On Shifting Ground

2024 Election Special: The Place Beyond Two Parties

Can two parties really represent America?
 
This week, in our latest special election series, we’ll hear from Michigan voter, Greg Stempfle, and former Ferndale city council member, Kat Bruner James, about how a suburb of Detroit is trying to reform elections... and make politics less bitter along the way.
 
Guests:  
 
Greg Stempfle, Ferndale, Michigan voter
 
Kat Bruner James, former Ferndale, Michigan city council member
 
Host:  
 
Ray Suarez
 
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Do you ever feel like reality is shifting beneath your feet? Veteran journalist Ray Suarez spent forty years covering elections, civil wars, and pandemics that shaped the way we live. He’s seen entire countries flipped upside down and right side up… and now he’s here to bring a sensible voice to our endless doom-scrolling. Each week, Ray hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts that explore how people from New Hampshire to New Guinea are navigating our rapidly changing world. A co-production of Commonwealth Club - World Affairs and KQED.