Episodios

  • What's next in the 2024 election season now that the conventions are over?

    What's next in the 2024 election season now that the conventions are over?
    Aug 29 2024
    Now that the major parties have officially selected their presidential nominees and the conventions have passed, how do the two candidates stack up? To discuss this, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, political analyst Jessica Taylor, and WDET reporter and All Things Considered host Russ McNamara joined "Created Equal."
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  • Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?

    Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?
    Aug 28 2024
    A staggering amount of metro Detroit’s polling stations are not accessible for disabled people — 84%, according to a 2022 audit by Detroit Disability Power. Another, less visible, barrier to democratic participation is equitable access to information. Yet nearly half of Detroit households don’t have broadband access. Today on "Created Equal," Detroit Disability Power Executive Director Dessa Cosma and Penn State telecommunications professor Christopher Ali join to discuss democratic participation and the lack of equitable access to voting and information in Detroit. Editor's note: A previously uploaded version of this episode included incorrect audio from an earlier episode of the show about grief and loss.
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  • New book shares lessons about grief from the widows of rock musicians

    New book shares lessons about grief from the widows of rock musicians
    Aug 27 2024
    Music writer and author Lori Tucker-Sullivan joins "Created Equal" to discuss her new book, "I Can't Remember If I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy." Tucker-Sullivan, whose own husband died from cancer, shares with us what lessons she learned about grief from these compelling women.
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  • Weekly recap: The Morrill Act; enthusiasm at the Democratic National Convention and more

    Weekly recap: The Morrill Act; enthusiasm at the Democratic National Convention and more
    Aug 23 2024
    Today on "Created Equal," we share highlights from this week's episodes, including a discussion about the Morrill Act and how state universities profit from land taken from Native Americans; and reactions to last week’s DNC from a panel of political insiders.
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  • Will Democrats’ enthusiasm prove contagious for independent voters?

    Will Democrats’ enthusiasm prove contagious for independent voters?
    Aug 22 2024
    On today's episode of "Created Equal," host Stephen Henderson and a panel of political insiders react to the first three days of the Democratic National Convention.
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  • How state universities profit from land taken from Native Americans

    How state universities profit from land taken from Native Americans
    Aug 20 2024
    In 1862, the federal government passed the Morrill Act which ultimately allocated over 10 million acres of land to states to start and develop colleges. But the federal government acquired the land from Native Americans through unfair treaties, seizures or agreements, and a recent report from the nonprofit media organization Grist investigated how a number of land-grant universities continue to profit from the land. Today on "Created Equal," we're joined by Tristan Ahtone, editor-at-large of Grist, and Steve Yanni, land grant director for Bay Mills Community College, to discuss the report and the the history and mission of tribal colleges and universities.
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  • Former museum curator explains how he returned items to Native American tribes

    Former museum curator explains how he returned items to Native American tribes
    Aug 19 2024
    In museums across the U.S., you can see artifacts and human remains that belong to the native peoples who were here before our country existed. However, the latest federal regulations require museums and federal agencies to identify and return Native American remains and belongings. On today's episode of "Created Equal," we speak with Chip Colwell a curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for 12 years, to discuss the movement to reconcile science and history with the delicate nature of native possessions.
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  • Weekly Recap: Michigan's minimum wage increase, Minnesota's impact on the Midwest and more

    Weekly Recap: Michigan's minimum wage increase, Minnesota's impact on the Midwest and more
    Aug 16 2024
    Host Stephen Henderson and producer Cary Junior recap this week's episodes of "Created Equal," including how the Michigan Supreme Court's ruling on the state's minimum wage increase will impact businesses and workers, what the rest of the Midwest can learn from Minnesota policy and more.
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