Seeing Red: Nebraska Politics From the Left

Find VIDEO OF SONG and links to learn more about Kirk Peener here: https://seeingrednebraska.substack.com/p/we-have-prepared-our-testimony-for Kirk Penner is a member of the Nebraska board of Education and already a bad dude on a number of fronts: he's antisemitic, anti-trans, anti-mask, a COVID conspiracy theorist, and he was elected in part through the financial support of SPLC designated hate group Family Watch International. Want to let him know how you feel about these changes? First read this article for more information. The changes will be discussed at the next SBOE meeting this Friday, Feb 2, at 9:00 am at the NDE Office Building Board Room located at 500 S 84th Street. In the meantime, here's a little of our testimony.

This short clip is part of a story story about a notorious local psychopath. Read the story at https://seeingrednebraska.com/fascism/klin-broadcasts-scurrilous-rape-accusation-to-benefit-republican-incumbent-pat-condon/

This clip is part of a story story about a notorious local psychopath. Read the story at https://seeingrednebraska.com/fascism/klin-broadcasts-scurrilous-rape-accusation-to-benefit-republican-incumbent-pat-condon/

There are A LOT of races on your ballot and many races have two people that you probably don't like...but you're a grownup and you want the better of the two. Here's some advice on how to vote.

Our very own, Melody, is a speaker at the Lincoln women's march. She is the opening speaker and talks about the importance of feeling and creating joy, radical joy. She also had the honor of interviewing the keynote, Amber Goodwin, one of the greatest organizers in the country.

E74: Meet Eve Downing Eve Downing (they/she) is a trans person in Omaha and the child of Jefferson and Diane Downing, who both serve as board members with Nebraska Family Alliance. Eve tells us what it's like growing up with parents who are leading the charge at removing civil rights of trans people, including her. Eve is vibrant, surrounded by a strong community, and the future is bright as she works to pursue her dreams out of state. See previous coverage about Nebraska Family Alliance https://seeingrednebraska.com/nebraska-politics/a-rightwing-lawyer-has-demanded-the-email-and-browsing-history-of-faculty-involved-with-this-blog/ https://seeingrednebraska.com/lgbtqa/the-point-of-the-nebraska-family-alliance-is-to-destroy-families/ *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

April sits down with Julia to discuss the deliberate destruction of the social safety net in America, which have come over time on the heels of tax cuts for corporations and the rich, and how LB939 would bring more of the same. Conversely, average Americans are still reeling from the pandemic and 40 years of government abandoning the needs of the populace.

E72: Meet Ann Hunter-Pirtle We were lucky enough to get Ann Hunter-Pirtle on the pod before she moves away from Nebraska! She is a Lincoln, Nebraska native and a proud graduate of Lincoln Public Schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, from which she holds a BA in Political Science and French and an MS in Agricultural Economics. She has served as Stand For Schools' executive director since 2016. Prior to founding Stand For Schools, Ann spent 5 years in Washington, DC working at the U.S. Senate, the White House, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Ann is passionate about preserving and strengthening Nebraska's public schools so that future generations of Nebraskans can enjoy the opportunities she received. *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E71: Unionize UNL Our guests are Kathleen Dillon & Roz Kichler. Roz and Kathleen are graduate workers at UNL and are on the Steering Committee of Unionize UNL, trying to start a union of graduate workers at UNL. *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

As many of you know, our host Melody is also the executive director of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence. Let's get into guns, Nebraska, and all the nonsense. Great research from Henry Cordes at OWH: https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/gun-law-shifted-hundreds-of-gun-cases-from-federal-courts-at-state-taxpayer-expense/article_87f4bfa8-6ff9-11ec-90dd-c7504ea25e65.html https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/omaha-shows-stiffer-sentences-arent-only-way-to-tackle-gun-violence/article_ceea1028-6439-11ec-bb6c-a32da91f68ca.html Information on permitless carry: https://nebraskansagainstgunviolence.com/permitless-carry *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Melody, Stephanie, and April spend a good amount of time laughing and making sex jokes, as it's episode 69. We reflect on our work, the incredible people we get to speak with, and for the first time ever we introduce you to our dedicated sound engineer. Learn about the new swag for all existing patrons AND new ones through the end of the year. Every cool fridge in Nebraska is going to want the exclusive seeingred magnet! *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

