Democracy Works host Michael Berkman, director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and professor of political science, talks with fellow Penn State political scientist Joe Wright about his new book, "The Origins of Elected Strongmen: How Personalist Parties Destroy Democracy from Within."
At the end of April, South Africa marked the 30th anniversary of its first post-Apartheid election the first in the country where everyone could vote. South African writer and scholar Antjie Krog join us for a look at the state of South African democracy today and how South Africa has served as a model for other countries in democratic transition.
March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg joins us to discuss his work advocating for gun reform policy and his new project, which aims to help young people win elected office at the state and federal level.
Cassidy Hutchinson, whose testimony captured the nation's attention in the Jan. 6 hearings, discusses her time in the Trump administration and her new role safeguarding American democracy.