Laura Carlson (@carlsonlj.bsky.social)

Gábor Scheiring: Saving Democracy Is about Saving People Learn more about The Context → https://www.kettering.org/thecontext/ Subscribe to The Context: Apple → https://apple.co/3YhVv8J Spotify → https://spoti.fi/3Wm778f Amazon → https://amzn.to/3yczEoE RSS → https://bit.ly/3WfZ0Kl A former member of the Hungarian Parliament tells us what interventions Americans need to take right now to avoid the authoritarian backsliding that has dismantled democracy in Hungary since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán came to power in 2010. Gábor Scheiring served in the Hungarian Parliament from 2010–2014. He is an assistant professor of comparative politics at Georgetown University, Qatar, and author of The Retreat of Liberal Democracy: Authoritarian Capitalism and the Accumulative State in Hungary. He is also a Charles F. Kettering Global Fellow. Show links: https://www.gaborscheiring.com/ https://kettering.org/fellow/gabor-scheiring/ The Context is a podcast from the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, about the history, trends, and ideas shaping democracy in the United States and around the world. Every episode, host Alex Lovit, a senior program officer and historian with the foundation, interviews someone who has seen it all—scholars, politicians, journalists, and public servants. We’ll get their take on how we got to where we are, and what they’ve seen through their experience, not only watching the news unfold, but sometimes even being the news itself. In these conversations, we’ll talk about things like inclusive democracy, citizen engagement, government accountability, and the threat of authoritarianism. Every question has its reason, and every answer has its context. Find new episodes Tuesday, every other week. https://bit.ly/4c1S8aS