Democracy Under Pressure: What History Tells Us

Podcast: Great Art, Big Ideas · International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Opublikowano: 2026-08-11

| Historians Elizabeth Hinton, Joanne Freeman, and Beverly Gage sit down with CT Public's Lucy Nalpathanchil to ask: what does the past actually tell us about democracy under strain right now? Drawing on centuries of American history, they explore how democracies have been tested before, what we can learn from those moments, and why understanding the past has never felt more urgent — whether you're a history buff or just trying to make sense of today's headlines. Recorded live at New Haven Museum as part of America 250: Democracy at a Crossroads, presented by the International Festival of Art...