Oct 3, 2022
Part 1 of 2 episodes exploring what democracy looks like in Chile. My guests Paloma Contreras and Rodrigo Retamal try to explain the recent failed attempt to re-write Chile's consitution, and discuss the grip the 1973-1990 dictatorship still has on this democratic nation.
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Sep 7, 2022
The third and final part of our conversation on Democracy In Mexico. Brenda and David reflect on whether the average citizen can make change at either the local or national level. And after decades of reforms, is the Mexican democratic system getting fairer - or slipping into complacency?
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Sep 7, 2022
Part 2 of 3 exploring what democracy is like in Mexico. My guests Brenda and David discuss election security. From voting IDs that take two years to aquire, to narco-trafficer violence that makes the act of casting a vote potentially deadly.
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Aug 29, 2022
Part 1 of 3 exploring what democracy is like in Mexico (or to give it it's official title, the United Mexican States). My guests Brenda and David teach me what made the recent referendum on presidential power so bizarre, as we compare the federal versus state relationship in Mexico to the US.
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Aug 18, 2022
Part 2 of 2 in our exploration of what democracy means in the United Kingdom. Our guests, Nicola and John, get into debates about what counts as a scandle in British politics, compare student protests in the US and UK, and try to come up with an explanation for why Boris Johnson is still in power.
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