DIY Democracy

Steven Nelson
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DIY Democracy Podcast

A podcast to highlight civic engagement and to learn to be effective citizens, with a focus on Michigan.

  1. 17/04/2022

    Gendered Citizenship

    An interview with Rebecca DeWolf (@outofthetowerh), author of Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict Over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963

    49 min

  2. 19/01/2022

    How 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.

    52 min

  3. 09/09/2021

    The 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

    33 min

  4. 05/07/2021

    Citizenship 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.

    43 min

  5. 14/06/2021

    Juneteenth'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

    31 min

  6. 16/01/2021

    Threats 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.

    49 min

  7. 23/11/2020

    Turning 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.

    39 min

  8. 12/08/2020

    Episode 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.

    44 min
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About

A podcast to highlight civic engagement and to learn to be effective citizens, with a focus on Michigan.

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  • Creator
    Steven Nelson
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2022
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    DIY Democracy

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