088: Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress: A Conversation with Dr. Maya Kornberg
Hello! This week I am joined by Dr. Maya Kornberg to discuss her most recent release Stuck: How money, media, and violence prevent change in Congress.
STUCK reveals how money, media, and political violence have hollowed out Congress and how reform-minded lawmakers can still make it work. Drawing on interviews and history, Kornberg shows why Congress is paralyzed and what it would take to restore democratic power.
Maya L. Kornberg, Ph.D is a senior research fellow and manager at NYU Law’s Brennan Center for Justice. She is the author of Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in Lawmaking, and her work has been featured inThe Washington Post, NPR, BBC, The New York Times,Newsweek, The Hill, Slate, and other outlets. She has taught political science at NYU, Georgetown, and Oxford and worked at the UN and Inter-Parliamentary Union and at several democracy focused nonprofits. Kornberg holds a BA from Stanford University, an MPA from Columbia University, and a PhD in politics from Oxford University.
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