Podcasts about pod save the people

AI program jails innocent man for 17 months, Katt Williams imperialist rant, Congress members denied access to Department of Education. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Dr. Brittany Friedman about his new book titled  Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. NewsMan jailed over police AI program, then freed 17 months after victim raised doubtsTrump says he'd deport US citizens convicted of crimes 'in a heartbeat' if legalMembers of Congress denied access to Department of EducationMusk to rehire DOGE staffer with history of racist tweetsKatt Williams Imperialist RantAkilah Hughes on non-voters Follow @PodSaveThePeople on Instagram

Trump rewrites history on White House website, study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, or related to donors/staff, and the rise of Black educators on TikTok. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Aaron Robertson about his new book titled The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America.  NewsThe Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer's Legacy Shows How Far Trump's DEI Purge Will GoStudy on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staffHillmanTok: The rise of Black educators on TikTokTrump pauses 25% tariffs on Canadian goods after deal will Trudeau Follow @PodSaveThePeople on Instagram.  

In today's solo episode, Lindsay is sharing some k-12 book recommendations from Pod Save the People and how they can be used to create units by educational leaders and teachers. Hope you enjoy!    Liked this episode? Rate, review, and share!   Get Your Episode Freebie & More Resources On My Website: https://www.lindsaybethlyons.com/blog/169

Trump advances on the ballot, Ghana criminalizes LGBTQ identity at their own expense, and SF judges under scrutiny for ethical rulings. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero.NewsTrump says he's long worked ‘hand in hand' with Black people. Let's review.Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegalUnanimous? Top takeaways from Supreme Court's ruling to keep Trump on the ballotGhanaian finance ministry warns against fallout from anti-LGBTQ lawIn Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target JudgesTrump alludes to replacement conspiracy theory at Richmond rally 

Measles make a comeback, Black pastors pressure Biden for cease-fire, and none of these candidates please! Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews Dr. Uché Blackstock about her new book Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. NewsMeasles making a comeback in US due to vaccine skepticism, says CDCBlack Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in GazaHaley's loss to "none of these candidates" in Nevada primary was coordinated effort 

Court scandals, unlikely political allies - here's your weekly download leading up to the November Primary. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. NewsFani Willis admits relationship with prosecutor on Trump Georgia caseBlack male voters tell MSNBC why Trump appeals to them: 'We're broke with Biden... with Trump, we had money'   

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles cover the underreported news of the week— including a baby formula shortage, an all-Black cast opera show, a recent release from Kendrick Lamar, and a new historical cookbook. DeRay interviews activist and entrepreneur Joah Spearman about his candidacy for Austin City Council, District 9. News:DeRay https://twitter.com/ambergontrail/status/1524625188498776064?s=21&t=O_ku1ecLdVaTtvoipWFmKADe'Ara https://operawire.com/davone-tines-ronnita-miller-whitney-morrison-headline-detroit-operas-x-the-life-and-times-of-malcolm-x/Myles https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56059/1/kendrick-lamar-morphs-into-kanye-west-and-oj-simpson-in-a-new-music-videoKaya https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/dining/gullah-geechee-cookbook-emily-meggett.html Transcript coming soon.

What is a podcast? The answer is simple: It's an audio production that you can listen to on demand. But that's where the simplicity ends.  Right now, there are so many podcasts available through apps on your phone, computer, tablet – even your watch – that you'd need to listen all day every day for the rest of your life to get through a fraction of them.   Audio books have been around for decades, but podcasts are a relatively new way to listen. The internet made them possible, but the wide range of public interest makes them popular. From true crime, to design history, to self help and extreme sports, whatever you're interested in, there's a podcast about that.  And now we have podcast networks: businesses that make money through creating and distributing podcasts. How are they doing that? On Thursday, host Angela Davis talked with two podcast executives about the business of podcasting. Guests: Jessica Cordova Kramer is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Lemonada Media and the executive producer of the “Pod Save The People” podcast. Alex Schaffert is the chief operating officer of APM Studios.

In honor of Sidney Poitier's passing, Unspooled is re-releasing this episode from the Unspooled archives. We'll be back with a new episode this Thursday. Amy & Paul take a trip down South for 1967's racially charged police thriller In The Heat Of The Night! They celebrate the excellent soundtrack, scrutinize how well the film holds up as a procedural, and take a close look at Sidney Poitier's incredible road to Hollywood. Plus: Two interviews this week, with Pod Save The People's DeRay Mckesson on the value of art as activism, and Lee Grant, who plays Mrs. Colbert, reflecting on her trailblazing career as an actor and director.

