DIY Democracy

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

Gendered Citizenship 04/17/2022

How you can push back against big money in politics 01/19/2022

The Purpose of Politics 09/09/2021

Citizenship stripping and what that means 07/05/2021

Juneteenth's Role in the American Story 06/14/2021

Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection 01/16/2021

Turning Attention to Georgia 11/23/2020

Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors 08/12/2020

Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit 07/25/2020

Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay 07/22/2020

Episode 39: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Hugo Mack 07/19/2020

Episode 38: Prosecutors & the "Assembly Line Justice" of Misdemeanors 07/18/2020

Episode 37: Prosecutors & Conviction Integrity Units 07/17/2020

Episode 36: Prosecutors & Juvenile Incarceration 07/12/2020

Episode 35: Prosecutors & Elections 07/07/2020

Episode 34: Prosecutors & Politics 07/04/2020

Episode 33: A Citizen's Interview with Congressional Candidate Solomon Rajput (MI-12) 07/03/2020

Episode 32: Anxiety & Politics 06/20/2020

Episode 31: Understanding the Rule of Law 04/11/2020

Episode 30: Ida B. Wells & Michelle Duster 01/13/2020

Episode 29: Long Term Fiscal Outlook, or How I learned to stop worrying and talk about the national debt 11/18/2019

Episode 28: Free Minds 10/13/2019

Episode 27: Tutoring in prisons 05/26/2019

Episode 26: Contingent Magazine, and supporting historians 04/16/2019

Episode 25: Medicaid & work requirements 03/24/2019

Episode 24: Medicaid, Federalism, and Democracy 09/24/2018

Episode 23: A citizen's interview with Michigan Supreme Court candidate Sam Bagenstos 06/06/2018

Episode 22: On marching 05/20/2018

Episode 21: A civil rights teach-out 05/11/2018

Episode 20: A citizen's interview with gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar 04/25/2018