Experts Say American Democracy is at a Precipice, and Time is

Experts Say American Democracy is at a Precipice, and Time is Ticking

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Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, there are growing fears that American democracy is headed toward a crisis point. In this 2022 episode, IDEAS contributor Melissa Gismondi unpacks the idea that America as we've known it may be ending, while exploring where the country may be headed, and what — if anything — can save it.

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The 2024 CBC Massey Lectures | # 5: Good conversations

What makes a great conversation? The subject? Not so much. It’s more that it’s filled with layers and that you never really know where it’ll end up — how it will change you by the time it ends. Ian Williams delivers the final 2024 CBC Massey Lecture on the art of good conversation.

Published 11/22/24

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The 2024 CBC Massey Lectures | # 4: Who can speak for whom to whom about what?

We’re in an era where many people feel an ownership over certain words, and how a community expresses itself; the term ‘appropriation’ has come to create guardrails around what can be said, and by whom. In his fourth Massey Lecture, Ian Williams considers the role of speech and silence in...

Published 11/21/24