Parhaat Authoritarian Podcastit (2024)

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Choosing Democracy Today and Every Day 45:22

8d ago45:22

45:22

Following last week's elections, Scot and Sue are joined by Daniel Hunter, co-founder of Choose Democracy, to discuss how we respond to authoritarians emboldened by the election results. In the episode, they take a deeper look together at Daniel's recent post-election essay 10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won What (first publ…

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Aftershocks of the Past: Reunification and Resentment in East Germany (Origins) #2 1:03:32

9d ago1:03:32

1:03:32

Resentment may lay dormant for decades, before suddenly erupting and inundating public life. In this second episode of This Authoritarian Life, we continue to explore the ‘Origins’ of authoritarianism by asking how the past can exercise a decisive influence in and over the present. We do this by focusing on the case of East Germany, where guests 𝐀𝐧…

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Florida Rising Fights Back, With Dwight Bullard 37:17

22d ago37:17

37:17

Continuing this season’s exploration of how communities are fighting authoritarians, we turn the spotlight to Florida. Scot and Sue sit down with Dwight Bullard, Senior Political Advisor with Florida Rising. Dwight gives insights into what has been going on in Florida for the past 20 years and how authoritarians have captured the state. He shows us…

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Mass Movements Make Room: Lessons From the Women’s March, with Rachel Carmona 49:47

29d ago49:47

49:47

Scot and Sue are joined by Rachel Carmona, Executive Director of the Women’s March, to discuss threats to our democracy and what building mass movements has taught her. How is minority rule undermining democracy and what must organizers and believers in democracy do to win? How do we create a big enough tent to allow room for disagreement, while ke…

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Activating the Next Generation- Young People in the Pro-Democracy Movement, with Alex Ames 37:29

1M ago37:29

37:29

Throughout history, the participation and leadership of young people has defined the success of movements for justice. The same is true today. Scot and Sue are joined by Alex Ames, a movement leader in the state of Georgia, to give insights into the experiences of young people and democracy. Why are young people cynical toward the democratic proces…

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The Allure of Authority: The Example of Hungary (Origins) #1 46:48

1M ago46:48

46:48

What drives ordinary people to espouse authoritarian figures? Join us, Kristóf Szombati and Erdem Evren, as we unravel this question through our personal journeys and anthropological studies in Hungary and Turkey. We kick off our new podcast by dissecting the spatial origins of right-wing authoritarianism, focusing on rural Hungary from 2006 onward…

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What Could Have Been – Insurrection and Democracy in Crisis, with Alan Jenkins and Gan Golan 33:43

1M ago33:43

33:43

Scot and Sue have a conversation with Alan Jenkins and Gan Golan, co-authors of the graphic novel 1/6, which speculates on what could have happened if the insurrection on January 6, 2021 had been successful. After the insurrection, Alan and Gan were concerned with how quickly the nation was forgetting--and, more troubling still, reinventing history…

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As Goes North Carolina, So Goes the Nation, with Serena Sebring 27:24

2M ago27:24

27:24

The South remains the epicenter in the fight for freedom and equality in the US, and North Carolina specifically has been a site of fierce battles between authoritarians attempting to capture state government and communities defending the democratic process. Scot and Sue are joined by Serena Sebring, Executive Director of Blueprint NC, an organizat…

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Influence Operations During Elections in the Philippines and Beyond: A Conversation with Michael Navallo 32:00

2M ago32:00

32:00

With more than fifty national elections taking place during 2024, in countries that comprise more than half the world’s population, it has never been more critical to secure the integrity of the information space—and never more challenging. The Philippines has been reckoning with this challenge since at least its 2016 election, which led some to re…

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Democracy Lessons From an Evangelical Church, with Hahrie Han 37:46

2M ago37:46

37:46

Scot and Sue are joined by Hahrie Han, an award-winning author and professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss her new book Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church (Penguin Random House 2024). Undivided tells the story of Hahrie's visits to a megachurch in Ohio as it goes through a six-week progra…

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Media in America & the Pro-Democracy Media Ecosystem, with Laura Flanders 40:02

2M ago40:02

40:02

In this episode Scot and Sue are joined by Laura Flanders, a media expert and host of the Laura Flanders & Friends show, to lay out the history of media in the US and the power the mainstream media has to frame issues. How has the media landscape changed since the civil rights movement, and what investments have authoritarians and their ultra-rich …

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Countering Active Clubs: Lessons from the Northwest Pro-Democracy Movement, with Lindsay Schubiner 41:18

