Podcasts about how democracy ends

In a world overwhelmed by complex political challenges and endless commentary, where can we turn for insight into how we got here—and where we might go next? From the survival of democracy to the rise of AI, from confronting inequality to resisting surveillance, today's problems demand deep thinking.In his latest book The History of Ideas, David Runciman explores how the rich history of political thought offers fresh perspectives on contemporary issues. What can the creator of the Panopticon teach us about resisting surveillance? How do the ideas of a former slave and a French Existentialist redefine liberation? And could a utopian novel from 1872 illuminate our understanding of artificial intelligence?David Runciman joined Adam Biles for a spirited journey through radical thinkers and ideas of the past 250 years. Discover how their questions and insights remain strikingly relevant today, and why embracing diverse perspectives is key to understanding our world—and ourselves.Buy The History of Ideas: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/confronting-leviathan-ii*David Runciman is Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge and the former Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies.His previous books for Profile include The Handover, Confronting Leviathan, Where Power Stops and How Democracy Ends. He writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books, created the widely acclaimed weekly podcast Talking Politics and is host of the new podcast Past Present Future.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liz Truss has managed to persuade herself of a very convenient (from her perspective) "truth": she wasn't a terrible prime minister with a flawed economic strategy, but the victim of a deep state conspiracy. Swinging aggressively to the far right, she has been courting Steve Bannon and the American Trumpists on a recent US tour. What does this mean for the future of British conservatism? What's the game plan of this group of radicalised Tories - and how worried should we be? To talk us through these questions, hosts Zoe Williams and Luke Cooper talk to David Runciman, professor of politics at the University of Cambridge and the author of a number of books including How Democracy Ends. David's new podcast is called Past, Present and Future and can be found in the usual places. His recent Guardian essay on the strange world of the Truss phenomenon can be read here https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/30/she-still-carries-an-aura-of-spectacular-failure-why-hasnt-liz-truss-gone-away An extended version of this podcast is available to members of Another Europe is Possible. To join and support our work go to https://anothereurope.org/join  

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveCan a cohesive nation survive without a common identity or shared values? That question is at the heart of this week's podcast with political theorist . Last week, David's essay in Wisdom of Crowds rebutted the claim that the Israelites can be understood as a modern nation. Throughout history, various peoples, David argues, have coalesced around a shared sense of “peoplehood” without a claim to a nation. From here, a rich conversation ensues as to whether a people—and democracy itself—can endure without anything more than a commitment to peaceful coexistence. Shadi maintains that his conception of democratic minimalism and a belief in “the people” (even if they're not real) are enough to sustain a democracy. Damir finds this to be insufficient. While a degree of myth-making is necessary to constitute a nation, more is required to undergird an enduring society. But what exactly? In the full episode (for paying subscribers only), Shadi presses David on his assertion that the modern Canadian state, despite being democratic, has far more power over individual citizens than under pre-modern dictators. The three also discuss whether the West's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine means that democracy is rebounding, ebbing, or headed for a different trajectory altogether.Lastly, not only will paying subscribers have access to the full episode—including an awkward but vaguely touching coda from Shadi on his doubts over the future—but they will also be able to watch the whole conversation and take note of our facial expressions on video. We're really excited to be offering this new subscriber benefit, so please consider joining us.Required Reading:* “Why Ancient Israel Was Not a Modern Nation,” by David Polansky (Wisdom of Crowds).* “Populism and Democracy Conflict: An Aristotelian View,” by David Polansky (The Review of Politics).* Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (Project Gutenberg).* “For the People to Exist, You Must Believe in Them,” by Shadi Hamid (Wisdom of Crowds).* How Democracy Ends, David Runciman (Amazon).* Shadi and Damir debate “democratic minimalism” in a special live recorded episode in Pittsburgh (Wisdom of Crowds).* Shadi's book The Problem of Democracy * “On Hindutva,” by on his excellent Substack

Anoosh Chakelian chairs a special episode of the New Statesman Podcast, recorded live at the Cambridge Literary Festival. In recent years, Britain has witnessed the unlawful prorogation of parliament; debacles in the management of public health, education and immigration; and scandals of cronyism, incompetence and sleaze. How has the cultural and political debate become so degraded? Can such failures of leadership be traced back to an unwritten constitution and a political system that rewards ambition over integrity, or should voters, the media and others take the blame for not holding the powerful to account? Is the British electorate the helpless victim of a new breed of brazen post-truth politics? Or do we simply get the leaders we deserve?  Speaking for the motion:David Runciman – a professor of politics at Cambridge University and the author of several books, including How Democracy Ends. Stephen Bush – a political columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times, and the former political editor at the New Statesman.Hannah White – deputy director of the Institute for Government, and author of the recent book Held in Contempt: What's Wrong with the House of Commons?Speaking against the motion: Billy Bragg – singer-songwriter and activist whose most recent book is The Three Dimensions of Freedom. Dr Rachel Clarke – a NHS palliative care doctor and best-selling author whose books include Dear Life and Breathtaking. Lucy Nethsingha – a British Liberal Democrat politician, member of Cambridgeshire County Council since 2009. She was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the east of England from 2019 until the UK's withdrawal from the EU in 2020. She was chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs. Podcast listeners can subscribe to the New Statesman for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit newstatesman.com/podcastoffer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Covid discourse from the "left" is constructed with rightwing logic, and it's not playing out well. Examining Dr. Vinay Prasad's "How Democracy Ends" essay which you can find on Substack and YouTube. Nathan J. Robinson's essay: "Don't Use The Right's Assumptions To Make The Left's Arguments." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brook-hines/support

