Podcast: How to Save a Country
Now more than ever, America needs big ideas. On Felicia Wong and Michael Tomasky’s new podcast “How to Save a Country,” you’ll meet the people imagining—and building—a stronger economy and better democracy for all of us.
On their new podcast How to Save a Country, hosts Felicia Wong (Roosevelt Institute) and Michael Tomasky (The New Republic) introduce you to the people and ideas moving America forward in uncertain times. How did we get to this inflection point for our democracy and economy, and how do we move ahead? How do we protect democracy from its attackers? How do we change the fundamentals of our economy so jobs pay more and wealth is shared? How do we forge a path to a high-care, low-carbon future?
How to Save a Country answers these questions by connecting dots across economics, law, and politics—and shows that there IS a way forward for our democracy.
New episodes of the podcast release every Thursday. Presented by the Roosevelt Institute, The New Republic, and PRX. Generous funding for this podcast was provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network. Views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of its funders.
Episode Guide
- Episode 1: Why the Biden Economy Is Better Than You Think (with Brian Deese)
- Episode 2: Our Democracy Is in Trouble, but We’ve Been Here Before (with Heather Cox Richardson)
- Episode 3: Why Labor Unions Are Back, and How They Can Save Democracy (with Dorian Warren)
- Episode 4: The Supreme Court Is Back in Session. What’s the Progressive Plan? (with Amy Kapczynski)
- Episode 5: An Immigration Plan for the Climate Change Era (with Deepak Bhargava)
- Episode 6: House Leadership: The Next Generation (with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries)
- Episode 7: How the Green New Deal Changed the Conversation (with Rhiana Gunn-Wright)
- Episode 8: Making Meaning of the Midterms
- Episode 9: Why Neoliberalism Is Finally on the Way Out (with Brad DeLong)
- Episode 10: Guests Joelle Gamble and Heidi Shierholz (Releasing on December 1)
- Episode 11: Guest TBD (Releasing on December 8)
HOW TO SAVE A COUNTRY TRAILER
Felicia Wong
President & CEO, Roosevelt InstituteFelicia Wong is the President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, whose mission is to advance progressive policies in pursuit of a high-care, low-carbon economy that works for all. She served on the Biden-Harris administration transition advisory board and was the US representative on the G7 Economic Resilience Panel in 2021.
Michael Tomasky
Editor, The New RepublicMichael Tomasky is a longtime liberal writer, commentator, and editor of the New Republic and Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. He is the author of six books, most recently The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity.
NEXT WEEK: Felicia and Michael interview the current chief economist of the Department of Labor, Joelle Gamble; and Heidi Shierholz, who served in that role during the Obama administration. They discuss challenges and opportunities in today's economy, and the way forward.