Seeing Red: Nebraska Politics From the Left

Episode 10- Join SeeingRed as we laugh about Peter’s ineffectual attempts to trick Nebraskans and we also welcome Emily, to the pod. She’s been doing the grueling work of listening to the daily briefings by the governor. Emily is reading: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi https://bookshop.org/books/the-girl-with-the-louding-voice/9781524746025...

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Episode 9 - Join SeeingRed as we chat about Nebraska’s 2020 primary on May 12th. We cannot stress this enough, if you received a mail in ballot, you must MAIL IT BACK! And if you plan to vote in person, double check your polling location as many have moved due to Covid-19. April is reading: On the Horizon by Lois Lowry Stephanie is reading: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum https://bookshop.org/bo...

Episode 8 - Join SeeingRed as we laugh about the twitter drama of Nebraska Crossing and welcome back Dr Trish Wonch Hill, medical sociologist, to the pod. Most recently she wrote The Nebraska Coronavirus Fairy Tale on the seeingrednebraska blog which was shared over 2000 times. In this episode she talked about the science of spread and how the individual helps the collective. Trish is reading - A...

April and Melody have dusted off their mics to come back and talk about Nebraska politics. In this episode Amanda Gailey comes to talk about the new for-profit company that has set up shop in Utah, Iowa, and now Nebraska to collect the medical data of everyone in the state. Check out our book shoutouts - Shoshana Zuboff “The Age of SurveillanceCapitalism” Ruha Benjamin “Race After Technology” Coll...

In Episode 6, April, Stephanie, and Trish focus on issues facing Nebraska schools: a voucher proposal in the legislature, LPS school board races, and a student discipline bill.

In Episode 5, April sits down with Robin Vodenhal -- a woman raising a ruckus over guns in schools in central Nebraska.

The Nebraska legislative session has begun! So we begin Episode 4 with a practical civics lesson. How do you testify on a bill (either in person or in writing)? What's it like to testify in person? And what happens after that? And there are some big bills coming up this session (ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous). *Seeing Red* is watching all of this very closely, and Melody, Stephanie, a...

Seeing Red: Nebraska Politics from the Left April, Melody, and Stephanie speculate about what's to come in Nebraska's 2019 legislative session. They discuss what they're watching, their hopes, and celebrate the governor's weakened ability for executive overreach. Seeing Red (seeingrednebraska.com) is a blog edited by a group of citizen volunteers. We regularly write about Nebraska politics, civic...