This week on Progressive News Network, Jeanine will discuss the gross miscarriage of justice taking place in Missouri right now. Death Row inmate Ernest Johnson is scheduled to be executed this Tuesday by lethal injection. He was convicted of three grisly murders, yet the evidence also implicates an accomplice who was at the scene as well. That accomplice took a deal with the prosecutor to testify against Ernest Johnson in return for being spared the death penalty.  What has concerned a multitude of advocacy groups is the plain fact that Ernest Johnson is IDD (Intellectually & Developmentally Disabled). Some disability experts estimate his communication skills at the level of a 5-year-old child. The Supreme Court ruled those persons with intellectual disabilities are to be spared the death penalty, yet the Missouri Supreme Court, the prosecutors in the case, and the community at large don't care.  One last thing--Ernest Johnson is a black man and the murder victims were white. Add to this toxic stew that this took place in rural Missouri---and you have a perfect storm for a lynch mob mentality.  Governor Mike Parson has the power to set aside the execution and relinquish Ernest to life in prison, and members of the Baptist Church, (of which Parson is a member) are pleading for compassion. Governor Parson has not responded to date.  Come join us.    Brook Hines examines "How Democracy Ends." Go on over to The Lefty Lounge on Anchor for the rest of the story.  CITATIONS Dr. Vinay Prasad on 'How Democracy Ends"  Video version of essay    

Những chủ đề được đề cập trong cuộc phỏng vấn bao gồm: dân chủ, quyền lực, cái nhìn của xã hội về công nghệ theo thời gian, vai trò của Big Tech, AI, thuyết âm mưu, chính trị căn tính. "David Runciman là giảng viên Chính trị tại ĐH Cambridge. Tại đây, ông đảm nhận vị trí trưởng khoa từ tháng 10 2014 đến 10/2018. Ông là người mang đến bài giảng: Political Theory and Real Politics in the Age of the Internet”. Bên cạnh đó, ông mang đến podcast hàng tuần có chủ đề chính trị với tên gọi Talking Politics. Cuốn sách Runciman chắp bút mới được ra mắt vào năm ngoái có tựa đề How Democracy Ends." -- Original: E-International Relations Biên dịch: KL

2020 was one hell of a year (literally). Alina Utrata, Mallika Balakrishnan and Kyra Jasper break down some of the things that happened in 2020's technology politics—from the Trump Twitter ban, to content moderation, contact tracing and conspiracy theories, to how we design digital spaces that empower communities and bottom-up approaches to digital justice. Follow Alina Utrata on Twitter.Follow Kyra Jasper on Twitter.Sign up for the Anti-Dystopians newsletter.Articles mentioned in this podcastAxios roundup of all of the digital platforms that have banned Trump or Trump-related content (so far). An anarchist's approach to social media, or how can we empower communities to shape their own digital spaces? Plus, some critiques of the Wikipedia model. For how digital platforms have affected trans folks, the Guardian on Facebook's authentic names policy and Ina Fried on Wikipedia's gender identity style guide.On the power of Facebook's lookalike audience and group recommendations. Stop the Seal groups on Facebook, ads for military gear next to insurrection posts (is this a . . . feature, not a bug?), and racism in Facebook targeted housing adsOn WhatsApp's new policy—why it's bad (spoiler alert: it's giving Facebook your data) and a nice New Yorker feature on Signal co-founder Moxie Marlinspike.More on Maria Ressa and Facebook in the Philippines, Vietnam's threat to shut down Facebook unless it agrees to censorship, and Singapore's COVID-19 contact tracing app.The SEC is investigating Zoom for complying with Chinese censorship requests over Tiananmen square commemorations—and more on Zoom's censorship of Palestinan events. Elon Musk saying that his goal is Mars indentured servitude. Also of note, the space battle shaking down between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (it centers around satellite internet for rural communities). Plus, in more inspiring news, the Institute for Self Reliance on community-based broadband networks (they have a great podcast too).And how Selena Gomez emailed Sheryl Sandberg about white supremacy on Facebook. Plus, some lockdown reads! David Runciman's How Democracy Ends (it's actually more optimistic than the title would have you believe, I promise). And Ruha Benjamin's absolutely brilliant book Race After Technology. Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-landLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast: TALKING POLITICS (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% )Episode: Democracy For Young PeopleRelease date: 2018-12-06As a follow-up to last year's How Democracy Ends lecture, David talks about how divisions between young and old are threatening representative democracy. He traces the story from Ancient Greece to Brexit and beyond, and asks how the age divide connects to the education divide in contemporary politics. Plus he offers some radical suggestions for what we might do about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/talkingpolitics.

