Listen "415: Election Special"
Episode Synopsis
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In this re-broadcast of our special episode ahead of the 2016 election, John and Ken look beyond the horse races at some of the bigger questions raised by our electoral process.
• Do we always have a duty to vote? with Stanford political scientist Emilee Chapman
• Can our democracy survive the amount of money in politics? with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich
• How do we justify the two-party system? with Elaine Kamarck from the Brookings Institution.
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