All Episodes

"Not the Government, Just Its Money" - The Role of Insurance Regulation in Creating the 'Urban Crisis'

Connecting to Place as a Way to Build Community and Fight Climate Change

Another World is Possible, and We Can Build It Together

The Trade-offs of Mining in a Clean Energy Transition

Building a Coalition with Democracy as the First Principle

The Chance to Become a Person, and Other Arguments for Democracy

Rethinking Liberalism in the Current Political Moment

Black History is for Everyone

Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 2

Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 1

A Cautionary Christmas Tale (for Democracy)

People need to be able to give themselves permission to fight sometimes

Zoning: Key to the City and to Our Communities

The Rule of Law Revisited

Mutual aid is, well, mutual

A Union of Care: Moving Toward a Better Safety Net

Women are America's Safety Net (No, that's not a positive affirmation)

How Public Media Developed in America

Corporations, Dark Money, and Democracy

The Meaning We Give to Juneteenth

Politics is for Power

Stripping Citizenship Rights

On the Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Gendered Citizenship

How you can push back against big money in politics

The Purpose of Politics

Citizenship stripping and what that means

Juneteenth's Role in the American Story

Threats to Democracy and the Groundwork for Insurrection

Turning Attention to Georgia

Episode 42: Choosing Rural Prosecutors

Episode 41: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Eli Savit

Episode 40: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Arianne Slay

Episode 39: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Candidate Hugo Mack

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

Episode 37: Prosecutors & Conviction Integrity Units

Episode 36: Prosecutors & Juvenile Incarceration

Episode 35: Prosecutors & Elections

Episode 34: Prosecutors & Politics

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

Episode 32: Anxiety & Politics

Episode 31: Understanding the Rule of Law

Episode 30: Ida B. Wells & Michelle Duster

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

Episode 28: Free Minds

Episode 27: Tutoring in prisons

Episode 26: Contingent Magazine, and supporting historians

Episode 25: Medicaid & work requirements

Episode 24: Medicaid, Federalism, and Democracy

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

Episode 22: On marching

Episode 21: A civil rights teach-out

Episode 20: A citizen's interview with gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar

Episode 19: Guarding against tyranny

Episode 18: Fact-checking for the Michigan Truth Squad

Episode 17: Learning about government-backed segregation

Episode 16: SafeHouse Center & a fundraiser for Enough SAID

Episode 15: South Oakland Shelter

Episode 14: Opting in to the fight for immigrant rights

Episode 13: Mitigating the harm from bail

Episode 12: Putting gerrymandering on the ballot

Extra Event Episode: #MeToo Storytelling Salon

Episode 11: The Problem of Gerrymandering

Episode 10: An intro to campaign finance & knocking on doors for criminal justice reform

Episode 9: A discussion from the Women's Convention

Episode 8: Interviews from the Women's Convention

Episode 7: Fighting to desegregate public schools in Chicago and Getting Out the Vote!

Episode 6: Issue-based activism with Planned Parenthood and a Raise the Age event in Ann Arbor

Episode 5: An intro and an invitation to the Civic Action Network

Episode 4: Getting Involved in Campaigns and Party Politics

Episode 3: Raphael Wright on Community Grocery Stores

Episode 2: Carol Lee on Solidarity Sundays

Episode 1: Arthur Lupia

Episode 0: Introduction