In this episode we talk about evictions, legal process, and renter's rights (or lack thereof) with Dave Pantos. Dave has been an attorney for 25 years, volunteers about 2 times a week helping renters realize their rights in court, is a current candidate for Douglas County Attorney. Fast Fasts on evictions: -Tenants who don't have attorneys will get evicted 98% of the time -Tenants who have attorneys are usually able to avoid or delay losing their homes -Tenants who do not show up for their eviction hearings will almost certainly be evicted -Eviction hearings usually only last 90 seconds when the tenant has no attorney Dave is reading: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska

E67: Meet Ms Erika Felt Erika Felt has run an in-home childcare business since 2001 with a two year break in the middle to act as director of a large childcare center. She has organized and maintained a statewide online resource & support group for in-home childcare business owners for the last 7yrs while striving to have in-home childcare business owner voices be heard. She has been vocal about the benefits of & improvements needed within the Nebraska childcare subsidy program, concerns about NDE's over reach into childcare businesses, and basic common sense regulations & requirements that the industry should have. Erika is reading: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E66: Let's talk TIF, Nose Picking Groene, and More! Join special guest host, Megan Stock, and lets talk Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF is a powerful tool used by cities for public development, but has not had the impact on the areas of greatest need as intended. Megan is reading: Life and Death of the American City by Jane Synder *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska Additional Reading: Bills would add needed oversight to Tax Increment Financing https://www.openskypolicy.org/policy-brief-bills-would-add-needed-oversight-to-tax-increment-financing The Hidden Costs of TIF:Reconsidering a Vaunted Economic Development Tool https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/hidden-costs-tif Omaha City Council Approves 17.5 million TIF for Casino. https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/omaha-city-council-approves-17-5-million-tif-plan-for-casino-at-horsemens-park/article_01717068-e992-11eb-94bf-3f4fb4911828.html Omaha 2020 TIF Report https://planninghcd.cityofomaha.org/images/TIF_Documents/FINAL_DRAFT_2020_TIF_Report.pdf TIF in Nebraska: IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW BROKEN OR ARE PROPONENTS OF REFORM MERELY PLAYING A BROKEN RECORD ON REPEAT https://dspace2.creighton.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10504/87852/49CreightonLRev651.pdf?sequence=1 EMINENT DOMAIN AS ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT: THE PRIVATIZATION OF LAW UNDER NEOLIBERALISM https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A31304/datastream/OBJ/view Tax Increment Financing: Public Use or Private Abuse? Alyson Tomme https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/217204367.pdf “TIFues”: An Examination of the History and Current Issues in Tax Increment Financing Richard T. Wagner https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/41413/WagnerTifExaHis.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Lincoln, NE Redevelopment Process Flow Chart https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/files/sharedassets/public/urban-development/tif-process.pdf Lied Place https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lied-place-residences-developers-make-case-for-additional-tif-dollars/article_e643c405-0419-518b-a50e-4f1458252f69.html More on TIFS, Schools, and Streetcars. By Rick Esenberg https://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/purple-wisconsin/293707751.html https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/olde-towne-bellevue-residents-upset-by-blighted-designation-say-mayor-has-conflict-of-interest/article_ce056bce-3bff-11ec-8209-dbe416f0f26e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 https://omaha.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-governments-must-scrutinize-tif-requests-but-ultimate-benefits-can-be-great/article_fb84b27a-777f-11eb-9c99-b7e703bedbae.html Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development. By David Merriman with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/policy-focus-reports/improving-tax-increment-financing-tif-economic-development

