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We discuss the enthusiasm for civic engagement by right-wing women, which translates to power and victory at the ballot box.
Katie's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Research and know the issues on your ballot
2) Vote in local elections
Katie Gaddini is a sociologist, visiting scholar at Stanford University, and the author of Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right.
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Guests: Katie Gaddini
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Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the overlooked and insidious complications from gerontocracy in American democracy.
Sam's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Think of democracy as a political form for transient human beings
2) Evangelize one of these ideas: age quotas, tax code reform, or campaign finance reform
Samuel Moyn is the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, the cohost of the Digging a Hole podcast, and the author of Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth – and What to Do About It.
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Guests: Samuel Moyn
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the balance of influence between activists and the majority in local politics and how we can reinvigorate democracy at the local level.
Brian's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Identify the problem you want to fix in your community
2) Develop an innovative solution and advocate for it
Brian Adams is professor of political science at San Diego State University and the author of Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy: Rethinking Public Influence.
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Read Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy (use code 26BKS):
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Guests: Brian Adams
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the case for SWAMP audits, how we can truly build a multiracial democracy, and why we're going to have to fight for it.
Steve's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Find your Minimum Viable Community and engage
2) Do a SWAMP audit!
Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization dedicated to race, politics, and the multicultural progressive New American Majority. His new book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America.
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Guests: Steve Phillips
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Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the hidden power inside the U.S. Constitution, what it was designed to protect against, and how it can fortify American democracy today.
Melissa's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Commit to voting and follow through
2) Make your demands clear to your elected representatives
Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and a legal analyst for MSNBC. Her new book is The US Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.
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Guests: Melissa Murray
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss how each of us is a node of possibility for change in the climate crisis, taking us from overwhelm to participation.
Katharine's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Keep telling the truth.
2) Join with others in the climate movement.
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is the host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees and the author of Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home.
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Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Katharine Wilkinson
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the myriad of ways to fix Congress, ranging from campaign finance reform and age limits to town hall meetings and stopping violence against members of Congress.
Maya's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Engage with your member of Congress!
2) Share what matters for you and demand your member to take action
Maya Kornberg is senior research fellow at NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice and author of Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.
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Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Maya Kornberg
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and to taking impactful civic action.
Gal's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Be in person
2) Be deliberate about how you operate online
Gal Beckerman is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of How to Be a Dissident.
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Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful.
Michael's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Find a place to plug in at the local level
2) Go to a Civic Saturdays event near you
Michael Zakaras is the director of Ashoka US, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs and a global leader in social innovation.
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Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss why Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate in Michigan and what kind of Senator he aspires to be. A public health expert with deep understanding of the healthcare system, Dr. El-Sayed believes that Medicare for All can be a realistic future.
Abdul's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Have an in-person conversation with someone you disagree with
2) Find the thing that you share in common
Abdul El-Sayed is a doctor, public health expert, and candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He's also the author of Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide.
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Guests: Abdul El-Sayed
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the foundational lies of the Lost Cause, the organic nature of more recent lies, and the constant vigilance necessary to defend democracy.
Ann's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Pay attention to what your (or your children's) textbooks are saying
2) Speak up if there is a historical site near you that is being erased
Ann Bausum is an award-winning historian and the author of White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote History.
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Guests: Ann Bausum
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing, and telling us that the solution to our fears is more investment in the punishment bureaucracy.
Alec's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Educate yourself on how copaganda works
2) Read the Copaganda book in a group!
Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.
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Credits:
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Guest: Alec Karakatsanis
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the building blocks of the authoritarian playbook, the strategy behind intersectional solidarity, and the power of knowing your neighbor.
Yelena & Tatyana's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Go local!
2) Get to know your neighbors
Yelena and Tatyana are co-founders of Stroika — an organization connecting and resourcing frontline anti-authoritarian movements worldwide.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Yelena V. Litvinov & Tatyana Margolin
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the strategy for electing from-the-gut economic populists who exude outsider vibes and who acknowledge that our system is broken. They are often outsiders who believe in issues such as protecting social security and taxing billionaires, which are super majoritarian issues. Outsiders can win in blue, purple, and red states.
Adam's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Join effective groups like boldprogressives.org
2) Support a bold progressive candidate running for office
Adam Green is Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).
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Guests: Adam Green
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Executive Editor: Mila Atmos
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We discuss the influence of the U.S.-China relationship on American democracy, on issues ranging from "garbage time" to soft power to geopolitical dominance of the South China Sea.
Jane's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Visit China!
2) Read To Change China by Jonathan Spence and/or Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick
Jane Perlez is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief, and fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. She's also the podcast host of Face-Off: The U.S. vs. China.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guest: Jane Perlez
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
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We discuss the corrupting effect of the Citizens United decision on policymaking and elections.
Tiffany's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Go to town halls and hold your elected officials accountable
Participate in phone banking or write postcards to get out the vote
Tiffany Muller is the President of End Citizens United, Let America Vote, and the End Citizens United/Let America Vote Action Fund. The organization's mission is to fix our democracy by getting big money out of politics and protecting the right to vote.
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Guests: Tiffany Muller
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
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We discuss the power of showing up for local politics and the benefits of running an in-person campaign without relying on social media.
Carleigh's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Take an hour to attend a local government meeting
Make a comment at that meeting!
Carleigh Beriont is a union organizer, vice chair of the Hampton Select Board, and is running for Congress in New Hampshire's First District.
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Guests: Carleigh Beriont
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
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We discuss the work of governors across several states to defend the rights of their residents. GovAct serves as an innovation hub for policies on democracy, public health, and reproductive rights.
Julia's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Get involved in state races
Bearing witness to Minneapolis and the brave people standing up for their neighbors
Julia Spiegel is the President and CEO of GovAct. She helped create the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, which united 23 governors in protecting reproductive rights post-Roe.
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Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Julia Spiegel
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
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We discuss the investments to foster civic participation on college campuses, voter behavior among young people, and getting ready for the midterms.
Raj's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Develop your civic action muscle every week
Role model what it looks like to work across difference
Raj Vinnakota is President of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, whose mission is to cultivate talent, ideas, and networks that develop young people as effective, lifelong citizens.
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Guests: Raj Vinnakota
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
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We discuss the concept of deliberative representative democracy by ordinary citizens, which means representing and being represented in turn.
Hélène's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Listen and bring out the shy
Share power
Hélène Landemore is a political theorist and professor of political science at Yale University. Her latest book is Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule, a manifesto for what's possible.
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