Podcasts by DIY Democracy

Gendered Citizenship from 2022-04-17T23:35:28

An interview with Rebecca DeWolf (@outofthetowerh), author of Listen

How you can push back against big money in politics from 2022-01-19T00:06:56

An interview with Tom Moore of the Federal Election Commission about some creative solutions to reduce the influence of big money in politics. 

The Purpose of Politics from 2021-09-09T22:31:21

An interview with Eitan Hersh on his book Listen

Citizenship stripping and what that means from 2021-07-05T19:15:51

An interview with Professor Amanda Frost (@amanda_frost1 on Twitter) on her new book, Listen

Juneteenth's Role in the American Story from 2021-06-14T00:26:08

An interview with Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) on her new book, On Juneteen...

Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection from 2021-01-16T22:39:46

An interview with Professors Suzanne Mettler (@SuzanneMettler1) and Rob Lieberman (@r_lieberman)...

Turning Attention to Georgia from 2020-11-23T01:18:37

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: ...

Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors from 2020-08-12T18:16:17

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: Listen

Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit from 2020-07-25T02:44:48

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...

Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay from 2020-07-22T01:04:30

An interview with Arianne Slay, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney.

For more on the candidate, find her website here:

https...

Episode 39: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Hugo Mack from 2020-07-19T23:01:40

An interview with Hugo Mack, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney.

For more on the candidate, find his website here:

Hugoforprosecutor2020.com 

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Episode 38: Prosecutors&the "Assembly Line Justice" of Misdemeanors from 2020-07-18T18:23:03

The fifth in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Alexandra Natapoff on misdemeanors in the criminal justice system.

Find her book on Bookshop: Listen

Episode 37: Prosecutors&Conviction Integrity Units from 2020-07-17T01:02:56

The fourth in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Valerie Newman of the Wayne County Prosecutor's office, on starting and running a Conviction Integrity Unit.

The Wayne C...

Episode 36: Prosecutors&Juvenile Incarceration from 2020-07-12T00:46:34

The third in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Nell Bernstein about juvenile incarceration and what to know and what to ask candidates for prosecutor on that topic.

Fol...

Episode 35: Prosecutors&Elections from 2020-07-07T18:26:36

The second in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Carissa Hessick about elections for prosecuting attorneys and what to know and what to ask candidates for that office.

N...

Episode 34: Prosecutors&Politics from 2020-07-04T19:55:18

The first in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Rachel Barkow about the role that politics plays in electing prosecutors, and what to know and what to ask candidates for that o...

Episode 33: A Citizen's Interview with Congressional Candidate Solomon Rajput (MI-12) from 2020-07-03T18:32:46

An interview with Solomon Rajput about his campaign for the Democratic nomination in Michigan's 12th District. 

Find his campaign website here: 

Listen

Episode 32: Anxiety&Politics from 2020-06-20T14:39:35

An interview with Shana Gadarian about the role of anxiety in democratic citizenship.

Find her book with Bethany Albertson here: Listen

Episode 31: Understanding the Rule of Law from 2020-04-11T16:21:31

An interview with Lawrence Lessig about what the rule of law is, in order to be a better defender of and advocate for it.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 30: Ida B. Wells&Michelle Duster from 2020-01-13T02:49:51

An interview with Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells and her work as an activist today.

Listen

Episode 29: Long Term Fiscal Outlook, or How I learned to stop worrying and talk about the national debt from 2019-11-18T00:29:45

An interview with Hillary Allen and Joseph Paul Javier of It's Up to Us, discussing the national debt and what they're doing to improve the conversation surrounding it.

Music by Ev...

Episode 28: Free Minds from 2019-10-13T23:46:16

An interview with Julia Mascioli of Free Minds.

https://freemindsbookclub.org

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 27: Tutoring in prisons from 2019-05-26T21:45:33

An interview with Samantha Thoma about tutoring incarcerated individuals in prison. 

Blog post: Listen

Episode 26: Contingent Magazine, and supporting historians from 2019-04-16T17:30:09

An interview with Erin Bartram, co-founder of Contingent Magazine.

Check it out at: https://contingentmag.org

Also for your refer...

Episode 25: Medicaid&work requirements from 2019-03-24T22:50:44

An interview with Lisa Ruby of the Michigan Poverty Law Program on recently passed Medicaid work requirements in Michigan.

Update: Listen

Episode 24: Medicaid, Federalism, and Democracy from 2018-09-24T00:05:49

An interview with Jamila Michener about her book Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 23: A citizen's interview with Michigan Supreme Court candidate Sam Bagenstos from 2018-06-06T00:44:18

An interview with Sam Bagenstos about his campaign for Michigan Supreme Court.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 22: On marching from 2018-05-20T15:14:10

Interviews with Dr. Erica Chenoweth about marching as a nonviolent tactic and with Sana Shahid about organizing the Houston Women's March.

