Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy
This is the official podcast of the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy. Our mission is to continue the distinguished legacy and lifetime work of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to advance American democracy through multigenerational civics education, civil discourse and civic engagement.
Episodes
14 episodes since 2023
How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
Today, we share a conversation that looks at the impact of stereotypes, how they affect us, and what we can do to limit their adverse effects. This discussion is led by Stanford Professor Dr. Claude M. Steele, an expert on social psychology, an...
September 12, 2024
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59:23
A Landmark Case - Brown v. Board of Education
As students return to classrooms across the country this fall, we are resharing important conversations on landmark cases related to education. Today, we look at one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th Century - Brown v. B...
September 06, 2024
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59:28
How Are Secretaries of State Preparing for the November Election?
As preparations for the 2024 General Election approach, the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy sat down with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) President Secretary Steve Simon (D-MN), President-elect Micha...
August 15, 2024
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41:01
Equality and Justice for All, with Dr. Spencer Crew
We are pleased to take a new look at this conversation with Dr. Spencer Crew, in which he discusses the importance of making African American history accessible to the public. Art and documents in a museum can be an important way to experience ...
August 09, 2024
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1:00:24
The Future of Urban America
Empty office buildings. Workforce changes allow for more remote work. American downtowns are struggling. The pandemic-led changes in where and how we work and live have weakened and withered many urban cores. The office vacancy rate in Houston ...
July 10, 2024
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40:37
"A More or Less Perfect Union" with Judge Douglas Ginsburg
We are excited to revisit this fascinating discussion with Judge Douglas Ginsburg as he delves into past, present, and future struggles for liberty through the lens of the US Constitution - just in time for the 4th of July and the celebration o...
July 03, 2024
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57:08
John Locke: The 17th Century Philosopher who Shaped American Thought
The Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy presents a conversation with author and historian Claire Rydell Arcenas and Liam Julian, director of Public Policy at the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute. In her book America's...
June 27, 2024
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58:21
Talking Revolution, with Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
There is broad scholarly agreement that our current political world owes much to what Thomas Paine was the first to call the "age of revolutions"—that is, the several late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century decades during which revolution...
June 04, 2024
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49:17
What's the Deal with the Electoral College?
Perhaps no extant product of the U.S. Constitution has received more bipartisan animus than the Electoral College. Since 1800 there have been more than 700 proposals introduced in Congress to amend or eliminate the way in which America chooses ...
April 30, 2024
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49:37
Water and the West
Some 40 million people in the American West rely on water from the Colorado River. But the river’s flow has diminished, and those decreases will likely continue. What does this mean for the American West in general and California and Arizona in...
October 04, 2023
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49:45
Inflation at Home: The Regional Perspective, with George W. Hammond
Episode three of the three-part series "The Economy: Inflation, the Fed, and You." Inflation in America is happening for the first time in forty years, but different parts of the country are experiencing inflation differently. How ...
June 26, 2023
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23:19
Understanding the Federal Reserve, with Louise Sheiner
Episode two of the three-part series "The Economy: Inflation, the Fed, and You."Inflation in America is happening for the first time in forty years, and the Federal Reserve has committed to fighting it. What tools can and does the Fed u...
June 19, 2023
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42:42
Why Inflation Happens, with John Cochrane
Episode one of the three-part series "The Economy: Inflation, the Fed, and You." Inflation in America is happening for the first time in forty years. Why have prices gone up and when might they come down? What role do monetary poli...
June 15, 2023
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47:13
Senator Dennis DeConcini: Eyewitness to History
In September 1981, Senator Dennis DeConcini, a Democrat from Arizona, supported President Ronald Reagan’s nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman to take a seat seat on the United States Supreme Court.Hear an eyewitness to h...
June 01, 2023
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