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Democracy & Z

Democracy & Z is a student podcast, developed in collaboration with our friends at Elementz.

Episode 52: Thankful for Each Other

November 24, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Yeah, it’s a complicated holiday—part of a mythical American origin story masking ugly truths about who’s really had a place at our nation’s table over […]

Episode 51: How Colorism Hurts

November 11, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Straight-up racism is bad enough—but for many of us, colorism cuts even deeper. Maybe we were born with skin tones darker or lighter than those […]

Forum on Critical Race Theory and Education with NKU and Democracy and Me

October 31, 2021 David Childs 9

Dr. David Childs, D.D., Ph.D. Northern Kentucky University College and high school students at an upcoming virtual forum featuring Democracy and Me and Northern Kentucky […]

Episode 50: Especially In an Off-Year, All Politics Is Local

October 28, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

The cheesy mom-and-pop billboards, the endlessly unreadable ballot measures, the ridiculous number of candidates (34? 37?) scrumming for nine Cincinnati City Council seats… You really […]

Episode 49: Spooky Season Special

October 26, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

News flash: We love Halloween. For kids who’ve often felt out-of-step with mainstream American culture, maybe not 100 percent comfortable in our own skins, the […]

Episode 48: Social Media: Is It Really That Bad?

October 14, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 1

With Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms facing new scrutiny on Capitol Hill, we thought it was time to ask ourselves, the real experts, […]

Episode 47: Asian Cultural Representation Is This Movie’s Superpower (Feat. GCCCEA Youth)

September 30, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is officially the biggest movie of the year, earning almost $200 million in U.S. cinemas […]

Episode 46: Raised on Ashes: What the ‘War on Terrorism’ Did to Us

September 10, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

When did you first learn about 9/11? What about the war in Afghanistan that followed—how much did you know about all that, at least until […]

Episode 45: Sustainable, Self-Affirming Fall Style

August 26, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Saving money, reducing waste, and being yourself: these are fashion trends we can definitely get behind, and, they’re good for the planet, too. Have you, […]

Episode 44: I’m Just Asking (feat. Peaslee’s Agents of Change)

August 12, 2021 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Who am I, really? How can I stand up against peer pressure? Do aliens exist? This summer the teen Agents of Change at the Peaslee […]

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