Future Hindsight

We discuss the intersection of policymaking on economics and democracy, the harm of intense concentration of wealth, and the need for building durable civil society.
 
Alex's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
Join an organization in your community

Be in community with other people

 
Alex Hertel-Fernandez is a labor policy scholar and the Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He's also the author of State Capture: How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American States — and the Nation.
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Alex Hertel-Fernandez
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss  the enthusiasm for civic engagement by right-wing women, which translates to power and victory at the ballot box. 
 
Katie's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
1) Research and know the issues on your ballot
2) Vote in local elections
 
Katie Gaddini is a sociologist, visiting scholar at Stanford University, and the author of  Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right.
 
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Katie Gaddini
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

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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Read Gerontocracy in America: 
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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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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