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Episode Five: Zombie Democracy

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This Week in Dystopia
1 min readOct 31, 2017

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In an eerie episode, host Christopher Robichaud illustrates what zombie apocalypse stories have to teach us about democracy.

How are zombies useful in understanding democracies and how we handle crises? What does the Night of the Living Dead (1968) have to do with race relations? Tune in to find out.

“Zombies? Actually, they prefer post-mortem Americans”

Featured in this episode

🎬 Night of the Living Dead

📽 Dawn of the Dead

🎥 World War Z

📺 The Walking Dead

📹 The Dead Matter

You can stream The Dead Matter here. After you watch, comment with your favorite line from Chris’s character. This Week in Dystopia’s producer’s favorite, “Zombies? Actually, they prefer post-mortem Americans.”

Have a favorite Zombie movie, book, or TV show we didn’t mention? Let us know!

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🎙This Week in Dystopia
This Week in Dystopia

A podcast about the promise and perils of democracy, hosted by Christopher Robichaud, Harvard Kennedy School Senior Lecturer.