How to Save Democracy
Episodes
What Art Can Do for Democracy
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We host legendary artist Brian Eno and his co-author Bette Adriaanse to explore the ideas in their book, What Art Does. Feelings are not luxuries, the...
Neighbourhood Power
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Radical architect Indy Johar and renowned community leader Immy Kaur share their understanding of the vital importance of neighbourhood-scale work in ...
Nation of Strangers
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For our first live recording, we host Turkish writer and political commentator Ece Temelkuran to discuss her brave and beautiful new book, Nation Of ...
Taiwan’s Transformation
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trust in government has been collapsing all over the world over the last decade - but one country has bucked the trend. Fewer than 10% of the populati...
The Irish Citizens’ Assembly
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2025, Jon hosted a live event in Dublin exploring the past, present and future of one of the most exciting democratic experiments of rece...
Meet Jon
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, co-host Omezzine Khelifa turns the mic on her fellow presenter, Jon Alexander. Before founding the New Citizenship Project and writin...
Meet Omezzine
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re figuring out how to fix democracy. Not by talking about it from a distance, but by meeting the people doing the work. In this episode, you hav...
Citizen is a Verb
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in September 2024, as the US election took an unexpected turn, we gathered at the Conduit Club in London with Baratunde Thurston and Elizabeth St...
Facing the Menace
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re not looking away. We’re acknowledging the cracks in our democracies and asking what can still be done. Recorded live at the...