DIY Democracy Podcast
1) Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 2
For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-19...Show More
2) Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 1
For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-19...Show More
3) A Cautionary Christmas Tale (for Democracy)
I spoke with Dr. Vaughn Joy, author of a recent book on Christmas movies and politics. We spoke about Frank Capra, his celebration of America through film, and his ostracization as an alleged Communis...Show More
4) People need to be able to give themselves permission to fight sometimes
I spoke with Kim Kelly, labor journalist and author of the recent American labor history: Fight Like Hell about the book and about what we can learn from labor history to help us today. Music is by E...Show More
5) Zoning: Key to the City and to Our Communities
I spoke with Professor Sara Bronin to learn about zoning: what is it, what is its purpose, and how does it work. Link to her book on bookshop: Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World Link to her...Show More
6) The Rule of Law Revisited
In advance of an upcoming interview about democracy with Osita Nwanevu, I revisited a 2020 interview with Lawrence Lessig about what the rule of law is, in order to be a better defender of and advocat...Show More
7) Mutual aid is, well, mutual
I spoke with Nicole Williams, a Philadelphia activist and organizer with Mt. Airy Community Fridge & Pantry about the work that the community fridge does as mutual aid and about mutual aid more broadl...Show More
8) A Union of Care: Moving Toward a Better Safety Net
I spoke with Dr. Jess Calarco about her recent book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net. In the first half, which posted in the previous episode, Dr. Calarco shared how there a...Show More
9) Women are America’s Safety Net (No, that’s not a positive affirmation)
I spoke with Dr. Jess Calarco about her recent book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net. Dr. Calarco shared how there are many labor-intensive tasks that are required for socie...Show More
10) How Public Media Developed in America
I spoke to Josh Shepperd about his book, Shadow of the New Deal. In his book, Shepperd analyzed the history of how public media developed in the United States. You can find his book at bookshop here: ...Show More