The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast
1) Episode 7.13: Democracy as a Public Health Intervention
Interviewer: JOSHUA ROSE. In this episode of the Andrea Mitchell Center podcast, Joshua Rose speaks with Penn Political Science Professor JULIA LYNCH about her book Getting Better: The Policy and Poli...Show More
2) Episode 7.12: A Philadelphia Church and the West African Revival, 1918–1929
Interviewer: JOSHUA ROSE. Host JOSHUA ROSE speaks with Dr. ADAM MOHR, Senior Lecturer in Penn's Critical Writing Program, about his 2023 book The West African Revival: Faith Tabernacle Congregation o...Show More
Episode 7.12: A Philadelphia Church and the West African Revival, 1918–1929
47:14 | Dec 18th, 2025
3) Episode 7.11: Marriage, the Welfare State, and the Politics of "Family Values"
Interviewer: JOSHUA ROSE. In this episode of the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy podcast, host JOSHUA ROSE speaks with Penn Law and History Professor SERENA MAYERI about her book Mar...Show More
Episode 7.11: Marriage, the Welfare State, and the Politics of "Family Values"
45:08 | Dec 15th, 2025
4) Episode 7.10: Democracy as Dispersion of Power: A Conversation with Samuel Bagg
Interviewer: RAFAEL KHACHATURIAN. Over the past decade we have witnessed an unfolding global crisis of democracy, in its liberal-democratic, representative, capitalist form. As elite power has continu...Show More
Episode 7.10: Democracy as Dispersion of Power: A Conversation with Samuel Bagg
1:06:34 | Dec 3rd, 2025
5) Episode 7.9: Unlimited Money, Limited Oversight: Virginia's Democracy on Trial
Interviewer: MATT BERKMAN. Journalist and anti-corruption investigator JOSH STANFIELD joins host MATT BERKMAN to unpack Virginia's feverish election season, discussing campaign cash, a runaway da...Show More
Episode 7.9: Unlimited Money, Limited Oversight: Virginia's Democracy on Trial
58:48 | Oct 31st, 2025
6) Episode 7.8: Socialism, Logically: Scott Sehon on Rights, Welfare, and Markets
Interviewer: RAFAEL KHACHATURIAN. Philosopher SCOTT SEHON joins the podcast to discuss his book Socialism: A Logical Introduction (Oxford University Press). Sehon presents a “master argument” for soci...Show More
Episode 7.8: Socialism, Logically: Scott Sehon on Rights, Welfare, and Markets
57:13 | Oct 21st, 2025
7) Episode 7.7: Stemming the Tide of Vaccine Refusal: Beyond MAHA’s Vision of Patient Empowerment
Interviewer: MATTHEW ROTH. Anti-vaccine rhetoric is on the rise in the U.S., encouraged now by MAHA-dominated health policies emerging from Washington. It is tempting to paint this as a top-down proce...Show More
8) Episode 7.6: Credibility in Prisons
Interviewer: CARRIE WELSH. Why does the American criminal justice system produce unreliable knowers? In this episode, host CARRIE WELSH is joined by philosopher and prison education director JOHN FANT...Show More
9) Episode 7.5: Trump and the Era of Ungoverning: A Discussion with Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum
Interviewer: MATTHEW ROTH. In their 2024 book Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos, Professors RUSSELL MUIRHEAD (Dartmouth) and NANCY ROSENBLUM (Harvard) analy...Show More
10) Episode 7.4: The Age of Choice: A Conversation with Sophia Rosenfeld
Interviewer: JOSHUA ROSE. Historian and Penn Professor SOPHIA ROSENFELD discusses her new book The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life, exploring how choice became central to modern id...Show More