Throughout the world, democratic progress has not only halted, but receded over the past few years and the United States has been one of the main perpetrators.

On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Oliver Wang interviews Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States (Obama Administration), Ben Rhodes to discover who is to blame for the global fall of democracy and how we might return to a truly democratic identity.

BOOK: After the Fall: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made

GUEST: Ben Rhodes

PRODUCER: Oliver Wang

MUSIC: Silas Bohen and Coleman Hamilton

PRODUCTION: Pod People - Hannah Pedersen, Danielle Roth, Shaneez Tyndall, and Michael Aquino.

SHOW NOTES: Link to Ben Rhodes’ work