https://democracyandme.org/series/democracy-and-z/ An educational outreach project of 91.7 WVXU Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:30:46 +0000 en-US © 2020 Democracy and Me Democracy & Z is a student podcast, developed in collaboration with our friends at Elementz. Democracy and Me episodic An educational outreach project of 91.7 WVXU Democracy and Me spitfish14@gmail.com false https://www.democracyandme.org/feed/podcast/dem_ztrac/ spitfish14@gmail.com An educational outreach project of 91.7 WVXU No yes 79b9f7aa-eebf-5730-9068-7d93ff1941ef https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://democracyandme.org/sports-speech-and-the-olympics-the-real-story-is-how-we-cover-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sports-speech-and-the-olympics-the-real-story-is-how-we-cover-it Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:30:06 +0000 https://www.democracyandme.org/?p=6056 Kathrine Nero The Olympics are supposed to be the world’s easiest storyline. A flag and a uniform. A start line and a finish. 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Meti Berhanu, Pawan Rai, Angela Chub-Lopez, and Enock Sadiki share their opinions on [...]]]> https://democracyandme.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/pexels-travis-saylor-271738-951382-scaled.jpg Reading the Declaration of Independence in 2025 false no 0:00 No no https://democracyandme.org/deepfakes-and-ai-are-rewriting-the-rules-of-truth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deepfakes-and-ai-are-rewriting-the-rules-of-truth Thu, 29 May 2025 19:10:30 +0000 https://www.democracyandme.org/?p=5834 Kathrine Nero Chances are within the last few days you’ve seen an image or a video you weren’t quite sure was real. Is it artificial [...]]]> Kathrine Nero Chances are within the last few days you’ve seen an image or a video you weren’t quite sure was real. 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