Future Hindsight

Who controls public money? Who benefits from it? And who gets left out? Steve Phillips understands that power is not abstract. It shows up in budgets, contracts, and who gets to manage public money. TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/pla...

@profmmurray.bsky.social breaks it down...The Federal Constitution mostly protects negative rights, meaning it stops the government from doing certain things, but it does not promise you much in return. What will your vote fight for this year?? TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/the...

The Constitution itself was written by framers with specific intentions. For example, they had a deep fear of concentrated power and a standing army that could trample the rights of ordinary people. Sound familiar?

We have the tools. We have the science. We even have public support. What we don’t have is enough people stepping into their power! This week, @kkwilkinson.bsky.social helps us see why participation is the force that could change everything. TUNE IN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Most of us want progress, but we underestimate our own majority.

Congress has not updated its committee structure since before the internet existed, and you can feel the gap every time a new technology reshapes the world faster than lawmakers can respond. Think about AI. TUNE IN with @@kornbergmaya.bsky.social: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/uns...

This week, we talk about the many ways Congress with @kornbergmaya.bsky.social could actually function better, from rethinking campaign finance and debating age limits to bringing back real town halls and addressing the violence that members face.

What does it mean for a democracy when the people elected to serve it feel unsafe in their own communities? When civic engagement starts to shrink, the warning signs are hard to ignore.

When you understand that “doing nothing” is its own choice, it forces a different kind of honesty. It makes you ask what you can influence right now, what small move you can make today that shifts the trajectory even a little. Tune in with @galbeckerman: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/the...

When you hear the word “dissident,” you might be thinking of some wild protest with barricades and shoving, but it’s deeper than that. Resistance belongs to all of us. And this week, @galbeckerman.bsky.social lays out a path for change we should all consider. (2/3)

What is the current state of our civic health? Depending on who you ask, the answer may vary. But most will agree that civic engagement far and wide needs a little… spark. Curious? Michael Zakaras of @ashoka.org US has us covered. TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/eve...

Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful. But how do we do that? (2/3)

We throw the word “radical” around a lot in politics. But what if we’ve been pointing it in the wrong direction? Let’s go a little deeper… 🧵(1/3)

100,000 members. Millions of dollars. 2,000+ monuments. The United Daughters of the Confederacy built the Confederate myth from the ground up! And America is still living inside it. TUNE IN: buff.ly/FV06qmc

The Lost Cause was a coordinated campaign. It rewrote textbooks, built 2,000+ monuments, and shaped films coming out of Hollywood. Ann Bausum has spent a long time tracing it back to its source. She joins us this week to shine a light for us. (2/3)

Change is a team sport. @equalityalec.bsky.social of the Civil Rights Corps joined us on the show to remind us that organizing with others isn’t just powerful — it is the point. Real democracy is built in community, not in isolation. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙🎙

This week on FH, we're sharing our episode with Alec Karakatsanis, who joined us to explain how “copaganda” sells fear, then offers only one “solution” by pouring endless resources into the punishment machine while ignoring what actually makes communities safe. (2/3)

The social contract is being tested in ways most of us have never seen before. This week, Yelena and Tatyana join us to talk about what holds the line when institutions come under pressure and why civil society showing up is what makes the difference: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/the...

The authoritarian playbook isn't just about power. It's about money. And it always has been, hasn’t it??? 🧵(1/3)

Economic populism is more than just a political ideology. It's how candidates can really connect to constituents! It’s how they win in places Democrats have written off for years. TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/eco...

Everyone throws around the word "progressive," but there isn’t just one definition, is there? What does “progressive” actually mean when the stakes are this high? We’ve got you covered… 🧵(1/3)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: When people around the world look at American democracy, one of the first things they notice is how much money it takes to run for office. Just to be clear: that's not a compliment. TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/sup...

Stock trading bans for Congress get applause at every single town hall. Republicans, Democrats, Independents. Every time. So why is it still happening? This week, Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United joins us to talk about exactly that. TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/the...

Billionaires spent $16 million on elections in 2008. By 2024, that number had grown to $2.6 billion. That's 162x more in just a few cycles. And no, that’s not a typo. So how did it get like this? 🧵(1/3)

Disagreement isn't the enemy of democracy. Running away from it is. Learning to sit with discomfort, and actually work through it with people who see things differently, is one of the most radical things we can do right now. TUNE IN: buff.ly/M4pDvKS

We keep getting told that Americans are too divided to agree on anything. But is that actually true? Let’s talk about it… 🧵(1/3)