2M ago41:18

41:18

Over the past couple of decades, white nationalists and authoritarians have become growing threats to democracy and peace in northwestern states like Oregon and Washington. Lindsay Schubiner of the Portland, Oregon-based Western States Center joins the show to take us on a journey through history not only to learn how the situation became what it i…

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You Belong Here – Organizing White People for a Multi-Racial Democracy, with Erin Heaney 42:54

3M ago42:54

42:54

Authoritarians and anti-democratic political elites attack democracy because a robust and equitable democracy is the ultimate regulator of wealth and power. But their bottom lines are drawn behind their own heels and in front of the toes of working families. So, how are they attempting to build a mass populist movement against democracy, popular en…

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Shifting the Narrative – Protecting our Futures, with Malkia Devich-Cyril 55:20

3M ago55:20

55:20

The stories we tell and how and to whom we tell them can be the difference between winning and losing in political struggle. Scot and Sue chat with Malkia Devich-Cyril from MediaJustice about the difference between communication strategy and narrative strategy. Short term communication strategy is helpful for the policy debates of today, but long t…

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Community and Connection: The Antidotes to Authoritarianism, with Sulma Arias 45:08

3M ago45:08

45:08

Authoritarians rely on scapegoat tactics to distract the public from root problems and isolate groups that have historically faced discrimination. Scot and Sue are joined by Sulma Arias, an immigrant herself, who for decades has fought to block authoritarian policies, restore faith in democracy, and build a multi-racial majority that wins together.…

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Authoritarian Influence and Local Enablers in the Balkans: A Conversation with Donika Emini 29:12

3M ago29:12

29:12

In the Balkans, governing elites who benefit from partnerships with democratic states and participation in the E.U. integration process are, in some cases, simultaneously furthering the autocratic agendas of Russia and China to leverage geopolitics to their advantage. Donika Emini, executive director of the CiviKos Platform and former Reagan-Fascel…

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Government Is the Prize: Working-Class Solidarity Wins Democracy, with Maurice Mitchell 41:44

3M ago41:44

41:44

In this episode, Scot and Sue hear the wisdom of Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party. Maurice explains why working-class families feel ignored by politicians on both sides of the aisle as material conditions worsen, and how authoritarians weaponize fear to gain support for their ideas. So how do we overcome the two-par…

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Across the Lines: We Win Democracy Together, with Rachel Kleinfeld 45:10

4M ago45:10

45:10

In this episode, Scot and Sue are joined by Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow for the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rachel gives us insights into the authoritarian playbook and how over the past 20 years the Right has polarized our politics and our culture. How are they strategically fi…

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Harnessing Our Power to End Political Violence, with Hardy Merriman and Naomi Washington-Leapheart 37:42

4M ago37:42

37:42

In this episode, Scot and Sue discuss Harnessing Our Power to End Political Violence (HOPE PV), a new report and training program from 22CI and the Horizons Project, with report author Hardy Merriman and Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart of Political Research Associates. The vast majority of people in this country do not condone the use of violence t…

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How We Got Here, with Suzanne Pharr 1:06:57

4M ago1:06:57

1:06:57

In this episode, Scot and Sue sit down with Suzanne Pharr, a Southern queer feminist and anti-racist organizer, strategist, writer, community organizer, and educator. Over her decades of work, she has contributed to the advancement of many social justice movements and worked on historic campaigns against authoritarian attempts to exploit popular pr…

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Welcome to the Anti-Authoritarian Podcast by 22nd Century Initiative and Convergence Magazine 4:55

4M ago4:55

4:55

The Anti-Authoritarian Podcast is here to help anyone concerned about creeping authoritarianism and fascism in the US and beyond to confront strategy questions that will strengthen their work to advance multiracial democracy and stop the rise of authoritarianism. Our core message is: We can block authoritarianism, bridge across lines of differences…

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Digital IDs and Coercion in China and Venezuela: A Conversation with Iria Puyosa and Valentin Weber 30:00

5M ago30:00

30:00

Globally, democratic activists are confronting novel forms of digital repression pioneered by autocrats who increasingly share software, hardware, and knowledge across borders. Notably, the People’s Republic of China has developed a heavily coercive governance model which it exports internationally through firms such as Huawei and ZTE. In Venezuela…

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Lessons Learned from Georgian Civil Society’s Response to a Repressive “Foreign Agents” Law: A Conversation with Tinatin Khidasheli 38:31

7M ago38:31

38:31

Around the world, threats to freedom of expression and association are growing. One crucial example is found in Georgia, a struggling democracy with a population of just under four million people. Last year, the Georgian parliament withdrew proposed legislation targeting so-called “foreign agents” that was strikingly similar to such stifling legisl…

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China’s Authoritarian Challenge to International Human Rights Institutions: A Conversation with Sophie Richardson 32:48

