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Each episode of Breached highlights a different issue that has been traditionally framed as an essential element of any American social contract. Over ten episodes, the podcast explores areas of American life where some sort of bargain between us – either explicit or implicit – no longer seems to stand.

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Breached episodes:

07.04.2018
Epilogue
We end our series by touching on why we started the project and with one final interview: a conversation with Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School, on the history of the American social contract and why it’s...
06.21.2018
Democracy
The final episode in our series discusses how citizens can rewrite the social contract through participation in the democratic process. We hear from Larry Lessig, professor of law at Harvard Law School and 2016 presidential candidate; Eric Liu, founder and...
06.06.2018
Service
Our series continues with a discussion about the service that is required to uphold a social contract. We hear from Ray Mabus, former Secretary of the Navy and Governor of Mississippi; Alan Khazei, co-founder of City Year and longtime leader...
05.23.2018
Taxes
The series continues by considering how to pay for the social contract, in particular through taxation. We hear from Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots and current President of Citizens for Self-Governance; Raúl Carrillo and Danny Sufranski, leaders...
05.09.2018
Housing
We continue our series with a discussion about the consequences of a social contract that intentionally excluded, separated, and segregated. We hear from Michele Oberholtzer, a housing advocate in Detroit and candidate for State Representative of Michigan’s 4th District; Sarah...
04.25.2018
Employment
This episode explores what a social contract of employment looks like, given the changing nature of work in the 21st century economy. We hear from Tom Kochan, a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management; Oren Cass, a senior fellow at...
04.11.2018
Education
Our country’s education system challenges a national sense of community. This episode explores what happens when we limit our obligations to those in our immediate neighborhood and shrink our social contract to a local level. We hear from Marta Tienda,...
03.28.2018
Health
We continue our series with a discussion about health as a component of the social contract. We take a step back from the hyper-partisan political debate around health care and instead explore whether there are ways to reimagine and reframe...
03.14.2018
Safety
The third episode in our series explores the role of safety in an American social contract. We ask how our country’s debate around guns defines who can keep themselves safe—through both access to and protection from guns in their communities....
02.28.2018
Dissent
Our second episode explores dissent—as both a shaper and a component of the social contract. We hear from Tim McCarthy, an educator, historian, and citizen-activist; Charlene Carruthers, founding national director of Black Youth Project 100; Nate Boyer, former Seattle Seahawks long snapper...
02.14.2018
Community
We start our series with a conversation about how we define the boundaries of an American community—legally, politically, and practically—and how our perception of community may be shifting today. In this episode, we hear from Jin Park, a college student...
01.19.2018
Introducing Breached
Each episode of Breached highlights a different issue that has been traditionally framed as an essential element of any American social contract. Over ten episodes, the podcast explores areas of American life where some sort of bargain between us – either...