James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters Podcast
1) Episode 19: Leadership in a Time of Global Crisis: Serving the campus, community and beyond
In this episode, we have an in-depth conversation with James Madison University President Jonathan R. Alger about what kind of leadership is needed during a global crisis and what it has been like to ...Show More
2) Episode 18: Tearing the Veil From the Bottom Up: Civic Engagement thru Hip-Hop
In 1897, W.E.B Du Bois wrote, 'Then it dawned upon me with a certain suddenness that I was different from the others; or like, mayhap, in heart and life and longing, but shut out from their world by a...Show More
Episode 18: Tearing the Veil From the Bottom Up: Civic Engagement thru Hip-Hop
39:52 | Mar 28th, 2020
3) Episode 17: Is Civility a Cure for the Dysfunctions of Democracy?
What do high levels of distrust and socioeconomic and political inequality portend for democracy and civility? In this episode we talk with Dr. Robert Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy a...Show More
4) Episode 16: Evaluating Political News in an Election Year
In this episode, we talk with JMU School of Media Arts and Design Assistant Professor Ryan Alessi about the best strategies for evaluating political news stories in a hyperpartisan election year.
5) Episode 15: Banking on Civic Learning
Community banks are vital to the American economy and society. In this episode, we talk with JMU College of Business Finance Professor Dr. Carl Larsson, and with Katie Jarrett, a senior in the School ...Show More
6) Episode 14: Plan, Do, Check and Prove: Educating for Democracy on Campuses and Beyond
In this episode, we talk with Ian Simmons, the Founder and President of the Foundation for Civic Leadership and a member of the Madison Center's advisory board, about best practices and promising proj...Show More
7) Episode 50: 'Democracy Is an Act'
In an essay published posthumously, civil rights icon and Member of Congress John Lewis, wrote, "Democracy Is Not A State. It Is An Act." The team at the James Madison Center for Civic Engagement refl...Show More
8) Episode 13: Talkin 'bout the Revolution: What we can learn from women breaking barriers in early America
History doesn't always move toward the inclusion of groups. Sometimes rights can be lost as well as gained. Take, for example, the American Revolutionary period, which created opportunities for women ...Show More
9) Episode 12: The Ballot Box: The Only Place Where Jeff Bezos and the Janitor of McDonalds Are Equal
Although there have been many advancements since the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, there is much to be done to improve the status of women, including among other things: endi...Show More
10) Episode 11: Women Breaking Barriers: A Timeline
2019-2020 marks the 100th anniversary since the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which articulated that, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shal...Show More