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OCCUPY!: An Unfinished Uprising
The story of Occupy Wall Street — how it exploded, how it collapsed, and why its lessons may matter more now than ever before — from the voices of activists who camped out in New York City for two months.
Episodes
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingHealthcare for All: Melanie D'Arrigo
Melanie D'Arrigo is the Executive Director of the Campaign for New York Health, which aims to win universal single-payer healthcare for all New Yorkers. We…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingHow It Feels to Love America: Wajahat Ali
Wajahat Ali is a Daily Beast columnist and the co-host of Democracy-ish. He's also the author of Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPursuing Equal Justice: Robert Tsai
Robert L. Tsai is the author of Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer's Pursuit of Equal Justice for All and Professor of Law and Harry Elwood Warren Memorial…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingRelational Organizing: Rachel Vindman
Rachel Vindman is the co-host of the Suburban Women Problem podcast and she has her finger on the pulse on all things politics for American women. We discuss…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingTake the Constitution Back from Originalism: Madiba Dennie
Madiba Dennie is Deputy Editor and Senior Contributor at the critical legal commentary outlet Balls and Strikes. Her debut book is The Originalism Trap: How…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingVoters Are the Boss: Jessica González-Rojas
Jessica González-Rojas is the New York State Assembly Member representing the 34th District in New York City. We discuss the New York State budget and how she…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingWhen Government Works: Debbie Cox Bultan
Debbie Cox Bultan is the CEO of the NewDEAL, a network of 150 rising state and local officials, and the NewDEAL Forum, which identifies and promotes innovative…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Path to Decarbonization: Bill Weir
Bill Weir is CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent and the author of Life As We Know It (Can Be). We discuss Carbon Godzilla, decarbonization, and the many…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPower to the Polls: Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes is the president of Power to the Polls Wisconsin. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2023 and is the co-founder of…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingFixing Immigration: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick is the Policy Director at the American Immigration Council, a non-profit organization that strives to strengthen the United States by…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingAmerica's Half a Billion Guns: Jonathan Metzl
Jonathan M. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the Director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingEveryday Freedom: Philip K. Howard
Philip K. Howard is the founder and chair of Common Good, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for simplifying government, and has advised both…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPower Sharing Liberalism: Danielle Allen
Danielle Allen is the author of Justice by Means of Democracy. She is also the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Founders' Intentions: Jeffrey Rosen
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and the author of The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingCancel Student Debt: Braxton Brewington
Braxton Brewington is the Press Secretary of the Debt Collective. We discuss the origins of the Debt Collective in the Rolling Jubilee and its history in…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingEmploy Negative Partisanship: Rachel Bitecofer
Rachel Bitecofer is a political scientist and election forecaster turned political strategist. Her most recent book is Hit 'Em Where it Hurts: How to Save…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingA Real Right to Vote: Richard L. Hasen
Richard L. Hasen is Professor of Law and Political Science at UCLA and director of UCLA Law's Safeguarding Democracy Project. We discuss his most recent book…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPolicing Equity and Justice: Phillip Atiba Solomon
Phillip Atiba Solomon is the chair and Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies, Professor of Psychology at Yale University, and co-founder of the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingMake Your Vote Pack a Punch: Sam Wang
Sam Wang is the Director of the Electoral Innovation Lab and a professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. We discuss how we can better understand the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingRural Democrat: Jess Piper
Jess Piper is the Executive Director of Blue Missouri and the host of the Dirt Road Democrats podcast. We discuss the reality of living in rural Missouri, the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPatriotism vs. Extremism: Ken Harbaugh
Ken Harbaugh is the host of the Burn the Boats podcast, a former United States Navy pilot, and executive producer of Against All Enemies, a documentary film…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingLeveling the Playing Field for Women: Cynthia Richie Terrell
Cynthia Richie Terrell is the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen. We discuss institutional reforms that can reduce the barriers for women to run…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingIdentify as a Voter: Anat Shenker-Osorio
Anat Shenker-Osorio is the host of the Words to Win By podcast and the Principal of ASO Communications. We discuss the winning messages for 2024 and the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingMake A.I. Work for Democracy: Marietje Schaake
Marietje Schaake is International Policy Director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, International Policy Fellow at Stanford's Institute for…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingMontana is a Bulwark: Ryan Busse
Ryan Busse is a Democratic candidate for governor of Montana and the author of Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America. We discuss…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingA Better Way to Vote: Deb Otis
Deb Otis is the Director of Research & Policy at FairVote, a nonpartisan organization that researches and advances voting reforms that make democracy more…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingState Races Matter: Lala Wu
Lala Wu is the co-founder and executive director of Sister District, an organization that works to build enduring progressive power in state legislatures. We…
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Why Dissent is a Part of Democracy: Democracy-ish
Over the last several years our politics has been pushed from a place of collaboration to bold faced loyalty tests. In his latest book: Differ We Must: How…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBuilding the Public Square: Rich Harwood
Rich Harwood is the president and founder of The Harwood Institute, who just launched a campaign to reclaim the public square from the most divisive voices and…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBlack Grief/White Grievance: Juliet Hooker
