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How to Fix Democracy

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Since its origins, democracy has been a work in progress. Today, many question its resilience. How to Fix Democracy, a collaboration of the Bertelsmann Foundation and Humanity in Action, explores practical solutions for how to address the increasing threats democracy faces. Host Andrew Keen interviews prominent international thinkers and practitioners of democracy.

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The Battle for Democracy | Featuring Carol Anderson 15.02.2019 22:16

Andrew Keen talks with Carol Anderson, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, about the flaws in American democracy and why she's still hopeful for the future.

The Age of Fragmentation | Featuring David Runciman 08.02.2019 22:32

Andrew Keen interviews David Runciman, professor of politics at Cambridge University and host of the Talking Politics podcast, who believes that democracy is in a midlife crisis, and what comes next is not a repeat of history, but something that could only happen in the 20th century.

Democracy Under Attack | Featuring Michael Ignatieff 23.01.2019 21:37

Andrew Keen interviews Michael Ignatieff, the rector and president of the Central European University in Budapest, an institution that has come under attack by Viktor Orban's government in Hungary.