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By the end of this year, countries making up half the world’s population will have held elections. But not all of them will have been free and fair. In ‘What’s Wrong with Democracy?’ Professor Ben Ansell of Oxford University will, with the help of academics, journalists, activists and writers, figure out whether democracy is working and how best to preserve democratic freedoms, equality and rights.&nbsp;</p><br>What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by The Open Society Foundations.&nbsp;</p><br>To find out more about Tortoise:</p><br><a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tortoise/id1441428990" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download</a> the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists</p><br><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/tortoise/id6442666997" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content</p><br><a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/join-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a member </a>and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more</p><br>If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com</p><br>Host: Professor Ben Ansell</p>Producers: Katie Gunning and Ada Barume</p>Editor: Jasper Corbett</p>Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
For the final episode of the series, Ben goes back to basics and asks: how can democracies hold free and fair elections? It’s not as simple as setting up polling stations and handing out ballot boxes, so what does it take to create a truly even electoral playing field?
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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This week, we’re looking at another big potential challenge facing democracy: AI, or artificial intelligence. Ben wants to know how worried we should be when it comes to the rise of these new technologies. Might they spell the death knell for trust in our institutions? Or can technology play a helpful role in boosting modern democracies?
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What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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One of the biggest challenges of our time is climate change. This week, Ben wants to know how effective democracies are when it comes to fighting the climate crisis. How can we settle on solutions when there’s so many different interests at play?
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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Democracy can often be knocked off course by political violence, but in some places it’s become an ingrained part of how politics is done. This week Ben wants to find out why violence and democracy can be so hard to separate, and how to stop violence taking hold of our politics in the first place.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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Where does the boundary lie between bad behaviour and outright corruption? This week Ben wants to understand how corruption and the fight against it are destructive forces in a democracy.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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It often feels like America is stuck in a perpetual election campaign cycle. How much do campaigns matter? Ben speaks to three guests who have followed several US presidential campaigns from the outside, and the inside. How different does this year’s look?
What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part three of three.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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American voters have chosen the two candidates who will vie to become the next US president. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump couldn’t be more different. This week, Ben wants to know what kind of leaders American voters are drawn to. What makes a good president? And is the US primary system of choosing candidates a good way of selecting a leader?
What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part two of three.
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What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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Polling organisations often define Americans by their ethnic and racial identity. Ben wants to know if these voter “blocks” remain intact at the ballot box. Is it possible to predict how people will vote based on their identity? Or is demographic polling pointless?
What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part one of three.
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What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Lewis Vickers
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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Democratic societies are a melting pot of people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, but when political alliances are formed around a particular identity it can lead to division and sometimes violence. In this episode Ben explores one of the most extreme examples of ethnic conflict - the Rwandan genocide - and asks whether it’s possible to have a peaceful democracy after so much bloodshed.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Lewis Vickers
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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The history of protest and democracy is long and complex, but taking to the streets has resulted in major democratic changes in the past. This week, Ben wants to know if protest still has a role to play in today’s politics. What are the barriers to protesting effectively? Is the time for peaceful protest over? And with autocracies on the rise, do citizens need a new tool to express their discontent?
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What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs
Editor: Lewis Vickers
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
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Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
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