E65: Meet Renee Sans Souci With a degree in education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and being an Umo n ho n woman and practitioner of traditional healing, Renee Sans Souci combines her life experiences with a learning process that helps learners to engage in their own cultural identities and languages. Renee has been a Teaching Artist with the Lied Center for Performing Arts since 2009. She has presented at numerous conferences and workshops on various topics related to #MMIWG2S, Native Science, History of Indian Education, Native languages, Poetry, and Sustainability. Sans Souci was featured, last year, in the PBS American Masters Series, UNLADYLIKE 2020: Susan LaFlesche Picotte: The First American Indian Doctor. She was also a finalist for a 2020 Inspire Award, Celebrating Women Leaders in Lincoln, Nebraska. Book recommended: Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies by Renee Linklater *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Human dignity for the houseless and hungry Today's guest is Michael Reinmiller. Michael is a local advocate whose passion is human dignity, specifically how communities treat their houseless and hungry neighbors. He serves on the board of Fresh Start, and built the first little free pantry in Lincoln which has expanded to over 35 more. Cities and their policies can be houseless friendly or houseless hostile Architecture can be friendly or hostile in a city Neighbors can still help neighbors humans- pantries Donate to your closest pantry directly, or to the go fund me https://www.gofundme.com/f/255xqpg4ao https://journalstar.com/niche/l-magazine/the-tale-of-a-little-free-pantry-in-lincolns-near-south-neighborhood/article_3696de70-d640-5c4b-920d-027067486ec5.html https://journalstar.com/opinion/letters/letter-2-23-downtown-benches-send-a-message/article_c7960ddf-bb61-5f0d-9fd8-75024ab3f5cb.html Recommended reading: The Summer of 1927 by Bill Bryson *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Episode 63 - Police in Schools On today's episode, April and Emily discuss School Resource Officers, known commonly as SROs in Nebraska. 43 School districts in Nebraska armed law enforcement officers in our schools, and they are not all following Nebraska law in publishing guidelines and guardrails to protect children via an Memorandum of Understanding “MOU” with the state. More info: https://nebraskansagainstgunviolence.com/police-in-schools https://www.aclunebraska.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/acluneschoolpolice_0.pdf https://ocrdata.ed.gov/flex/Reports.aspx?type=school https://www.youthmandate.com/ https://www.youthmandate.com https://www.aclu.org/report/cops-and-no-counselors https://www.populardemocracy.org/news/publications/youth-mandate-education-and-liberation-mandate-guide-us-crisis-liberation *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E62: Meet Senator Terrell McKinney Terrell McKinney is a father, State Senator representing District 11 in the Nebraska State Legislature, community organizer, activist, and wrestling coach within the North Omaha community. Before running for office, he worked as a community organizer focusing on food insecurity, Medicaid expansion and various other community initiatives. Terrell holds a Bachelor of Science in Sport Business Management from Maryville University St Louis, Masters in Business Administration from Midland University. He is also currently attending Creighton University School of Law. Senator McKinney's advice to you: “Be unapologetic with your voice”. *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E61: Meet Ari Kohen Ari Kohen talks about his new book, “Antisemitism On The Rise”, tells love stories to libraries, and gives us all practical advice on how to be ready to be a hero if everything goes wrong. Get in the habit of doing small good things to build your empathy muscle Have heroes and study them (read!). Learn how and why they were the one person to do the right thing when most didn't. Find your people and do good together, in community. Get Ari's book: https://bookshop.org/books/antisemitism-on-the-rise-the-1930s-and-today/9781496226044 Learn about the infamous Nebraska Nazi (well, one of the many) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/neo-nazi-gerhard-lauck-nebraska-antisemitism . *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E60: Black Liberation Matters with Dominique Liu-Sang Dominique Liu-Sang is a local community activist who focuses primarily on black liberation but also is not shy to advocating for other oppressed groups of people. In more recent news she has been organizing protests on UNLs campus against the Phi Gamma Delta House in regards to current sexual assault allegations. She aims to help the people by any means necessary including if it makes other people uncomfortable with the complex topics at hand because silence is violence. *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E59: Abortion is Heathcare with Shelley Shelley is on the front lines of ensures that people seeking abortions can get into their appointments safety, both mentally and physically. Join us as we talk about her work, normalizing abortion discussions, and the importance of laughter. Find Shelley's tiktok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeathscorts Support the coffee for escort fund: https://venmo.com/TheDeathscorts Support the clinic: https://abortionfunds.org/fund/abortion-access-fund/ Before donating to any group purporting to help people find and have abortions, see if they are affilated with the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/ *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E58: Redistricting with Senator Adam Morfeld Senator Morfeld serves on the committee for redistricting. Hear directly from the Senator on his opinion on how it's going so far and the expected path forward in redistricting. Find the Linehan and Wayne maps here: http://news.legislature.ne.gov/red/proposed-base-plans/ Check out our previous coverage with MaryLee Moulton from League of Women Voters: https://seeingrednebraska.com/the-pod/e57-redistricting-with-marylee-moulton/ *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E57: Redistricting with MaryLee Moulton MaryLee Moulton is the co-president of the League of Women Voters of Nebraska and the Communication Director of the League in Omaha. She educates us all on how to engage in the redistricting process, what to be looking for, why it matters. The legislature is drawing lines for not only for their own races but also others including regents (think CRT debate) and board of education (think health standards debate). Get more information from the League of Women Voters here: https://lwvnebraska.org/redistricting/ Here are a few highlights from our conversation with Marylee: -Districts should create competitive elections, not predetermined party outcomes -Districts should all be about the same size to ensure equal weight of every vote, look for variances -Cities and Counties should generally not be split -Demand transparency in who made any map put forward and the process to approve it *Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. *Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Kate High is here to talk about Money in Politics. She is a life-llong Nebraskan, but has been in Lincoln since 1990. She believes money in politics is the biggest issue facing Nebraska. Her LWV report is online: https://sites.google.com/a/leagueofwomenvoters.org/clearinghouse/rep/campaign-finance-reform Guest editorial: https://omaha.com/opinion/columnists/midlands-voices-in-term-limits-era-elite-donors-exert-key-influence-on-nebraska-legislature/article_2cb14d62-fba2-11eb-98d2-bf8a3403c3a6.html Kate recommends “Dark Money” and “How democracies Die” Support the pod for just $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/seeingrednebraska. Support SeeingRedNE and independent bookstores by purchasing books with our link. You can find all the books we've recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska

