https://simplecast.com This Is What Democracy Looks Like A podcast about policies that deepen democracy. TIWDLL is the flagship podcast of the Democracy Policy Network, an interstate network that organizes policy support for the growing movement of trailblazing leaders working to deepen democracy in statehouses across America. Learn more at www.DemocracyPolicy.network. 2021 - Democracy Policy Network en Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:05:52 +0000 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:06:02 +0000 https://democracy.simplecast.com This Is What Democracy Looks Like https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/81857881-63ff-4ca7-a6e1-e82c6606c5a0/d7ff9c5f-791e-4c97-88c1-43c6da35fc41/3000x3000/tiwdll-pod-card-3000px-v2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://democracy.simplecast.com episodic A podcast about policies that deepen democracy. TIWDLL is the flagship podcast of the Democracy Policy Network, an interstate network that organizes policy support for the growing movement of trailblazing leaders working to deepen democracy in statehouses across America. Learn more at www.DemocracyPolicy.network. Democracy Policy Network no https://feeds.simplecast.com/h0xp45fz current events, democracy, news, policy, politics, progressive, radical Pete Davis Pete@democracyPolicy.network 8d1f96cc-0902-418e-8396-a991f83e34a1 #8: The Commons with David Bollier We are joined by David Bollier, one of the world's leading theorists and evangelists for the idea of the “commons” —  a new (old) paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. He pursues this work as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, an international advocacy project. His classic book on the topic is Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons. And his most recent book is The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking, inspired by the format and spirit of The Whole Earth Catalog, but focused on commons and commoning as a countercultural force.

Follow David on twitter here.

Learn more at Bollier.org.

Get a copy of The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking here.

Get a copy of Think Like a Commoner here.

Get a copy of Free Fair and Alive here.

Listen to Frontiers of Commoning here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:05:52 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/8-the-commons-with-david-bollier-FgGqiGhF We are joined by David Bollier, one of the world's leading theorists and evangelists for the idea of the “commons” —  a new (old) paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. He pursues this work as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, an international advocacy project. His classic book on the topic is Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons. And his most recent book is The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking, inspired by the format and spirit of The Whole Earth Catalog, but focused on commons and commoning as a countercultural force.

Follow David on twitter here.

Learn more at Bollier.org.

Get a copy of The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking here.

Get a copy of Think Like a Commoner here.

Get a copy of Free Fair and Alive here.

Listen to Frontiers of Commoning here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #8: The Commons with David Bollier Pete Davis 00:33:48 We are joined by David Bollier, one of the world's leading theorists and evangelists for the idea of the “commons” — a new (old) paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. He pursues this work as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, an international advocacy project. His classic book on the topic is Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons. And his most recent book is The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking, inspired by the format and spirit of The Whole Earth Catalog, but focused on commons and commoning as a countercultural force. We are joined by David Bollier, one of the world's leading theorists and evangelists for the idea of the “commons” — a new (old) paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. He pursues this work as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, an international advocacy project. His classic book on the topic is Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons. And his most recent book is The Commoner's Catalog for Changemaking, inspired by the format and spirit of The Whole Earth Catalog, but focused on commons and commoning as a countercultural force. no full 8 c8143051-5372-41e4-a381-959864cfc69f #7: Mass Decarceration with Alec Karakatsanis We are joined by Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis to talk about his work helping change the unjust criminal legal system—and the policies and strategies he believes are promising to achieve mass decarceration at the state and local level.

Follow Alec on twitter here.

Get a copy of Alec's recent book, Usual Cruelty here.

Learn more about Civil Rights Corps here.

Read about the BREATHE Act here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Mon, 8 Nov 2021 01:27:56 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/7-mass-decarceration-with-alec-karakatsanis-5mKQRj9J We are joined by Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis to talk about his work helping change the unjust criminal legal system—and the policies and strategies he believes are promising to achieve mass decarceration at the state and local level.

Follow Alec on twitter here.

Get a copy of Alec's recent book, Usual Cruelty here.

Learn more about Civil Rights Corps here.

