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Engaged Citizen

Holly + Josh Hudley

Engaged Citizen is a podcast with Holly and Josh, a couple of ordinary people interested in helping you stay informed in a thoughtful and truthful way. We are saturated with news, so we will take three to four issues each week and discuss why they matter. We’ll end with a bright spot because people still show courage, compassion, and love!

society & culture news commentary

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00:51:06

Episode 17 | Education & THe Press

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/06/03

In a stable democracy, a free press and schools are two institutions that can generally be counted on to provide a wide range of views in an objective, expansive way. When governments start to control the media and limit the capacity of esteemed educational institutions, it threatens our ability to hold and honor differences and creates more divisiveness.

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00:40:30

Episode 16 | Finding Balance

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/05/27

In the next two chapters of On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder juxtaposes the need to act more publicly while also protecting our privacy. We explore how we might show up and form alliances while also protecting our private lives from being scrutinized. Part of resisting tyranny is forming alliances with people we wouldn’t normally interact with to realize that we are part of an interconnected web of reality.

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00:27:23

Episode 15 | All at Once

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/05/20

These two chapters in On Tyranny further the importance of investigating and Making Contact with others. It’s funny that one is kind of a solo act based on how we view the world, and the other is about how we relate to each other. So, this resistance to tyranny is not just about what we know in our heads, but also about how we move through the world in our bodies.

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00:41:00

Episode 14 | Language & Truth

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/05/12

On Tyranny presents us with two more concepts: Be Kind to Our Language and Believe in Truth. Language is bent to create “alternative facts,” and a narcissist with authoritarian dreams will try to convince us that his truth is THE truth. We must be willing to read critically, read more, and question falsehoods. We must then call falsehoods out so that we contribute to upholding a larger, shared ethic of honesty.

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00:36:22

Episode 13 | Be Reflective & Stand Out

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/05/06

In this episode, we discuss the importance of thoughtful action and being a voice of resistance, no matter how small or large your action.

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00:45:35

Episode 12 | Ethics & PAramilitaries

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/04/29

We talk about chapers 5 & 6 in Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny as it relates to this week's news. The more we know, the better we are to ground ourselves in what is right.

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00:46:00

Episode 11 | The One-party State & Symbols

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/04/21

Following through on our commitment to using Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny as a frame, we discuss Chapters 3 and 4 as they relate to current events. One directive is to “Beware the one-party state,” and another is to “Take responsibility for the face of the world.”

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00:40:30

Episode 10 | Rules 1 & 2

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/04/15

Using Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny as a guide, we go through the first two steps of resisting authoritarianism.

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00:45:08

Episode 9 | Sowing Chaos

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/04/07

In this episode, we address four topics: two executive orders impacting schools and elections, the continued capitulation and resistance in institutions, and a significant deportation blunder.

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00:33:45

Episode 8:P2 | “Signalgate” & Erasure

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/04/03

In this episode 8 part 2, we add our discussion of Signalgate to the broader conversation. We also start to talk about the removal of aspects of history that don’t shine a positive light on America. This erasure is personal to our family. Enjoy part 2, and thanks for listening.

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00:27:49

Episode 8:P1 | Return to the DOE

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/03/31

This is part one of two podcasts to be released this week. In this one, we return to a discussion about efforts to dismantle the DOE and how it impacts students.

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00:40:10

Episode 7 | The DEMS and DOE

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/03/25

In this episode we discuss the lack of a strong, cohesive democratic response…whicn may in fact fuel the people’s response to all that is happening. We also touch on the EA to dismantle the Department of Education, what we know and what we don’t yet know.

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00:50:59

Episode 6 | The Rise of Authoritarianism

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/03/18

See Brian McLaren’s book Authoritarianism: Coming to a Country Near You.

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00:49:00

Episode 5 | A Conversation with Jaime González

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/03/10

We talk today with our dear friend Jaime, an environmental educator and conservationist. He offers us a dose of reality but never loses sight of the importance of his work.

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00:38:48

Episode 4 | The Ambush

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/03/03

In this episode, we discuss how restricting the free press and the ambush on President Zelensky are clear breaks from democratic practices. We also talk about art as a tool for resistance and the pursuit of freedom.

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00:46:30

Episode 3 | The Art of the Con

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/02/24

We explore what tactics Trump uses in his speech, why they are convincing, and how they impact our relationships abroad and with the media here.

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00:44:34

Episode 2 | FAFO*

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/02/17

In this podcast, we review the framework that undergirds the mission of this presidency: Project 2025. It’s essential to know the broad categories the Trump administration is trying to dismantle and why. We will follow the impacts of these broad categories throughout. Second, we go way back to civics class and reintroduce you to the branches of government and why they must keep each other in check. Josh described them as a game of rock paper scissors where no one branch ever gets too powerful. Trump

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00:46:10

Episode 1

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/02/10

A few references that we mention:1) Justice for All Immigrants, an affordable legal service for immigrants who want to get their status in order, is offering an online “know your rights” workshop. 2) If you haven’t already, you can view Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's full sermon here.3) A few sources we like are Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters From an American, The Contrarian, and Stacy Abrams’ podcast “Assembly Required.”

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00:02:32

The Trailer

Engaged Citizen ·

2025/02/04

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