COVID-19 has impacted many facets of our lives — and even some of our most crucial democratic institutions. We sat down with some of our fellow Democracy Group members to chat about coronavirus’ impact on politics at the local, state, national, and international levels, and how we can strengthen our democracy amid, and after, this pandemic.

Released on April 30, 2020

 
 

IN THIS EPISODE…

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JENNA SPINELLE

McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Communications Specialist; Host of Democracy Works


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LUKE KNITTIG

McCain Institute, Senior Director of Communications; Host of In The Arena


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JEREMI SURI

Mack Brown Distinguished Professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas Austin; Host of This is Democracy


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RACHEL TAUSENDFREUND

The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Editorial Director; Host of Out of Order


THE DEMOCRACY GROUP

Swamp Stories, and all of the shows mentioned above, are part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what’s broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more at www.democracygroup.org.


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