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SVNCast
by Student Voting Network
Welcome to the Student Voting Network Podcast! SVN is a non-partisan space for students across the nation. We intend with this podcast to create a platform for and by students to express their views, share insight, organize for a better future, learn efficient methods of reaching student voters in meaningful ways, and help discern fact from fiction in an era of fake news and alternative facts. If you want to get involved in our digital space and connect with hundreds of other students, visit bit.ly/svnslack and sign up today!
Episodes
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Turning Voting Plans into Traditions
Tune into the January episode of SVNCast, a podcast from the Fair Election's Center's Campus Vote Project. Host Samantha Franco, Ohio Student Advisory Board Representative, interviews Roy Thorson, Student Advisory Board Chair and Wisconsin Representative; Chuck Black, CVP National Voter Friendly...
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Tribal Elections, Taking Healthy Risks, and the Importance of Indigenous Youth Engagement
This episode was recorded in Spring 2022. In this episode, Kamryn Yanchick talks to Indigenous student organizers about the process of participating in tribal elections, Indigenous social structures, and the importance of young people's participation in youth councils. They discuss the…
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Exploring Latinidad
This is part one of a series exploring Latinidad and Latin/e/x experiences within the United States. This episode explores the diversity of perspectives within what is often referred to as the "Latino Vote", some of the historical context that has shaped Latin/e/x voter perspectives, and why…
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State Spotlight: Sloganeering, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, and Georgia with Dr. Tammy Greer (Part 2 of 2)
"Everyone is a political scientist, they just don't know it yet." In this episode, Student Advisory Board Member and Ph.D. candidate Jayme Beasley discusses Georgia's SB202 - no longer a bill but now a law - as well as educational policy, student loan forgiveness, and the anxiety-inducing side...
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State Spotlight: The Future of Western Civilization *REALLY* Depends on PA (Part 5 of 5)
Episode recorded in Summer 2021 In this episode, Nickolas Bartel moderates a discussion between Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Members Sarah Harmon & Benjamin Nixon as well as PittDems' very own India Krug. They look at many different topics including 16-year-olds voting, making...
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Dr. Greg Williams Talks Shop: Election Integrity, Election Security, and the Myth of Voter Fraud
Dr. Greg Williams has done extensive research on the myth of voter fraud, fair elections, strategically placed disinformation obfuscating voter information, and ways to reinvigorate American democracy. That's why we made time to have a chat with him. HR1 - RIP in peace - would have made an...
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State Spotlight: The Future of Western Civilization Depends on PA (Part 4 of 5)
Episode recorded in 2021! Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. Nickolas Bartel, Benjamin Nixon, and Sarah Harmon all discuss various policies, legislation, and proposals in the state of PA which would affect the state of voting in the state of Pennsylvania. Dig in for some juicy policy discussions -...
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Vot-ER Seeks to Institutionalize and Normalize Voter Registration in Your Health Care Provider's Office
Vot-ER (Pronounced "Vote-E-R") Civic Health Fellow Tionya Lawrence, FNP-C, has an insightful and informative conversation with Student Voting Network Alum and MPH Candidate Erika Neal about the importance of voter registration and how contextualizing that process in a health care setting benefits...
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State Spotlight: Everybody And Their Mother vs. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Boockvar (Part 3 of 5)
Recorded in October 2021 - elections discussed in the beginning referred to the judicial elections in November of 2021 in PA. Still looking into Pennsylvania's election from 2020? We sure are! Learn a bit more about the archaic court cases utilized by opponents against Pennsylvania voting rights...
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Filibusted Without A Cause: Rage, Hope, and Dreams of Class Consciousness
Emma Godel moderates a conversation with students Jenna Greene, Sebastian Canales, Jayme Beasley, Jashaun Hyde, and Raymond Barber. They discuss President Biden's recent speech on ending the filibuster, Democratic and Republican strategy in messaging, where power rests in the halls of governance,...
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State Spotlight: Georgia's SB 202 On My Mind (Part 1 of 2)
Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Members Gabriella Lewis and Jayme Beasley discuss how Georgia "flipping blue" might be a bit of a misnomer. What if we told you that it was a blueish-purple mirage with a reddish hue? You probably wouldn't be super shocked, but it's important to center…
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State Spotlight: Pennsylvania’s Resiliency to the Big Lie, QAnon, and Other Nonsense (Part 2 of 5)
Recorded September 12, 2021. Part 2 of the 5-part sub-series on Voting in Pennsylvania. President of the Washington & Jefferson College Student Voting Coalition Nickolas Bartel is joined by Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Chair Benjamin Nixon to discuss the Big Lie, QAnon, and other...
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It's Indigenous Peoples' Day! Let's Talk About Native Student Voting and More
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! The second Monday of October is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and this year we are taking time to talk about the experiences and efforts of Native youth organizers when it comes to getting out the Native vote. Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board member Kamryn...
