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 a powerful tool to organize around. Noah Feldman, The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President (Random House 2017). Mark Hulliung, The Social Contract in America: From the Revolution to the Present Age (Univ. Press of Kan. 2007). This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo. Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:
"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)
"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2) Sound effects downloaded from freesound: https://freesound.org/  

Epilogue

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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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 CEO of Citizen University; Charlotte Alter, national correspondent at TIME Magazine; and Amanda Nguyen, founder and CEO of Rise. For additional information on the issues we briefly examine, we recommend the following resources: E.J. Dionne & Kayla Meltzer Drogosz, The Promise of National Service: A (Very) Brief History of an Idea, Brookings (June 2, 2003), https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-promise-of-national-service-a-very-brief-history-of-an-idea/. Lawrence Lessig, Republic, Lost: Version 2.0 (Twelve 2015). Lawrence Lessig, I'm Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won't Let Me, POLITICO Mag. (Oct. 1, 2015), https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/lessig-lawrence-democrats-debate-2016-213215. Eric Liu, You're More Powerful than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen (PublicAffairs 2017). Eric Liu & Nick Hanauer, The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government (Sasquatch Books 2011). Eric Liu, How Donald Trump Is Reviving American Democracy, Atlantic (Mar. 8, 2017), https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/how-donald-trump-is-reviving-our-democracy/518928/. Charlotte Alter, The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough, TIME (Mar. 22, 2018), http://time.com/longform/never-again-movement/. Charlotte Alter, A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office, TIME (Jan. 18, 2018), http://time.com/5107499/record-number-of-women-are-running-for-office/. Amanda Nguyen, TED: Re-Writing Laws to Help Sexual Assault Survivors, YouTube (Dec. 20, 2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJBi8oyG18. Diana Pearl, How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault, People (Aug. 30, 2016), https://people.com/celebrity/amanda-nguyen-and-rise-profile-passing-sexual-assault-bill-of-rights/. Patrick D'Arcy, How to Turn a Cause into a Law, TED (Nov. 17, 2017), https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-turn-a-cause-into-a-law/. This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo. Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:
"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)
"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)

Democracy

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 in the movement for national civilian service; and Stanley McChrystal, retired four-star general, former U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and chairman of Service Year Alliance. Stanley A. McChrystal, You Don't Have to Wear a Military Uniform to Serve Your Country, The Atlantic (Jul. 20, 2016), https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/you-dont-have-to-wear-a-military-uniform-to-serve-your-country/491765/. 
 Alan Khazei, Big Citizenship: How Pragmatic Idealism Can Bring Out the Best in America (Pub. Affairs 2010). 
 David B. Larter, Out-going SECNAV Mabus defends progressive personnel reforms, Navy Times (Jan. 12, 2017), https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/01/12/out-going-secnav-mabus-defends-progressive-personnel-reforms/. 
 Grayson Kirk, Shall We Have Universal Military Training? (1944 Censored), American Historical Association, https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/gi-roundtable-series/pamphlets/em-21-shall-we-have-universal-military-training-(1944-censored).
 Matthew Spalding, Principles and Reforms for Citizen Service, Heritage Foundation (Apr. 1, 2003), https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/principles-and-reforms-citizen-service.
 Janna Malamud Smith, 'Giving Back' Used To Be A Principle Of Our Democracy. Can It Be Again?, WBUR (Feb. 27, 2018), http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/02/27/giving-back-janna-malamud-smith. This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo. Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:
"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)
"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)

Service

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 of the Modern Money Network; and Michele Oberholtzer, a housing advocate in Detroit and candidate for State Representative of Michigan’s 4th District. For additional information on the issues we briefly examine, we recommend the following resources: Shamus Khan, The Rich Haven’t Always Hated Taxes, TIME (Sept. 18, 2012), http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/18/the-rich-havent-always-hated-taxes/. Mark Meckler, The Health Care Fiasco Should Make Americans Sober to This Reality, Breitbart (Mar. 28, 2017), http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/28/meckler-health-care-fiasco-make-americans-sober-reality/. Convention of States, https://conventionofstates.com/ (last visited May 22, 2018). Raúl Carrillo & Jesse Myerson, The Dangerous Myth of Taxpayer Money, Splinter (Oct. 19, 2017), https://splinternews.com/the-dangerous-myth-of-taxpayer-money-1819658902. Michele Oberholtzer, Myth-busting the Detroit foreclosure crisis, Detroit Metro Times (Sept. 13, 2017), https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/myth-busting-the-detroit-tax-foreclosure-crisis/Content?oid=5552983. This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo. Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:
"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)
"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)

Taxes

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 Schindler, professor of law at University of Maine School of Law; and Rebecca Elliott, assistant professor of sociology at London School of Economics. For additional information on the issues we briefly examine, we recommend the following resources: Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Liveright 2017). President Franklin D. Roosevelt, State of the Union Message to Congress (Jan. 11, 1944). Michele Oberholtzer, Myth-busting the Detroit foreclosure crisis, Detroit Metro Times (Sept. 13, 2017), https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/myth-busting-the-detroit-tax-foreclosure-crisis/Content?oid=5552983. Sarah Schindler, Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation Through Physical Design of the Built Environment, 124 Yale L. J. 1934 (2015). Rebecca Elliott, Opinion, In Hurricane Harvey’s Wake, We Need a Green ‘New Deal’, N.Y. Times (Aug. 31, 2017), https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/opinion/in-hurricane-harveys-wake-we-need-a-green-new-deal.html. This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo. Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:
"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)
"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)

Epilogue

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