The Democracy Lab

In this episode, Rob sits down with Tom Moore from the Center for American Progress to unpack how dark money shapes our political system and what the Transparent Election Initiative is doing in Montana to get rid of it. We also explore the promise and pitfalls of AI election assistants and what they could mean for voters navigating civic information. Plus, we dig into the ongoing push for DC state...

In this episode, Senior Fellow Eveline Dowling sits down with political strategist and CEO of Grow Democracy DC Lisa Rice to break down the herculean grassroots effort to bring ranked choice voting to DC and discuss Rice's broader hopes for the democracy reform movement going forward. And, Rob, Eveline, and Nivea spotlight some exciting developments in the democracy space, from research into b...

Every democracy is an experiment—and so is this podcast. In our first episode, we unpack ideas like fusion voting and the role of protests in a healthy democracy,, and sit down for an open, cross-generational conversation about how every generation contributes to the movement for a stronger, fairer democracy. Check out our website for more information on our work at expanddemocracy.org , and subsc...