DIY Democracy
A podcast to highlight civic engagement and to learn to be effective citizens.
Episodes
In light of recent national news involving young citizens being sent out of the country, I revisited an interview from 2021 about historical efforts to strip citizenship rights, including the right to remain, from Americans. In the inverview, I spoke with Amanda Frost about her book on the topic.
You can find her book here: You Are Not American: Citizen Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers by Amanda Frost
I interviewed Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer, to discuss his recent column about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the importance of that case to everyone in the United States.
Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the Jenga piece that could topple the American Experiment
An interview with Rebecca DeWolf (@outofthetowerh), author of Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict Over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963
An interview with Tom Moore of the Federal Election Commission about some creative solutions to reduce the influence of big money in 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
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.
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
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.
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:
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
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.
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
An interview with Arianne Slay, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney.
For more on the candidate, find her website here:
Music is by Evan Schaeffer
An interview with Hugo Mack, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney.
For more on the candidate, find his website here:
Hugoforprosecutor2020.com
Music is by Evan Schaeffer
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: Punishment Without Crime
For more, see her website: https://alexandranatapoff.com and follow her on Twitter: @ANatapoff
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
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 County Conviction Integrity Unit can be found here: https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/prosecutor/conviction-integrity-unit.aspx
Music by Evan Schaeffer.
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.
Follow Nell Bernstein on Twitter: @nellbernstein
Her website: http://www.nellbernstein.com
Burning Down the House on Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/books/burning-down-the-house-the-end-of-juvenile-prison-9781620971314/9781620971314
Music by Evan S...
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.
North Carolina's Prosecutors and Politics Project can be found here:
https://law.unc.edu/academics/centers-and-programs/prosecutors-and-politics-project/
For more of her bio:
https://law.unc.edu/people/carissa-byrne-hessick/
Music by Evan Scha...
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 office.
Her book, Prisoners of Politics, can be found here: https://bookshop.org/books/prisoners-of-politics-breaking-the-cycle-of-mass-incarceration/9780674919235
For more of her bio: https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fus...
An interview with Solomon Rajput about his campaign for the Democratic nomination in Michigan's 12th District.
Find his campaign website here:
Music by Evan Schaeffer
An interview with Shana Gadarian about the role of anxiety in democratic citizenship.
Find her book with Bethany Albertson here: Anxious Politics
Music by Evan Schaeffer
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