55 Voices for Democracy – The Podcast
1) Patty Jenkins on the Power of Storytelling
Award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer Patty Jenkins joined Aida and Tom at the Thomas Mann House for this special episode. Jenkins is best known for the films Wonder Woman (2017), Wonder ...Show More
2) Clint Smith on Cultures of Remembrance in the U.S. & Germany
“Physically putting your body in a place where history happened gives you a different sense of intimacy, a different sense of proximity to that history.” In the final episode of our podcast, author, p...Show More
3) Marina Weisband on What Gets us Through the Crisis
“Going through a crisis and having a positive vision of the future are not the same thing. You need to have a positive vision of the future to get through the crisis.” Our hosts, Aida Baghernejad and ...Show More
4) Lynne Thompson on the Role of Poetry in Democracies
“There is an understanding that between humans we have this one thing called language and it brings us - or can bring us - together.” Writer and poet Lynne Thompson talks with hosts Aida Baghernejad a...Show More
5) Bill Wiggins on African-American History & Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Host Tom Zoellner sat down with professor William Wiggins to discuss the ongoing importance of African-American history within the larger context of US history. Professor Wiggins has written on numero...Show More
6) Teresa Bücker on Time as a Political Resource
“Time is a political resource. How time is distributed is a question of structures we find within a society. It’s structured by the economic system we have; it’s structured by gender, by race,” states...Show More
7) Roberto Lovato on the Tenderness that Survives the Terror
“I’ve been through war. I’ve witnessed the workings of genocide. I have gone to mass graves across the entire continent (…) We have to un-forget to get past the present fear.” In this episode, writer ...Show More
8) Antonia Juhasz on the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Democracy
“Part of what has led the movement against fossil fuels is the increased number of people being confronted with the effects of oil drilling and fracking,” argues energy analyst and investigative journ...Show More
9) Best of 2022: Adam Phillips's "On Wanting to Change" and "On Getting Better"
In an encore presentation, Adam Phillips joins Kate Wolf to discuss his two latest books, both published this year, On Wanting to Change and On Getting Better. The series looks at the very human impul...Show More
Best of 2022: Adam Phillips's "On Wanting to Change" and "On Getting Better"
41:15 | Dec 30th, 2022
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Raul Krauthausen on Inclusion and Accessibility
“I realized that everything I learned in terms of communication, creativity, strategy and planning at university can also be used for good...for the rights of people with disabilities,” states Raul Kr...Show More