# Daniel Ziblatt

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Sovereignty's Defense System | Indiana Century S1E12

We've spent eleven episodes building something. Reactors that pay counties ten million dollars a year. Rail lines that turn a region into a neighborhood. Fiber that connects every Hoosier. A bank that keeps our money here. A corps that trains people who were written off to become builders. Once you…

Episode 2. How Democracies Die

How Democracies Die (2018), written by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, is overviewed by sociology professor Beverly Yuen Thompson. This overview walks viewers through the book, chapter by chapter, and connecting the topics to current events. These historians provide us historical context of und…

Don’t Use the F-Word: David Ost on Why the Red Pill, Not Fascism, Demystifies the Far Right

“Fascism is the term that is everywhere and nowhere in contemporary political discussions. We can talk about right-wing populism — but the type of politics they share with classic fascism is what I call red pill politics.” — David Ost   Please don’t use the F-word. At least to describe the politics…

Could the next election be stolen?

Could the next presidential election be stolen? Steven Levitsky, professor of government at Harvard University, is concerned that that’s precisely what may happen in 2024. Levitsky is co-author, with fellow Harvard professor Daniel Ziblatt, of the international bestseller, How Democracies Die. The…

"If Your Vote Didn't Matter, They Wouldn't Work So Hard to Take It"

After a few weeks away, Matthew and Melissa are back — and they're not easing in. The episode opens with Melissa getting quizzed on actual 1960s Southern voting literacy tests (the ones used to keep Black citizens from the ballot box), and it turns out someone with a bachelor's degree in the year …

Minisode 2 | In which voting rights get...complicated

What happens when voting rights protections are weakened - and states move quickly to take advantage of it?In this minisode, Jamie and Mel; connect a recent Supreme Court ruling and Tennessee's redistricting efforts to the themes explored in Caste by Isabel Wilkerson and How Democracies Die by Stev…

The Republican Party Is Dead

The Republican Party used to stand for something. You can argue about whether what it stood for was good or bad, but it had a platform. It had principles. It had ideas that existed independently of any single person. That party is gone. What replaced it is not a political party. It is a loyalty str…

Why is democracy in peril?

The hallmarks of liberal democracy are in decline as autocrats gain popularity and power. How did this happen – and what can we do about it? We sit down with Gerald Butts and Prof. Dietlind Stolle to talk about the biggest threats to democracy today and how we can defend against them.  Featuring:  …

104. Warning Signs of Authoritarianism

Here's the goal of this episode: to give you a practical framework for recognizing the patterns that can weaken a democracy before the answer becomes obvious. Because these days, authoritarianism often doesn't arrive with tanks in the streets or a coup. Often it develops gradually, through electio…

Leigh's Leadership Lessons: Watch Your Language

It’s election season in the U.S., and the tone of many campaigns feels divisive, blame-and-shame oriented and caustic. But the words we choose matter far beyond politics. In this popular episode, first released in 2025, host Leigh Morgan explores how all-or-nothing phrases, black-and-white thinking…