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E54: Courtney Pentland joins the pod to talk about The Nebraska Department of Education’s draft of new regulations which would *nearly eliminate* all requirements for a trained librarian in schools. Students and schools need you to voice your opinion before June 1, 2021 to save school libraries. These links have more info: Seeing Red Overview of the issue https://seeingrednebraska.com/education/save-nebraska-school-libraries/ Resources on what to write https://bit.ly/3uINicg What today’s libraries are like https://iloveps.org/films/the-new-library-learning Libraries during covid https://www.lps.org/post/detail.cfm?id=14387 Courtney is reading: “The Anthropocene Reviewed” by John Green Support your favorite independent bookstore and SeeingRed by purchasing your books with our link. You can find all the books we’ve recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Episode 53 - Join SeeingRed as we laugh about finally seeing vaccinated friends in person and welcome Seeing Red contributor, Amanda Gailey , to the pod. Most recently she has done some citizen journalism investigating a dangerous tire pile site in Alvo, NE. https://seeingrednebraska.com/environment/a-nebraska-villages-failed-government-is-playing-with-toxic-fire-near-lincoln/ Amanda is reading “My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life Emily Dickinson” April is reading “Hunt, Gather, Parent” Support your favorite independent bookstore and SeeingRed by purchasing your books with our link. You can find all the books we’ve recommended on the pod! https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E52 - John Cartier Talks About Drug Reform We've got John Cartier, an attorney who specializes in constitutional law and a graduate of University of Nebraska Law. He's worked on numerous campaigns, including his own for Lincoln Public Schools board of education. His advocacy passions are voting rights where he serves as a director at Civic Nebraska and drug law reform, most recently with Nebraskans with sensible marijuana laws. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E51 - Feminism, Books, and Politics Here are the articles to inspire your own chats with friends. Omaha Police Union President promises violence against residents if funding is cut: https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/omaha-police-union-president-cutting-budgets-could-lead-to-more-police-shootings-nationally/article_87d76552-a2fe-11eb-899d-577855e64310.html Maslow got it wrong: https://gatherfor.medium.com/maslow-got-it-wrong-ae45d6217a8c My ambition is to be free: https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-ambition-is-to-be-free-and?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozOTY0MTcwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNTQ2MTc0MiwiXyI6IktKQ1AxIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE5MDkxNDY3LCJleHAiOjE2MTkwOTUwNjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04ODk4NCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.BZOtfnQQKtvLSdwzG7t-Towfm0QzC8LlfLdrcG94QNY Wrote the Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls Brilliant, bold, and energetic, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is a manifesto for all feminists in the fight against patriarchy. I don’t want to do anything a man can. My ambition is much bigger than doing whatever a man can. Men are not my yardstick. If men themselves are not free of the ravages of racism, capitalism and other forms of oppression, it is not enough to say I want to be equal to them or to do whatever they can. As long as patriarchy remains unchallenged, men will continue to be the default and the standard against which everything is measured. My ambition is for much more. I want to be free. Patriarchy, racism and capitalist exploitation cannot be solved on a per individual basis by celebrating exceptional cases who survive and thrive despite those systemic oppressions. Feminism is not me and my friends making it through patriarchy’s obstacle course to live ever after in post-feminist heaven. Feminism is not a few women hurdling over the obstacles. Feminism is the destruction of those obstacles that hold back all those other women who are very much mired in the patriarchal fuckery of the here and now. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E50- Party Time for Episode 50! We’ve laughed, we’ve cried and you’ve been right along with us. Let’s keep going talking about Nebraska, what’s wrong, and how we keep going.

