Liberal democracy, free speech and freedom of the press are under attack in many parts of the world. Two of the most insidious threats are from conspiracy theories and the growing global reach of China's dictatorship.

In this episode we discuss two interviews from "Democracy Works", a podcast series from The McCourtney Institute at Penn State University about what it means to live in a democracy. 

Larry Diamond, author of the 2019 book, "Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition and American Complacency" and Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum authors of the book, "A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy." Jim and Richard discuss the ideas raised in both sets of interviews.