[Undetermined] States of America

I had the pleasure of meeting Terry briefly in Philadelphia last month in mid-June at the TED Founding Futures conference. He spoke there and also the next day at the Philadelphia Ethical Society about sortition and his new book, Democracy Without Politicians: Government By The People. I really appreciate Terry’s openness, authenticity, and frankness when he diagnosis the problem with elections. H...

In this episode of the Undetermined States of America podcast, I’m joined by Leonora Camner, Executive Director of Sortition USA (formerly Democracy Without Elections). Leonora was one of the very first people who pulled me into the world of sortition, citizens’ assemblies, and deliberative democracy and I'm very grateful to her for all the connections I've made through introductions she initiated...

A few weeks ago, Nick and I had a follow up podcast to our part 1 because it felt like we were only beginning to scratch the service! In this episode, we continue our exploration of sortition systems, focusing on the themes of legitimacy and consent. We discuss the challenges of shifting cultural narratives around democracy, the potential of sortition to offer a more representative and egalitarian...

Hi Founding Citizens, *please excuse the audio/video delay in the latter half of the video. I am still working out the kinks of online podcast recording!* I’m happy to share the 2nd podcast episode of [Undetermined] States of America. In this episode we are joined by Nick Coccoma, founder and executive director of Assemble America . I want to just share that I feel so impressed and aligned with As...

Hello Founding Citizens! I’m honored to finally be uploading the very first official [U]SA podcast with my very first guest: Phil Lindsay, Director of the Democracy Innovation Hub via the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College! I met Phil early in the year after being connected to him through Leonora Camner, Executive Director of Democracy Without Elections . We met up at a board game cafe in Brookl...

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