Civic Studies » Podcast

NCDD Podcast on International Day of Listening on Sept. 19

Keiva Hummel — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:00:10 +0000

Have you listened to someone today? How about someone that you disagree with? If not, why not? Sometimes we focus more on speaking than on listening, though both are crucial to dialogue and deliberation. That is why NCDD is restarting their podcast series with a feature on the fourth annual International Listening Day taking place on Thursday, September 19th. The International Day of Listening (https://internationaldayoflistening.com/) evolved in response to our modern-day “listening crisis” as one of many ways to remind us all of how to engage […] Continue reading →

Chill out with this Summer D&D Podcast Compilation!

Keiva Hummel — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:00:27 +0000

It’s been a while since we offered a compilation of podcasts related to dialogue, deliberation, and engagement work. So for your summer enjoyment, we’ve compiled some excellent listens for you to kick back to while on your summer vacation, tune into while you’re at work, or however you enjoy! Let us know which one of these podcasts resonate with you in the comments section below. If we are missing some of your favorite podcasts or standalone episodes – we’d love to hear that as well […] Continue reading →

Exploring Podcasts as Emerging Medium for Civic Learning

Keiva Hummel — Fri, 24 May 2019 11:00:07 +0000

For folks in the New York City area, there is a cool event coming up next week that we wanted to make sure our network knew about on exploring how podcasts are being used to deepen civic knowledge and practices. The Metropolitan New York Library Council is hosting the in-person event, “Podcasts To The Rescue! An Emerging Medium for Learning About Civics, Government, and the Social Contract” on Thursday, May 30th from 7-8:30 pm Eastern. There is a fantastic line-up of speakers planned for the […] Continue reading →

New Podcast Launches on Healing Root Divisions in US

Keiva Hummel — Mon, 06 May 2019 11:00:53 +0000

NCDD members, Erin and David Leaverton recently announced the launch of their new podcast, Hello My Name is America! Last year, the Leavertons traveled to each of the 50 states with their three young children to talk and listen with folks from across the country about what are the deep divisions they experience – listen to our Confab recording to hear more about Leavertons’ story. Their new podcast shares the experiences of the individuals they met along the way and seeks to explore the root causes […] Continue reading →

Democracy Works Podcast Celebrates First Anniversary

Keiva Hummel — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:00:16 +0000

We want to wish our friends at the Democracy Works Podcast a happy birthday as they ring in their one year anniversary! If you haven’t listened to this podcast yet, a great place to start is the much-anticipated episode released today: Jonathan Haidt on the psychology of democracy – click here to listen. Democracy Works is produced by NCDD member organization The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State and the podcast examines all things related to making a healthy democracy work. We encourage you to read […] Continue reading →

Tap into our Winter D&D Podcast Compilation!

Keiva Hummel — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:30:01 +0000

It’s amazing how fast time has gone by since the last time we did a round up of our favorite D&D podcasts! Since it is such a great time of year to pop on a podcast and hibernate, check out the recent list we compiled dedicated to dialogue, deliberation, democracy, and engagement work, to boost you through the chilly months. We’ve added several more podcasts from our D&D community that we’ve found along the way since our compilation last time. Let us know in the […] Continue reading →

Dig into this Democracy Summer Reading List

Keiva Hummel — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:30:52 +0000

Now that summer is in full swing, we are hoping folks are getting some down time to enjoy the season. Whether you are relaxing or needing a break from work, check out this summer reading list gathered by Democracy Works, a podcast created by NCDD member org, the McCourtney Institute at Penn State. Let us know in the comments if you are reading any of these and please let us know your recommendations for books on democracy, dialogue, deliberation, and/or public engagement! You can read […] Continue reading →

Podcast Round-up on Dialogue, Deliberation, & Democracy

Keiva Hummel — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:30:45 +0000

As we finish up this last official week of winter and begin to welcome in the spring, we wanted to share some of the podcasts that have crossed our paths recently related to all things dialogue, deliberation, democracy, or public engagement. Whether to inspire, challenge, or purely for entertainment – these podcasts can help get us through the last bit of winter hibernation or energize us to get ready for any upcoming spring cleaning! NCDD has put out a few podcast episodes that we encourage you to […] Continue reading →

What’s New?

etweber@gmail.com — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:58:58 +0000

Diving into Public Philosophy, or maybe Belly-Flopping Into It.

This spring has been BUSY. In Moving to Lexington, KY, I decided that among my key aims would be to dive deeper into the waters of public philosophy, public intellectual engagement. So far, a number of related activities have kept me busier than I could have imagined. They’ve also been hugely rewarding. Organizationally, I’ve been […]

The post What's New? first appeared on Eric Thomas Weber.

Continue reading →

New NCDD Podcast Episode Featuring Bring it to the Table!

Courtney Breese — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:00:54 +0000

The latest episode of the NCDD Podcast is now live! You can find this on iTunes, SoundCloud and Google Play. In this episode, NCDD Managing Director Courtney Breese speaks with Julie Winokur of Bring it to the Table. Julie is Producer and Director of Bring it to the Table, a project seeking to bridge political divides and break down partisanship through a documentary, webisodes, online platform and community engagement campaign. Julie speaks about her experiences filming the original documentary in 2012 (some of you saw the documentary […] Continue reading →