Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig

Mar 12 2025 154 ep. 55 mins 1.2k
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Through interviews with politicians, journalists, activists, and the latest and greatest names in the fight to restore our democracy, the Another Way podcast explores the plans and policies for returning power to the people.

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S7E3: Ukraine, DOGE and RFK Jr.

Mar 12 2025 58 mins  
Lessig's conversation with Ben Hepburn continues, this time about Ukraine, DOGE and RFKJr

S7E2: Continuing a Conversation with Ben Hepburn

Feb 14 2025 60 mins  
In this second episode, Ben Hepburn and Lessig continue to see where we can find common ground in our understanding of the current administration. Are we on the left too pessimistic? Is the other side too optimistic?

S7E1: Common Ground?

Jan 29 2025 50 mins  
In this season, Lessig will have a conversation with Ben Hepburn, a friend from high school, whose politics is not Lessig's. The plan for the season is to check in regularly about the latest questions raised by the new Trump administration, and see whether a conservative and a liberal can find common ground, or even just understanding. This first episode was recorded just before in

S6: Special Election Episode

Nov 10 2024 94 mins  
On this episode (recorded before Tuesday's election), Lessig is joined by his colleagues Matthew A. Seligman (Stris & Maher), Ned Foley (Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State), and Derek Muller (Notre Dame Law School) to discuss what could (have) happen(ed) in the period after Election Day and before the counting of electoral votes.

S6E9: What Then?

Sep 26 2024 44 mins  
In this episode, Lessig outlines what happens if Maine passes Question 1. What are the next steps, and the arguments that will get us to the Supreme Court — and to victory!

S6E8: The Campaign in Maine

Sep 25 2024 29 mins  
On this episode, Lessig describes the campaign in Maine. The legislature chose to let the people decide whether to vote against SuperPACs in Maine — and if upheld, the nation. This episode discusses that campaign, and the risks it faces. Check out the website of the campaign at CitizensToEndSuperPACS.org.

S6E7: The Legislature Decides

Sep 21 2024 28 mins  
On this episode, Lessig keeps the story going. We got the signatures. The next step was that the Maine legislature needed to decide whether it would pass the initiative into law itself, or let it go to the ballot. This episode is the story of the legislative hearing, and its decision on how to handle the initiative.

S6E6: The Race to Gather Signatures

Sep 20 2024 24 mins  
On this episode, Lessig chronicles the next chapter in the story of the Maine initiative. We had an idea — based on FreeSpeechForPeople’s brilliant argument — for an initiative. And Mainers were excited about the idea. A poll showed overwhelming support for the initiative. We just needed to raise the funds to get the signatures gathered. That proved to be an enormous challeng

S6E5: The Origins of the Initiative

Sep 19 2024 26 mins  
On this episode, Lessig details how we got to this initiative that could end Super PACs: FreeSpeechForPeople.org’s brilliant argument, and the decision to take that argument into the field and win!

S6S4: The Fight to End SuperPACs and Originalism

Sep 11 2024 58 mins  
On this episode, Lessig provides a brief history of the fight to end SuperPACs. Then, critically, he examines how the theory of the conservatives — originalism — supports our argument against SuperPACs.