An interview with Eitan Hersh on his book Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change. Music by Evan Schaeffer 

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The Purpose of Politics

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.

Citizenship stripping and what that means

An interview with Professor Annette Gordon-Reed (@agordonreed) on her new book, On Juneteenth.  She will be speaking at a virtual event through the Detroit Public Library on Juneteenth (Saturday, June 19th, at 1:00 p.m. EDT) Detroit Public Library Author Series Presents: Annette Gordon-Reed Music by Evan Schaeffer

Juneteenth's Role in the American Story

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.

Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection

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.    

Turning Attention to Georgia

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.

Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors

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

Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit

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

Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay

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

Episode 39: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Hugo Mack

The fifth in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Alexandra Natapoff, , on starting and running a Conviction Integrity Unit. 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.

Episode 38: Prosecutors & the "Assembly Line Justice" of Misdemeanors

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.

Episode 37: Prosecutors & Conviction Integrity Units

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-9781620971314/9781620971314    Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 36: Prosecutors & Juvenile Incarceration

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-byrne-hessick/   Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 35: Prosecutors & Elections

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.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.biography&personid=20660   Music by Evan Schaeffer

Episode 34: Prosecutors & Politics

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

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

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