Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen
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Immigration Justice: Is it Even Possible?
What we’re seeing today is a far cry from justice. Today’s policy of cruelty toward immigrants is an abject failure, yet it’s impractical to have a totally open border with Mexico. As with most…
Trump’s “Farms First” Now Beginning to Revolt
Even Fox News is openly admitting that Donald Trump’s policies are destroying the American farm industry. The agricultural heartland has been solidly ruby red for Trump but, as farmer and advocate…
The Kids Are Alright
While the hard right has had significant success in rallying young people (mostly males), the anger at ICE and a desire for a sense of belonging is moving more and more kids to the populist left.…
Why Did Trump Try to Kill the American Auto Industry?
Why would an American president stab Americas signature industry in the back? Our guest today, Ryan Cooper senior editor of The American Prospect argues that it makes no actual economic sense but…
Think You Knew The Story of Vietnam? Give a Listen.
After an assassination attempt, Ngo Dinh Diem saw proof that he was God’s agent. In some ways he did try to do well for his people, but in others he and his family were ruthless against the majority…
Illustrated Lessons of Kids Cleverly Fighting Fascism
They were not victims of fascism, but characters who survived and eventually thrived. In this new book, The Secret Buttons, for young adults, author Ellen M. Shapiro spins the tale of kids coming to…
Laquidara On the Legacy of WBCN
From tinny AM pop to stereo underground rock, WBCN was right at the vanguard. According to our guest, the legendary Charles Laquidara, it was part of an exciting wonderfully freeing time. A…
Democratic Socialist Solutions Embraced By Republicans in Upstate NY
More and more people are coming to the conclusion that keeping power utilities in corporate hands no longer makes sense. Legislators in conservative places like Hudson Valley and Massena NY are…
Historian Michael Kazin on America’s Enduring Actual Greatness
There is in fact a lush garden of American greatness and it is not MAGA. Though less well known, there is a proud history of successful dissent which does make America great. Military power and…
Risings All Over The Country Against Data Centers
You’ve seen the ads on network TV:Huge data centers bringing life to hollowed out communities. But the reality is these huge projects suck electricity and water and provide virtually no lasting jobs.…
Europe Fighting Back Against President Trump
He’s only president of the United States, not the European Union, right? Unlike the US, there’s a longstanding bipartisan commitment to social democracy on the continent. Yet Trumpism is having a…
Yet Another Courageous New Democrat: Now From NH
It’s a historical fact that Democrats win when there is a movement beneath the electoral process. Karishma Manzur is running for US Senate having risen from the leading base of such a movement. On…
A Wealth Tax: Boost the Economy and Democracy
It’s a long term necessity, but tragically, short term policy-makers put off a solution essential to a strong economy and restoration of our republican form of government. As of today, both the…
What’s Happening in “Our Backyard?” Sovereignty Is Happening.
We’re in Monroe Doctrine 2.0. Our guest on today’s show Terie Matson is in Mexico City, the other side of Rubio’s multipolar scheme for division of the world. Trumps random attack on Venezuelan…
Freer Kids and Safer Streets
After decades of having to look “Tough on Crime”by jailing teenagers, notably people of color, at last we’re seeing the end of adult prisons housing kids. Forty four states have dialed back the…
Is America on an Irreversible Path to Decline and Fall?
At the nearly two hundred fifty year mark, we’ve already lasted longer than most great nations. As with others which declined and fell, a loss of confidence led to anxiety and the impulse for a…
Immigration Justice: Is it Even Possible?
What we’re seeing today is a far cry from justice. Today’s policy of cruelty toward immigrants is an abject failure, yet it’s impractical to have a totally open border with Mexico. As with most…
Do We Really Want to Get Back to America’s Founding Ideals?
This book actually changed my view of US History. The author says the Confederates and the January 6th assault are the inheritors of the original intent! He argues that the standard story is not the…
Why are Young Men Drawn to Fascism? What Can We Do?
Why do they feel a need for violence to prove their manhood? What’s the connection between an angry Germany after the First World War and what many young men are feeling in 2025? Why do they see…
Why is There So Much Fear in the Strongest Country in the World?
Fear of the other. Fear of woke, of LGBTQ+, of Black liberation, and of course the old big fear: Communism. In the age of the Cold War, right after WWII, Americans believed the Soviet Union was…
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Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen has published 49 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in News, Politics.
Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 58m.
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