The Chance to Become a Person, and Other Arguments for Democracy

I spoke with journalist and author Osita Nwanevu about his recently published book, The Right of the People: The Case for a New American Founding. In this episode, we talked about the first half of the book: how do we define (and identify) democracies, and what are the arguments for and against democracy as a form of government.

https://diydemocracy.libsyn.com/the-chance-to-become-a-person-and-other-arguments-for-democracy

In the next episode, I’ll share our second conversation, about why we should have a new founding of American Democracy, and what that might look like.

https://diydemocracy.libsyn.com/building-a-coalition-with-democracy-as-the-first-principle