To Be Determined By and For the People

[Undetermined] States of America

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"To be determined by and for the people"We are running Windows 1776 for our system of government and it's time for an update. [U]SA is a platform and movement to create a new vision for our country that we can truly be united around. www.undetermined.us

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To Be Determined By and For the People

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Interview with Leonora Camner, Executive Director of Sortition USA 15.02.2026 1:20:59

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...

[U]SA Ep. 2 (Part 2/2): Nick Coccoma from Assemble America 01.08.2025 1:32:12

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...

[U]SA Ep. 2: Nick Coccoma from Assemble America (Part 1.) 11.07.2025 2:36:19

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...

[U]SA Podcast Ep. 1: Citizens Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy with Phil Lindsay from Bard's Hannah Arendt Center 12.04.2025 1:13:47

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...

A video intro to [Undetermined] States of America 16.02.2025 47:06

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