Hosted by Sanjay Ruparelia · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 30 episodes
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This is On The Frontlines of Democracy, a podcast about the challenges facing democracies around the world
Sanjay Ruparelia hosts On the Frontlines of Democracy, a education show with 30 episodes published.
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with Federico Finchelstein about the history of fascism and the growing threat authoritarian politics pose to democracy today. Drawing on his latest book, The Wannabe Fascists, Finchelstein e
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with The Honourable Bob Rae, in a special live recording at DemocracyXchange 2026, about the state of global order, Canadian democracy, and the country's role in a shifting international land
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with Howard French, professor of journalism at Columbia University and author of The Second Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation and the Modern Black Freedom Struggle, about Kwa
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with Lea Ypi, professor of politics and philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and author of Indignity: A Life Reimagined, about dignity, freedom, and moral respon
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with Ketty Nivyabandi, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada, about the global state of human rights amid rising authoritarianism, conflict, and democratic erosion. Their conversa
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with Ho-Fung Hung, the Henry and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss contemporary understandings of China and how they're shaped and in
U.S. national editor and columnist at the Financial Times, Edward Luce, joins host Sanjay Ruparelia to discuss the topic of latest book: Zbigniew Brzezinski. They cover his life, legacy, as well as lessons learned from B
Economist, professor and author Branko Milanović joins host Sanjay Ruparelia to discuss global economic inequality, the impact of globalization and the role of migration in addressing inequality. ________________________
Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin about the role of courts in upholding constitutional democracy. McLachlin reflects on fairness and moral intuition in making judgments. She also d
Host Sanjay Ruparelia and the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy sit to discuss Axworthy's life in politics, which culminated in his role as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Recorded just a day befo
Host Sanjay Ruparelia and Anne Norton sit to discuss Norton's book Wild Democracy: Anarchy, Courage, and Ruling the Law, which reimagines freedom and democracy as expansive and inclusive. They discuss how anarchy, rather
Host Sanjay Ruparelia sits with Carol Off to discuss her book, At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage, which explores the evolving meanings of political words like freedom, democracy, choice and truth. She a
Host Sanjay Ruparelia and Samuel Moyn discuss the evolution of liberalism, particularly during the Cold War. Moyn says that Cold War liberalism betrayed the emancipatory ideals of earlier liberals by focusing on negative
In this week's episode, we speak with Astra Taylor, a critically acclaimed writer, filmmaker and organizer about practicing solidarity in an age of insecurity. Taylor discusses insecurity as a structural feature of capit
In this week's episode, we speak with renowned public intellectual and political activist Yogendra Yadav about India's 2024 national election. We'll discuss the BJP's surprising losses, the continued dominance of Prime M
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sithembile Mbete and Professor Lawrence Hamilton to shine a light on South Africa's political landscape following the 2024 elections. While the ANC achieved political freedom thirty
Host Sanjay Ruparelia sat down with Kaya Genç, a scholar, writer and journalist and the Istanbul correspondent for the Los Angeles Review of Books. His latest book, The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey Through Modern
Host Sanjay Ruparelia sat down with Rob Goodman, an assistant professor of politics at the Toronto Metropolitan University. An award-winning author and former political speechwriter, his most recent book is Not Here: Why
Host Sanjay Ruparelia sat down with Dan Slater, the James Orin Murfin professor of political science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he directs the Center for Emerging Democracies. Dan has written a seri
Host Sanjay Ruparelia sat down with Maria Popova, an associate professor of political science at McGill University, where she holds the Jean Monnet Chair. Dr. Popova is a widely noted scholar of corruption, autocracy and
Federico Finchelstein
Professor of History · The New School for Social Research
1 appearance on this show
Bob Rae
80th President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council · United Nations
1 appearance on this show
Lea Ypi
philosophy professor from Albania, teaches at the London School of Economics · London School of Economics and Political Science
1 appearance on this show
Ed Luce
U.S. national editor and columnist · Financial Times
1 appearance on this show
Branko Milanovic
research professor · City University of New York's Graduate Center
1 appearance on this show
Lloyd Axworthy
former Foreign Minister
1 appearance on this show
Samuel Moyn
Professor of Jurisprudence · Yale Law School
1 appearance on this show
Astra Taylor
Student Debt Collective
1 appearance on this show
Dan Slater
James Orin Murfin professor of political science · University of Michigan
1 appearance on this show
Maria Popova
associate professor of political science at McGill University · Brain Pickings
1 appearance on this show
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