Amazon Is a Problem in Seattle

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Met found out that amazon was spending a million dollars on a city council election to oust the councillor. Met had moved to seattle to work with this political campaign, but of course, he needed to pay his bills. He applied for various jobs until he got a call back for one position. And that was the first time that i realized, oh, i'm going to work for amazon.

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.