Episodes

  • Guardrails For Democracy

    Guardrails For Democracy
    Oct 12 2026

    Written by attorney and mediator Judith Starr, read by Tessa Flannery.
    A proposal to rebuild the system of watchdog agencies that were put in place after Watergate, as well as to reform the Privacy Act. The toothlessness of these measures in the second Trump term has revealed vulnerabilities of the system that Congress has the tools to fix.
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    30 mins
  • Reconstructing The Executive Branch

    Reconstructing The Executive Branch
    Oct 11 2026

    Written by Marquette University law professor Patrick J. Sobkowski , read by Tessa Flannery.
    If there is anything we have learned from the Trump era, it is that the checks on executive unilateralism have all but evaporated. Sobkowski proposes some much needed reforms to roll back executive dominance.
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    17 mins