Sitemap - 2022 - Lucid
Q&A is Sunday 8-9pmET; George Santos as Outcome of Trump Remaking GOP in His Own image
Shutting Down Putin's War is Essential for Global Security in 2023
Video Christmas Message; What it Means to Be a Refugee
Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony: A Primer in Authoritarian Corruption
"We've Lost the Line!" The Trauma of Jan. 6
Preparing for the Final Jan. 6 Hearing
Reg. Info Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET, w/Brynn Tannehill
Coups Make a Comeback as GOP Elites Declare "Total War" on US Democracy
Reg. Info Q&A Today, Dec 9, 1-2pmET
"Kanye. Elon. Trump." Hate Speech is Protected Speech for Republican Extremists
Info Reg. Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET
What China Tells Us About the Dynamics of Nonviolent Protest
Trying Again: New Link for Tonight 8-9pmET
NEW link to register for Q&A tonight 8-9pmET
Reg. Info Tonight's Q&A, 8-9pmET
Thanksgiving Reflections: Searching for Common Ground
"Neutrality is an Abdication of Duty": The Media and our Democratic Crisis
Reg. Info for Today's Q&A 1-2pmET
Unify and Stand For Something! Lessons from Center-Left Defeats in Hungary, Israel, and Italy
More midterms takeaways/Q&A Sunday 8-9pmET
Instead of a Red Wave, The Midterms Produced a Wave of Historic Firsts in American Politics
In Brazil, Protecting Free and Fair Elections Brings New Chance for Democracy
Reg. Info Q&A Tonight, Nov 6, 8-9pmET
My Video on Political Violence/Reg. for Today's Q&A
Correction to Essay and NYT Recs Strongmen
Political Violence against Pelosi, and My Exchange with Elon Musk, New Owner of Twitter
Italy, the Next Frontier of Authoritarian Family Policies?
Xi Jinping's Personality Cult Expands to Cover Up China's Failures
Essay on Xi Jinping's Cult Tomorrow; Greetings from Munich
Reg. Info Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET
"Election Denial" Does Not Capture the GOP's Corruption and Violence. Let's Find a Better Term
Reg. Info Q&A Tonight, 8-9pmET
To Make Fascism Great Again, Cleanse it of Associations with Jewish Genocide
Putin's "Anti-Colonial" Imperialism Lines Up With Authoritarian History
When Strongmen Get Desperate: Putin Declares War on the West
How Putin's Debacle in Ukraine Echoes Other Ruinous Autocrat-Military Alliances
Reg. Info Q&A Tonight, 8-9pmET
Iran protests, Trump the cult leader, Italy on the verge of putting a neo-Fascist in power
Reg. Info Today's Q&A & Atlantic Piece on Possible Election of a neo-Fascist in Italy
Putin's War on Ukraine Reveals the Dysfunctions of Authoritarian Rule
Q&A for Founding Members, Sept. 25, 8-9pmET
Queen Elizabeth's Passing and the Difficult Legacies of British Empire.
Reg. Info Tonight's Q&A 8-9pmET
9/11 as Shock Event: The Path to Illiberal Politics
Reg. Info Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET
Chile's Constitution, Defeated at the Polls, Charted an Anti-Authoritarian Future
What Should a Leader Sound Like?
Always the Victim: A Century of Strongman Scams
The "New Era" of Russia and China: Unrestrained Imperialism For Both Parties is the Premise
Reminder for Q&A This Friday 1-2pmET
For Strongmen like Trump, Everything is for Sale and Everyone has a Price
Reg. Link for Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET.
Trump's Hitler Fantasies Remind Us of the Destruction that Comes when Militaries Serve Autocrats
Orban: The Strongman Made in America and Hungary
Log-in Tonight's Q&A, 8-9pmET. Journalist Nina Burleigh is our guest
The Brute and the Bureaucrat: Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Video essay about the GOP in transition
Log-in Today's Q&A, 7/29, 1-2pmET
Should Donald Trump Be Prosecuted?
