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Emily Hausheer

Hosted by Emily Hausheer, a podcast to discuss and offer new ideas for liberal democracy. Autocracy is on the rise, but it is time for democracies to renew hope. Through discussing issues such as political prisoners, transnational repression, basic democratic values, kleptocracy, disinformation- and how we can fight back.

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  • S2 · E7
    Yesterday · 11 min

    Diplomatic Passport

    Autocrats now denaturalize their opposition to weaken their political chances, when European countries naturalize dissidents- it plays into the dictator's agenda. A new passport providing advanced biometrics, Pegasus scanning, anti-TNR tools, and giving diplomatic immunity will be a stronger alternative to naturalization.

  • June 20 · 32 min

    Nicaragua and Human Rights

    Jonathan Braudy Sanchez reveals how Nicaragua is leveraging statelessness as a form of repression, and the difficulty of getting information out of Nicaragua.

  • S2 · E6
    June 3 · 8 min

    Following Through With Delcy

    Policy credibility is undermined if the United States does not follow through with Delcy on topics such as political prisoners and the destruction of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez's home, books, and disappearance of his dogs. To show strength- the US must also engage with the European Union like we did in 2019 and it resulted in a successful diplomatic recognition of Juan Guaido. The US doing it along is not as strong as the US doing it with partners

  • S2 · E5
    May 18 · 15 min

    Civic Spaces

    Civic Education is as important as STEM in keeping democracy strong

  • S2 · E4
    March 26 · 13 min

    Transition Troubles

    What are warning signs a democratic transition might not work? and what makes it work? Between the Ancien Regime and Strongman Cycles, a democratic transition must act wisely.

  • S2 · E3
    March 6 · 35 min

    Maria Oropeza and the Venezuelan Elections

    Maria Oropeza is a Venezuelan activist and former political prisoner whose livestream captured the repressive crackdown on Venezuelans documenting the 2024 election. She recently was freed from prison, and came on Democracy Discussions to talk about her experiences and hopes for a free Venezuela. For advocates and families of political prisoners, this is the handbook for liberation in English, Spanish, and French and the sequel in English and Spanish https://worldlibertycongress.org/handbook/

  • S2 · E2
    February 4 · 18 min

    Dictatorships in Fiction

    Many dictatorships are depicted in fiction, but what makes Les Miserables unique from other works when it comes to depicting autocracy? The psychology of autocracy is depicted strongly

  • S2 · E1
    January 10 · 34 min

    Venezuela's Crisis and Political Persecution with Simon Molina

    Simon Molina joins Democracy Discussions to discuss how the Maduro regime completely destroyed the education and healthcare systems in Venezuela. The importance of opposition unity and support for political prisoners. We recommend following Simon Molina, Leopoldo Lopez, Lilian Tintori, Genesis Davila, Rodrigo Diamenti, Luis Carlos Diaz, Germania Poleo, Juan Guaido, Maria Corina Machado, and other reliable Venezuelan voices as the regime propaganda is strong and still in place. Freedom for Freddy Superlano, Roland Carreno, Maria Oropeza, Jesus Armas, and all political prisoners

  • S1 · E15
    Nov 19, 2025 · 11 min

    Listen to the Dissidents

    The World Liberty Congress sought to bring over 1000 dissidents together to stand against dictatorships. We need a new approach on universal human rights

  • S1 · E14
    Oct 29, 2025 · 35 min

    Ending the Polarization

    Thomas Howes from the Reagan Caucus joins us to discuss how we can break the Resentment Politics cycle Access the Federalist Here:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1404/1404-h/1404-h.htm Democracy in America https://www.gutenberg.org/files/815/815-h/815-h.htm Vital Center https://thevitalcenter.com/

  • S1 · E13
    Oct 23, 2025 · 28 min

    Marketing Human Rights

    Grace Douglas joins us at Democracy Discussions to discuss how human rights activists can better market their message across culture. She also touches on the urgent need to get youth involved. Contact Grace at 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲@𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.𝗰𝗼 and listen to her podcast at GoalGetHer

  • S1 · E12
    Oct 1, 2025 · 36 min

    Archives and Democracy with Katie Defonzo

    Katie Defonzo, an expert in library science and archival work joins Emily Hausheer to discuss the ways archival work and democracy work together Check out these citizen resources https://crowd.loc.gov/ https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions

  • S1 · E11
    Sep 24, 2025 · 34 min

    Ai and Children's Rights

    Special guest from Hungary Monica Mercz joins Democracy Discussions to offer an optimistic view of Ai innovation but the need to balance it with community. Based on her research at George Mason University

  • S1 · E10
    Sep 10, 2025 · 31 min

    Free Cuba with John Suarez

    John Suarez from the Center for a Free Cuba joins us to discuss political prisoners and the reality in Cuba Check out his foundation here https://cubacenter.org/

  • S1 · E9
    Sep 4, 2025 · 31 min

    Venezuela with Luis Ramirez

    International Coordinator of Voluntad Popular in the US Luis Ramirez joins Democracy Discussions to provide a new angle of Venezuela

  • S1 · E8
    Aug 20, 2025 · 19 min

    Are We Using the Wrong Narratives?

    Cold War and World War II analogies are often not helping us defeat the Alliance of Autocracy. Maybe that's because we need to go back further.

  • S1 · E7
    Aug 14, 2025 · 6 min

    Ending the Violence

    Political violence is increasing at an alarming rate- from Ecuador,, Colombia, and the United States we need to break the cycle

  • S1 · E6
    Aug 6, 2025 · 14 min

    Why Should You Care?

    Foreign policy impacts your life, you can turn away but dictators are not.

  • S1 · E5
    Jul 31, 2025 · 13 min

    Over One Million Political Prisoners

    There are more political prisoners now than at any point in history, we need to free them all. Political Prisoner Handbook: https://worldlibertycongress.org/handbook/ The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention https://perseus-strategies.com/wp-content/uploads/Jared-Genser-The-UN-Working-Group-on-Arbitrary-Detention-Cambridge-University-Press-2019-1.pdf

  • S1 · E4
    Jul 23, 2025 · 6 min

    Summer Reading For Democracy

    From timeless classics to pressing new releases, there are some great books for prepping yourself to better understand today's foreign policy situation.

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