Seeing Red: Nebraska Politics From the Left
"Seeing Red: The Pod" is the official podcast of Seeing Red Nebraska -- a group of citizen volunteers who cover Nebraska politics from the left. Our group blog is at http://seeingrednebraska.com. You can follow us on Twitter at @seeingredNE, on Facebook at @seeingrednebraska, and you can contact us at seeingredNE@protonmail.com
Episodes
January 30, 2024 • 3 mins
Find VIDEO OF SONG and links to learn more about Kirk Peener here: https://seeingrednebraska.substack.com/p/we-have-prepared-our-testimony-for
Kirk Penner is a member of the Nebraska board of Education and already a bad dude on a number of fronts: he’s antisemitic, anti-trans, anti-mask, a COVID conspiracy theorist, and he was elected in part through the financial support of SPLC designated hate group Family Watch International. ...
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November 5, 2022 • 1 min
This short clip is part of a story story about a notorious local psychopath. Read the story at https://seeingrednebraska.com/fascism/klin-broadcasts-scurrilous-rape-accusation-to-benefit-republican-incumbent-pat-condon/
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November 5, 2022 • 19 mins
This clip is part of a story story about a notorious local psychopath. Read the story at https://seeingrednebraska.com/fascism/klin-broadcasts-scurrilous-rape-accusation-to-benefit-republican-incumbent-pat-condon/
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November 1, 2022 • 6 mins
There are A LOT of races on your ballot and many races have two people that you probably don't like...but you're a grownup and you want the better of the two. Here's some advice on how to vote.
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March 21, 2022 • 69 mins
Our very own, Melody, is a speaker at the Lincoln women's march. She is the opening speaker and talks about the importance of feeling and creating joy, radical joy. She also had the honor of interviewing the keynote, Amber Goodwin, one of the greatest organizers in the country.
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February 26, 2022 • 65 mins
April sits down with Julia to discuss the deliberate destruction of the social safety net in America, which have come over time on the heels of tax cuts for corporations and the rich, and how LB939 would bring more of the same. Conversely, average Americans are still reeling from the pandemic and 40 years of government abandoning the needs of the populace.
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February 7, 2022 • 62 mins
E72: Meet Ann Hunter-Pirtle
We were lucky enough to get Ann Hunter-Pirtle on the pod before she moves away from Nebraska! She is a Lincoln, Nebraska native and a proud graduate of Lincoln Public Schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, from which she holds a BA in Political Science and French and an MS in Agricultural Economics. She has served as Stand For Schools' executive director since 2016. Prior to founding Stand For S...
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January 27, 2022 • 47 mins
E71: Unionize UNL
Our guests are Kathleen Dillon & Roz Kichler. Roz and Kathleen are graduate workers at UNL and are on the Steering Committee of Unionize UNL, trying to start a union of graduate workers at UNL.
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January 17, 2022 • 45 mins
As many of you know, our host Melody is also the executive director of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence. Let’s get into guns, Nebraska, and all the nonsense.
Great research from Henry Cordes at OWH:
https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/gun-law-shifted-hundreds-of-gun-cases-from-federal-courts-at-state-taxpayer-expense/article_87f4bfa8-6ff9-11ec-90dd-c7504ea25e65.html
https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-...
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December 15, 2021 • 32 mins
Melody, Stephanie, and April spend a good amount of time laughing and making sex jokes, as it’s episode 69. We reflect on our work, the incredible people we get to speak with, and for the first time ever we introduce you to our dedicated sound engineer.
Learn about the new swag for all existing patrons AND new ones through the end of the year. Every cool fridge in Nebraska is going to want the exclusive seeingred magnet!
*Suppo...
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December 10, 2021 • 57 mins
In this episode we talk about evictions, legal process, and renter’s rights (or lack thereof) with Dave Pantos. Dave has been an attorney for 25 years, volunteers about 2 times a week helping renters realize their rights in court, is a current candidate for Douglas County Attorney.
Fast Fasts on evictions:
-Tenants who don’t have attorneys will get evicted 98% of the time
-Tenants who have attorneys are usually able to avoid or d...
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November 23, 2021 • 64 mins
E67: Meet Ms Erika Felt
Erika Felt has run an in-home childcare business since 2001 with a two year break in the middle to act as director of a large childcare center. She has organized and maintained a statewide online resource & support group for in-home childcare business owners for the last 7yrs while striving to have in-home childcare business owner voices be heard. She has been vocal about the benefits of & improvements need...
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November 19, 2021 • 64 mins
E66: Let’s talk TIF, Nose Picking Groene, and More!
Join special guest host, Megan Stock, and lets talk Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF is a powerful tool used by cities for public development, but has not had the impact on the areas of greatest need as intended.
Megan is reading: Life and Death of the American City by Jane Synder
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November 11, 2021 • 72 mins
E65: Meet Renee Sans Souci
With a degree in education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and being an Umo n ho n woman and practitioner of traditional healing, Renee Sans Souci combines her life experiences with a learning process that helps learners to engage in their own cultural identities and languages. Renee has been a Teaching Artist with the Lied Center for Performing Arts since 2009. She has presented at numerous conf...
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October 28, 2021 • 26 mins
Human dignity for the houseless and hungry
Today’s guest is Michael Reinmiller. Michael is a local advocate whose passion is human dignity, specifically how communities treat their houseless and hungry neighbors. He serves on the board of Fresh Start, and built the first little free pantry in Lincoln which has expanded to over 35 more.
Cities and their policies can be houseless friendly or houseless hostile
Architecture can be f...
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October 18, 2021 • 41 mins
Episode 63 - Police in Schools
On today’s episode, April and Emily discuss School Resource Officers, known commonly as SROs in Nebraska. 43 School districts in Nebraska armed law enforcement officers in our schools, and they are not all following Nebraska law in publishing guidelines and guardrails to protect children via an Memorandum of Understanding “MOU” with the state.
More info:
https://nebraskansagainstgunviolence.com/po...
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October 12, 2021 • 58 mins
E62: Meet Senator Terrell McKinney
Terrell McKinney is a father, State Senator representing District 11 in the Nebraska State Legislature, community organizer, activist, and wrestling coach within the North Omaha community. Before running for office, he worked as a community organizer focusing on food insecurity, Medicaid
expansion and various other community initiatives. Terrell holds a Bachelor of Science in Sport Business Manage...
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October 4, 2021 • 65 mins
E61: Meet Ari Kohen
Ari Kohen talks about his new book, “Antisemitism On The Rise”, tells love stories to libraries, and gives us all practical advice on how to be ready to be a hero if everything goes wrong.
Get in the habit of doing small good things to build your empathy muscle
Have heroes and study them (read!). Learn how and why they were the one person to do the right thing when most didn't.
Find your people and do good tog...
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September 29, 2021 • 72 mins
E60: Black Liberation Matters with Dominique Liu-Sang
Dominique Liu-Sang is a local community activist who focuses primarily on black liberation but also is not shy to advocating for other oppressed groups of people. In more recent news she has been organizing protests on UNLs campus against the Phi Gamma Delta House in regards to current sexual assault allegations. She aims to help the people by any means necessary including if it...
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September 20, 2021 • 69 mins
E59: Abortion is Heathcare with Shelley
Shelley is on the front lines of ensures that people seeking abortions can get into their appointments safety, both mentally and physically. Join us as we talk about her work, normalizing abortion discussions, and the importance of laughter. Find Shelley’s tiktok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeathscorts
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