On Your Left

And we're back! Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the state of LGBTQ+ rights in 2021, including how we can help combat the slate of anti-trans legislation being introduced across the country. (hint: we're going to ask you to call your senator to pass the Equality Act AGAIN for the third year in a row) 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the Covid crisis in India & the CEO's who increased their salaries during the pandemic. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss police violence and the impact of the Derek Chauvin trial as well as the murders of Adam Toledo and Duante Wright. The pair also discuss the recent mass shooting at a FedEx Facility in Indianapolis and how gun violence has shaped their lives. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the recent spate of legislation targeting trans kids coming out of state legislatures across the country (but also mostly from Arkansas). The pair also covers Biden's new infrastructure plan, the American Jobs Plan, which would do everything from repairing roads & bridges to providing elder care. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the Atlanta-Area Spa Shootings. This is a conversation between two queer Asians about the latest mass shooting and how it is related to race, gender, class, religion, and of course gun laws in America. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss covid updates, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the murder of Sarah Everard.

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth for  a discussion of Covid Updates this week featuring a small rant about Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his anti-science stances. The main story this week is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who has been accused of sexual misconduct by several people while it is also being reported that he undercounted nursing home deaths due to covid-19

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss good covid-19 vaccination news, Biden's slide back into centrism, and the American Rescue plan which recently passed the house and how we can push it through the Senate by cyberbullying our senators. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the slowdown of the covid-19 vaccination rollout due to bad weather, Ted Cruz running away to Cancun, and the ongoing crisis in Texas and how we can prevent the next one from happening. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they Covid news, Trump's shockingly short second impeachment trial, and the record-breaking Project for Awesome. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the average number of covid-19 cases decreasing in the United States and what that means for America. The main story this week is the ongoing affordable housing crisis that has been made worse by the pandemic. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19 updates, including the $1.6 Trillion proposal from President Biden and the $600 Billion proposal from Senate Republicans. Also in today's episode: climate change, addressing private prisons, and a mango fact about why Paul Mango sucks.  

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19 updates, the protests across the Pacific Northwest, and the executive actions President Joe Biden took on his first day in office. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19 updates, the second impeachment of President Donald Trump, and the inauguration and agenda of President Joe Biden.

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19  updates, including the slow vaccine rollout taking place in the United States, the new variant of covid-19 that was first found in the UK, and the tragedies taking place in LA County.  Following up on last week's story about the Republican party officials failing to acknowledge Joe Biden's election, our main story is the coup. Rioters took over Washington DC and more importantly the capitol building as a joint session of congress convened to certify the presidential election. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19  updates, including the failing vaccine rollout taking place in the United States. In our segment Joe Biden - he's the President-Elect Now - Katrina and Nirali discuss the republican party members who are refusing to uphold our democracy by failing to acknowledge Joe Biden's victory.  Finally, the pair set a progressive agenda for what they want to happen in the coming years when the democratic party controls the presidency, the house of representatives, and the senate once Jon Ossoff and Revered Raphael Warnock are elected to the senate. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19  updates, including the coronavirus vaccines currently being distributed in the United States, President-Elect Joe Biden's officially winning the Electoral College vote to be the president, and the state of the publishing industry in 2020 including the lack of diversity and the steady monopolization of literature. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Covid-19  updates, including the new coronavirus vaccines being distributed in the UK, President-Elect Joe Biden's controversial new choice of Neera Tanden to be the OMB director, expanding voting rights, and the fights still raging about the 2020 election. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the presidential transition that is FINALLY beginning as Emily Murphy of the General Services Administration has finally declared President-Elect Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election. The two also discuss Biden's nominees - including Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas for the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Anthony Blinken for Secretary of State, and John Kerry as the international envoy on the climate. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the runoff elections for the Georgia Senate seats and all that could be accomplished with a Democratic senate. They revisit old bills discussed on the podcast like the HEROES Act, the Climate Action Now Act, the Paycheck Fairness Act, and the Equality Act and what passing these bills would mean for our country and our future. If you want to get involved you can go to https://www.GASenate.com to help build the future and the Senate that we need. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the results of the 2020 election, most notably the fact that WE WON! They discuss Joe Biden's historic win where he received more votes than any president in history, Kamala Harris' breaking a glass ceiling, and the runoff elections in Georgia that will determine which party will control the Senate. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss 5 different types of self-care and how they practice physical self-care, emotional self-care, social self-care, spiritual self-care, and practical self-care. We may not know the results of the election yet, but we do know that we need to take care of ourselves and each other. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss what politicized them and why they're like this. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Princeton agreeing to pay $1.2 Million after paying female professors less than male professors,  what the gender pay gap looks like in 2020, and Joe Biden's plan to end pay inequity. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's views on abortion, healthcare, guns, immigration, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss President Donald Trump's taxes, the first presidential debate, everyone in the Trump administration testing positive for Covid-19, the Melania Trump tapes, and the Supreme Court. As well as how to take action to stop all of this from getting any worse. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss disability rights including the right to a quality education, voting rights, and the healthcare. They also discuss the Biden plan for Full Participation and Equality for People With Disabilities in everyone's favorite segment "Biden: He's Our First Choice Now" 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the recent passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, how to protect the legacy she left behind, and play the brand new game "Guess the Hypocrite"