On the first episode of Season 2, Tim'm features his friend and colleague Brittany Packnett Cunningham in a thoughtful conversation about why people (should) vote, the power of the Black vote in 2020 and 2021 elections, Black inclusion, and the role that Black love plays in the fight for empowerment and liberation.About our featured guestBrittany Packnett Cunningham is a social justice activist, educator and writer. Leading at the intersection of culture and justice, she builds platforms to activate everyday people to take transformative action for justice. She is an NBC News and MSNBC contributor and host of UNDISTRACTED, an intersectional news and social justice podcast. She is the former co-host of iHeart Radio's Best Political Podcast of 2019, Pod Save The People, and is the founder and principal of Love & Power Works, a full-service social impact and equity agency. Brittany's forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, is due to hit shelves in 2021. Her TED Talk on Confidence has garnered over 5 million views worldwide, making it one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of 2019. Brittany is a former elementary teacher, education executive, and policy advisor. In the past, Brittany held top roles at Teach For America, was a Congressional policy advisor, and a 3 time fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics, leveraging her broad skillset on wide-ranging justice issues from public education to racial justice. Brittany was a member of President Obama's 21st Century Policing Task Force and the Ferguson Commission, helping lead the country and her community through change during times of tumult. Brittany graced the covers of British Vogue and Essence Magazine, been listed as one of Time's 12 New Faces of Black Leadership, and has been honored by BET, Politico Magazine, Marie Claire, The Trayvon Martin Foundation, Higher Heights and more.  She serves on the Gucci Changemakers Council and lives with her husband in Washington, DC.For more information about Brittany Packnett Cunningham go to: www.brittanypacknett.com

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara dive into the underreported news of the week, including longshoremen protections, the whiteness of the book industry, Pasco county sheriffs, and steam-heaters. Netta Elzie gives updates on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay sits down with Andy Slavitt from the podcast "In the Bubble" to discuss America's path forward, then chats with New York State Senator Brian Benjamin about NYPD transparency. New episodes of Pod Save The People will resume in January.  Links: DeRay Kaya Sam De'Ara End All No-Knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 2 of The Creative Climate Podcast puts due focus on the Black Lives Matter movement featuring Serpa's interview with civil rights activist, author and podcaster, DeRay McKesson. DeRay traverses the movement, of which he's been a prominent figure and discusses his journey from Ferguson to Minneapolis, his work with Campaign Zero and his Pod Save The People podcast. Par Neiburger's Audio Atlas pays tribute to Brooklyn with some deep cuts from the crate and some good chat with Amy Motzny, Watershed Manager of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. And, our Hottest On Record segment features a brand new track from Trans artist/activist, Blxck Cxsper, whose BKLYN-based label, Trans Trenderz, fosters black Trans artists, exclusively. Worth an ear or two! 

Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna share this conversation with the remarkable Brittany Packnett. Brittany joins us from the intersection of activism and faith – and this episode takes us to the streets and the church all in the same hour.Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a leader at the intersection of culture and justice. Cited by President Barack Obama as a leader whose "voice is going to be making a difference for years to come," Brittany is an award-winning educator, organizer, writer, and leader. Brittany has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change and empowerment. Brittany plays many roles, all focused on freedom.Brittany is an NBC News and MSNBC Contributor and former two-time Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics exploring social change and intersectional activism. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was co-host of the 2019 iHeart Radio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People, for three years.Her 2019 TED Talk on the revolution of confidence has garnered nearly 4 million views worldwide, making it one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of 2019. Brittany is the author of the forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, with One World, due to hit shelves in 2021.Brittany is the Founder and Principal Love & Power Works a full-service social impact firm focused on creating justice and equity in every sector. This agency is a sister to Love & Power: The Brand, a hub created to inspire, empower, and outfit everyday people to seismically shift society.Follow Brittany at @https://twitter.com/mspackyettiHer website is: https://brittanypacknett.com/

Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna share this conversation with the remarkable Brittany Packnett. Brittany joins us from the intersection of activism and faith – and this episode takes us to the streets and the church all in the same hour.Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a leader at the intersection of culture and justice. Cited by President Barack Obama as a leader whose "voice is going to be making a difference for years to come," Brittany is an award-winning educator, organizer, writer, and leader. Brittany has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change and empowerment. Brittany plays many roles, all focused on freedom.Brittany is an NBC News and MSNBC Contributor and former two-time Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics exploring social change and intersectional activism. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was co-host of the 2019 iHeart Radio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People, for three years.Her 2019 TED Talk on the revolution of confidence has garnered nearly 4 million views worldwide, making it one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of 2019. Brittany is the author of the forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, with One World, due to hit shelves in 2021.Brittany is the Founder and Principal Love & Power Works a full-service social impact firm focused on creating justice and equity in every sector. This agency is a sister to Love & Power: The Brand, a hub created to inspire, empower, and outfit everyday people to seismically shift society.Follow Brittany at @https://twitter.com/mspackyettiHer website is: https://brittanypacknett.com/

DeRay is an American civil rights activist, podcaster, and former school administrator. An early supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, he has been active in the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore. Mckesson launched Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence, and hosts of Pod Save The People. In this episode we focus specifically on police violence and mass incarceration.

This episode explores how to build a meaningful social movement with two leading forces in activism today. Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an educator, writer, NBC News contributor, and co-founder of Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence. Cristina Tzinztún Ramírez, a recent candidate for the U.S. Senate, is an author, community organizer, and founder of JOLT, a civil rights nonprofit aspiring to increase voter turn-out among Latinos in Texas. Moderating the conversation is Dr. Leonard Moore, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and Professor of American History at The University of Texas at Austin. This conversation took place on April 9, 2019, at the LBJ Presidential Library as part of a three-day Summit on Race in America.

