RevDem Podcast
Review of Democracy
RevDem Podcast is brought to you by the Review of Democracy, the online journal of the CEU Democracy Institute. The Review of Democracy is dedicated to the reinvigoration, survival, and prosperity of democracies worldwide and to generating innovative cross-regional dialogues. RevDem Podcast offers in-depth conversations in four main areas: rule of law, political economy and inequalities, the history of ideas, and democracy and culture.
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Jun 1, 2021 • 25min
"The Future Cannot be Stopped"
In an interview with our assistant editor Bence Bari, Lili Rutai, Hungarian feminist journalist and podcaster, co-founder and co-host of the popular podcast series "Vénusz Projekt," discusses the representation and the popularization of feminism in Hungary - all of which must be done in opposition to popular misconceptions, the hostile rhetoric of the Orbán government and the restrictive measures on press freedom.
May 28, 2021 • 41min
Conway on Western European democracy in the postwar decades
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Ferenc Laczo discuss with Martin Conway his latest book "Western Europe’s Democratic Age 1945-1968" (Princeton University Press 2020).
May 20, 2021 • 34min
Lawrence and Laybourn-Langton: Remaking politics in response to the assault on the natural world
RevDem Editor Ferenc Laczo is discussing the book "Planet on Fire. A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown" by Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton with its authors.
May 14, 2021 • 43min
Bickerton on the new logic of democratic politics
Chris Bickerton (University of Cambridge) is discussing his latest book “Technopopulism” (co-authored with Carlo Invernizzi Accetti) with Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University).
May 12, 2021 • 27min
Citizens as Masters of the EU Treaties
Markus Patberg (University of Hamburg) in his recent book argues that we should not see the master of the Treaties in member states but in citizens. In this episode, Patberg, a research fellow in political theory at the University of Hamburg, talks to RevDem editor Kasia Krzyzanowska on how we could envision a different theory of constituent power within the EU, based on the already existing public narratives of citizens' political autonomy.
May 10, 2021 • 55min
Halmai: It’s not only about the rule of law: Poland and Hungary in the EU
Professor Gabor Halmai (EUI) discusses with Theodora Miljojkovic the constitutional backsliding in Poland and Hungary, as well as their relationship with the EU.
Apr 28, 2021 • 42min
Ernst Fraenkel - a Jewish lawyer who resisted the Nazis
In this episode Kasia Krzyżanowska talks to Douglas G. Morris, a legal historian and practicing criminal defense attorney with Federal Defenders of New York, about his newest book on Ernst Fraenkel. Fraenkel's most famous work is "The Dual State, but he did not limit himself to scholarly work only. We discuss Fraenkel's resistance that encompassed defending politically persecuted, as well as writing essays on the Nazi state from the legal and practical perspective.
Apr 23, 2021 • 21min
Stasavage: Democracy requires continuous effort
David Stasavage (New York University) in conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University) about his recent book “The Decline and Rise of Democracy”, which presents the global history of democracies since ancient times.
Apr 16, 2021 • 44min
Finchelstein: From Fascism to Populism and Back Again?
RevDem editor Ferenc Laczo (Maastricht University) talks with Federico Finchelstein (New School for Social Research, New York) about his two recent books: “From Fascism to Populism in History” and “A Brief History of Fascist Lies”
Apr 3, 2021 • 35min
Vaccination passports - the way to go?
In the newest episode of the RevDem podcast Giancarlo Grignaschi interviews Luiza Bialasiewicz (University of Amsterdam) and Prof. Oskar Josef Gstrein (University of Groningen). They discussed the latest proposal of the European Commission – vaccination passports (or certificates).
