Creator	Role
Ben Ansell Dr. Ben W. Ansell is a professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College. His work focuses on both comparative politics and international relations. He is also co-editor of the academic journal Comparative Political Studies.Ansell has published three academic books, "From the Ballot to the Blackboard," in 2010, "Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach," co-authored with David Samuels and published in 2014, and "Inward Conquest: The Modern State and the Revolution in Government that Shook the World," in 2021. His first general audience book, "Why Politics Fails," was published in 2023.	Host
Katie Gunning Katie Gunning is an audio producer. Currently, she is a Senior Audio Producer for Tortoise Media. She was a podcast producer for BBC Radio 4's daily news podcast, "Beyond Today," and for "Stories of our Times" from the Times and the Sunday Times. She also worked as a producer on BBC Radio 2's "Jeremy Vine show."	Producer