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State Spotlight: In Defense of Pennsylvania's Act 77 (Part 1 of 5)
Okay, we get it, Act 77 is controversial. Senators, Congresspersons, your racist uncle, and pundits from around the country had an opinion about it. It just seems like mail-in voting was bipartisan until suddenly it wasn't. But what is Act 77 and how did it rise to the level of national…
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The Student Voting Bill of Rights
There is a need for student voters to organize and agitate for their own bill of rights as a result of historical and recent attempts by antagonistic actors to stymie the student vote. Restrictive voter ID laws, hostile elections officials, sometimes-indifferent college administrations…
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State Spotlight: Ohio's Coalition of Student Voters Are Democracy Devotees
Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Member Sebastian Canales sits down for a chat with Ann Mastandrea and Samantha Montañez to discuss the state of democracy and student democratic engagement in Ohio. Among other important topics, they discuss the importance of high school civic…
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Purdue's and Purdon'ts: Fast Times at Indiana's Second Largest University
Amanda Shie, rising senior and former Student Government Senator at Purdue University, sits down with Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Chair Benjamin Nixon to have a chat about Purdue University. Among other topics, they discuss challenges facing Purdue University's student government,...
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The Filibuster vs. Democracy: Either Thou or I, or Both, Must Go
Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Member Benjamin Nixon sits down with Fair Election Center President and CEO Robert M. Brandon. Bob has a few thoughts on ending the filibuster, the creepily repetitive doom that is voter suppression, Arizona's "Fraudit," and why they should all be struck...
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The 26th Turns 50 (And Still Needs ID To Vote)!
"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age." In this episode, student representatives from the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, Campus Vote Project, the...
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Dr. Thomas Grace Shares His Thoughts on Unionization, Fusion Voting, Mobilization Tactics, and Interpersonal Organizing
Recorded April 6th 2021. Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Member Benjamin Nixon speaks with Dr. Thomas M. Grace about declining rates of unionization and its broad impact on activism, the intertwinement of economic and social justice, fusion voting's ability to foment student power at…
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International Perspectives: Comparing Institutionalized Student (d)emocratic Engagement in Ireland and the United States
Episode recorded on April 2nd 2021. Catherine Arnold and Gillian O'Neill join Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Member Benjamin "Benjie-Boy" Nixon to explore topics including but not limited to the colonial underpinnings of gerrymandering in Ireland, the European Union's impact on...
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State Spotlight: New Jersey's Primary Ballot Wasteland
Election law attorney Brett Pugach has an enlightening chat with Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board Member Benjamin Nixon to discuss an undemocratic and arcane law which lends significant electoral advantages to New Jersey incumbents and those who fall in line with New Jersey's political...
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Voter Pre-Registration, Dark Money Removal, and (d)emocratic Institutionalization: We Really Need To Talk About HR1
Recorded on March 5th 2021 Campus Vote Project Intern Emma Godel moderates a conversation between CVP Student Advisory Board Members Katya Ehresman & Kevin Ballen as well as Democracy Fellows Jeremy Johnson & Raymond Barber to discuss HR1. If passed by the Senate, HR1 - the For the People Act of...
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HBCU's and Contemporary Trends in Black Academia: Solidarity and Justice
Recorded on February 26th 2021 Campus Vote Project Democracy Fellows Ahmad Mitchell of the Community College of Philadelphia, Jashaun Hyde of Virginia State University, Kayla Michelle of Northern Virginia Community College, and Raymond Barber of University of Detroit Mercy join together for a...
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From Intern To Professional: Evolution of the Student Organizer
Recorded on February 5th 2021 CVP Student Advisory Board Members Erika Neal, Anna Connole, and Benjamin Nixon discuss how to turn organizing skills into a career. Topics include but are not limited to pertinent resume length, when keeping it real in an interview goes wrong, and tips about...
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SVNCast Gets Inaugurated
Recorded on January 8th 2021 Campus Vote Project (CVP) Student Advisory Board Members Erika Neal & Benjamin Nixon join CVP intern Emma Godel and CVP Democracy Fellow Nick Bartel to discuss the Student Voting Network, the January 6th Insurrection & historicity of insurrectionism in the United...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Student Voting Network Podcast! SVN is a non-partisan space for students across the nation. We intend with this podcast to create a platform for and by students to express their views, share insight, organize for a better future, learn efficient methods of reaching student voters in meaningful ways, and help discern fact from fiction in an era of fake news and alternative facts. If you want to get involved in our digital space and connect with hundreds of other students, visit bit.ly/svnslack and sign up today!
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How many episodes does SVNCast have?
SVNCast currently has 26 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is SVNCast about?
Welcome to the Student Voting Network Podcast! SVN is a non-partisan space for students across the nation. We intend with this podcast to create a platform for and by students to express their views, share insight, organize for a better future, learn efficient methods of reaching student voters in...
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SVNCast has 26 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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SVNCast is created and hosted by Student Voting Network.
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