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Listen, Organize, Act! Community Organizing & Democratic Politics

The Listen, Organize, Act podcast focuses on the history and contemporary practice of community organizing and democratic politics. Alongside this specific focus are two others: the first is to explor... Read more

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Ep.1: What is Community Organizing? And Why is it Needed?

Ep.1: What is Community Organizing? And Why is it Needed?

In this, the first episode, I talk to Keisha Krumm and Mike Gecan about what is community organizing, what it involves, ... Read more

15 Feb 2021

1hr 4mins

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Ep. 2: The Basic Tool of Organizing: The One to One or Relational Meeting

Ep. 2: The Basic Tool of Organizing: The One to One or Relational Meeting

This episode discusses why and how listening is the beginning point of democratic organizing and the role of the one-to-... Read more

15 Feb 2021

49mins

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Ep.3: The Other Basic Tool of Organizing: House Meetings

Ep.3: The Other Basic Tool of Organizing: House Meetings

In this episode I examine the second key tool organizing uses for listening, building relationships, and effecting chang... Read more

2 Mar 2021

1hr 1min

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Ep.4: The Ability to Act: Power Over and Power With

Ep.4: The Ability to Act: Power Over and Power With

This episode discusses power, defined simply as the ability to act. It focuses on the relationship between power and dem... Read more

9 Mar 2021

1hr 9mins

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Ep.5: Leadership, But Not As You Know It

Ep.5: Leadership, But Not As You Know It

This episode discusses the nature and purpose of leadership in organizing, how it is defined and understood, who are lea... Read more

16 Mar 2021

1hr 2mins

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Ep.6: Institutions: Why They're Vital for Democratic Politics

Ep.6: Institutions: Why They're Vital for Democratic Politics

Building on the previous episodes on power and leadership, in this episode I examine the place of institutions in organi... Read more

25 Mar 2021

1hr 1min

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Ep.7: Popular Education: Organizing Knowledge & Learning to be Political

Ep.7: Popular Education: Organizing Knowledge & Learning to be Political

This episode focuses on popular education, discussing what it is and why it’s key to good democratic organizing with Ern... Read more

30 Mar 2021

44mins

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Ep.8: Organized Money I: Money Power & Fundraising

Ep.8: Organized Money I: Money Power & Fundraising

This episode discusses the positive and negative ways money and politics connect and the means to organize money through... Read more

7 Apr 2021

1hr 1min

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Ep.9: Organized Money II: Economic Democracy & the Solidarity Economy

Ep.9: Organized Money II: Economic Democracy & the Solidarity Economy

This episode focuses on is how to organize money so that it fosters the flourishing of where we live and work through ge... Read more

14 Apr 2021

1hr 6mins

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Ep. 10: Strategy, Tactics, & Direct Action

Ep. 10: Strategy, Tactics, & Direct Action

This episode examines the ways organizing develops a strategy to bring about change, the kinds of tactics used to achiev... Read more

22 Apr 2021

1hr 12mins

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