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In Solidarity is an openDemocracy podcast about people, power and politics, co-hosted by our editors based in London, Abuja and Montevideo and featuring guests from the around the world.


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  • After Maduro: Storm Warnings in Venezuela
    Jan 9 2026

    If the US once claimed it was “defending Democracy” to justify attacking countries without pretext, the current administration has made no such excuses.

    Last week US security forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from a compound in Caracas in an operation that killed 70 people.

    Maduro was presented in a courtroom in Manhattan, on charges of supposedly “importing tons of cocaine into the United States”, and his deputy Delcy Rodriguez was installed in his place as acting President.

    To make this all make sense, we speak with Laura Tedesco, a long time openDemocracy contributor and professor of political science and international relations at St. Louis university in Madrid. Prof. Tedesco is also the author of several books on democracy and politics in Latin America.


    Read Laura's Book, Latin America's Leaders: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9781783601028


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    Credits:

    Presented by Aman Sethi

    Audio engineering by James Battershill

    Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela

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    29 mins
  • Democracy from the ashes: Inside the Your Party conference
    Dec 5 2025

    Waring factions have dominated the headlines, but inside the Your Party conference the embers of hope for a different kind of politics were still burning.


    Investigative reporter Ethan Shone tells what the mood was like among the party members following months of public spats and PR disasters.



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    In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. Support the show by visiting https://www.openDemocracy.net/donate/

    Credits:

    Presented by James Battershill

    Audio engineering by James Battershill

    Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela


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    21 mins
  • End Times: What Post-Socialist Societies Teach Us About Today
    Nov 21 2025

    We’ve normalised the idea that the world is ending, that society is tearing itself apart, that our countries — wherever we live — are falling apart. But what does that really look like? What does it feel like? What emerges in the aftermath?


    In this episode host Aman Sethi speaks to Renata Salecl, a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist and political theorist to decode how the experiences of post-socialist countries can help us understand the crisis gripping the West.


    A Passion For Ignorance - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9780691240992

    The Spoils of Freedom - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9780415073585

    On Anxiety - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9780415312769

    The Tyranny of Choice - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8711/9781846681868


    https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/

    In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. Support the show by visiting https://www.openDemocracy.net/donate/

    Credits:

    Presented by Aman Sethi

    Story production by Ayodeji Rotinwa

    Audio engineering by James Battershill

    Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela

    Chapters:

    00:00 Introduction

    02:30 Post socialist societies

    07:22 The modern respect for cunning

    08:45 Lessons from pop culture

    10:16 The (mis)use of fake news

    13:53 On accelerationism

    16:11 The dissolution of societies

    18:53 Times when nothing and everything changes

    20:50 Those that enjoy life the wrong way

    22:24 Neoliberal collapse


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    28 mins
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