Podcast: TALKING POLITICS Episode: Democracy For Young PeopleRelease date: 2018-12-06As a follow-up to last year's How Democracy Ends lecture, David talks about how divisions between young and old are threatening representative democracy. He traces the story from Ancient Greece to Brexit and beyond, and asks how the age divide connects to the education divide in contemporary politics. Plus he offers some radical suggestions for what we might do about it.

Patt Morrison talks with Professor David Runciman who teaches politics and history at Cambridge University. David talks about his book "How Democracy Ends". 

David Runciman is author of "How Democracy Ends" and host of the Talking Politics podcast. We spoke about what the function of democracy is, the significance of the generational divide when voting, the relationship between corporations and government, anarcho-syndacalism & the rise of populism. 

Western democracies are beset by a variety of problems: fractured legislative bodies, the rise of the far right, the erosion of norms and the dangers posed by technology. But we shouldn't confuse those with the problems of the past, according to David Runciman in his book How Democracy Ends. Ahead of his talk at the Mountains to Sea festival on Sunday March 31st, he talks to Hugh about his ideas. And about Brexit too, of course. David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and host of Talking Politics podcast.

As a follow-up to last year's How Democracy Ends lecture, David talks about how divisions between young and old are threatening representative democracy. He traces the story from Ancient Greece to Brexit and beyond, and asks how the age divide connects to the education divide in contemporary politics. Plus he offers some radical suggestions for what we might do about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Democracy Hacked, Martin Moore examines how our own fragile political systems are being gamed by authoritarian states, shadowy hackers and unaccountable social media firms. Is our democracy more vulnerable than we realise? Can these sinister think-fluencers be reined in, and what can we do to restabilise and secure our political sphere? Martin Moore was in conversation with David Runciman, Professor of Politics at Cambridge and author of, most recently, How Democracy Ends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's episode, the guys talk to Murtaza Hussain, a journalist known for his work at the Intercept.  We hopscotch around the middle east and talk about the socio-political climate in the Muslim World.  Later, we discuss his recent article, "How Democracy Ends" and the end of privacy. Murtaza Hussain is a journalist whose work focuses on national security, foreign policy, and human rights. His work has previously been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian and Al Jazeera English. https://theintercept.com/2018/07/04/how-democracy-ends-david-runciman-review Contact: Twitter: @MazMHussain https://www.goodreads.com/mazmhussain =========== E-mail us your comments, feedback and questions at: TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks View pictures of our guests and studio on Instagram: TheMadMamluks *NEW* Subscribe to watch us Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/thema

An extra episode this week to talk about David's new book How Democracy Ends, out next week. With a clip from the lecture we put out at the start of the year and a chat with Helen and Chris Bickerton. The book is available with a special discount for Talking Politics listeners at www.profilebooks.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anne McElvoy hosts Rod Liddle, associate editor of The Spectator; David Runciman, author of How Democracy Ends; Caroline MacFarland, the head of a think tank promoting the interests of ‘millennials' and geographer Danny Dorling in an assessment of the influence of people power. Democracy was the most successful political idea of the last century but can it survive the digital age? Recorded with an audience at Sage Gateshead. David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University currently working on a project about the pervasiveness of conspiracy theories in the twenty-first century. David's books include Politics: Ideas in Profile, The Confidence Trap, and the forthcoming, How Democracy Ends.Caroline MacFarland is the founder and director of Common Vision (CoVi), an independent think tank with a mission to ‘inspire civic engagement and policy understanding amongst the millennial generation'. Previously, she was managing director at the think tank ResPublica, one of the founding team members of the foundation Power to Change, and a special advisor to the Big Lottery Fund. Rod Liddle is an associate editor of The Spectator and a columnist for The Sunday Times and The Sun. The author of Selfish Whining Monkeys: How we Ended Up Greedy, Narcissistic and Unhappy, Liddle is a former editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Danny Dorling is Professor of Geography at Oxford University and the author of Population 10 Billion. His research focuses on housing, health, employment, education and poverty. His recent books include Do We Need Economic Inequality?, The Equality Effect and he co -wrote Why Demography Matters.Producer: Luke Mulhall

Anna von Sperling og Rasmus Bo Sørensen har de seneste måneder arbejdet på at få mænd i tale, og i en særudgave af Moderne Tider og i artikler og podcasts over de næste to måneder giver Information ordet til mænd i alle aldre, der åbent og ærligt vil fortælle om deres erfaringer med seksuelle grænser. Anna og Rasmus kommer i studiet for at fortælle om projekt Grænseland. De seneste måneder er der kommet en række bøger om demokratiets mulige fald: How Democracy Die, Why Liberalism Failed, The Retreat of the Western liberalism, How Democracy Ends. Bare for at nævne nogle. Og de fremfører alle den samme eller varianter af den samme pointe: At en antidemokratisk og populistisk bølge anført af den amerikanske præsident Donald Trump truer med at vælte det, vi har opbygget de seneste årtier, det liberale demokrati. Har de ret? Mette-Lin [...]

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