Don’t Be Chicken: Prosecutor and Legal Analyst Joyce Vance on Democracy and Public Health
Wed Feb 04 2026
Former US Attorney Joyce Vance joins Dr Resa Lewiss to discuss her New York Times bestseller Giving Up is Unforgivable A Manual for Keeping a Democracy and why civic health matters now more than ever.
As the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017, nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, Joyce brought together communities to solve problems.
In 2017, she received the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health's Lou Wooster Public Health Hero Award for her leadership in creating a community-engaged initiative that brought together law enforcement, the medical and business communities, and educators to address the heroin and opioid epidemic in northern Alabama.
Today, she's a professor at the University of Alabama and a legal analyst for MSNow She's also a podcaster, co-hosting #SistersInLaw the new Sisters Sidebar, and the CAFE Insider podcast with Preet Bharara.
Three MicroSkills Joyce offers to listeners: 1. register to vote, 2. stay registered by checking your status 60 days before elections, and 3. make a voting plan with the goal of bringing others with you.
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Former US Attorney Joyce Vance joins Dr Resa Lewiss to discuss her New York Times bestseller Giving Up is Unforgivable A Manual for Keeping a Democracy and why civic health matters now more than ever. As the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017, nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, Joyce brought together communities to solve problems. In 2017, she received the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health's Lou Wooster Public Health Hero Award for her leadership in creating a community-engaged initiative that brought together law enforcement, the medical and business communities, and educators to address the heroin and opioid epidemic in northern Alabama. Today, she's a professor at the University of Alabama and a legal analyst for MSNow She's also a podcaster, co-hosting #SistersInLaw the new Sisters Sidebar, and the CAFE Insider podcast with Preet Bharara. Three MicroSkills Joyce offers to listeners: 1. register to vote, 2. stay registered by checking your status 60 days before elections, and 3. make a voting plan with the goal of bringing others with you. Book Giving Up is Unforgivable Podcast Sisters in LawPodcast CAFE Insider Podcast Newsletter Civil Discourse If you enjoy the show, please leave ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Apple, subscribe 👍🏻 on YouTube and subscribe via the Website and send to a friend.