James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters
A podcast exploring themes related to civic engagement in order to build a more inclusive, just, and equitable democracy.Podcasts
Episode 110: The tensions between expertise and democracy: An interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Published: Aug. 1, 2023, midnightDuration: 32 minutes 29 seconds
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Episode 109: European democracy at a crossroads: An interview with Minister Counselor Markus Teglas
Published: May 2, 2023, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 32 seconds
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Episode 108: Solutions to the campus free speech woes: An interview with ALL IN Democracy Challenge's Stephanie King and JMU Debate
Published: April 17, 2023, midnightDuration: 42 minutes 10 seconds
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Episode 107: Innovations in Teaching Democracy at the Elementary School Level
Published: March 3, 2023, midnightDuration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
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Episode 106: What Should Centers for Civic Engagement Do For Higher Education? An Interview with David Kirkpatrick and Kara Dillard
Published: Oct. 10, 2022, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 36 seconds
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Episode 105: The Invention of Legal Rights with Dr. Laura Edwards
Published: Sept. 21, 2022, midnightDuration: 55 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep. 103: Investing for Democracy ft. Ian Simmons
Published: April 28, 2022, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 102: Talking Back to Power Through Art ft. Aram Han Sifuentes
Published: April 12, 2022, midnightDuration: 38 minutes 45 seconds
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Russia Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
Published: March 24, 2022, midnightDuration: 1 hour 10 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 98: Opportunity Lost: How We Failed Afghanistan Ft. Dr. Samiullah Nuristani
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, midnightDuration: 1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds
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Ep. 99: Democracy Trends in Africa ft. Joanne Gabbin, Melinda Adams, Philip Onyekachukwu, Tamara White and Meagan Allen
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, midnightDuration: 1 hour 22 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 100: The Stakes of Difficult Knowledge ft. Oren Stier
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, midnightDuration: 21 minutes
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Episode 97: Living Up To the Ideals of Democracy Through Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation
Published: Feb. 2, 2022, midnightDuration: 31 minutes 57 seconds
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Episode 96: Can Hard Conversations Save Democracy?
Published: Dec. 21, 2021, midnightDuration: 35 minutes 7 seconds
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Episode 95: 9/11 at 20 MAJ (R) Shawn Pardee
Published: Dec. 10, 2021, midnightDuration: 34 minutes 39 seconds
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Episode 94: Fighting Political Gridlock Starts with States
Published: Dec. 2, 2021, midnightDuration: 38 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 93: Advocating Democracy in Africa
Published: Dec. 1, 2021, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 26 seconds
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Episode 92: Political Voices of GenZ
Published: Nov. 29, 2021, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 50 seconds
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Episode 91: Climate Action Now
Published: Nov. 3, 2021, midnightDuration: 48 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 90: Saving Democracy
Published: Nov. 2, 2021, midnightDuration: 35 minutes 44 seconds
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Episode 89: Democracy's Struggle Against Itself featuring Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora
Published: Oct. 28, 2021, midnightDuration: 33 minutes 20 seconds
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Episode 88: 9/11 at 20 Ryan Powell
Published: Oct. 7, 2021, midnightDuration: 31 minutes 45 seconds
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Episode 87: Racism on Virginia Campuses: A Visual Study
Published: Sept. 29, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour
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Episode 86: 9/11 at 20 Nicolle Johnson
Published: Sept. 27, 2021, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 85: Connecting Afghanistan's Past and Present
Published: Sept. 21, 2021, midnightDuration: 50 minutes 39 seconds
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Episode 84: Vibrant Inclusive Public Spaces to Strengthen Social Ties
Published: Sept. 17, 2021, midnightDuration: 30 minutes 5 seconds
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Episode 83: 9/11 at 20 Jim Biddle
Published: Sept. 14, 2021, midnightDuration: 22 minutes 57 seconds
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Episode 82: Lieutenant Colonel Nick Swayne
Published: Sept. 13, 2021, midnightDuration: 46 minutes 3 seconds
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Episode 81: 9/11 at 20 Aaron Shapiro
Published: Sept. 8, 2021, midnightDuration: 23 minutes 1 second
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Episode 80: 9/11 at 20 Major Robert Kennedy
Published: Sept. 7, 2021, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 13 seconds
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Episode 79: The 26th Amendment at 50: Racial Justice and Youth Political Power Feat. Carolyn Quilloin Coleman
Published: Sept. 6, 2021, midnightDuration: 38 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 78: 9/11 at 20 Lieutenant Colonel Dan Maurer
Published: Sept. 2, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour 4 minutes 5 seconds
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Episode 77: 9/11 at 20 Dr. Terri Rodzevik
Published: Aug. 31, 2021, midnightDuration: 26 minutes 3 seconds
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Episode 76: Enormous Stakes Politics: Why Redistricting Matters Feat. David Wasserman
Published: Aug. 26, 2021, midnightDuration: 34 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 75: 9/11 at 20 Joshua L. Dratel
Published: Aug. 18, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour 6 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 74: 9/11 at 20 Lieutenant Colonel Dan Curran
Published: Aug. 16, 2021, midnightDuration: 46 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 73: Making Sense of Collective Mass Trauma: Lessons from the 9/11 Commission
Published: Aug. 12, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour 8 minutes 5 seconds
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Episode 72: 9/11 at 20 Marilyn Houde
Published: Aug. 3, 2021, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 38 seconds
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Episode 71: Can We Make Elections Fair?
