We are joined by David Bollier, one of the world's leading theorists and evangelists for the idea of the “commons” — a new (old) paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. He pursues this work as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies G…

We are joined by Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis to talk about his work helping change the unjust criminal legal system—and the policies and strategies he believes are promising to achieve mass decarceration at the state and local level. Follow Alec on twitter here. Get a copy of Alec's recent book, Usual Cruelty here. Learn more about…

We are joined by Community Wealth Builders director Stephanie Geller to talk about her work fostering more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood economies through community wealth building models and strategies across Baltimore. Follow Stephanie on twitter here. Learn more about Community Wealth Builders here. Read about the Maryland N…

We are joined by strategist, organizer, wonk, and former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia to talk about her policy-focused Chicago mayor race, the power of public banks, and what she meant when she said she wanted to help turn Chicago into a "Cooperative City." Follow Amara on twitter here. Read a recent interview with Amara on transforming Ch…

We are joined by physician, author, former Detroit health director, and former Michigan governor candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to talk about the power of state policy, the status of the Medicare for All movement, and the promise of state-level single payer campaigns. Follow Abdul on twitter here. Read Abdul's newsletter here. Subscribe to Abdul's po…

A special episode to explain the organizational home of this podcast: The Democracy Policy Network (DPN, for short). DPN's website is: www.DemocracyPolicy.network DPN's launch video is here. DPN's policy agenda page is at: www.DemocracyPolicy.network/agenda DPN's first five policy kits are here: DPN's newsletter is here. This podcast originally air…

We are joined by NYC DSA Debt and Finance Working Group leader Jenny Zhang to talk about their cutting edge state-level Tax the Rich campaign. Follow the NYC DSA Debt & Finance Working Group on twitter here. Learn more about the Tax the Rich campaign here. Read an explanation of Tax the Rich's six proposals here. Learn more about the Democracy Poli…

In our inaugural episode, we are joined by cooperative lawyer Jason Wiener to talk cooperatives, employee ownership, and the inspiring Main Street Phoenix project. Follow Jason's legal work here. Learn about the Main Street Phoenix Project here. Follow Jason on twitter at and watch Jason's Harvard Law Forum speech here. Learn more about the Democra…