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the ongoing grad student strikes at University of Michigan, the nurses strike at University of Illinois, and the teachers strike in France.  Additionally in everyone's favorite segment "Joe Biden: he's our first choice now" they discuss the Biden plan for strengthening worker organizing, collective bargaining, and unions.

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss how Covid-19 is fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia. Additionally in everyone's favorite segment "Joe Biden: he's our first choice now" they discuss Joe Biden's Agenda for the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities, Agenda for Muslim-American Communities, and Joe Biden's foreign policy in relation to the Asian region. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss education policy, how students are handling the pandemic, how the Trump administration is working to physically reopen schools during a pandemic, and Biden's roadmap to reopening schools safely. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss Senator Kamala  Harris being nominated to be the Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic party, the Democratic National Convention, and butter sculptures. The main topic of this episode is Healthcare - breaking down Joe Biden's health care plan, how Trump is targeting the Affordable Care Act, and what actions we can take to improve America's broken healthcare system. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the recent lawsuit the NY attorney general Letita James filed against the NRA, research from Everytown for Gun Safety on what affect the Covid-19 pandemic is having on the rates of gun violence, Joe Biden's plan to deal with gun violence if elected president, and how we as individuals can act on this issue. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth for a conversation about climate change, how covid-19 is affecting our planet, Joe Biden's plan to respond to the ongoing climate emergency, and how you can act. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth for a conversation on the History of Protest Music and how Black people have always used art and music as a way to speak out against state violence. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the recent protests and the need for the United States to stop honoring the Confederacy with stataues, monuments, and public displays of support and build better public art. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss updates to previous stories they've covered like: abortion rights, school funding and the possibility of schools re-opening during covid-19, Voting by Mail, Disney world opening for business, international LGBT+ rights, and racial justice. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the demands from Black Lives Matter protesters to defund the police as over sized police budgets divert money from schools, healthcare, and vital programs that need funding to strengthen our communities. 

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the history of LGBTQ+ people and rights throughout American History.   

Join Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth as they discuss the history of LGBTQ+ people and rights throughout American History. 

Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth discuss some of their favorite pieces of children's literature and their different experiences growing up with books like The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hunger Games, and The Princess Diaries and how these books politicized them. They also discuss the #PublishingPaidMe moment that has been occuring.

Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth discuss J.K. Rowling, state laws in place to protect trans kids, the benefits of providing a supportive community for trans kids, and how we build it. They also discuss the good things happening as a result of the Black Lives Matter protests. 

Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth discuss the State of Queer America today including the Equality Act, State Laws on conversion therapy and LGBTQ+ discrimination, and take a moment to mourn the life of Larry Kramer. 

Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth discuss Disney's business practices, media oligopoly, a lack of enforcement of  American anti-trust laws, and what we can do about it. 

Katrina Eames and Nirali Sheth discuss the United States Postal Service and strategies to save it including supporting the USPS getting funding from the federal government, ending some of the provisions in the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, supporting universal vote by mail, supporting postal banking, and buying stamps. 

In this episode we talked about the new SAT adversity index, Theresa May's resignation, the education policies of the 2020 candidates (including their opinions on school safety, charter schools, teacher pay, and student debt). 

In our first episode we will be talking about the Sudanese protests, state abortion laws, Joe Biden's relationship with unions, the 2020 presidential candidates stances on reproductive rights.