Juliet Hooker is the author of Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss and the Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science at…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingHousing is a Moral Issue: Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan is the CEO & President of Enterprise Community Partners. We discuss how the deeply entrenched housing crisis has become worse in recent years and…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBuilding a Black Future: Christopher Paul Harris
Christopher Paul Harris is Assistant Professor of Global & International Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of To Build A Black…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingHave the Conversation: Neal Rickner
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Neal Rickner joins us to talk about the American Values Coalition, a growing community of Americans who are empowered to lead…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingUnions and Democracy: Theda Skocpol
Thursday, November 16th, 2023 Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University and co-author of Rust Belt…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingCooperation Democracy: Bernard Harcourt
Thursday, November 9th, 2023 Bernard E. Harcourt is Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University --…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingShaping Collective Memory: Hajar Yazdiha
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and the author of…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingEverytown for Gun Safety: Nick Suplina
Thursday, October 26th, 2023 Nick Suplina is Senior Vice President for Law & Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety. He was previously an advisor for New York…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingMaking Government Responsive: Sam Oliker-Friedland
Thursday, October 19th, 2023 Sam Oliker-Friedland is the Executive Director of the Institute for Responsive Government and a former Department of Justice…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingTyranny of the Minority: Steven Levitsky
Thursday, October 12th, 2023 Steven Levitsky is Professor of Government at Harvard University. Together with Daniel Ziblatt, he is co-author of How Democracies…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingRadical Acts of Justice: Jocelyn Simonson
Thursday, October 5th, 2023 Jocelyn Simonson is Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, a former public defender, and the author of Radical Acts of Justice…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Fear of Too Much Justice: Stephen Bright & James Kwak
Thursday, September 28th, 2023 Stephen Bright and James Kwak are co-authors of The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingAmerica Votes: Sara Schreiber
Thursday, September 21st, 2023 Sara Schreiber is the Executive Director of America Votes, the coordination hub of progressive communities. We discuss expanding…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingMaximum Impact Volunteering: Yoni Landau
Thursday, September 14th, 2023 Yoni Landau is the CEO and founder of Movement Labs, the founder of Contest Every Race, and a former White House Office of…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingHubert Humphrey and Civil Rights: Samuel G. Freedman
Thursday, September 7th, 2023 Samuel G. Freedman is an award-winning professor of journalism at Columbia University and author of Into the Bright Sunshine…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingAmerica's Raw Deal: Kurt Andersen
Thursday, August 31st, 2023 Kurt Andersen is a prolific writer and author of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History. We discuss the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Right's Parallel Universe: Anne Nelson
Thursday, August 24th, 2023 Anne Nelson is an author and lecturer in the fields of international affairs, media, and human rights. Her most recent book is…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingUse Your Footprint for Democracy: David Pepper
Thursday, August 17th, 2023 David Pepper is a lawyer, writer, political activist, and former elected official. He served as the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingCourts for Democracy: Skye Perryman
Thursday, August 10th, 2023 Skye Perryman is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward, an organization that uses the law to build collective power and…
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Asian Americans: Norman Chen
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 Norman Chen is the CEO of the Asian American Foundation or TAAF. We discuss racism against Asians and the pursuit of belonging…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingOpen System for Democracy: Landon Mascareñaz & Doannie Tran
Thursday, July 27th, 2023 Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran are co-authors of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy. Education is…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Post-Roe Reality: Jenice Fountain
Thursday, July 20th, 2023 Jenice Fountain is the Executive Director of the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive justice organization in Birmingham that serves…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Power of Citizen Voice: Layla Law-Gisiko
Thursday, July 13th, 2023 Layla Law-Gisiko serves on Manhattan's Community Board 5 at the very center of New York City. She currently chairs the land use…
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Democracy Decoded: A Fight for the Right to Vote
Thursday, July 6th, 2023 We're sharing an episode from fellow Democracy Group podcast, Democracy Decoded, a show that examines our government and discusses…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingCitizens and Their Obligations: Richard Haass
Thursday, June 29th, 2023 Dr. Richard Haass is the President of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of The Bill of Obligations: Ten Habits of Good…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingLawyers for Democracy: Anna Chu
Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 Anna Chu is the executive director of We The Action, an organization that connects volunteer lawyers with nonprofits that require…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Power of Solidarity: Frank Guridy
Thursday, June 15th, 2023 Frank Guridy is the Executive Director of the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia University and the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingNational Security & Truth: David Priess
Thursday, June 8th, 2023 David Priess is the Director of Intelligence at Bedrock Learning and has served at the CIA as an intelligence officer, a manager, and…
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Democracy in Texas: Beto O'Rourke
Thursday, June 1st, 2023 Beto O'Rourke is a fourth-generation Texan, the former US Representative of Texas's 16th Congressional district, the Democratic…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingFighting for Good Governance: Anna Eskamani
Thursday, May 25th, 2023 Representative Anna Eskamani serves on behalf of Florida's 42nd district of Orange County in the state House of Representatives. We…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPeople Power and AI: Chris Wiggins & Matt Jones
Thursday, May 18th, 2023 Chris Wiggins and Matthew L. Jones are co-authors of How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms…