Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke University

Mar 01 2024 7
Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke University artwork

Veteran journalist John Harwood, now a Distinguished Fellow at Duke's Polis Center for Politics, interviews politicians and voters, academics and activists about the 21st century divisions imperiling our national experiment in self-government.

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