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DIY Democracy
by Steven NelsonA podcast to highlight civic engagement and to learn to be effective citizens, with a focus on Michigan.
Episodes
Gendered Citizenship
48m · PublishedAn interview with Rebecca DeWolf (@outofthetowerh), author of Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict Over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963
How you can push back against big money in politics
52m · PublishedAn interview with Tom Moore of the Federal Election Commission about some creative solutions to reduce the influence of big money in politics.
The Purpose of Politics
33m · PublishedAn interview with Eitan Hersh on his book Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change.
Music by Evan Schaeffer
Citizenship stripping and what that means
43m · PublishedAn interview with Professor Amanda Frost (@amanda_frost1 on Twitter) on her new book, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers.
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
Juneteenth's Role in the American Story
30m · PublishedAn interview with Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) on her new book, On Juneteenth.
She will speak at a Detroit Public Library virtual event on Juneteenth (Sat., 6/19, @ 1 pm EDT)
For more Juneteenth resources, see Penn Law's resources on Juneteenth.
Music by Evan Schaeffer
Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection
49m · PublishedAn interview with Professors Suzanne Mettler (@SuzanneMettler1) and Rob Lieberman (@r_lieberman) on their book, Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy.
Another podcast that I listened to as I was preparing to post this was Bill Moyers's interview of Heather Cox Richardson the day after the coup attempt. I highly recommend listening to it.
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
Turning Attention to Georgia
39m · PublishedAn interview with Byron Stokes (@byst on Twitter), trying to figure out how best to support election efforts in the Georgia Senate election run-off.
Some organizations Byron highlighted:
Fair Fight
Project South
New Georgia Project
Sister Song
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors
44m · PublishedThe final episode in a series on electing, or in this case choosing, prosecutors - an interview with Maybell Romero, on rural prosecutors.
For more, see her bio: https://www.niu.edu/law/about/directory/romero.shtml and follow her on Twitter: @MaybellRomero
For The Appeal's work on prosecutors: https://theappeal.org/topics/prosecutors/
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit
1h 10m · PublishedAn interview with Eli Savit, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney.
For more on the candidate, find his website here:
https://eli2020.com
Music is by Evan Schaeffer
Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay
1h 10m · PublishedAn interview with Arianne Slay, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney.
For more on the candidate, find her website here:
https://arianneslay.com
Music is by Evan Schaeffer
DIY Democracy has 51 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 38:46:02. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 6th, 2024 15:15.
