Democracy Without Politicians: Hélène Landemore
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Democracy Without Politicians: Hélène Landemore

45:16 Feb 5, 2026
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We discuss the concept of deliberative representative democracy by ordinary citizens, which means representing and being represented in turn.    Hélène's civic action toolkit recommendations are:  Listen and bring out the shy Share power   Hélène Landemore is a political theorist and professor of political science at Yale University. Her latest book is Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule, a manifesto for what's possible.   Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Discover new ways to #BetheSpark:  https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark    Follow Mila on X:  https://x.com/milaatmos    Follow Hélène on X:  https://x.com/landemore   Read Politics Without Politicians:  https://bookshop.org/shop/futurehindsight    Sponsor:  Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.   Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight  Credits:  Host: Mila Atmos  Guests: Hélène Landemore Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producer: Zack Travis
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