Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariffFlint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRisingFlint Rising's website: FlintRising.comSean McBrearty on Twitter: @SeanMcBreartyMIClean Water Action Michigan on Twitter: @CleanWaterMIWater and Oil Don't Mi

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty

Mar 2nd, 2023 1h 3m

EVERY issue is a disability issue – wsg Kimberly Knackstedt with the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative

Feb 21st, 2023 44m 8s

Kim Knackstedt on Twitter: @kiknackThe Century Foundation on Twitter: @TCFdotorgThe Disability Economic Justice Collaborative on Twitter: @DEJCollabThe Century Foundation's website is at TCF.orgThe Disability Economic Justice Collaborat

Finding & training the next generation of New American leaders – wsg Ghida Dagher

Feb 10th, 2023 40m 34s

Ghida Dagher on Twitter: @GhidaDagherNew American Leadership on Twitter: @NewAmericanLdNew American Leadership Action Fund on Twitter: @NALActionFundNew American Leadership's website: NewAmericanLeaders.orgNew American Leadership Fund's web

Governing in the majority – wsg Rep. Natalie Price and Sen. Erika Geiss

Feb 1st, 2023 41m 8s

Natalie Price on Twitter: @VoteNPriceNatalie Price at the Michigan House Democrats' website: HouseDems.com/Natalie-PriceErika Geiss on Twitter: @SenErikaGeissErika Geiss at the Michigan Senate Democrats' website: SenateDems.com/GeissFol

Feeding ourselves without destroying the climate – wsg journalist and author Michael Grunwald

Jan 18th, 2023 50m 41s

Mike Grunwald on Twitter: @MikeGrunwaldListen to the Climavores podcast HERE.Buy Michael Grunwald's book The New New Deal in paperback HERE and for Kindle HERE.Buy Michael Grunwald's book The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politi

The Triumph and Tragedy of Detroit – wsg historian and journalist Ken Coleman

Jan 6th, 2023 1h 1m

Ken Coleman on Twitter: @HistoryLivesDetKen Coleman is on Facebook HERE.Ken Coleman's work at Michigan Advance can be found HERE.BOOKS MENTIONED DURING THE POD:The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by T

An evangelist for statewide grassroots organizing – wsg Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

Dec 21st, 2022 49m 21s

Lavora Barnes on Twitter: @LavoraBarnesLavora's bio is HERE.Michigan Democratic Party on Twitter: @MichiganDemsMichigan Democratic Party's website: MichiganDems.comMeet the MDP staff including all of the Project 83 organizers HERE.Chr

Don’t underestimate the talent of Michigan Democrats! – with special guest Susan J. Demas

Dec 14th, 2022 1h 7m

Susan Demas on Twitter: @SJDemasSusan Demas' work Michigan Advance is HERE.Michigan Advance can be found HERE.Michigan Advance on Twitter: @MichiganAdvanceSenator Mike Shirkey's bizarre farewell speech:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5

Thinking about education as something other than school-shaped ATMs – wsg Mitchell Robinson

Dec 6th, 2022 54m 36s

Mitchell Robinson on Twitter: @mrobmusedMitchell Robinson at MSU: Mitchell Robinson - Associate Professor of Music EducationMitchell Robinson's campaign website: MitchellRobinsonForStateSchoolBoard.orgMitchell Robinson at Eclectablog: Ple

The magic behind Michigan’s abortion ballot proposal success – wsg Shanay Watson-Whittaker

Nov 30th, 2022 56m 54s

Shanay Watson-Whittaker on Twitter: @LaFemme_NegritaReproductive Freedom for All's website: MIReproFreedom.orgMichigan's Prop 3 on Twitter: @MIReproFreedomChris Savage can be found on Twitter at @Eclectablog.MoReno Taylor II can be foun

What’s the key to Dems winning the rural vote? – wsg rural candidates Marie Fielder & Mark Zacharda

Jul 20th, 2022 55m

Marie Fielder online:Donate to Marie's campaign HERE.Campaign website: MarieFielder.comTwitter: @EasternSkyWomanFacebook: Facebook.com/FielderforMI106Instagram: Instagram.com/fielder4nemiMark Zacharda online:Donate to Mark's campaign H

Defending democracy in Michigan and across America is a full time job – with special guest Erica Peresman

Jun 22nd, 2022 45m 2s

Erica Peresman, Voter Protection Director for the Michigan Democratic Party, on Twitter: @Erica_PeresmanLearn more about Erica Peresman and her advocacy HERE.Heidi Przybyla at Politico: ‘It’s going to be an army’: Tapes reveal GOP plan to c

