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

I spoke with journalist and author Osita Nwanevu about his recently published book, The Right of the People: The Case for a New American Fou...

I spoke with journalist and author Osita Nwanevu about his recently published book, The Right of the People: The Case for a New American Fou...

I spoke with Lily Geismer and Brent Cebul about their recent book, Mastery and Drift: Professional Class Liberals Since the 1960s. We discus...

I interviewed Brian Jones about his book Black History is for Everyone, in which he details his personal journey to understanding the truth...

For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book The Rise and Fa...

For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book The Rise and Fa...

I spoke with Dr. Vaughn Joy, author of a recent book on Christmas movies and politics. We spoke about Frank Capra, his celebration of Americ...

I spoke with Kim Kelly, labor journalist and author of the recent American labor history: Fight Like Hell about the book and about what we c...

I spoke with Professor Sara Bronin to learn about zoning: what is it, what is its purpose, and how does it work. Link to her book on booksho...

In advance of an upcoming interview about democracy with Osita Nwanevu, I revisited a 2020 interview with Lawrence Lessig about what the rul...

I spoke with Nicole Williams, a Philadelphia activist and organizer with Mt. Airy Community Fridge & Pantry about the work that the communit...

I spoke with Dr. Jess Calarco about her recent book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net . In the first half, which p...

I spoke with Dr. Jess Calarco about her recent book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net . Dr. Calarco shared how the...

I spoke to Josh Shepperd about his book, Shadow of the New Deal. In his book, Shepperd analyzed the history of how public media developed in...

I spoke with Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy about her book, Corporatocracy, and about how money influences politics and what we can do abo...

I revisit an interview with Annette Gordon-Reed ( @agordonreed ) on her book, On Juneteenth and consider how best to celebrate the history o...

I revisited an interview with Eitan Hersh on his book Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Re...

In light of recent national news involving young citizens being sent out of the country, I revisited an interview from 2021 about historical...

I interviewed Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer, to discuss his recent column about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the importanc...

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

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

An interview with Eitan Hersh on his book Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change ....

An interview with Professor Amanda Frost (@amanda_frost1 on Twitter) on her new book, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred...

An interview with Annette Gordon-Reed ( @agordonreed ) on her new book, On Juneteenth . She will speak at a Detroit Public Library virtual e...

An interview with Professors Suzanne Mettler ( @SuzanneMettler1 ) and Rob Lieberman ( @r_lieberman ) on their book, Four Threats: The Recurr...

An interview with Byron Stokes (@byst on Twitter), trying to figure out how best to support election efforts in the Georgia Senate election...

The final episode in a series on electing, or in this case choosing, prosecutors - an interview with Maybell Romero, on rural prosecutors. F...

An interview with Eli Savit, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney. For more on the candidate, find his website here: htt...

An interview with Arianne Slay, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney. For more on the candidate, find her website here:...

An interview with Hugo Mack, candidate for Washtenaw County (MI) prosecuting attorney. For more on the candidate, find his website here: Hug...

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

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

The third in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Nell Bernstein about juvenile incarceration and what to know and what to a...

The second in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Carissa Hessick about elections for prosecuting attorneys and what to kno...

The first in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Rachel Barkow about the role that politics plays in electing prosecutors,...

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

An interview with Shana Gadarian about the role of anxiety in democratic citizenship. Find her book with Bethany Albertson here: Anxious Pol...

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 Scha...

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

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...

An interview with Julia Mascioli of Free Minds. https://freemindsbookclub.org Music by Evan Schaeffer

An interview with Samantha Thoma about tutoring incarcerated individuals in prison. Blog post: https://uvalawpublicserviceblog.org/2018/04/0...

An interview with Erin Bartram, co-founder of Contingent Magazine. Check it out at: https://contingentmag.org Also for your reference, the M...

An interview with Lisa Ruby of the Michigan Poverty Law Program on recently passed Medicaid work requirements in Michigan. Update: https://w...

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

An interview with Sam Bagenstos about his campaign for Michigan Supreme Court. Music by Evan Schaeffer

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

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/t...

An interview with Shri Thanedar about why he's running for governor. And the articles I referred to in the show: https://theintercept.com/20...

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