The King Is Dead, Now What? The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy

**Podcast Episode Premiere, Guided Discussion, and Potluck Gathering**

***Democracy is in crisis. Join community for a night of food, dialogue, and deeper understanding.***

*Join storyteller Alex Leff, host of* Human Nature Odyssey for an evening of food, listening, and rich discussion as we gather to hear the latest episode of *Human Nature Odyssey*, a documentary podcast that tells the epic story of how the left-right political spectrum came to be, and the struggle for democracy in the modern world.

As America faces its own crisis of democracy, *The King Is Dead, Now What?* explores the long arc of the global struggle between monarchy and revolution, authoritarianism and democracy, hierarchy and equality—from the storming of the Bastille to the rise of fascism, from communist revolutions to neoliberal collapse.

**We’ll break bread, listen together, then open the floor for group discussion:**

Where did our political ideologies come from?

Why does the appeal of authoritarianism keep returning?

And what possibilities still remain for democracy today?

**COST**

Potluck: bring a dish or $10

Episode premiere: sliding scale $15-30 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

**Schedule**

6pm - Doors open and potluck begins

6:55pm - Doors close (please arrive before then)

7pm - Episode premiere

8pm - Group discussion

9pm - Gathering ends