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E47-  We hate Peter Ricketts & Here’s One More Reason 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

#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 it was to see Nebraskans of all types come together […]

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 […]

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 […]

E38- 2020 Was Not the Problem 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 […]

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: https://seeingrednebraska.com/fight-back/  […]

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: Nebraska Firearm Report Support the work of SeeingRedNebraska […]