March 6th, 2025

“There is this total connection between community and democratic governance.”

We discuss why joining a club or an association is the glue that binds civic society to democracy. They are the classrooms for our citizenship!

Pete Davis is a bestselling author of Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing, the founder of the Democracy Policy Network, and the co-director of Join or Die, a film about why you should join a club and why the fate of America depends on it. 

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Pete are:

1. Join a club!

2. Re-inhabit the world that you’re in, by learning about it.

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Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos 

Guest: Pete Davis

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis