The US Senate Is Too Big to Be Run by a Single House

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One half of the country gets 18 senators, the other half 82. The senate is dramatically more conservative than the country as a whole. Sandy levinson also wants to make it easier to get rid of a bad president. He says we should also consider just getting rid of the presidency and moving to a parliamentary system like most other democracies in the world.

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.