Episode

How Corruption and Abuses of Power Threaten Democracy

Podcast: Democracy Decoded
Published: Oct 16, 2025
Duration seconds: 2052
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Summary

Host Simone Leeper speaks with Mark Lee Greenblatt, Jodi Vittori and Kedric Payne to examine how corruption and abuses of power are eroding safeguards in government; how failures of accountability in Congress and the courts are weakening public trust; and what reforms could protect against corruption and conflicts of interest now and in the future.