Episode 5: The Question of Safety
As the weather gets colder and tents go up, life inside the encampment grows more complicated. Questions of safety and accountability become...
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Episode 4: They Walk Among Us
A month in, the Occupy movement goes global, but pressure is mounting from every direction. A hipster cop confirms that police have infiltra...
Episode 3: A Fork in the Road
When a march reaches the Brooklyn Bridge, a split-second decision changes everything. Hundreds of people face arrest – and deeper questions...
Episode 2: Occupy Goes Viral
The encampment grows as anarchist organizers introduce radical new ways of making decisions and taking action. Armed with livestreams, smart...
Episode 1: The Invitation
In 2011, a handful of skeptical New Yorkers answer a call to Occupy Wall Street. What they find feels less like a protest and more like a gl...
Introducing Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising
Occupy Wall Street is the story of the improbable becoming possible. In 2008, millions of people were devastated by an economic crash caused...
Democracy's Unfinished Promise: Alex Hertel-Fernandez
We discuss the intersection of policymaking on economics and democracy, the harm of intense concentration of wealth, and the need for buildi...
Right-Wing Women Are Mobilized: Katie Gaddini
We discuss the enthusiasm for civic engagement by right-wing women, which translates to power and victory at the ballot box. Katie's civic a...
The Gerontocracy Problem: Samuel Moyn
We discuss the overlooked and insidious complications from gerontocracy in American democracy. Sam's civic action toolkit recommendations ar...
Activism vs. Majority Rule: Brian Adams
We discuss the balance of influence between activists and the majority in local politics and how we can reinvigorate democracy at the local...
Playing Offense for Democracy: Steve Phillips
We discuss the case for SWAMP audits, how we can truly build a multiracial democracy, and why we're going to have to fight for it. Steve's c...
The People's Document: Melissa Murray
We discuss the hidden power inside the U.S. Constitution, what it was designed to protect against, and how it can fortify American democracy...
Your Climate Superpower: Katharine Wilkinson
We discuss how each of us is a node of possibility for change in the climate crisis, taking us from overwhelm to participation. Katharine's...
Unsticking Congress: Maya Kornberg
We discuss the myriad of ways to fix Congress, ranging from campaign finance reform and age limits to town hall meetings and stopping violen...
The Freedom of Dissent: Gal Beckerman
We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and...
Everyone a Changemaker: Michael Zakaras
We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by maki...
Doctor for the Senate: Abdul El-Sayed
We discuss why Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate in Michigan and what kind of Senator he aspires to be. A public health expert with d...
The Lost Cause Lie: Ann Bausum
We discuss the foundational lies of the Lost Cause, the organic nature of more recent lies, and the constant vigilance necessary to defend d...
See Through Copaganda: Alec Karakatsanis
We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing...
The Authoritarian Playbook: Yelena V. Litvinov & Tatyana Margolin
We discuss the building blocks of the authoritarian playbook, the strategy behind intersectional solidarity, and the power of knowing your n...