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Episode 21: A civil rights teach-out from 2018-05-11T21:49:58

An interview with Margo Schlanger about her upcoming teach-out on civil rights. It's online and free, starting May 21.

http://ai.umich.edu/teach-...

Episode 20: A citizen's interview with gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar from 2018-04-25T01:26:58

An interview with Shri Thanedar about why he's running for governor.

And the articles I referred to in the show:

Listen

Episode 19: Guarding against tyranny from 2018-03-26T02:02:49

An interview with Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, on what people can do to guard against tyranny.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 18: Fact-checking for the Michigan Truth Squad from 2018-03-11T01:52:41

An interview with David Zeman (dzeman@bridgemi.com) from Bridge Magazine in Michigan about the Michigan Truth Squad, and how citizens can contribute. Listen

Episode 17: Learning about government-backed segregation from 2018-02-26T02:48:03

An interview with Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. 

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 16: SafeHouse Center&a fundraiser for Enough SAID from 2018-02-06T04:28:50

An interview with Barbara Niess-May, executive director of SafeHouse Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Additionally, we're partnering with Vault...

Episode 15: South Oakland Shelter from 2018-01-26T03:45:58

An interview with Abby Adair of South Oakland Shelter.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 14: Opting in to the fight for immigrant rights from 2018-01-15T01:49:47

An interview with Bill Lopez and Maria Ibarra of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights.

https://www.facebook.com/WICIR/ Listen

Episode 13: Mitigating the harm from bail from 2018-01-08T05:36:24

An interview with Simon Cecil of the Minnesota Freedom Fund (https://minnesotafreedomfund.org), who has worked to provide bail for all amounts < $...

Episode 12: Putting gerrymandering on the ballot from 2017-12-24T23:04:36

An interview with Katie Fahey, founder of Voters Not Politicians, on their efforts to put gerrymandering to the vote in Michigan.

Extra Event Episode: #MeToo Storytelling Salon from 2017-12-14T02:32:39

A brief interview with Sara Vos about her group's December 20th event: the #MeToo Storytelling Salon at Pointless Brewery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 11: The Problem of Gerrymandering from 2017-12-13T03:43:55

An interview with David Daley, author of Ratf**ked, on the topic of gerrymandering - what it is, how it got that way, and what might be done about it.

Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 10: An intro to campaign finance&knocking on doors for criminal justice reform from 2017-12-04T03:13:33

Interviews with Craig Mauger of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network (mcfn.org) on money in politics, and with David Brauer on door-knocking as a strategy to change minds on criminal justice re...

Episode 9: A discussion from the Women's Convention from 2017-11-20T01:54:08

Breaking down the Women's Convention at its conclusion, discussing motivations for being there, and next steps.

Music by Evan Schaeffer, https://soundcloud.com/evanschaeffer

Episode 8: Interviews from the Women's Convention from 2017-11-13T00:27:50

Meeting and interviewing attendees of the Women's Convention in Detroit to learn more about their activism and why they attended.

Episode 7: Fighting to desegregate public schools in Chicago and Getting Out the Vote! from 2017-11-01T02:24:20

An interview with activist Niketa Brar, of Chicago United for Equity, about fighting public school closures:

http://www.chicagounitedforequity.org

Some references she noted:

Episode 6: Issue-based activism with Planned Parenthood and a Raise the Age event in Ann Arbor from 2017-10-22T22:18:53

Interviews with Amanda Vogelsang about Planned Parenthood activist nights, and with Lauren Trimble about an event to support the Raise the Age campaign in Michigan.

Music by Evan Schaeffe...

Episode 5: An intro and an invitation to the Civic Action Network from 2017-10-15T22:00

Episode 4: Getting Involved in Campaigns and Party Politics from 2017-10-08T22:00

An interview with Isaac Epstein on his first campaign involvement, as well as an interview with Chris Savage about openings the Washtenaw County Democratic Party.

Music by Evan Schaeffer,...

Episode 3: Raphael Wright on Community Grocery Stores from 2017-10-01T22:00

An interview with Raphael Wright, a Detroit entrepreneur currently fundraising to open a grocery store in the city of Detroit.

Episode 2: Carol Lee on Solidarity Sundays from 2017-09-24T23:44:31

An interview with Carol Lee, the Ann Arbor host of Solidarity Sundays, on what they do and how to get involved with them.

Episode 1: Arthur Lupia from 2017-09-19T01:02:59

An interview on civic knowledge generally with political science professor Arthur Lupia

Episode 0: Introduction from 2017-09-18T00:25:32

Aims of the podcast