Why are the Pacer trains so terrible? And why have they been around for so long? Ed Hammond examines what we can learn from the perverse incentives and poor accountability behind the Pacer.

Andy Paice presents on Citizens Wisdom Councils, an interesting innovation in local democracy that has been used for several years in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Rose Condo explores the 'democracy of presence' in relation to women ... where women are and are not represented currently and where women have and have not been represented historically. 

Andreas Pavlou from Involve looks at how the local government could become more open to the public. 

Dungeons and Dragons … or, Meetings and Managers. Lucy Knight takes us through the parallels between tabletop RPGs and career progression.

Matt Clack takes us on a tour of UK local councils and their attempts to sum up their identity in a motto.

Dr. Andrew Mycock, Reader in Politics at the University of Huddersfield, asks the question - is it time to lower the voting age to 16? 

Dave Mckenna makes a case for 12 Angry Men being recognised as the greatest movie ever made about democracy.

**CONTAINS SPOILERS!**