Read about the BREATHE Act here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #7: Mass Decarceration with Alec Karakatsanis Pete Davis 00:46:08 We are joined by Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis to talk about his work changing the unjust criminal legal system—and the policies and strategies he believes are promising to achieve mass decarceration. We are joined by Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis to talk about his work changing the unjust criminal legal system—and the policies and strategies he believes are promising to achieve mass decarceration. no full 7 32d26f4b-6caa-4f4a-822b-c303fd46bd21 #6: Community Wealth Building with Stephanie Geller We are joined by Community Wealth Builders director Stephanie Geller to talk about her work fostering more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood economies through community wealth building models and strategies across Baltimore.

Follow Stephanie on twitter here.

Learn more about Community Wealth Builders here.

Read about the Maryland Neighborhood Exchange here.

Read about Portlands' Community Investment Trust here.

Check out Sporty Dog Creations here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:52:58 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/6-community-wealth-building-with-stephanie-geller-l4dYExll We are joined by Community Wealth Builders director Stephanie Geller to talk about her work fostering more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood economies through community wealth building models and strategies across Baltimore.

Follow Stephanie on twitter here.

Learn more about Community Wealth Builders here.

Read about the Maryland Neighborhood Exchange here.

Read about Portlands' Community Investment Trust here.

Check out Sporty Dog Creations here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #6: Community Wealth Building with Stephanie Geller Pete Davis 00:32:39 We are joined by Community Wealth Builders director Stephanie Geller to talk about her work fostering more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood economies through community wealth building models and strategies across Baltimore. We are joined by Community Wealth Builders director Stephanie Geller to talk about her work fostering more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood economies through community wealth building models and strategies across Baltimore. no full 6 11d7b9b7-56ab-44a9-aabc-d6b8e3c705dc #5: Public Banks and the Cooperative City with Amara Enyia We are joined by strategist, organizer, wonk, and former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia to talk about her policy-focused Chicago mayor race, the power of public banks, and what she meant when she said she wanted to help turn Chicago into a "Cooperative City."

Follow Amara on twitter here.

Read a recent interview with Amara on transforming Chicago policing here.

Watch Chance the Rapper's interview with Amara here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Mon, 3 May 2021 14:56:14 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/5-public-banks-and-the-cooperative-city-with-amara-enyia-hBqpPuYK We are joined by strategist, organizer, wonk, and former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia to talk about her policy-focused Chicago mayor race, the power of public banks, and what she meant when she said she wanted to help turn Chicago into a "Cooperative City."

Follow Amara on twitter here.

Read a recent interview with Amara on transforming Chicago policing here.

Watch Chance the Rapper's interview with Amara here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #5: Public Banks and the Cooperative City with Amara Enyia Pete Davis 00:34:21 We are joined by strategist, organizer, wonk, and former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia to talk about her policy-focused Chicago mayor campaign, the power of public banks, and what she meant when she said she wanted to help turn Chicago into a "Cooperative City." We are joined by strategist, organizer, wonk, and former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia to talk about her policy-focused Chicago mayor campaign, the power of public banks, and what she meant when she said she wanted to help turn Chicago into a "Cooperative City." no full 5 cba7c053-cc3d-47e2-a3bb-951a59268b35 #4: State-Level Single-Payer with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed We are joined by physician, author, former Detroit health director, and former Michigan governor candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to talk about the power of state policy, the status of the Medicare for All movement, and the promise of state-level single payer campaigns.

Follow Abdul on twitter here.

Read Abdul's newsletter here.

Subscribe to Abdul's podcast here.

Read Abdul's latest book, Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide, here.

Learn more about the New York Health Act here.

Read about Rep. Ro Khanna's bill to help states better use federal money to create state health plans here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:04:21 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/4-state-single-payer-with-dr-abdul-el-sayed-iLhnHQ7C We are joined by physician, author, former Detroit health director, and former Michigan governor candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to talk about the power of state policy, the status of the Medicare for All movement, and the promise of state-level single payer campaigns.

Follow Abdul on twitter here.

Read Abdul's newsletter here.

Subscribe to Abdul's podcast here.

Read Abdul's latest book, Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide, here.

Learn more about the New York Health Act here.

