Mobilize

New episodes of Mobilize podcast coming soon! https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2025-03-18-season-2-teaser/

Lady Republicans provide their justifications on why they support the overturn of Roe v. Wade. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-06-24-because-im-a-republican-2/

Lady Republicans provide their justifications on why they support the overturn of Roe v. Wade. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-06-24-because-im-a-republican-1/

With Roe v. Wade overturned, lady Republicans tell you their opinions on abortion. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-06-24-republicans-were-up-in-yours-2/

With Roe v. Wade overturned, lady Republicans tell you their opinions on abortion. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-06-24-republicans-were-up-in-yours-1/

Producer Betsy Nagler interviews Mallory McMorrow, the Michigan state senator who created a splash in April when her speech fighting back against an attack from a right wing colleague went viral. She talks about what it's like to be a legislator in a swing state in our current polarized political climate, and how she thinks Democrats need to mobilize to win in the upcoming midterm elections. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-06-02-shut-it-down/

A follow-up with the medical workers we first talked with in 2020 about how they're continuing to weather the pandemic, and the future implications it has for society at large. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-05-24-what-weve-learned-from-covid-and-what-we-havent/

Producer Betsy Nagler sits down with Zealous Executive Director Scott Hechinger to talk about bringing together community organizations, public defenders and artists to rewrite the narrative on criminal justice in America. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2022-02-08-what-justice-can-and-should-look-like/

Mobilize Producer Betsy Nagler follows up with Catalina Cruz - whom we've been following since she first ran for New York State Assembly in 2018. They discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic and also the shocking news about former Governor Cuomo have affected https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2021-10-06-an-update-with-catalina-cruz/

It's been 16 months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down businesses and schools worldwide, forcing many to undertake drastic measures and switch to virtual and remote learning for the 2020 school year. But with the production of the COVID-19 vaccine completed, the 2021 school year coming into view, and with new regulations put out by the CDC, many wonder what schools will do for the coming year. Mobilize intern Tom Lezon sat down with four teachers from New York and New Jersey to see what they and their establishments are planning to do to prepare for the upcoming school year and what it'll mean for the country going forward. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2021-08-03-education-going-back-or-moving-forward/

Producer Betsy Nagler speaks with Democratic activist and organizer, Lorie Honor, one of the founding members of Staten Island Women Who March, who's now running for Staten Island Borough President. They discuss how Lorie got involved in activism, what she seeks to accomplish as Borough President, and where she sees New York's most conservative borough heading now that we are (hopefully) in the Post-Trump era. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2021-06-20-creating-change-in-new-yorks-forgotten-borough-1/

Producer Betsy Nagler speaks with 2016 Bernie Sanders delegate and local Democratic party candidate Rachel Eve Stein about working within the Democratic Party while having progressive values. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-10-22-changing-the-party-from-within/

In this episode of Mobilize, producer Betsy Nagler speaks with State Senator Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, two truly progressive leaders in New York who won their races against much more conservative opponents, to learn how the COVID-19 crisis has affected their districts, what they have been doing to help, and the implications for the political landscape moving forward. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-06-30-stepping-up-in-a-time-of-crisis/

Globally, we have reached nearly 5 million cases of COVID-19. The leader in that number is the United States, with over 1.5 million cases and almost 100,000 deaths -- or more because of under-reporting. In this episode of Mobilize, producer Betsy Nagler interviews three medical care workers on the frontlines of the pandemic about what they and their communities are going through, and what they think it means for the country. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-05-22-we-are-all-interconnected/

Mobilize producer Cory Choy engages in a conversation with software developer/activist Justin Frankel about how one of his first programs Ninjam is facilitating remote collaborations between musicians. This episode was recorded using Ninjam. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-05-07-ninjam/

Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler caught up with NYS Assemblywoman & DREAMER Catalina Cruz to discuss some of the challenges she's faced in passing progressive legislation since winning the 2018 race for 39th District Assembly, and what unification of the Democratic Party means to her. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-04-17-catalina-cruz-after-the-win-comes-the-work/

Kristin Mink speaks with Mobilize producer Cory Choy about the Masks 4 America Initiative - a coalition of activists, medical professionals, and suppliers that have come together to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to the doctors, nurses, and first responders who are fighting to slow the spread of COVID 19. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-04-06-masks-4-america/

Kristin Mink revisited the studio with her little baby Nova. She speaks with Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler about her work as an activist, how her eventual split with Lights for Liberty exemplifies some of the challenges facing progressives in 2020 and her advice for people looking to combine political involvement in an election year with parenthood. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2020-02-27-what-unity-is-and-what-it-isnt/

Alessandra Biaggi speaks with Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler about what it's like being in office as a progressive leader and actually legislating as opposed to running for office as a political upstart. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2019-12-12-alessandra-biaggi-doing-the-work/

Mobilize Producer Betsy Nagler wraps up Season 2 with an interview with her father, Stephen Nagler, who was executive director of the New Jersey ACLU and then the Migrant Legal Action program in D.C. Stephen spent a large portion of his life fighting for those who were being denied the protections of the Bill of Rights-- establishing the types of precedents that the Trump administration now seeks to overturn. We explore the role activism played in Stephen's life, and discuss how how he feels about the activism of the current era. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/2019-03-15-mobilize-dont-be-a-paper-tiger/

Professor and activist Eve Proper talks about the role the Independent Democratic Conference plays in the New York State Legislature and why the upcoming Democratic primaries are so important. Time to dismantle the IDC (for real this time). https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---episode-18---eve-proper-the-idc-explained/

