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Future Hindsight

A weekly show that takes big ideas about civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for you.

Government Politics Education Society
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
36 minutes
Episodes
380
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Country First, Community First: Emily Cherniack

Country First, Community First: Emily Cherniack

Thursday, April 7th, 2022

 

Emily Cherniack is the founder of New Politics. She believes that politics has the power to change systems. Her organization works with military veterans and alumni of civ…

00:35:39  |   Thu 07 Apr 2022
Do you want to be on Future Hindsight?

Do you want to be on Future Hindsight?

We are running a short, four-minute survey during the month of April, and it’s all about you. We want to learn more about what you think of Future Hindsight, and if there is anything we can do to mak…
00:01:48  |   Fri 01 Apr 2022
Equal Rights Amendment: Carol Jenkins

Equal Rights Amendment: Carol Jenkins

Thursday, March 31st, 2022

 

Carol Jenkins is the President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality, sister organizations dedicated to the adoption of the Equal Rights Amendmen…

00:32:46  |   Thu 31 Mar 2022
Secretaries of State: Secretary Jocelyn Benson

Secretaries of State: Secretary Jocelyn Benson

Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State of Michigan and the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process. We discuss what's at stake this year, why it's vital to pay att…
00:34:28  |   Thu 24 Mar 2022
Ranked Choice Voting: Nathan Lockwood

Ranked Choice Voting: Nathan Lockwood

Nathan Lockwood is the Executive Director of Rank the Vote, an organization with a vision that the national adoption of ranked choice voting (RCV) could create a political and social culture with ele…
00:44:11  |   Thu 17 Mar 2022
Citizen to Candidate: Art Chang

Citizen to Candidate: Art Chang

Art Chang was a mayoral candidate in New York City in 2021. We discuss his campaign and the big issues facing the City of New York. He shed light on the eviction crisis, the hurdles to adopting techn…
00:39:45  |   Thu 10 Mar 2022
Delivering Good Governance: Danielle Allen

Delivering Good Governance: Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen is a MacArthur Fellow and the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She’s published broadly in democratic theory, political sociology, and the history of poli…
00:33:57  |   Thu 03 Mar 2022
History of Black Thought: Chris Lebron

History of Black Thought: Chris Lebron

Understanding Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter stands as a movement to demand and secure Black humanity. Being a leader-full movement makes it less susceptible to disruption and has de-centered …
00:41:29  |   Thu 24 Feb 2022
Freedom and Racism: Neil Roberts

Freedom and Racism: Neil Roberts

Neil Roberts is Professor of Africana Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Political Science and Religion at Williams College. He’s working on a new book titled How To Live Free in an Age of Pessimism. W…
00:35:22  |   Thu 17 Feb 2022
Winning Messages: Anat Shenker-Osorio

Winning Messages: Anat Shenker-Osorio

Anat Shenker-Osorio is a renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor, the host of Words to Win By, and the Principal of ASO Communications. We discuss how to empower voters, the impact of…
00:43:37  |   Thu 10 Feb 2022
Understanding Poverty: Mark Rank

Understanding Poverty: Mark Rank

We're revisiting our conversation with Mark Rank, a poverty expert, professor, and author of Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty. We discuss the true causes and systemic nature o…
00:35:37  |   Thu 03 Feb 2022
Public-Private Paradox: Colin Jerolmack

Public-Private Paradox: Colin Jerolmack

We're revisiting our conversation with Colin Jerolmack, an environmental sociologist and author of Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town. We discuss the …
00:31:48  |   Thu 27 Jan 2022
Reproductive Rights Update: Earbuds Podcast Collective

Reproductive Rights Update: Earbuds Podcast Collective

We’re sharing a curated list of podcast recommendations on abortion rights that we put together for our friends at EarBuds Podcast Collective in September 2021. Reproductive rights will be in the new…
00:16:59  |   Thu 20 Jan 2022
Future Hindsight Trailer

Future Hindsight Trailer

00:00:31  |   Sat 01 Jan 2022
Solidarity and Mutuality: Manuel Pastor

Solidarity and Mutuality: Manuel Pastor

Retaking The Commons

In order to repair our current social contract, we must first repair our relationship to the Commons. Our economy currently prioritizes property protection, wealth protection, an…

00:44:01  |   Thu 30 Dec 2021
Faith and the Social Contract: Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson

Faith and the Social Contract: Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson

Faith in the Social Contract

As members of a society, we must have an understanding of “we” for the social contract to function. When citizens are put in a position of protecting the state or the eco…

00:43:57  |   Thu 23 Dec 2021
Technocracy and the Social Contract: Latanya Sweeney

Technocracy and the Social Contract: Latanya Sweeney

Technology in the Social Contract

Increasingly, the design of new technology determines the way our society functions and the way we live. Simple design flaws like the lack of a mute button on Sony C…

00:41:47  |   Thu 16 Dec 2021
Social Contract and Taxes: Sarah Christopherson

Social Contract and Taxes: Sarah Christopherson

Tax Policy is Where It Starts

What do our tax dollars really go towards? The truth is, so much of it is invisible. Tax dollars go towards helping homeowners through mortgage deductions or keeping pri…

00:33:58  |   Thu 09 Dec 2021
Exclusions in the Social Contract: Eduardo Porter

Exclusions in the Social Contract: Eduardo Porter

Racism Bites Everybody

Creating racist policies and ideologies is short-sighted. In the long run, these practices affect everyone, including white people. In 1978, older white voters in California de…

00:38:41  |   Thu 02 Dec 2021
Ending Subminimum Wage: Saru Jayaraman

Ending Subminimum Wage: Saru Jayaraman

The Legacy of the Subminimum Wage

The devaluation of Black lives and women's work is at the heart of the subminimum wage. Until the 1850s, restaurant workers were white men who were unionized and wer…

00:38:07  |   Thu 25 Nov 2021
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