“It is no longer the case that we are choosing our representatives through our votes. Our representatives are choosing us through hyper-gerrymander districts.”
- Max Stearns, Law Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law
If we have anything to thank Trump for, it's exposing the cracks in our democracy and showing us exactly where repairs are needed.
Check out the first episode of The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, out now with guests
@JaneMayerNYer
and
@NoahBookbinder
.
Listen wherever you get
The first presidential debate is here, and voters do not seem thrilled with the two, very different candidates.
How does a consumerist country built on choice produce so few options?
New episode of the podcast out NOW!
The state of abortion today is just one reflection of our distorted democracy. Here’s how to fight back.
@JonStewart
was joined by
@ProfMMurray
and
@JessicaValenti
on last week's episode of The Weekly Show.
Who is responsible for the death of a person forced to carry a pregnancy to term?
This week
@JonStewart
is joined by
@ProfMMurray
and
@JessicaValenti
to discuss the onslaught of attacks on reproductive rights.
It’s not corruption if you redefine corruption!
On this week’s podcast
@JonStewart
is joined by
@JaneMayerNYer
and
@NoahBookbinder
.
Listen to the first episode of The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart wherever you get your podcasts.
#TGIT
“I think I would like the government to worry about our lifetimes, not the lifetime of this dysfunctional airplane.” - Bill Hartung , Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
On this week’s episode of The Weekly Show,
@JonStewart
is joined by
Don’t miss the first episode of The Weekly Show coming out tomorrow (June 6th).
@JonStewart
talks about government corruption, faith in democracy, and… male nipples? Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
#TGIT
#TheWeeklyShow
#JonStewart
“Holy shit Jane, I don’t need to do a podcast anymore.” -
@JonStewart
@JaneMayerNYer
’s plan for tax transparency is so good it has Jon quitting podcasting on his very first episode.
#TGIT
A vulnerability in our democracy: They're asking Jon to write legislation!
Hear from Jon Stewart, the legislative intern, in the very first episode of The Weekly Show, available now!
This week’s guests are
@JaneMayerNYer
and
@NoahBookbinder
.
Listen wherever you get your
There are various barriers in place for third-party candidates to get ahead in America's political system, and the Supreme Court has even helped uphold this.
Jon Stewart has just one question: "How many of us can afford Supreme Court justices?"
Full podcast video out NOW!
Abortion: Mission Impossible
On this week’s episode Jon sits down with
@ProfMMurray
, NYU Law Professor and Co-host of the Strict Scrutiny Podcast, and
@JessicaValenti
, founder of to discuss how our distorted democracy brought us to this moment, unpack