The new era of organizing – with special guest Justin Johnson

Jun 7th, 2022 53m 34s

Justin Johnson on Twitter: @RivershoreAgenthttps://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1532477466442358787Jennifer Elias & Amelia Lucas at CNBC: Employees everywhere are organizing. Here’s why it’s happening nowFaiz Shakir at The New Republ

The era of the New Jane Crow – with special guest law professor Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin

May 9th, 2022 1h 9m

Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin on Twitter: @MicheleBGoodwinDr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin's website: MicheleBGoodwin.comDr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin's bio at UCI Law is HERE.Dr. Goodwin's podcast On the Issues with Michele Goodwin at Ms. Maga

The most important races on the ballot that nobody cares about – wsg Stephen Pontoni of Michigan Assoc. for Justice

Apr 26th, 2022 59m 57s

Stephen Pontoni on Twitter: @StevePontoniMichigan Association for Justice on Twitter: @MI_JusticeMichigan Association for Justice's website: MichiganJustice.orghttps://twitter.com/MalloryMcMorrow/status/1516453738403143681Miles Parks at

The projection of religionists in the march toward an authoritarian Gilead – wsg David Atkins

Apr 11th, 2022 1h 7m

David Atkins on Twitter: @DavidOAtkinsDavid Atkins' work at Washington Monthly can be found HERE.David's remarkable Twitter thread that inspired this episode is here (read the whole thing including the CODA):https://twitter.com/DavidOAtkin

Now they’ve pissed off the librarians! – wsg Joyce McIntosh, Freedom to Read advocate

Mar 26th, 2022

Joyce McIntosh on Twitter: @jmclibrarianFreedom to Read Foundation: FTRF.orgThe American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom: ALA.org/OIFInformation on reporting censorship of books, etc. to the American Library Associati

The intersectionality of hate is real – with special guest Lizz Winstead

Mar 14th, 2022 59m 52s

Lizz Winstead on Twitter: @LizzWinsteadAbortion Access Front's website is at AAFront.org.Listen to the Feminist Buzzkills LIVE! podcast HERE.Lizz Winstead and Renee Bracey Sherman at NBC News: Patriot Front's anti-abortion advocacy at Mar

When rationality trumps Trump Republican ideology – wsg Jeff Timmer, former Exec. Dir. of the Michigan GOP

Mar 1st, 2022 1h 2m

Jeff Timmer on Twitter: @JeffTimmerTwo Rivers Public Affairs website: TwoRiversPublicAffairs.comThe A Republic, If You Can Keep It podcast can be found HERE.Chris Savage can be found on Twitter at @Eclectablog.MoReno Taylor II can be fou

Born out of the ashes of the 2016 election – wsg Amanda Litman & Denzel McCampbell

Feb 23rd, 2022 54m 19s

Amanda Litman on Twitter: @AmandaLitmanRun for Something on Twitter: @RunForSomethingRun For Something can be found online at RunForSomething.netWant to run for something and you're a Millennial or a Gen-Zer? Go to RunForWhat.net and get

The Lee Chatfield saga gets WORSE and a new gun safety ballot proposal for Michigan

Feb 8th, 2022 49m 26s

Simon D. Schuster on Twitter: @Simon_SchusterMichigan Campaign Finance Network on Twitter: @MichiganCFNMichigan Campaign Finance Network's website is at MCFN.org.Sergio Martínez & Simon D. Schuster at the Michigan Campaign Finance Network

America is not getting the type of journalism it needs to survive – with special guest Susan Demas

Jan 24th, 2022 57m 29s

Susan Demas on Twitter: @SJDemasSusan Demas' work Michigan Advance is HERE.Michigan Advance can be found HERE.Michigan Advance on Twitter: @MichiganAdvanceAllison Donahue at Michigan Advance: I tried to interview Sen. Peter Lucido. He t

What’s next after redistricting? – with special guest Adrian Hemond

Jan 17th, 2022 45m 20s

Adrian Hemond on Twitter: @AdrianHemondGrassroots Midwest on Twitter: @Grassroots_MWGrassroots Midwest's website: GrassRootsMidwest.comMichigan's new state House districts are HERE.Michigan's new state Senate districts are HERE.Michig

With democracy at stake, no one has the luxury of sitting on the sidelines in 2022

Jan 10th, 2022 59m 18s

Melissa Nann Burke at The Detroit News: Michigan's new congressional map features 4 races that could decide U.S. House majority150 Prominent Republicans and Independents Release 'A Call for American Renewal' Charting New PathBrittany Gibson