Buzzing about Defending Democracy and being On Our Own

About this episode

Michael Hemphill discusses Defending Democracy and its implications in the context of Virginia's political landscape.

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about Defending Democracy, founded in Blacksburg, Virginia, in response to what organizers say is the increasing authoritarianism of the second Trump administration. Michael chats with Virginia Tech professor emeritus Jim Bohland, and asks how Virginia Democrats' redistricting effort squares with Defending Democracy's mission. Regardless of your political affiliation, you'll want to listen. This week BUZZ also began production on a new epi...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Hemphill

Guest: Jim Bohland

Topics covered

• Defending Democracy
• political affiliation
• redistricting
• authoritarianism
• Virginia politics

Keywords

• Defending Democracy
• Michael Hemphill
• Jim Bohland
• redistricting
• Virginia politics
• authoritarianism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Defending Democracy

Places: Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia

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