The Midpod: The Midterms Podcast

David Chipman, Senior Policy Advisor at Giffords and a retired 25-year ATF special agent believes we can keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and better protect law enforcement from the threats of gun violence.

We headed to West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District to meet two young Democrats running for Congress, Talley Sergent and Aaron Scheinberg, to meet citizens, to understand the district.

It started as a google doc. Just a year later Indivisible has 6,000 groups around the country and hundreds of thousands of members resisting President Trump's agenda. Now they are pivoting to the 2018 midterms with the goal to make congress more progressive.

Jane Mansbridge has been studying democracy for decades. She has some surprising insights into what's causing our deep divisions, and thoughts about how citizens can support positive change.

What is it like to report a sexual assault? Why aren't victims believed? How do survivors heal? We visit The Crisis Center in Birmingham, AL to listen and learn.

On the eve of a crucial special election, Heather & Nicie listen and learn from Alabama citizens as they struggle with questions of belonging and division, belief and disbelief. These are not new questions in Alabama, or in America.

The two moms fire up a Ford Focus to explore these Motor City suburbs, and the candidates stepping up to replace the retiring "Foreclosure King".

Nick Penniman and his team at Issue One are fighting money in politics and they are finding allies in places that might surprise you.

Emily believes the men and women who have served this country in the most selfless ways could be the next generation of statesmen; sometimes they just need a little convincing.