Published: July 27, 2021, midnightDuration: 46 minutes 59 seconds
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Episode 70: 9/11 at 20 Terry Kessler
Published: July 26, 2021, midnightDuration: 22 minutes 30 seconds
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Episode 69: 9/11 at 20 Steven R. Shapiro
Published: July 25, 2021, midnightDuration: 54 minutes 50 seconds
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Episode 68: 9/11 at 20 Mini Series Dr. Mark Ehler
Published: July 20, 2021, midnightDuration: 35 minutes 14 seconds
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Episode 67: 9/11 at 20 Mini Series Samantha Huie
Published: July 15, 2021, midnightDuration: 18 minutes 35 seconds
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Episode 66: 9/11 at 20 Mini Series Gregory Sullivan
Published: July 14, 2021, midnightDuration: 21 minutes 16 seconds
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Episode 65: 9/11 at 20 Mini Series Major Michael Benner
Published: July 13, 2021, midnightDuration: 33 minutes 7 seconds
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Episode 64: Divergent Access and the Future of Voting Rights
Published: July 8, 2021, midnightDuration: 38 minutes 39 seconds
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Bonus: E-Carceration and the Price of the American Dream
Published: July 7, 2021, midnightDuration: 26 minutes 43 seconds
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Episode 63: Durable Policy Solutions to the Humanitarian Crisis in Central America
Published: June 22, 2021, midnightDuration: 26 minutes 3 seconds
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Episode 62: Moving Beyond the 'Band Aid on Wound' Approach to Refugees
Published: June 18, 2021, midnightDuration: 40 minutes 7 seconds
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Episode 61: Pulling Democracy Back from the Brink
Published: May 28, 2021, midnightDuration: 45 minutes 58 seconds
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Episode 60: Free the Press
Published: May 21, 2021, midnightDuration: 53 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 59: Can transparency, oversight, ethics and accountability save American democracy?
Published: May 19, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour 7 minutes
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Episode 58: Is Big Government Back?
Published: April 29, 2021, midnightDuration: 39 minutes 26 seconds
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Episode 57: Can We Stop Climate Destruction?
Published: April 21, 2021, midnightDuration: 26 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 56: How Can Women Realize Their Full Political Potential?
Published: April 15, 2021, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 11 seconds
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Episode 55: Ungoverned and Out of Sight
Published: April 7, 2021, midnightDuration: 34 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 54: How Can Parties Bring More Women Into Power and Politics?
Published: March 10, 2021, midnightDuration: 28 minutes 22 seconds
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Episode 53: Does The President Have a Mandate?
Published: Feb. 28, 2021, midnightDuration: 33 minutes 44 seconds
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Episode 52: Insurrection as a civically responsible form of social change
Published: Feb. 15, 2021, midnightDuration: 46 minutes 22 seconds
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Episode 51: Insurrection and Sedition Explained
Published: Jan. 13, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour 2 minutes 44 seconds
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Episode 50: 'Democracy Is an Act'
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, midnightDuration: 1 hour 5 minutes 38 seconds
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Episode 49: From Chaos to Compassion: A New Era for Immigration?
Published: Dec. 24, 2020, midnightDuration: 46 minutes 46 seconds
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Episode 48: Democracy Is Not Static
Published: Dec. 17, 2020, midnightDuration: 28 minutes 19 seconds
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Episode 47: No Power Superior to the People
Published: Dec. 2, 2020, midnightDuration: 34 minutes 47 seconds
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Episode 46: Compromise Is Fruitful and Conflict Is Destructive
Published: Nov. 25, 2020, midnightDuration: 50 minutes 12 seconds
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Episode 45: Distrust of News, Divergent Sources, Doom Scrolling and Democracy
Published: Nov. 23, 2020, midnightDuration: 41 minutes 5 seconds
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Democracy Matters - Episode 44: Achieving Health Equity
Published: Nov. 14, 2020, midnightDuration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Episode 44: Achieving Health Equity
Published: Nov. 14, 2020, midnightDuration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Episode 43: Diversity and Democracy Through Higher Education
Published: Nov. 12, 2020, midnightDuration: 44 minutes 31 seconds
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Episode 42: The Supremes and Elections
Published: Oct. 30, 2020, midnightDuration: 21 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 41: Turtles Riding Dogs: The Politics of Civil Discourse on Campus and Beyond
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, midnightDuration: 36 minutes 33 seconds
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Episode 40: Making Virginia the Burger King of Voting
Published: Oct. 26, 2020, midnightDuration: 44 minutes 4 seconds
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Episode 39: More Democracy Is Better Democracy
Published: Oct. 23, 2020, midnightDuration: 39 minutes 54 seconds
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Episode 38: Local Action for Global Impact on Climate Change
Published: Oct. 16, 2020, midnightDuration: 33 minutes 30 seconds
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Episode 37: The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family
Published: Oct. 14, 2020, midnightDuration: 44 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 36: Election Emotions and What We Can Do About Them
Published: Oct. 8, 2020, midnightDuration: 40 minutes 59 seconds
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Episode 35: #LetHerSpeak
Published: Sept. 10, 2020, midnightDuration: 35 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 34: Is Vote by Mail the Solution to Safe, Accessible Elections?
