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DIY Democracy
By Steven Nelson
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How many episodes does DIY Democracy have?
The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.
DIY Democracy episodes:
April 17, 2022Gendered Citizenship An interview with Rebecca DeWolf (@outofthetowerh), author of Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict Over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963
...more January 19, 2022How you can push back against big money in politics An interview with Tom Moore of the Federal Election Commission about some creative solutions to reduce the influence of big money in politics.
...more September 09, 2021The Purpose of Politics 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
...more July 05, 2021Citizenship stripping and what that means 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.
...more June 14, 2021Juneteenth's Role in the American Story An 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
...more January 16, 2021Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection 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.
...more November 23, 2020Turning Attention to Georgia 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.
...more August 12, 2020Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors 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.
...more July 25, 2020Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit 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
...more July 22, 2020Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay 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
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FAQs about DIY Democracy:
How many episodes does DIY Democracy have?
The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.