Discussion with Maria Yuan, founder of IssueVoter, a civic tool to make democracy accessible and keep voters informed and engaged. The Civics Factor is a podcast and YouTube channel for exploring the ideal civics education to make democracies actually effective at problem-solving. IssueVoter (IssueVoter.org) explains legislation in easy-to-understand terms with related news and opinions from […]
Welcome! The Civics Factor explores civic literacy in the context of democracies theoretically being able to organize effective leadership to tackle the complex issues of the 21st century. Join me as we talk about unf***ing our democracy! For democracies to function effectively, there needs to be meaningful reforms in at least three dynamics: how citizens […]
The people counter-protesting Black Lives Matter and face masks got their information from somewhere. That system of becoming informed is heavily commercialized and the same engine to get clicks is used to shape social, political, and economic viewpoints as well. These can be gamified by political marketers looking to benefit from division.
The flow of incomes in society has been frozen, and governments and banks are now figuring out what to do about expenses and debts. If income freezes, should not expenses? There’s a lot to consider because the world runs on money, but it’s the most basic math problem we are forced to reckon with. The […]
Christian Picciolini (www.christianpicciolini.com), is a former neo-Nazi leader who now works to disengage others from extremist movements. Christian is a co-founder of Life After Hate and author of the book “Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism”. He now leads the Free Radicals Project (https://www.freeradicals.org/). You can see more of Christian on MSNBC’s special […]
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-civics-factor Sean Holman (seanholman.com) is a professor of journalism at Mount Royal University in Alberta, a current PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham whose research is on the history of access to information. Sean is also a talented, and well-recognized and valued investigative journalist. We talk about the current state of media, politics, and […]
Teale Phelps Bondaroff has an interest in researching odd things, and among his passions is to teach people how to debate. In this interview we look at logical fallacies, what types of debates there are, how they can be made more constructive, and how it can be taught in a 21st century civics education. Please […]