Matthew Hittle attends the Families Belong Together protest in New York City. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---families-belong-together-protest/

Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler interviews Catalina Cruz about her New York State Assembly campaign for District 39, a district she’s proud to call "rich in that immigrant soul." Cruz shares the inspiring story of how she went from being an undocumented Dreamer to a leader who fights for change in her community, and how she wants to be model of what it means to a public servant rather than a politician in the Trump era. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---episode-17---catalina-cruz-a-dreamer-for-queens/

Dylan Keselman attends the rally of "Mayday" https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---mayday-2018/

Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler interviews New York State Senate candidate Alessandra Biaggi about her campaign to unseat Jeff Klein, the former leader of the Independent Democratic Conference. While the IDC's eight members just made a deal to reunite with the mainline Senate Democrats, they have spent that past eight years caucusing with Senate Republicans and blocking progressive legislation in order to gain money and power for themselves. Biaggi is running against these "fake Democrats" as part of a wave of new, progressive candidates now stepping up to run for office throughout the country, and fighting back against the Trump agenda. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---episode-16---new-leadership-and-new-solutions/

Dylan Keselman attends the "March For Our Lives". https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---march-for-our-lives/

Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler spoke to Bangladeshi American community organizer Mazeda Uddin about her work, including organizing World Hijab Day, defending an immigrant from ICE, and leading a multicultural contingent to help shut down JFK in response to the first #MuslimBan. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---episode-15---knowledge-is-power/

Mobilize producer Cory Choy speaks with lifetime activist and volunteer Sue Gibson. After the shock of the 2016 election, Sue joined the Working Families Party’s Progressive Heroes project. She helped lead Text4Resistance teams in their efforts to turn out voters to elect numerous progressive candidates— many of whom have gone on to either win the primary or general election. These candidates include Latoya Cantrell, the first woman elected to serve as New Orleans’ mayor, Vernetta Alston, a progressive and queer woman of color who won her primary for city council in Durham, North Carolina, and Randall Woodfin, youngest ever elected mayor of Birmingham Alabama (among others). https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---season-2-episode-1-sue-gibson---working-families-party/

Cory sat down with Wrolf Courtney, a local computer network engineer, to talk about his work with Rise and Resist, a NYC based resistance group, on "Operation Welcome Wagon" — a protest held in response to Trump's first visit to NYC after his inauguration. This protest sent a message to Trump and the world that Trump is not welcome in his own hometown. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---episode-13---rise-and-resist/

In anticipation of Hurricane Harvey, Filmmaker Jodi Savitz sat down with U.S. Coast Guard member Renee Thomas, to discuss how Trump's ban on Transgender service members effects- not only their livelihoods, but also the people they've sworn to protect. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-12---renee-thomas-a-transgender-coxswain-of-the-u-s-coastguard/

Resistbot co-founder Jason Putorti talks about the free text-to-fax service that allows users to easily contact their government officials with a simple SMS. Text "RESIST" to 50409 to get started. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-11-resisbot/

We visited Trump Tower to ask how people felt when Donald Trump put the future of DACA in limbo. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize---daca-protests---trump-tower/

Kathryn Jones talks about co-founding the Resistance Media Collective. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-10---resistance-media-collective/

Mobilize producer Betsy Nagler interviews her mother, Iris, about her experiences organizing with the National Organization for Women in the 60's and 70's. What's it like trying to balance organizing with a career and a family? https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-9-learning-from-a-veteran/

"Google Docuvist" Amber Sexton explains the New York State Constitutional Convention Referendum, a little-known ballot initiative that could have a very large impact for the people of New York for generations to come. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-8---con-con/

Do you hate poor people? https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/trumpcare-for-u/

Grab life by the pussy with TrumpCare https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/trumpcare/

Katie McCreary and her husband John Evans give their community a chance to (literally) raise their voices together in protest and song. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-7-march-chorus/

Thousands and thousands of people across the country are using a mass conference call as a tool to coordinate their actions. We interviewed one of the organizers: Victoria Kaplan. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-6-calling-the-resistance/

When Kristin Mink heard about a hate crime at a church in her community, she decided to do something about it. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-5-reversing-a-hate-crime/

How Audrey Sage, a self-described newbie organizer, led thousands of protesters to JFK airport. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-4-protest-at-jfk/

Nick Panken of Spirit Family Reunion gives a thoughtful interview about resistance, vulnerability and honesty, and his protest song: Going Out To Cannon Ball. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-3-going-out-to-cannon-ball/

Mobilize producer Matt Bockelman tracks down and interviews Kara, author of the famous "We're His Problem Now" online spreadsheet. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-2-were-his-problem-now/

Each episode, Mobilize features a personal statement from someone who has decided to #RESIST. This is Cristina. We want to hear from you. Email us your statement about why you fight: mobilizehere@gmail.com https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/podcast-extra-why-i-fight---cristina/

Sound engineer Cory Choy recounts the Mobilize origin story, undocumented DREAMer and DACA holder Cristina tells us why she is fighting, and musician Charlottle Littlehales talks about the process of writing and meaning behind our theme song: Rise Up. https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/episode-1-why-we-fight/

Rise Up, written and performed by Charlotte Littlehales and Phil Pardell, is a call for community, unity, and action. Want to sing it in your local choir? Sheet music: https://www.mobilizehere.com/assets/Rise-Up-Choir-Sheet-Music-Sibelius.pdf https://www.mobilizehere.com/podcast/mobilize-rise-up-by-charlotte-littlehales/