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Civics, Y’all!

Civics, Y’all! is a podcast that explores the intersection of civics, politics and our everyday lives. We hope to be a show where people who normally don’t follow politics will find more approachable and digestible conversations, and perhaps learn something along the way. This is a political conversation for all of us!

Copyright: © Copyright 2020 Staat Strong Productions

Latest Episodes:

Civics, Y'all! 2021 Episode 3 - Federal vs. States Rights Apr 09, 2021

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Noonie Man Batiste

Antigravity and DSA Voting Guides

provisional ballot in Louisiana

voter suppression in 2021

Who Gets to Vote at NOPL

duties of the Secretary of the State

10th Amendment of the Constitution

The Embattled Vote in America

learning in school that the South didn't lose the Civil War

Uncivil podcast

Brian Kemp running for governor as SOS

Georgia's recent bill surpassing voting rights

food trucks in the 2020 election

Rev./Senator Raphael Warnock's first Senate speech

Atlanta spa shootings

increasing police presence in Asian communities

Deacon Blues' tweet about gun vs. voting laws

Constitution Article 1 Section 4

pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act

Ruth Bader Ginsberg quote about removing pre-clearance

I misspoke - Brian Kemp was SOS of GA, now governor, not Perdue

opting in and out of the Medicade expansion of Obamacare

audiobook I referenced (re: Medicare expansion)

what do state legislatures do?

marijuana legality state by state

same-sex marriage law by state

states as experiments or laboratories of policy

vaccine hesitancy

Tuskegee experiments

vaccine feels rushed (but why it actually wasn't)

research into how the vaccine was developed

Our Email: civics.yall.podcast@gmail.com

Civics, Y'all! 2021 Episode 2 - Capitol Insurrection Jan 20, 2021

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Here is the second part of our conversation, recorded on January 6th, in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol insurrection.

As always, patrons have access to episodes early and there's patron-only content at: https://www.patreon.com/emiliestaatstrong

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quote about living in interesting times

Trump's "I love you" speech

Ilhan Omar's impeachment articles

Contact us at civics.yall.podcast@gmail.com!

Civics, Y'all! 2021 Episode 1 - Georgia Senate Races Jan 19, 2021

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We're trying something a little different - more "live" episodes, like we did around the Election. The episode is lightly edited, in line with our "live" episodes.

This episode was recorded on January 5th before we knew the final results of the Georgia Senate races. We recorded again on January 6th in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol insurrection.

As always, patrons have access to episodes early and there's patron-only content at: https://www.patreon.com/emiliestaatstrong

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victory gardens

Emilie's source: History of the United States Congress

Jadi's source: Not Every Presidential Election Has Been Decided on Election Day

Jim Crow era and laws

A history of treason in the U.S.

The judgement of Solomon

Contact us at civics.yall.podcast@gmail.com!

Civics, Y'all! Noel's Christmas & Civics Episode Part II Dec 22, 2020

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Here is Part II of Noel's Christmas episode - where she tells Emilie the story of Christmas in America and the surprising connections to propaganda posters and advertising.

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Rep. Jim Jordan's tweet

The War on Christmas - Snopes

The War on Christmas - Business Insider

Christmas in Puritan New England

When Americans Banned Christmas

How Washington Irving Shaped Christmas in America

St. Nicholas Day

The History of Christmas Traditions

A Visit from St. Nicholas / The Night Before Christmas - Clement Moore

Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol

Gene Roddenberry

Thomas Nast - Santa Claus as Union propaganda

White House Christmas tree

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Alf Christmas episode

Christmas During the Great Depression

WPA Christmas toys

Pappy O'Daniel - The Cohen Brothers

Christmas Traditions from WWII

"White Christmas" and WWII

NORAD tracks Santa Claus

Frosty the Snowman sells alcohol

Mr. Rogers' Christmas opera

Has Trump ended Bill O'Reilly's War on Christmas?

John Birch Society - There Goes Christmas

religious displays and the courts

10 Commandments film and statues

Pledge of Allegiance from PR Gimmick to Patriotic Vow

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Charlie Brown Christmas special and Apple+/PBS

Saturnalia and Christianity

Starbucks and holiday cups

President Obama and religion conspiracy theories

Christmas in the United States

Civics, Y'all! Noel's Christmas & Civics Episode Part 1 Dec 22, 2020

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Noel's been working on this episode for weeks and we had so much material we decided to split it into the two parts. Jadi and I mostly ceded the podcast to Noel for this two-part episode, fittingly, since it's the Noel season.

Part I starts with one of Noel's letters - this one is addressed to her dad and features a very special Christmas memory. And then, a conversation between Noel and Megan Romer, one of our early guests on the show.

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Star Trek IV Main Theme

Megan's first episode was Episode 2

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Hallmark Christmas movies

George C. Scott A Christmas Carol

Muppet Christmas Carol

Pauline Christianity

Prosperity Gospel/Joel Osteen

property supremacist

small government big church

the Anointing of Jesus (nard)

Disney World Christmas processional

Battlestar Galactica

the Amazon wishlist link for the family of Laura evacuees

Hurricane Laura

Civics, Y'all! Episode 9 - Thanksgiving in Bulbancha Nov 27, 2020

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We're grateful to each and every one of our listeners!

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governor's race in Georgia in 2018

unplugging from the Matrix

Decolonized Walks of Bulbancha

Tricentennial of New Orleans

the history of New Orleans before colonization

Canada's relationship with Indigenous Peoples

colonial founding myth

the game of telephone

oral traditions in Native American communities

Thanksgiving in the United States

Louisiana parish government structure

Indigenous Action Network podcast

community care and mutual aid

Pandemic Solidarity Pluto Press

"English" schools in Louisiana

History Smashers: The Mayflower

Tribal sovereignty in the United States

ritual of feasts and meal sharing

Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - Donney Rose and The American Audit Nov 20, 2020

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Emilie interviews poet and educator Donney Rose about his project The American Audit, among other topics.

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The American Audit by Donney Rose

Kennedy Center Fellowship

1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Cleo Fields and Mike Foster

2000 Presidential election

Jill Stein and the Green Party

how political parties get federal funding

political pendulum

John Bel Edwards and "Blue Lives Matter"

the shooting of Alton Sterling

"vote for the crook, it's important"

Hillary Clinton

Joe Biden and Democratic complacency

Ruth Bader Ginsberg is the first woman to lie in state

slavery and Capitalism

400 years marker of slaves' arrival in Jamestown

shooting of Breonna Taylor

killing of George Floyd

killing of Ahmaud Arbery

killing of Rayshard Brooks

Civics, Y'all Bonus Episode - Franziska of Glass Half Full NOLA Nov 13, 2020

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Emilie talks with Franziska of Glass Half Full NOLA, a grassroots glass recycling organization.

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Glass Half Full

Glass Half Full's GoFundMe

Civics, Y'all! Live Post-Results Bonus Episode Nov 10, 2020

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This "live" episode features Emilie and Jadi talking with Maurice Carlos Ruffin about the results of the 2020 election. We waited till Friday and the race was called, but who knows what will happen next.

Our show's production schedule is going from weekly to monthly. There will be occasional bonus episodes, but look for Episode 9 on November 24th.

Civics, Y'all "Live" Election Day Bonus Episode 3 Nov 03, 2020

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Emilie and Jadi talk with Alex (Episode 6) and Maurice Carlos Ruffin about the early returns and how to stay hopeful.

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