Strongmen See the End of Their Power as an Existential Threat, and Act Accordingly
When Illiberal Forces are on the Rise, Libraries and Librarians Become Targets
Reg. Info Today's Q&A, July 15, 1-2pmET
How Trump's Methodical Cultivation of Violence in his Followers Contributed to Jan. 6
How Trump's Cultivation of Violence Contributed to Jan. 6
Reg. Info Q&A Tonight, July 10, 8-9pmET
Reg Info Q&A Today, July 8, 1-2pmET
It's Time to Rethink Patriotism and Reclaim it from the Far Right
Supreme Court Curbs EPA Power: Taking Rights Away and Plundering the Environment Go Together
Heeding the Warning Signs of Creeping Authoritarianism
Reg. Info for Q&A Today, June 24, 1-2pmET
The Big Lie: One of the Most Successful Propaganda Operations in US History
This Father's Day, A Call for an Anti-Authoritarian Model of Fatherhood
Reg. Link Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET, w Jen Taub, legal scholar and corruption expert, as special guest
What the History of Coups Reveals about Jan. 6
Video: Thoughts about the Jan. 6 hearing
Reg. Info for Q&A Today, 6/10, 1-2pmET
Preparing for the Jan. 6 Hearings
Pope Francis's Caution in Publicly Condemning Putin Continues a Vatican Tradition
Reg. Info for Q&A Tonight, 8-9pmET
Ron DeSantis Sends an Authoritarian Message: Submit To Me Or Else
Reg. Info Q&A Today, June 3, 1-2pmET
When polarization shifts into survivalist mode, democracy is in danger
Reg. info Q&A Today, 5/27, 1-2pmET
Mass Shootings/Lucid Q&A May 27
Hope: The Secret Weapon of Democracy Protection
Registration Q&A Today, 5/20, 1-2pmET
The Racist Demagoguery of Tucker Carlson and Trump has a Fascist Lineage
GOP-Orban Love Affair/Q&A May 20 1-2pmET
The Return of the Marcos Family to Power Imperils Democracy in the Philippines
Gideon Rachman on Pathologies of Strongman Rule
"Mussolini Did Great Things for Italy. He Only Harmed Subversives and Jews."
Reg. Info Today's Q&A, May 6, 1-2pmET
Reg. Info Q&A Tonight, 5/1, 8-9pmET
Reg. Info Q&A Today, 4/29, 1-2pmET
How To Stop Mass Shooters? A Conversation with Mark Follman
Marine Le Pen: A Next-Wave Authoritarian Selling Hate With a Feminine Touch
Registration Info for Q&A Today, 4/22, 1-2pmET
Supriya Gandhi on Modi and Hindu Nationalism
Reg. Info Q&A, Today, 4/15, 1-2pmET. Special Guest: Jared Yates Sexton
One Year of Lucid: Tracking Authoritarianism, Democratic Decline, and Resistance
Registration Info Q&A Today, 1-2pmET
From Budapest to Boca Raton, Illiberal Politicians Target LGBTQ Populations
Registration for Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET
Erica Chenoweth & Zoe Marks: Women Power Civil Resistance Movements, Including in Ukraine.
The Destructive Strongman Dynamics Behind Putin's War on Ukraine
Registration for Q&A Tonight, 7-8pmET
Registration link for today's Q&A, March 25, 1-2pmET.
Q&A Time Change: March 27, 7-8pmET
Lucid Feedback/Q&A Mar 27, 8-9pmET
Tinatin Japaridze on Stalin's legacies: "We were told that everything we had learned was not true"
Speaking Directly to Russians, Schwarzenegger Disrupts Putin's Disinformation Machine
Is Putin Crazy? What Is Motivating Him and How Far Will He Go?
Registration Link Q&A Today, March 18, 1-2pmET
Ron DeSantis is turning Florida into his own mini-autocracy
Registration Info Q&A Today, 3/11, 1-2pmET
Dr. Manuel Carballo On The Physical and Psychosocial Challenges Refugees Face
The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Reminds Us of Authoritarianism's Devastating Impact
Registration Info for Q&A March 4, 1-2pmET
Paul Massaro: Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Measures Defend Democracies and Weaken Dictators
Putin Miscalculated, But Entrenched Kleptocracy May Delay Regime Change
Registration Info for Q&A, Today, Feb 27, 8-9pmET
Putin's War on Ukraine: A Game-Changer for the Cause of Democracy?
Registration Info for Q&A, Today, Feb. 25, 1-2pmET
Juliette Kayyem On How to Deal With Extremists
The Propaganda Points That Parallel Russia's Military Mobilization around Ukraine
Registration Information for Today's Live Q&A, Friday, Feb 18, 1-2pmET
Extremism Expert Stephanie Carvin on the Convoys and How To Respond to Them
The Convoy Is Coming For Our Democracy
Registration Info For Today's Live Q&A, 1-2pmET
Badiucao: Speaking Out Through Art Against Censorship and Oppression
This Spring, Autocracy is on the Global Ballot
Registration Info Live Q&A Today, Feb 4, 1-2pmET
War Reporter and Author Janine di Giovanni on the Scourge of Extremism
Pardon Me: From Il Duce to Trump, Authoritarians Use Pardons to Increase Their Power
Registration Info for Today's Live Q&A, 1-2pmET
Rep. Eric Swalwell: Countering Republicans' "Rule or Ruin" Mindset
Lock Them Up: Jailing Investigators is an Authoritarian Specialty
Register for Live Q&A Today, Jan. 21, 1-2pmET
Michael Edison Hayden on Far-Right Extremists and Cryptocurrency
Registration Link for Live Q&A, Jan 14, 1-2pmET
Is America Primed for Civil War? A Conversation with Barbara Walter
Tucker Carlson, Propagandist and Authoritarian Enforcer
Registration Info for Live Q&A Jan. 7, 1-2pmET
Malcolm Nance: Welcome to the American Insurgency
We're Living Through a Right-Wing Counterrevolution. Here's Where Jan. 6 Fits In