Tend It Like A Garden: A Podcast on the Irish Citizens' Assembly by Heinrich Böll Foundation Washington, DC

A 3-part podcast about deliberative democracy, freak blizzards, non-scientific pub-polling, and a chance encounter in a parking lot.

EPISODE I. Liberal Democracy in Crisis - Is it time to evolve?

Description: In this episode, we chat with governance and rule of law experts to learn more about the challenges to democratic governance on both sides of the Atlantic. We explore whether or not a citizens’ assembly might help rebuild trust democratic processes.

EPISODE II. From "Seething Anger" to Deliberation: The Case of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly

Description: In episode 2, our team travels to Dublin to talk with experts, politicians, civil society and a few random people in pubs about Ireland’s experiment with deliberative democracy. We’ll give you the scoop on how it came about, how it works in practice and what people think about it.

EPISODE III. The Irish Citizens’ Assembly - A Model Worth Replicating?

Description: In our last episode, we explore some of the critiques and shortcomings of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly and look into the feasibility of replicating the model in other country contexts.

Created by Ian Graham, Mackenzie Nelson, and Sarah Bowman, students at Central European University, and post-production provided by Chris Mann of podshaper.com

Also available at CEU: https://podcasts.ceu.edu/series/tend-it-garden-podcast-irish-citizens-assembly