In this episode, I’m talking to Professor Paul Cartledge. Professor Cartledge was the inaugural A G Levants Professor of Greek Culture. Over the course of his career, he has written and edited numerous books on the ancient Greek world, most recently Democracy: a Life. He has also served as a historical consultant for the BBC.

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Dr Roslyn Fuller and Professor Nadia Urbinati. Fuller is interested in what we can learn from the demcoracy of ancient Athens and sees technology as a way to scale up direct democracy. Urbinati takes us through a potted history of democracy and explains four key elements.

In this episode I am speaking with three academics who take different approaches to evaluating representative democracy. These are by no means the only ones, in fact there are many. Listen in to find out more!

This episode is about non-Western democracy. Both guests on this episode highlight the Eurocentric nature of much of the disclosure on democracy and introduce us to some non-western examples of democratic practice.

In this episode, we hear from numerous guests I have interviewed the previous 2 seasons to answer this questions. Some of those we hear from include Professor Carson, Lee and Smith. We also hear from Adam Cronkright from Democracy in Practice

Today I am talking with Assistant Professor Jean-Paul Gagnon from the University of Canberra. Jean-Paul is a philospher of democracy specialising in democratic theory. His research has three areas of focus, the first of which I talk to him about.

In this episode, I speak with Professor Mark Warren. Mark is the Harold and Dorrie Meriless Chair in the sutdy of democracy in the department of political science at the University of British Columbia. His current research falls within the field of democratic theory.

Today I speak with Professor Archon Fung, the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship at the JFK School of Government at Hardvard University. I talk to Fung about the concept of pragmatic democracy and the different approaches to democracy

I speak with Associate Professor Sofia Nasstrom form the Uppsala University in Sweden. I talk with her about who is being represented in representative democracies and some of her work identifying the dpirit of democracy.

Today I talk with Professor Keane about his book The Life and Death of Democracy and in particular the concept of ‘monitory democracy’ which he develops in this book based on over 10 years empirical research into the history and practices of democracy. 

Following on from Part 1 earlier this season, we listen to answers from previous guests to the question “What would you change?”

In this episode, I talk to Professor Gerry Stoker at his research into trust and democracy as well as the concept of stealth democracy.  I also talk to Mark Warren about how the lack of trust is at the foundation of democracy.

In this episode, we are once again talking about the democratic deficit, this time focusing more on structural aspects of democracy. 

In this episode,I’m talking with Quinton Mayne, Associate Professor of Public Policy in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Following on from Part 2 earlier this season, we listen to answers from previous guests to the question “What would you change?”

In this episode, I talk to a few of my previous guests about the relationship between representative democracy and capitalism. Some common themes emerge, specifically around the power of capital challenging the power of democratically elected governments and the problem of growing inequality and the erosion of the welfare state and social democracy. 

Following on from Part 3 earlier this season, we listen to answers from previous guests to the question “What would you change?”