Read about Rep. Ro Khanna's bill to help states better use federal money to create state health plans here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #4: State-Level Single-Payer with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Pete Davis 00:21:07 We are joined by physician, author, former Detroit health director, and former Michigan governor candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to talk about the power of state policy, the status of the Medicare for All movement, and the promise of state-level single payer campaigns. We are joined by physician, author, former Detroit health director, and former Michigan governor candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to talk about the power of state policy, the status of the Medicare for All movement, and the promise of state-level single payer campaigns. no full 4 b2af3928-353a-46dd-9a47-b5c0e93fb818 #3: What is DPN? A special episode to explain the organizational home of this podcast: The Democracy Policy Network (DPN, for short).

DPN's website is: www.DemocracyPolicy.network

DPN's launch video is here.

DPN's policy agenda page is at: www.DemocracyPolicy.network/agenda

DPN's first five policy kits are here:

DPN's newsletter is here.

This podcast originally aired on the Current Affairs Podcast.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:31:31 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/3-what-is-dpn-ofkOrzU5 A special episode to explain the organizational home of this podcast: The Democracy Policy Network (DPN, for short).

DPN's website is: www.DemocracyPolicy.network

DPN's launch video is here.

DPN's policy agenda page is at: www.DemocracyPolicy.network/agenda

DPN's first five policy kits are here:

DPN's newsletter is here.

This podcast originally aired on the Current Affairs Podcast.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #3: What is DPN? Pete Davis 00:48:37 A special episode to explain the organizational home of this podcast: The Democracy Policy Network (DPN, for short). A special episode to explain the organizational home of this podcast: The Democracy Policy Network (DPN, for short). no full 3 f79270ef-dd35-47a8-b145-fd31e7e6251a #2: Taxing the Rich with Jenny Zhang We are joined by NYC DSA Debt and Finance Working Group leader Jenny Zhang to talk about their cutting edge state-level Tax the Rich campaign.

Follow the NYC DSA Debt & Finance Working Group on twitter here.

Learn more about the Tax the Rich campaign here.

Read an explanation of Tax the Rich's six proposals here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2021 17:55:32 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/2-taxing-the-rich-with-jenny-zhang-JOsT4R2l We are joined by NYC DSA Debt and Finance Working Group leader Jenny Zhang to talk about their cutting edge state-level Tax the Rich campaign.

Follow the NYC DSA Debt & Finance Working Group on twitter here.

Learn more about the Tax the Rich campaign here.

Read an explanation of Tax the Rich's six proposals here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #2: Taxing the Rich with Jenny Zhang Pete Davis 00:31:21 We are joined by NYC Debt & Finance Working Group leader Jenny Zhang to talk about their cutting edge state-level Tax the Rich campaign. We are joined by NYC Debt & Finance Working Group leader Jenny Zhang to talk about their cutting edge state-level Tax the Rich campaign. no full 2 b367ebaf-bbf4-47ee-9c8b-c919654ace48 #1: Cooperatives with Jason Wiener In our inaugural episode, we are joined by cooperative lawyer Jason Wiener to talk cooperatives, employee ownership, and the inspiring Main Street Phoenix project.

Follow Jason's legal work here.

Learn about the Main Street Phoenix Project here.

Follow Jason on twitter at and watch Jason's Harvard Law Forum speech here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:02:08 +0000 Pete@democracyPolicy.network (Pete Davis) https://democracy.simplecast.com/episodes/1-cooperatives-with-jason-wiener-LJCL2G5k In our inaugural episode, we are joined by cooperative lawyer Jason Wiener to talk cooperatives, employee ownership, and the inspiring Main Street Phoenix project.

Follow Jason's legal work here.

Learn about the Main Street Phoenix Project here.

Follow Jason on twitter at and watch Jason's Harvard Law Forum speech here.

Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.

Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

]]> #1: Cooperatives with Jason Wiener Pete Davis 00:48:36 We are joined by cooperative lawyer Jason Wiener to talk cooperatives, employee ownership, and the inspiring Main Street Phoenix project. We are joined by cooperative lawyer Jason Wiener to talk cooperatives, employee ownership, and the inspiring Main Street Phoenix project. no full 1