New Podcast Exposes How Autocrats Undermine Democracies Worldwide
Authoritarian forces have long followed a familiar playbook: they systematically undermine courts, weaken independent media, manipulate elections, and spread disinformation. But there are tools and strategies to defend democracy.
In the podcast "The Playbook: Democratic Strategies Against the Autocrat's Script," journalist Sally Lisa Starken and researcher Maria Skóra expose the key tactics autocrats use to attack democratic societies—and how politics, civil society, and institutions can fight back. Over six episodes, they combine in-depth analysis and conversations with experts from Europe, the U.S., and Israel with real-world examples of democratic resilience, making one thing clear: democracy can only be effectively defended if we understand the autocrat's script. And in the end, they ask: what lessons can we in Germany draw from these experiences? A podcast by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung).
Also available on Deezer, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
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