kochenov* in conversation with Michał Matlak explains why he believes citizenship is a “perpetuation of the ideas of aristocracy,” sexism…
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Grabowska-Moroz: The escalation of Poland’s Rule of Law crisis
RevDem Editor Oliver Garner sits down with Barbara Grabowska-Moroz, Research Fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law Workgroup, and member of the…
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Emily Greble: European History via the Experience of Muslims
In conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Emily Greble discusses what foregrounding Muslims’ agency implies for the writing of European history; what…
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Tamas Dombos: Linking sexual diversity to otherness is an old phenomenon
Bence Bari interviews Tamás Dombos, from the Hungarian LGBTQI organization ‘Háttér Society’ concerning the recently adopted Hungarian anti-LGBT measures, their…
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Julie Smith: Brexit negotiations have been damaging for both sides
In this interview, RevDem editor Michal Matlak interviewed Professor Julie Smith*, Baroness of Newnham, who is a Liberal Democrat parliamentarian in the…
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Emily Levine on the Hard Compromises behind Academic Innovation
In conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Emily Levine (Stanford University) discusses key ideas in her new book Allies and Rivals: German-American…
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Geert Mak: The Price of Optimism
In this wide-ranging conversation occasioned by the release of his The Dream of Europe. Travels in the Twenty-First Century, Geert Mak discusses with Ferenc…
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Democracy’s Least Appreciated Strength Is Its Ability to Reform Itself - Dean Starkman on The Pandora Papers
In conversation with RevDem editor Robert Nemeth, Dean Starkman, senior editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, talks about the…
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Gábor Tóka: Márki-Zay would be a Never Trump Republican in America
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Gábor Tóka discusses the recent opposition primaries and ongoing political developments in Hungary. The…
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Zsolt Enyedi: Is it still possible to win an election in Hungary, if you’re not Viktor Orban?
Michal Matlak interviews Zsolt Enyedi about the development of Church-State relations in Hungary, Viktor Orban’s vision of Christian Democracy, why the…
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Lea Ypi: Ideas of freedom across a historical rupture
In this wide-ranging conversation, Lea Ypi discusses her new memoir Free: Coming of Age at the End of History and how the people who populate its pages help…
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History as Democracy: Interview with Laszlo Kontler
Our assistant editor, Bence Bari interviews László Kontler, the research affiliate of the CEU Democracy Institute about the DI History Working Group project…
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The Chancellor. Ferenc Laczo in conversation with Kati Marton about Angela Merkel
As part of a special symposium on the past and present of Christian democracy held on September 24, 2021, just ahead of this year’s German elections, the…
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Thinking Like Hannah Arendt
Our editor Kasia Krzyżanowska (EUI, CEU) talks with Samantha Rose Hill, professor at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, about her recently published…
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Annie Ernaux and History
Our editor Kasia Krzyżanowska interviews Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger, Senior Lecturer in French at the University of St Andrews about the French writer Annie Ernaux.
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Sajó: Ruling by Cheating?
Our assistant editor Teodora Miljojković (CEU) talks with András Sajó, Professor in the Law Department of Central European University and former judge of the…
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Madariaga: Neoliberalism is not a solution for democracy
Aldo Madariaga discusses his latest book “Neoliberal Resilience: Lessons in Democracy and Development from Latin America and Eastern Europe” with our editor…
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Wilkinson: An Authoritarian Liberal Europe?
Oliver Garner interviews Michael Wilkinson on his latest book "Authoritarian Liberalism and the Transformation of Modern Europe" (Oxford University Press 2021)
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Carlo Invernizzi Accetti on Christian democracy that can counter right-wing populism
Our editor Vilius Kubekas interviews Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, author of the book "What is Christian Democracy. Politics, Religion, Ideology" (Oxford…
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Krygier: Institutionalizing and Deinstitutionalizing the Rule of Law
Alexander Lazovic (EUI) interviews Martin Krygier (Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of New South Wales) on how to understand the rule of…
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Karolewski: Will the EU survive the rise of democratorships within?
Ferenc Laczo interviews Ireneusz P. Karolewski on the book he co-authored with Claus Leggewie “The Visegrád Connection”on the gradual erosion and steep decline…