With this live taping from West Lafayette, Ind., we close out season four. Three experts on Black Power, women’s movements, and Democracy’s discontents join Siva and Will onstage to discuss what the past has to teach us about defending - and improving - government by the people.

Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Russian-made nerve agent in August 2020. When he recovered, he returned to his own country, knowing he would face persecution. New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen says that sort of audacity is a cornerstone of the opposition movement.

Many people still refer to unauthorized immigrants in America as “illegal” — but it’s the country’s immigration system itself that is lawless and inhumane, says political scientist Elizabeth Cohen.