The US Senate Is Indefensible

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The us. Senate as we know it has got to go, says sandy levinson. 50 % of the entire american population now live in nine states. California gets two senators representing forty million people. Wyoming also gets two senatorsrepresenting a little more than half a million people. There is simply no defence for the fact that wyoming, california, or rermont have the same voting power in the senate.

What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change?

By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Michael Waldman, Jennifer Cohn, and Sanford Levinson.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.