If We Can Keep It: A Podcast for the Republic.

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Through personal stories and understandings, this podcast addresses the most salient issues facing our democracy. We interview key players: legislators, journalists, litigators, and organizers across the political spectrum. Together, we hope to “keep” our republic. Hosted by David Palomino and Srija Patcha.

Episodes

  1. 05/28/2021

    9 - Congressman Seth Moulton

    Congressman Seth Moulton has been serving as the U.S Representative for Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District since 2015, which was the first ever Gerrymandered district in the U.S. He is a former Marine Corps Officer and a member of the Democratic Party.

  2. 05/26/2021

    8 - Dylan and Jared from the American Whig-Cliosophic Society at Princeton.

    Srija and David host a discussion between Dylan Shapiro and Jared Stone from the Whig-Cliosophic Society which is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University and the oldest debate union in the United States. They each bring a left and right leaning view to the discussion on the issue of Gerrymandering.

  3. 05/25/2021

    7 - Sam Wang

    Professor Sam Wang is the Founder and Director of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project out of Princeton University that aims to give activists and legislators the tools they need to detect offenses and craft bulletproof, bipartisan reform.

  4. 05/24/2021

    6 - Srija and David Special Episode (Impeachment and the Capitol Insurrection)

    Hosts, Srija and David, reflect on the history of what led to the hyper partisanship in the US, which largely contributed to the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, as well as the subsequent historic Impeachment of former US President, Donald J. Trump.

  5. 04/13/2021

    5 - Dan Helmer

    Dan Helmer is a Democratic Delegate representing the 40th District of the the Virginia House of Delegates. Delegate Helmer describes himself as a Politician who puts country over Party and was one of only nine House Democrats who voted in favour of Virginia's Fair Redistricting Amendment that sought to end Gerrymandering in Virginia a few years ago.

  6. 03/25/2021

    4 - Liliana Scales

    Liliana Scales works for Change Illinois which is working to make Illinois’ government more ethical and efficient by fighting for equitable redistricting.

  7. 12/18/2020

    3 - Katie Fahey

    Join us as we speak to Katie Fahey, executive director of The People and the founder of Voters Not Politicians, who began Michigan’s successful movement for redistricting reform in 2018.

  8. 12/18/2020

    2 - Ruth Greenwood

    Ruth Greenwood, co-director of the Campaign Legal Center and litigator for key gerrymandering cases at the Supreme Court (Gill v. Whitford, Rucho v. Common Cause), speaks to us about battles for redistricting in the court and on the ground.

  9. 12/18/2020

    1 - Dave Daley

    In this episode, Dave Daley, author of Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count, speaks to us about what gerrymandering is, how it affects communities, and how we as citizens can work to “build a better nation.”

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Through personal stories and understandings, this podcast addresses the most salient issues facing our democracy. We interview key players: legislators, journalists, litigators, and organizers across the political spectrum. Together, we hope to “keep” our republic. Hosted by David Palomino and Srija Patcha.

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