Democracy Works Creators & Guests

Saving democracy, one podcast episode at a time.

Dr. Rebecca J. Kreitzer is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and author.

Walter Michael Shaub Jr. is an attorney who specializes in government ethics. From 2013 to 2017, he was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. Currently, he is the Senior Director of Ethics at the Campaign Legal Center.Shaub received his B.A. in History from James Madison University and his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law. He is licensed as an attorney in both the District of Columbia and Virginia.

Sarah Koenig is an American journalist, public radio personality, former Producer of the television and radio program This American Life, and the Host and Executive Producer of the podcast Serial.

Anne Applebaum is a journalist and historian whose work focuses on the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently, she is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.