DIY Democracy
By Steven Nelson
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Episodes: 72
Description
A podcast to highlight civic engagement and to learn to be effective citizens.
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Another World is Possible, and We Can Build It Together
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May 21, 2026 |
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The Trade-offs of Mining in a Clean Energy Transition
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May 07, 2026 |
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Building a Coalition with Democracy as the First Principle
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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The Chance to Become a Person, and Other Arguments for Democracy
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Rethinking Liberalism in the Current Political Moment
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Black History is for Everyone
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 2
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 1
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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A Cautionary Christmas Tale (for Democracy)
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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People need to be able to give themselves permission to fight sometimes
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Zoning: Key to the City and to Our Communities
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Rule of Law Revisited
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Mutual aid is, well, mutual
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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A Union of Care: Moving Toward a Better Safety Net
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Women are America's Safety Net (No, that's not a positive affirmation)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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How Public Media Developed in America
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Corporations, Dark Money, and Democracy
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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The Meaning We Give to Juneteenth
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Politics is for Power
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Stripping Citizenship Rights
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May 01, 2025 |
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On the Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Gendered Citizenship
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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How you can push back against big money in politics
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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The Purpose of Politics
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Citizenship stripping and what that means
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Juneteenth's Role in the American Story
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Turning Attention to Georgia
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Episode 39: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Hugo Mack
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 38: Prosecutors & the "Assembly Line Justice" of Misdemeanors
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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Episode 37: Prosecutors & Conviction Integrity Units
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Episode 36: Prosecutors & Juvenile Incarceration
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Episode 35: Prosecutors & Elections
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Episode 34: Prosecutors & Politics
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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Episode 33: A Citizen's Interview with Congressional Candidate Solomon Rajput (MI-12)
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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Episode 32: Anxiety & Politics
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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Episode 31: Understanding the Rule of Law
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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Episode 30: Ida B. Wells & Michelle Duster
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Episode 29: Long Term Fiscal Outlook, or How I learned to stop worrying and talk about the national debt
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 28: Free Minds
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Episode 27: Tutoring in prisons
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May 26, 2019 |
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Episode 26: Contingent Magazine, and supporting historians
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Episode 25: Medicaid & work requirements
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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Episode 24: Medicaid, Federalism, and Democracy
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Episode 23: A citizen's interview with Michigan Supreme Court candidate Sam Bagenstos
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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Episode 22: On marching
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May 20, 2018 |
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Episode 21: A civil rights teach-out
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May 11, 2018 |
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Episode 20: A citizen's interview with gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Episode 19: Guarding against tyranny
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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Episode 18: Fact-checking for the Michigan Truth Squad
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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Episode 17: Learning about government-backed segregation
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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Episode 16: SafeHouse Center & a fundraiser for Enough SAID
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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Episode 15: South Oakland Shelter
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Episode 14: Opting in to the fight for immigrant rights
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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Episode 13: Mitigating the harm from bail
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Episode 12: Putting gerrymandering on the ballot
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Dec 24, 2017 |
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Extra Event Episode: #MeToo Storytelling Salon
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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Episode 11: The Problem of Gerrymandering
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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Episode 10: An intro to campaign finance & knocking on doors for criminal justice reform
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Dec 04, 2017 |
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Episode 9: A discussion from the Women's Convention
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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Episode 8: Interviews from the Women's Convention
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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Episode 7: Fighting to desegregate public schools in Chicago and Getting Out the Vote!
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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Episode 6: Issue-based activism with Planned Parenthood and a Raise the Age event in Ann Arbor
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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Episode 5: An intro and an invitation to the Civic Action Network
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Episode 4: Getting Involved in Campaigns and Party Politics
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Oct 08, 2017 |
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Episode 3: Raphael Wright on Community Grocery Stores
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Episode 2: Carol Lee on Solidarity Sundays
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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Episode 1: Arthur Lupia
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Episode 0: Introduction
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Sep 18, 2017 |