Despite the governor’s best efforts to stop the federal vaccine goals of a shot in every arm as fast as possible, all the pod ladies have gotten their first dose (And April is actually done!) Using the power of the federal vaccine program that eliminates barriers, everyone is now able to schedule their shot. Note - we’re hearing people are acting like real assholes to pharmacists. Just don’t! Schedule your shot, show up on time and move along. See the current federal pharmacy list here: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Federal-Retail-Pharmacy-Program-Able-to-Vaccinate-18-and-Older.aspx Also, Melody got a quote in Politico on an article about eliminating gun violence! https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/29/6-bold-ideas-gun-reform-478423 Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E48- Give us More Journalists and Melt the Guns! In an era of corporate corruption, blurred lines between policy makers and industry, and a drought of dollars to pay reporters, it’s never been more important to protect student journalists and their right to an education. With their teachers, they must follow the truth, have integrity, and learn how to craft what they see in the world into the written word. Meanwhile, the same people that want to muzzle student journalists are the same people that believe that 8 hours of training and a background check is too high a burden to carry a loaded gun around town. Yikes…..these people are nuts. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

April and Melody talk about the wonderful world of vaccines and one more reason to despise the governor. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Peyton Zyla, known as Mr Zeyela on social media, was born and raised in Omaha. Last summer he became a founding organizer with ProBLAC, launched as an independent journalist, and is now political organizer. Most recently, he was named as one of the people surveilled by the Omaha Police Department in response to the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020. Listen to his story and support the work of Black leadership. What he’s reading: PowerNomics the National Plan to Empower Black America by Dr. Claud Anderson Candidates he’s is supporting in Omaha elections: https://www.lathanfor2021.com/ https://www.dawauneforomaha.com/ https://www.voteforjasmine.com/ Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Hear from Amanda Gailey as she recalls the beginning of the SeeingRedNebraska media empire and why we started doing what we do, and why it matters. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Eric’s career has been dedicated to protection and conservation of natural resources, Since his days of being in the environmental club in high school to his recent work on ensuring affordable and accessible power for everyone he’s been climate conscious and action focused. We’re thrilled to talk to him about how public power works in Nebraska, why it’s important, and reiterate that science is true whether you believe it or not. As for that last part, we call on the expertise of academics to do more, take more risk, and push policy makers to save the planet. Academic Freedom mention: https://seeingrednebraska.com/published/nebraska-we-need-to-talk/ Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod Guests: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E43- School vouchers hurt public schools with Laura Fisher Educator Laura Fisher joins the pod to share a cautionary tale of what happens when school funding is cut by schemes like school voucher programs like Linehan’s LB364. Laura witnessed the devastating effects of school funding cuts in Kansas and she wants to warn everyone what it could mean for Nebraskans if this passes. Show notes mention: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html Nice White Parents podcast series Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E42- Cassey Lottman and the Prison Crisis Cassey Lottman joins the pod to discuss her civic engagement journey from using a broad lens and filtering down to her very neighborhood. Her recent efforts have been coalition building to stop the new prison from being built while simultaneously pushing for reform to stop the overcrowding. We learned A LOT from Cassey and we’re sure you will too! Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E41- Thank You Pipeline Fighters #NOKXL is a Nebraska win that the entire world can celebrate with us. It protects the earth, Native Sovereignty, property rights, and the future we all want. It’s so easy to get down in the dumps so join us as we talk through how incredible Nebraskans of all types came together and defeated an international oil company. Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E40- Monika Gross and Child Welfare in Nebraska Trying to understand the relationship between the state, agencies, children and their families feels impossible. That’s why we brought in Nebraska native, UNL graduate, and the executive director of the Foster Care Review Board, Monika Gross. She walks us through the timeline of when Nebraska outsourced case management to agencies in 2009, through our current crisis of financial mismanagement at the current Kansas based vendor, St Francis Ministries. Get involved to help Nebraska’s most vulnerable children: Be on a review board: https://fcro.nebraska.gov Be a child advocate in court: https://www.nebraskacasa.org/volunteer/volunteer.html Be a foster parent: http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Foster-Care.aspx The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Buy great books recommended by SeeingRed and the Pod: https://bookshop.org/shop/seeingrednebraska Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E39- The Good and the Ugly: Bills in the Legislature It’s Nebraska and we know we have a lot of stop in the way of bad policy designed to enrich the rich, increase poverty, and tear away the social safety net. However, we’ve elected some progressive senators and now we have a lot to fight FOR and SUPPORT. Step 1: Find Your Senator https://nebraskalegislature.gov/ -->enter your address at “find your senator” on the right hand side Step 2: Setup the BillTracker https://www.nebraska.gov/billtracker/ Bills: Labor rights - SUPPORT - LB122: Abolish “Tipped Wage”, Hunt OPPOSE - LB139: Protect Business that put workers in harm’s way, Briese SUPPORT - LB241: Covid protection rights for meat packers, Vargas SUPPORT - LB480: Increase Min. Wage, McKinney Body Autonomy SUPPORT - LB276: allows telehealth for medication abortions, Hunt SUPPORT - LB474: medical marijuana, Wishart SUPPORT - LB451: Ban discrimination for racial and cultural traits like natural hair, McKinney Human Rights OPPOSE - LB300: Stand Your Ground Slama SUPPORT - LB358: Tenant protection from retaliation from reporting, Hunt OPPOSE - LB364: School Vouchers, Linehan SUPPORT - LB199: Ban Facial Recognition, Vargas Social Safety Net SUPPORT - LB485: Give more families access to daycare, DeBoer SUPPORT - LB356: Increase access to SNAP, food assistance, Hunt Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Weeeeee’re baaaaaaaaack! Join April, Melody, and Stephanie as they remind you that we have a neo-nazi problem right here in Nebraska and it existed well before Trump. Then, on to shop talk about the new session of the Nebraska legislature. Melody gives an overview on how the whole thing works and they highlight a few bills they are already watching. Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

E37- Look back at 2020 with Amanda Gailey Amanda comes back to the pod to look back at 2020 with April, Melody and Stephanie. As we move into the future, we’re wishing all of you a healthy and joyful season of lights. Happy Solstice and all the other wonderful holidays people celebrate this time of year. Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

Melody switches from interviewer to interviewee, in order to tell us about the new report on firearms in Nebraska, from her organization, Nebraskans Against Gun Violence. Suicides, racial disparity, child deaths, gun theft and missing domestic violence data emerged as key takeaways. Access the report and charts here: Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska

After letting the governor know how inappropriate it is to sit in a bar without a mask in a week where Nebraska breaks 1,000 covid deaths, Bear comes to the pod to talk about who he is, what he’s about, and how everyone can find their space in the work. Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska here: http://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/ Social Media links: https://seeingrednebraska.com seeingredne@protonmail.com Tweet@seeingredNE FB@seeingrednebraska Instagram @seeingrednebraska