Blog Topic: Democracy in Crisis

In the Loop: Podcast: The State of the Left in 2018

By Baynard Woods | January 5, 2018 4:26pm

In this episode, co-hosts Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner assess the state of the Left at the beginning of 2018.

Democracy in Crisis is engineered and edited by Stephen Frank.

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In the Loop: Podcast: James O'Keefe and Project Veritas

By Baynard Woods | December 4, 2017 11:44am

In this episode, co-host Baynard Woods talks with Chris Faraone about the horrible history of James O'Keefe and his right-wing sting operation Project Veritas. Faraone is the editor of Dig Boston and the author of I Killed Breitbart.

Democracy in Crisis is a syndicated column that appears in a number of alternative weekly papers and on the Real News Network. This episode was mastered by David Hebden of the Real News.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Arrested Inauguration 'Rioter' Speaks Out

By Baynard Woods | November 21, 2017 1:46pm

In this week's episode, co-host Baynard Woods talks with Elizabeth Lagesse, a defendant in the #J20 case, who is also suing the Washington, DC metro police department in civil court. Read her essay about the case in the New York Times here.

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In the Loop: Podcast: How Unicorn Riot Covers the Alt-Right

By Baynard Woods | November 13, 2017 11:50am

In this week's episode, co-host Baynard Woods talks to Wendy Parker of the Unicorn Riot media collective about their coverage of the alt-right. Baynard wrote about Unicorn Riot for the Columbia Journalism Review last week.

This episode was mastered by David Hebden with theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Paul Manafort's AirBNB

By Baynard Woods | November 7, 2017 1:14pm

In this week's episode, cohost Baynard Woods talks with the BBC's Jessica Lussenhop about her recent story "We Stayed in Paul Manfort's AirBnB." This episode was produced by the Real News Network and the Center for Emerging Media with mastering by David Hebden and theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Trump and Country Music

By Baynard Woods | October 6, 2017 12:01pm

In this week's episode cohosts Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg talk about right-wing politics, country music, guns and the terror in Las Vegas.

This episode was engineered and edited by Brandon Soderberg, with music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra, and the Barnyard Sharks.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Poet Tariq Toure on Colin Kaepernick

By Brandon Soderberg | September 28, 2017 2:26pm

In this week's episode, Brandon Soderberg talks with poet and activist Tariq Touré about his poem "Colin Kaepernick: For the Love of the Game."

Theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Mitch McConnell, Jared Kushner and HUD

By Baynard Woods | September 22, 2017 3:25pm

This week, co-host Baynard Woods talks with ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis about Jared Kushner's rental properties, Ben Carson's HUD and the machinations of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom MacGillis wrote about in his book The Cynic.

Democracy in Crisis is a weekly podcast hosted by Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner, produced and engineered this week by Brandon Soderberg and Baynard Woods. Theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Trump, 4Chan and the Alt-Right

By Baynard Woods | September 15, 2017 2:38pm

This week, co-host Baynard Woods talks with author Dale Beran about 4chan, the alt-right and the rise of Donald Trump. Read Beran's viral essay about these topics here.

Democracy in Crisis is a weekly podcast hosted by Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner, produced and engineered this week by Brandon Soderberg and Baynard Woods. Theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.

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In the Loop: Podcast: Police and White Supremacy

By Baynard Woods | September 8, 2017 4:16pm

This week, co-host Baynard Woods talks with author D Watkins about white supremacy, policing, and the Trump administration. Watkins is the author of The Beast Side and The Cook Up and editor at large at Salon.com.

Democracy in Crisis is a weekly podcast hosted by Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner, produced and engineered by Baynard Woods for The Center for Emerging Media. Theme music by Ruby Fulton and the Rhymes with Orchestra.

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