Published: Aug. 27, 2020, midnightDuration: 39 minutes
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Episode 33: The American Presidency in Trouble and What Voters Can Do
Published: Aug. 11, 2020, midnightDuration: 39 minutes 26 seconds
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Episode 32: What Miner Bo's Campaign Can Tell Us About Democracy
Published: Aug. 3, 2020, midnightDuration: 26 minutes 35 seconds
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Episode 31: On Becoming a Hotbed of Democracy
Published: July 28, 2020, midnightDuration: 43 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 30: Why Isn't Democracy Working For Everyone?
Published: July 8, 2020, midnightDuration: 35 minutes 24 seconds
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Episode 29: Athletlics and Social Justice
Published: June 25, 2020, midnightDuration: 1 hour 29 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 28: Antiracism and Black Agency Through Arts
Published: June 19, 2020, midnightDuration: 1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds
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Episode 27: Moving Beyond Lesser of Two Evils: A path to a fairer and more functional democracy?
Published: June 9, 2020, midnightDuration: 25 minutes 24 seconds
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Episode 26: Justice As a House: When the Studs are Rotten, Paint Won't Fix It
Published: June 5, 2020, midnightDuration: 1 hour 29 minutes 2 seconds
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Episode 25: UniverCity of Refuge
Published: May 21, 2020, midnightDuration: 48 minutes 27 seconds
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Episode 24: New Politics in the Old Dominion?
Published: May 14, 2020, midnightDuration: 38 minutes 12 seconds
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Episode 23: The World Needs U.S.-China Cooperation
Published: May 6, 2020, midnightDuration: 41 minutes 4 seconds
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Episode 22: Civic engagement, social distancing, and democracy reform
Published: April 30, 2020, midnightDuration: 37 minutes 25 seconds
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Episode 21: Counting for Community Resilience: Census in the Time of COVID
Published: April 26, 2020, midnightDuration: 41 minutes 59 seconds
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Episode 20: Protecting Democracy During Pandemic
Published: April 20, 2020, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 3 seconds
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Episode 19: Leadership in a Time of Global Crisis: Serving the campus, community and beyond
Published: April 5, 2020, midnightDuration: 44 minutes 2 seconds
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Episode 18: Tearing the Veil From the Bottom Up: Civic Engagement thru Hip-Hop
Published: March 28, 2020, midnightDuration: 39 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 17: Is Civility a Cure for the Dysfunctions of Democracy?
Published: March 21, 2020, midnightDuration: 52 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 16: Evaluating Political News in an Election Year
Published: Feb. 24, 2020, midnightDuration: 29 minutes 47 seconds
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Episode 15: Banking on Civic Learning
Published: Jan. 21, 2020, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 44 seconds
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Episode 14: Plan, Do, Check and Prove: Educating for Democracy on Campuses and Beyond
Published: Jan. 6, 2020, midnightDuration: 44 minutes 47 seconds
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Episode 13: Talkin 'bout the Revolution: What we can learn from women breaking barriers in early America
Published: Nov. 12, 2019, midnightDuration: 42 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 12: The Ballot Box: The Only Place Where Jeff Bezos and the Janitor of McDonalds Are Equal
Published: Nov. 6, 2019, midnightDuration: 33 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 11: Women Breaking Barriers: A Timeline
Published: Sept. 4, 2019, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 49 seconds
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Episode 10: Inclusive Music and the Value of 'Being With'
Published: Aug. 18, 2019, midnightDuration: 44 minutes 37 seconds
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Episode 9: Beyond the Lens: Justice Through Photography
Published: Aug. 12, 2019, midnightDuration: 39 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 8: So Much Noise and No One Needs A Broadcast Message
Published: Aug. 5, 2019, midnightDuration: 39 minutes 36 seconds
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Episode 7: Bring on the Democracy Midwives!
Published: July 28, 2019, midnightDuration: 47 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 6: The SOUL of Campus Civic Life
Published: July 18, 2019, midnightDuration: 37 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 5: Don't Cook Tonight! Call Ceola. Or How to Build Non-Colonial University-Community Partnerships with a Blue Hair Brigade
Published: July 17, 2019, midnightDuration: 1 hour 1 minute 32 seconds
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Episode 4: Beware the Shrinking Imagination!
Published: July 16, 2019, midnightDuration: 42 minutes 15 seconds
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Episode 3: Bringing Democracy to Life
Published: July 15, 2019, midnightDuration: 41 minutes 38 seconds
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Episode 2: Real Democracy Needs Everyone's Perspectives
Published: June 24, 2019, midnightDuration: 24 minutes 59 seconds
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Episode 1: A Place to Start: Conversation with Professor, Artist, Community Organizer Pato Hebert.
Published: June 17, 2019, midnightDuration: 47 minutes 52 seconds
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