Civics, Y'all!

By Staat Strong Productions

Civics, Y'all! is a podcast that explores the intersection of civics, politics and our everyday lives. We hope to be a show where people who normally don't follow politics will find more approachable ... more

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The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

Civics, Y'all! episodes:

November 03, 2020 Civics, Y'all! "Live" Election Day Bonus Episode 2
Our second "live" episode featuring CT Cook, Maurice Ruffin, Jadi and Noel.
This conversation went "long," but it's sooooo good.
Also, Noel and our guest Maurice Carlos Ruffin just kept talking after we ended this session and that content is only available on our Patreon. Show Patreon if you want to listen!
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43min
November 03, 2020 Civics, Y'all "Live" Election Day Bonus Episode 1
Hi y'all! We're trying something new today - "live" episodes that we record and post without any editing. All three co-hosts will drop in to a live episode, as well as guests from previous episodes.
This first episode features Emilie, Noel and Toby from Episode 8.
Show notes added later.
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17min
November 03, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Episode 8 - Election Day, Y'all!
Emilie, Jadi and Noel talk about their voting experiences - plus special guests Thomas and Toby, a listener of the show and his 18 year old son who voted for the first time.
Show Notes
The Handmaid's Tale
Flock of Seagulls (the band)
Mine! meme
Citizen Kang (Treehouse of Horror)
Knock the House
Public Citizen
2020 General Election Early Voting Map
2000 election (hanging chads)
political alignment quiz
Generation Z and socialism
Louisiana "I Voted" stickers
Becoming One Nation Party
Andrew Yang
Elizabeth Warren
Amy Klobuchar
Pete Buttigieg
Cory Booker
Show Patreon
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51min
November 02, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - The rest of the ballot
We talk about alllllll of the Louisiana Senate Candidates, the Representative and DA races and touch on the judges, municipal court and school board races.
Show Notes
Teofimo Lopez v Vasiliy Lomachenko fight
Louisiana sample ballot
DSA Voter Guide
538 polls
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income UBI experiment
Why say "unhoused" instead of "homeless"?
Libertarianism
Reparations
Charter schools in Louisiana
Flip the Bench
Show Patreon
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49min
October 30, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - Where have all the good presidents gone?
If you're hearing Bonnie Tyler's voice singing this week's title, that is no accident. I'm currently listening to her song "I Need a Hero" (which I "accidentally" typed as "her" first).
In this conversation, Jadi and I talk with New Orleans author (and one of my best friends) Maurice Carlos Ruffin about Kanye West and the rest of the presidential race.
Show Notes
Coming to America
The Golden Child
Mary Matalin and James Carville
Trump is no Republican
how third parties get federal funding
Bernie Sanders and the Democrats
Unity Party
U.N.I.T.Y. by Queen Latifah
Kanye West for President
Michelle Tidball
Marianne Williamson
must the president and VP be from different states?
Dick Cheney
Panem / The Hunger Games
is the Electoral College gerrymandering?
Green Party
Becoming One Nation Party
Jade Simmons
Claudeliah Roze
Maurice Carlos Ruffin + his mama voting
Show Patreon
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37min
October 27, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Episode 7 - "What does it take to run for office?"
We respond to listener feedback, interview Tania Nyman who is running for Metro Council in Baton Rouge, and John Paul Bourgeois, who is running for Senate. Brace yourself for all of the Louisiana names you're about to hear!
Show Notes
the difference between civics and politics (per Sen. Ben Sasse)
Tania Nyman
George Mason University
Louisiana State University
Dictionary of Louisiana French
Breakaway school districts / St. George / resegregation
Metro Council (Baton Rouge)
Hi-Y Club
1988 Presidential Election
David Duke
Episode 3
Advice and Consent / Senate and the Supreme Court
John Paul Bourgeois
Masters of Public Health
FEC - campaign finance
Mary Landrieu
Pope John Paul II
2020 US Senate election in Louisiana
Bill Cassidy's record
LSMA in Nachitoches
2008 Presidential Election
Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
Hilary Clinton
Pro-life is just anti-abortion
early voting in Louisiana
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59min
October 26, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - Amendments on the Louisiana Ballot
We talk about the amendments on the Louisiana ballot and how we researched them.
Show Notes
http://parlouisiana.org/publications-by-date/guide-to-the-constitutional-amendments/ (PAR Louisiana Voting Guide - Amendments)
https://dsaneworleans.org/2020-voter-guide/amendments.php (DSA Voter Guide - Amendments)
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_3d0a138c-831e-11e9-bda7-afd8165fce75.html (Louisiana's "trigger law" on abortion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1AMc6c3-vk (Together Louisiana's video on Amendment 5)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_L._Honor%C3%A9 (Lt. General Russel Honore)
https://www.treasury.la.gov/unclaimed-property-1 (Search for unclaimed property in Louisiana)
https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2020/03/03/judge-hears-dispute-between-louisiana-governor-and-treasurer/ (Governor John Bel Edwards' dispute with Treasurer John Schroder)
https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_State_Treasurer (Louisiana State Treasurer (elected every four years))
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/no/new-orleans-saints (Saints and the Super Bowl)
https://www.patreon.com/emiliestaatstrong (Show Patreon)
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45min
October 20, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Episode 6 - "What good is a confirmation hearing?"
We dive into the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing, talk with Alex Stockton, a former Trump voter, and learn about Louisiana Amendment 5 Kahlida Nicole Lloyd.
Show Notes
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing
ACB's 7th Circuit Court opinions
Kanter v Barr (right to guns / voting)
PBS NewsHour ABC hearing
transracial adoption
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearing (again, sorry)
Schoolhouse Rock (again, not sorry)
2004 Presidential election
2008 Presidential election
Dr. Nicki Washington on Twitter
Me Too Movement
socially liberal
ostracism
Alex's travel business
fake Kurt Cobain quote
Democrat or Republican quiz
more options political ideology quiz
Hatfield-McCoy feud
basket of...
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56min
October 13, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Episode 5 - "The Post Office is in the Constitution?!?"
We discover what the Post Office means to our country.
Show Notes
USPS
the Post Office is in the Constitution
Louisiana contact tracing
Brent Spiner
Sam Neill
Lord Melvyn Bragg
Sesame Street Post Office Episode
mail slow downs
Trixie Minx
Dolly Parton
Governor Edwards
abortion bill
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
service industry
public service
the military and the Post Office
WWII and Jewish-American soldiers
Trixie's grandpa video
Trixie's Post Office video
sexy Paul Revere
Senator Bill Cassidy
Senator John Kennedy
Minx Burlesque NOLA - Tuesdays
Minx Burlesque Atlanta - Oct 24 & 31
fun facts about the Post Office
Emilie Staat Strong Patreon
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47min
October 06, 2020 Civics, Y'all! Episode 4 - "What's the deal with partisanship?"
Show notes
Jefferson's letter to James Madison September 6, 1789
Article 5
rules of debates
pro-choice, pro-life rhetoric
fetal development
definition of didactic (I used this word twice, not entirely correctly)
separation of immigrant parents and children
forced hysterectomies
Courtney Tierra episode
"basket of deplorables"
Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
second presidential debate, 2016
Everyday Sexism, Laura Bates
The Feminist Utopia Project
abstinence-only education and teen pregnancy
Satchel Paige
early Christianity, fish symbol
traumatic effect of the debate
white women voted for Trump
effect of domestic abuse on elections
Me, Too movement
Believe Women
Affirmative Action
Listener homework - let us know what you think about the show at [email protected]
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41min

FAQs about Civics, Y'all!:

How many episodes does Civics, Y'all! have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.