Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) The US attorneys scandal turns on politicization of justice — specifically on the question of whether Bush administration US attorneys were...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) The participatory budget of Icapui, Brazil. The left column reads, “where the money comes from.” The one on the right reads,...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) Illinois’ 4th Congressional District. [NationalAtlas.gov] We’ve done three shows so far looking at various problems with America’s electoral process. (Here, here,...

At this point, we cannot design a [fully verifiable electronic election system], nor can anyone else. Computer systems are so complicated, that there is no single person that understands everything...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) [djwudi / Flickr] Last night we dissected the 2004 Ohio presidential election (what went wrong and why), and tonight we’ll use...

Click to Listen to the Show (24 MB MP3) 4:50 Over 100,000 voters were possibly affected by [Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell]’s ‘Paperweight Directive’… Approximately 93,000 spoiled ballots occurred...