8M ago32:48

32:48

In recent years, international institutions have become an increasingly critical arena of contestation between autocracies and democracies. China, in particular, has leveraged its participation in those institutions and relationships with autocratic regimes to proffer narratives that support authoritarian models of governance and hide its human rig…

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Lessons from Ukraine: How AI Is Accelerating the Response to Authoritarian Information Manipulation 36:54

9M ago36:54

36:54

February 2024 marks two years since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of this crisis, the world has learned much from Ukrainians about countering authoritarian information operations. The Forum highlighted Ukrainian civil society’s resilience in a 2023 report, “Shielding Democracy: Civil Society Adaptations to K…

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Defending the Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: A Conversation with Rana Siu Inboden and Sophie Richardson 48:36

1y ago48:36

48:36

Authoritarian influence in multilateral institutions is growing rapidly and poses a serious threat to democratic and human rights principles. Repressive governments have worked to undermine mechanisms that are meant to ensure accountability for human rights abuses and to transform the United Nations, its related bodies, and other international inst…

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Knowledge Gaps in Exposing China’s Authoritarian Influence: Cross-Regional Conversations with John Fitzgerald, Niva Yau, and TtCat 1:06:08

1+ y ago1:06:08

1:06:08

As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become more authoritarian and closed to the world in recent years, its global influence has risen even more rapidly. Civil society and other democratic institutions around the world must grapple with the PRC’s malign influence in many domains, including the information, technology, economic, and political…

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Digitalization and Democracy in Mauritius: A Conversation with Roukaya Kasenally 27:54

2y ago27:54

27:54

In 2016, Mauritius announced the launch of a “safe city” project—a public-security initiative deploying cameras and other advanced digital technologies from the controversial PRC-based vendor Huawei. Shrouded in opacity and set up outside standard oversight mechanisms, the project raises the specter of surveillance and digital control in the countr…

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Kleptocratic Networks in Angola: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? A Conversation with Rafael Marques 22:48

2y ago22:48

22:48

Angola has long been ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world. Although many hoped the Southern African country would improve its good governance and human rights record when long-time autocrat Jose dos Santos stepped down, deep kleptocratic networks persist. In this episode of the Power 3.0 podcast, featured guest Rafael Marques discus…

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Turning the Tables on Russian Disinformation in Ukraine: A Conversation with Jakub Kalenský 26:17

2y ago26:17

26:17

Like other autocratic actors, the Kremlin deploys disinformation to confuse the public, attract allies, escape accountability, and strengthen its hold on power. Yet a documented intensification of disinformation operations around the invasion of Ukraine has failed to sway Ukrainians, whose overwhelming support for self-determination has only risen …

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Can Democratic Norms Catch Up with AI Surveillance? A Conversation with Vidushi Marda 27:09

2y ago27:09

27:09

Through tools such as facial recognition cameras and social media monitoring software, artificial intelligence (AI) is offering governments new ways to keep tabs on people’s conversations, movements, and activities. Advocates warn that in the absence of clear-cut rules, these new capabilities could erode the rule of law in some settings and deepen …

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Countering Kleptocracy After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Conversation with Jason Sharman 24:38

2y ago24:38

24:38

Russia’s war in Ukraine highlighted the transnational impact of kleptocracy in financing and empowering autocratic regimes. Russian oligarchs living abroad were sanctioned and stepped down from the boards of influential Western institutions, and other measures were taken to choke off this transnational, supercharged form of corruption. In this epis…

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We’re Back! Relaunching Power 3.0 7:37

2y ago7:37

7:37

Welcome back to the Power 3.0 podcast! Here at Power 3.0, we explore how new forms of authoritarian influence are reshaping the contest over democratic values. On monthly episodes, we’ll be talking with remarkable guests about their expertise and personal experiences. You’ll hear from civil society activists, journalists, researchers, and other lea…

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Containing COVID-19 Disinformation: A Conversation with Three Experts 26:18

3+ y ago26:18

26:18

In this episode of the Power 3.0 podcast, International Forum program officer Dean Jackson interviews three experts about how COVID-19 has accelerated disinformation challenges that undermine the integrity of the information space, and how public officials, civil society actors, and technology platforms can facilitate more effective communication o…

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China, the Party, and the World: A Conversation with Mareike Ohlberg 32:36

4y ago32:36

32:36

In this episode, featured guest Mareike Ohlberg discusses how the Chinese Communist Party targets decision makers abroad through a mix of coercive, corrupting, and censorship-inducing strategies, with the aim of influencing narratives about the Party’s domestic and international legitimacy. Mareike Ohlberg is a senior fellow in the Asia Program at …

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