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Podcast: Democracy & Z

The podcast features young people from communities across our listening area, sharing their unique Gen-Z perspective on issues like immigration, gun violence and the environment.

Deepfakes and AI are rewriting the rules of truth

May 29, 2025 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Kathrine Nero Chances are within the last few days you’ve seen an image or a video you weren’t quite sure was real. Is it artificial […]

Aiken New Tech High School Students Discuss Justice

September 12, 2024 Kahvah Whittaker 0

Mr. Aaron Parker Listen below to hear Aiken high school students discuss justice and their jobs in environmental justice from this part summer. When we […]

Pilgrimage: An American Religious Experience?

June 26, 2024 Nathan French 0

Dr. Nathan S. French A school field trip to Washington, D.C. is a formative rite of passage shared by many U.S. school students across the […]

Episode 62: Women’s History Month Part 1

March 27, 2023 Kahvah Whittaker 1

The return of Democracy & Z! Democracy and Me intern, Yoshie, was joined by Clark Montessori Senior, Nevaeh in a discussion on Women’s History Month, […]

Episode 60: Digging Into Earth Day

April 13, 2022 Julie Coppens 0

With Earth Day on the horizon (April 22), we go deep into our own connections with nature, health and the environment. We consider the past—Earth […]

Episode 59: Do We See Ourselves in the Oscars?

March 24, 2022 Julie Coppens 0

The producers of the 94th Academy Awards—airing at 8 p.m. this Sunday on ABC—hope a new “Fan Favorite” award, celebrating popular hits like Cinderella and […]

Episode 58: Two Years on the COVID Roller-Coaster 

March 11, 2022 Julie Coppens 0

One star, would not recommend this particular thrill ride—but pandemic extremes have been our daily reality for the last two years, which, we’d like to […]

Episode 57: Is This the Start of World War 3?

February 25, 2022 Webmaster 4

The news started coming in overnight Wednesday: after weeks of military buildup on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on the former […]

Episode 56: Deflated: Are Big-Time Sports Losing Gen Z?

February 16, 2022 Webmaster 0

Major-league sports and premier events like the Olympics have long been an American obsession, but so far, Gen Z seems to be sitting out—unless, say, […]

Episode 55: Ask a Black Historian

January 28, 2022 Webmaster 0

It’s February, and you know what that means—bring on the Dr. King coloring sheets! But how did Black History Month even become a thing? Is […]

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