Civics, Y'all!

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

Show Notes

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

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 04:05:00 -0600

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.

Show Notes

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

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0600

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.

Show Notes

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

Cajun Navy

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

Staat Strong Productions — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0600

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

Show Notes

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

passe blanc

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

Staat Strong Productions — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0600

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

Show Notes

The American Audit by Donney Rose

The North Star

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

Eddie Rispone

"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

Staat Strong Productions — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0600

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

Show Notes

Glass Half Full

Glass Half Full's GoFundMe

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

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0600

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.

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

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 23:00:00 -0600

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

Civics, Y'all! "Live" Election Day Bonus Episode 2

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:30:00 -0600

Our second "live" episode featuring CT Cook, Maurice Ruffin, Jadi and Noel.

This conversation went "long," but it's sooooo good.

Also, Noel and our guest Maurice Carlos Ruffin just kept talking after we ended this session and that content is only available on our Patreon. Show Patreon if you want to listen!

Civics, Y'all "Live" Election Day Bonus Episode 1

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:30:00 -0600

Hi y'all! We're trying something new today - "live" episodes that we record and post without any editing. All three co-hosts will drop in to a live episode, as well as guests from previous episodes.

This first episode features Emilie, Noel and Toby from Episode 8.

Show notes added later.

Civics, Y'all! Episode 8 - Election Day, Y'all!

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0600

Emilie, Jadi and Noel talk about their voting experiences - plus special guests Thomas and Toby, a listener of the show and his 18 year old son who voted for the first time.

Show Notes

The Handmaid's Tale

Flock of Seagulls (the band)

Mine! meme

Citizen Kang (Treehouse of Horror)

Knock the House

Public Citizen

2020 General Election Early Voting Map

2000 election (hanging chads)

political alignment quiz

Generation Z and socialism

Louisiana "I Voted" stickers

Becoming One Nation Party

Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - The rest of the ballot

Staat Strong Productions — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0600

We talk about alllllll of the Louisiana Senate Candidates, the Representative and DA races and touch on the judges, municipal court and school board races.

Show Notes

Teofimo Lopez v Vasiliy Lomachenko fight

Louisiana sample ballot

DSA Voter Guide

538 polls

Mayors for a Guaranteed Income UBI experiment

Why say "unhoused" instead of "homeless"?

Libertarianism

Reparations

Charter schools in Louisiana

Flip the Bench

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Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - Where have all the good presidents gone?

Staat Strong Productions — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0600

If you're hearing Bonnie Tyler's voice singing this week's title, that is no accident. I'm currently listening to her song "I Need a Hero" (which I "accidentally" typed as "her" first).

In this conversation, Jadi and I talk with New Orleans author (and one of my best friends) Maurice Carlos Ruffin about Kanye West and the rest of the presidential race.

Show Notes

Coming to America

The Golden Child

Mary Matalin and James Carville

Trump is no Republican

how third parties get federal funding

Bernie Sanders and the Democrats

Unity Party

U.N.I.T.Y. by Queen Latifah

Kanye West for President

Michelle Tidball

Marianne Williamson

must the president and VP be from different states?

Dick Cheney

Panem / The Hunger Games

is the Electoral College gerrymandering?

Green Party

Becoming One Nation Party

Jade Simmons

Claudeliah Roze

Maurice Carlos Ruffin + his mama voting

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Civics, Y'all! Episode 7 - "What does it take to run for office?"

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:00:00 -0600

We respond to listener feedback, interview Tania Nyman who is running for Metro Council in Baton Rouge, and John Paul Bourgeois, who is running for Senate. Brace yourself for all of the Louisiana names you're about to hear!

Show Notes

the difference between civics and politics (per Sen. Ben Sasse)

Tania Nyman

George Mason University

Louisiana State University

Dictionary of Louisiana French

Breakaway school districts / St. George / resegregation

Metro Council (Baton Rouge)

Hi-Y Club

1988 Presidential Election

David Duke

Episode 3

Advice and Consent / Senate and the Supreme Court

John Paul Bourgeois

Masters of Public Health

FEC - campaign finance

Mary Landrieu

Pope John Paul II

2020 US Senate election in Louisiana

Bill Cassidy's record

LSMA in Nachitoches

2008 Presidential Election

Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA

Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me

Hilary Clinton

Pro-life is just anti-abortion

early voting in Louisiana

does raising the minimum wage increase inflation?

Episode 5 (USPS episode, Trixie Minx)

Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court

Supreme Court might decide the 2020 presidential election

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Civics, Y'all! Episode 6 - "What good is a confirmation hearing?"

Staat Strong Productions — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:00:00 -0600

We dive into the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing, talk with Alex Stockton, a former Trump voter, and learn about Louisiana Amendment 5 Kahlida Nicole Lloyd.

Show Notes

Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing

ACB's 7th Circuit Court opinions

Kanter v Barr (right to guns / voting)

PBS NewsHour ABC hearing

transracial adoption

Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearing (again, sorry)

Schoolhouse Rock (again, not sorry)

2004 Presidential election

2008 Presidential election

Dr. Nicki Washington on Twitter

Me Too Movement