Future Hindsight

We discuss  the overlooked and insidious complications from gerontocracy in American democracy.
 
Sam's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
1) Think of democracy as a political form for transient human beings 
2) Evangelize one of these ideas: age quotas, tax code reform, or campaign finance reform
 
Samuel Moyn is the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, the cohost of the Digging a Hole podcast, and the author of Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth – and What to Do About It. 
 
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Samuel Moyn
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss  the balance of influence between activists and the majority in local politics and how we can reinvigorate democracy at the local level. 
 
Brian's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
1) Identify the problem you want to fix in your community
2) Develop an innovative solution and advocate for it
 
Brian Adams is professor of political science at San Diego State University and the author of Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy: Rethinking Public Influence.
 
 
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-adams-4b351a4/ 
 
Read Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy (use code 26BKS): 
https://tupress.temple.edu/books/activism-majority-rule-and-local-democracy 
 
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Early episodes for Patreon supporters:
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Brian Adams
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss the case for SWAMP audits, how we can truly build a multiracial democracy, and why we're going to have to fight for it. 
 
Steve's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
1) Find your Minimum Viable Community and engage
2) Do a SWAMP audit!
 
Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization dedicated to race, politics, and the multicultural progressive New American Majority. His new book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America.
 
 
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Read Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: 
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Sponsor: 
Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.
 
Early episodes for Patreon supporters:
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Steve Phillips
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss the hidden power inside the U.S. Constitution, what it was designed to protect against, and how it can fortify American democracy today.
 
Melissa's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
1) Commit to voting and follow through
2) Make your demands clear to your elected representatives
 
Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and a legal analyst for MSNBC. Her new book is The US Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.
 
 
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Read The US Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader: 
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Sponsor: 
Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.
 
Early episodes for Patreon supporters:
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Melissa Murray
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss how each of us is a node of possibility for change in the climate crisis, taking us from overwhelm to participation. 
 
Katharine's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
1) Keep telling the truth.
2) Join with others in the climate movement.
 
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is  the host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees and the author of Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home.
 
 
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Read Climate Wayfinding: 
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Early episodes for Patreon supporters:
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Katharine Wilkinson
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos