Latest Lead contamination Podcast Episodes
Episode 9: Ali Cleaves
Tainted Tap Podcast - June 08, 2021 15:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFlint resident, Ali Cleaves, is a coach and outreach coordinator who works with young people and wants to see them win. During our conversation, “Uncle Cleaves” speaks about the pre-crisis conditions in Flint and how various resource deficits impacted the community. Ali talks about when he first...
Episode 8: Ben Pauli
Tainted Tap Podcast - June 01, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFlint resident Dr. Benjamin J. Pauli is an Assistant Professor of Social Science at Kettering University and author of the book, Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis. During our conversation, Ben shares his path to political science and interest in com...
Episode 7: Brian Larkin
Tainted Tap Podcast - May 25, 2021 15:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFlint native and city planner, Brian Larkin, has played various roles within Flint’s city government in recent years. During our conversation, he talks about how years of deferred maintenance, poor management systems, and the state’s habit of balancing its books on the backs of its cities create...
Episode 6: Paul Herring Sr.
Tainted Tap Podcast - May 18, 2021 15:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPaul Herring, Sr., a Flint resident and owner of “Spectacle Productions,” talks about the state of Flint before and after the water crisis. During our discussion, Paul addresses how investments in Flint’s children and the infrastructure could help the city. Paul acknowledges the limits of the st...
Episode 5: Monica Galloway
Tainted Tap Podcast - May 11, 2021 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMonica Galloway, who has served as a Flint City Council member since 2013, describes how she became the first African American and woman representing Ward 7 to serve on city council. During our discussion, she talks about the origins of modern inequalities in poor black spaces and provides excel...
Episode 4: Dayne Walling
Tainted Tap Podcast - May 06, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFlint native Dayne Walling describes his journey as Flint mayor while the city was under emergency management and began contending with problems caused by the water source switch from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River. During our discussion, Dayne touched on how Michig...
Episode 3: Darrell Dawsey
Tainted Tap Podcast - May 04, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNative Detroiter Darrell Dawsey is a writer and journalist who shares how the State of Michigan gamed the system and lied to Flint residents about their water. Darrell, formerly with the ACLU of Michigan who broke the story concerning Flint's struggle for clean and affordable water, describes ho...
Episode 2: Melissa Mays
Tainted Tap Podcast - April 29, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMelissa Mays, Flint resident and public health advocate, speaks in depth about the efforts Flint residents made to bring attention to the water crisis and compel the State of Michigan to fix the problems it created in the city. In our conversation, Melissa addresses the insult of paying for hig...
Episode 1: Chia Morgan
Tainted Tap Podcast - April 27, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChia Morgan, Flint native and community activist, shares her experiences with the Flint Water Crisis and describes how it impacted the Flint community. In our conversation, Chia touched on how folks in Flint are thriving—despite it all. She also discussed why it is so hard to keep Flintstones do...
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Tainted Tap Podcast - March 27, 2021 20:00 - 53 seconds ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to the the Tainted Tap podcast.
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