DIY Democracy

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:  Fair Fight Project South New Georgia Project Sister Song   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: https://arianneslay.com   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-978162097131...

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-...

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....

An interview with Solomon Rajput about his campaign for the Democratic nomination in Michigan's 12th District.  Find his campaign website here:  https://www.solomonrajput.com   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

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 Schaeffer

An interview with Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells and her work as an activist today. http://idabwellsmonument.org/ https://mldwrites.com   Music by Evan Schaeffer

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 conversation surrounding it. Music by Evan Schaeffer

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/2018/04/01/from-serial-to-uva-a-1ls-pursuit-of-criminal-justice/comment-page-1/ Petey Greene: https://www.peteygreene.org   Music by Evan Schaeffer

An interview with Erin Bartram, co-founder of Contingent Magazine. Check it out at:  https://contingentmag.org   Also for your reference, the Max Boot column we discuss: Americans' ignorance of history is a national scandal   Music by Evan Schaeffer

An interview with Lisa Ruby of the Michigan Poverty Law Program on recently passed Medicaid work requirements in Michigan. Update: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/12/21/work-requirements-approved-michigan-medicaid/2388961002/   Music by Evan Schaeffer

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. https://www.houstonwomensmarch.org Music by Evan Schaeffer