# Democracy Without Politicians: Hélène Landemore

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Podcast: [OCCUPY! An Unfinished Uprising](https://stenobird.com/podcast/occupy-an-unfinished-uprising-503463)
Published: 2026-02-05T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/democracy-without-politicians-hlne-landemore
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## Resource

We discuss the concept of deliberative representative democracy by ordinary citizens, which means representing and being represented in turn. Hélène's civic action toolkit recommendations are: Listen and bring out the shy Share power Hélène Landemore is a political theorist and professor of political science at Yale University. Her latest book is Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule, a manifesto for what's possible. Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/ Discover new ways to #BetheSpark: https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark Follow Mila on X: https://x.com/milaatmos Follow Hélène on X: https://x.com/landemore Read Politics Without Politicians : https://bookshop.org/shop/futurehindsight Sponsor: Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful . Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight Credits: Host: Mila Atmos Guests: Hélène Landemore Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producer: Zack Travis

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