DIY Democracy
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A podcast to highlight civic engagement and to learn to be effective citizens, with a focus on Michigan.
DIY Democracy
2y ago
An interview with Rebecca DeWolf (@outofthetowerh), author of Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict Over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963 ..read more
DIY Democracy
2y ago
An interview with Tom Moore of the Federal Election Commission about some creative solutions to reduce the influence of big money in politics. ..read more
DIY Democracy
2y ago
An 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 ..read more
DIY Democracy
3y ago
An 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 ..read more
DIY Democracy
3y ago
An interview with Professor Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) on her new book, On Juneteenth.
She will be speaking at a virtual event through the Detroit Public Library on Juneteenth (Saturday, June 19th, at 1:00 p.m. EDT)
Detroit Public Library Author Series Presents: Annette Gordon-Reed
Music by Evan Schaeffer ..read more
DIY Democracy
3y ago
An 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 ..read more
DIY Democracy
3y ago
An 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.
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DIY Democracy
3y ago
The 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 ..read more
DIY Democracy
4y ago
An 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 ..read more
DIY Democracy
4y ago
An 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 ..read more