Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now, we seem on the backfoot unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the value and importance of...

Over recent years there's been a lot of talk about populism around the world. People have accused people like Trump, Erdogan and Johnson of being populist and we're now looking at what they actually do. What does it mean to be populist,...

Richard Pildes is one of the nation’s leading scholars of constitutional law and a specialist in legal issues affecting democracy. A former law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, he has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and...

On May 3, 1791 the Constitution of Poland was signed. As a nationalized polish citizen, I am proud that my new home was the second country in the world to give its people constitutional rights. On today's episode of Kult America I'd like...

In this episode we examine the topic: Is the U.S. Capitol a Religious Building?

Explaining the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution and the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.

Deborah Meier is currently senior scholar at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education She has spent more than four decades working in public education as a teacher, principal, writer, advocate, and ranks among the most...

The year 2026 marks the bicentennial of a landmark year in US history – when the first European women and enslaved people arrived on North American soil, and US democracy was born.

Public spaces are places for democracy. Open to everyone, and a space where people can gather, they could form a type of government where the people have ultimate power.

On May 3, 1791 the Constitution of Poland was signed. As a nationalized polish citizen, I am proud that my new home was the second country in the world to give its people constitutional rights. On today's episode of Kult America I’d like...

This week, we tell the real history of the Iranian Revolution. A story that begins in the 19th-century Great Game and continues to today.

What happens in the first century BC that starts the creation of trade between east and west? What did the Greeks and Romans know about the Chinese around the first century? ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker***...

As China and Russia adopt their own variants, the reign of capitalism seems absolute. Yet there are many who wish for an alternative and some who claim a final crisis is in the making. Is there a radical alternative that we have not yet...

Marilyn Cochran-Smith is the Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College (USA), where she directed the Ph.D. Program in Curriculum and Instruction from 1996-2017. A teacher...

In ancient Athens, symbols were used to promote religious and democratic ideals and beliefs. Thousands of years later these symbols helped to define the United States.

The nation, the tribe, the union, are all sources of strength. But they are also a means to entrench advantage and exclude others. Are borders and boundaries really about privilege? Should we strengthen them so we have greater power and...

How long were the Silk roads stable during the interconnection of east and west? ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker*** Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 6

This film is about the most important events of Watkins Harper’s early life, highlighting her early achievements as a writer.

We believe democracy leads to a fairer world. Yet almost all governments claim to be democratic including China, Russia and Syria. And 50 years after the abolition of hanging, UK polls still show a majority in favour. Is democracy...

Learn why stories of journeys in the ancient world is mostly patchy and unknown. ***The interviewers audio is lower than the guest speaker*** Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 3

Art is a powerful democratic tool because it can inspire emotion and empower people to take direct action to achieve a social or political goal.

This video explores a border town between India and Myanmar to see if the nation's boundary has created a distinct Indian sense of self. Through conversations with locals on both sides of the border, he discovers that despite the...

Beijing’s new national security law grants the government sweeping powers that critics fear will be used to quash Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy.

How does the author choose his sources and chart how to go about it? What surprised him most while writing his book? How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 4