In this episode I'll share 5 common misconceptions about Defund the Police and share a bit of history of the slogan as well. The goal is to continue our learning journey as it relates to Social Justice education topics being discussed today in different communities by sharing information I've learned. As always, I am sharing more resources of experts and activists on racism and anti-racism below. Resources No White Savior - To understand that anti-racism work is essential worldwide, No White Saviors is a platform based in Uganda that challenges the White Savior Complex (WSC) and centers and uplifts African people. It identifies and provides critical feedback around the WSC and dismantles harmful systems through public and legal action. https://nowhitesaviors.org/ Austin Channing Brown - The author of “I'm Still Here,” Austin Channing Brown's writing and speaking combines racial justice, faith, and Black womanhood. She's also the creator of “The Next Question,” a video series that expands and deepens the conversation about racial justice. http://austinchanning.com/ DeRay Mckesson - DeRay Mckesson is a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, a co-founder of Campaign Zero, and co-host of “Pod Save The People.” He is also the author of “On The Other Side Of Freedom,” a book that draws from his experience as an activist, organizer, educator, and public official to dismantle racism and build a better world. https://deray.com/ From Privilege To Progress - This platform was founded in 2018 after the founders witnessed the arrest of two innocent Black men. With a mission to “desegregate the conversation about race” and to further education around anti-racism, From Privilege to Progress recommends resources, amplifies stories, and encourages readers to show up. https://fromprivilegetoprogress.org/

In this podcast, I'll cover the last 7 features of Oppression and I'll also share examples, as I did in the last episode with the first two, of the 9 total features of oppression. Learn how they work together, interwoven, to strengthen and reinforce oppression. I continue to share in my learning journey, pulling together key takeaways from the experts, along with provide Social Justice terms and definitions. The goal is to help you continue your own learning journey about Social Justice in the US. As with every epsiode, I'm sharing resources available to you. These are activists and anti-racist experts, so you can continue and expand your education. Check out these resources! Brittany Packnett Cunningham - The co-founder of Campaign Zero and co-host of “Pod Save The People,” Brittany Packnett Cunningham's voice spans across many mediums. https://brittanypacknett.com/ Layla F. Saad - After Layla F. Saad led the “Me and White Supremacy” challenge on Instagram, she turned her work into a bestselling book by the same name. Saad's work is dedicated to becoming a good ancestor for the generations to come through healing and liberation. https://laylafsaad.com/ Ericka Hart - Ericka Hart is a sex educator and cancer survivor who challenges anti-Blackness in medicine, academia, fashion, and everywhere else it shows up. http://ihartericka.com/ achel Ricketts - Rachel Ricketts is a racial justice educator, lawyer, healer, speaker, and author. She offers online courses on spiritual activism. https://www.rachelricketts.com/

On today's Podcast, Amanda Knox interviews DeRay Mckesson, civil rights leader, podcast host and organizer for the Black Lives Matter movement.

On this week’s episode the Gals are discussing how they’re taking actions and learning about systematic racism and ways that they can be anti-racist. They are sharing their plans and the resources they are learning from. We want to let our community know that while we might not be sharing as much publicly right now our DMs and inboxes are open and we’d love to hear from you.   “The most effective adaptation of racism over time, is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people. This “good/bad binary,” positing a world of evil racists and compassionate non-racists, is itself a racist construct, eliding systemic injustice and imbuing racism with such shattering moral meaning that white people, especially progressives, cannot bear to face their collusion in it.” - White Fragility "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi   Books: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor  by Layla F Saad How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi   *when possible we suggest looking to support your local bookstore or a blackowned bookstore   Shows, Movies & Docs:  #blackAF  13th    Podcasts: Balance Black Girl Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/balanced-black-girl/id1438982040  Body Trauma: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/body-trauma-a-storytelling-podcast/id1510247972 2 Dope Queens: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-dope-queens/id1097193327 Pod Save The People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-save-the-people/id1230148653 Instagram: @balancedles@balancedblackgirlpod@thefriendIneverwanted @bodytraumapod @moemotivate @toimarie @chrissyking   CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Liveng Proof Podcast  Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Amplifying amazing black podcasts that taught me something. I highly recommend the following podcasts/ episodes.  1619: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html The Nicole Walters Podcast - Season 2, Episode: “Fight or Flight”: https://nicolewalters.com/fight-or-flight/ Code Switch - Episode: “A decade of watching black people die”: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/865261916/a-decade-of-watching-black-people-die Pod Save The People with Deray -Episode “Keep the Fight”: https://crooked.com/podcast/keep-the-fight-with-justine-barron-and-amelia-mcdonell-parry/ There’s more I look forward to listening to and learning from in the weeks to come. Please share your suggestions and takeaways with me in my inbox podcastcoachchristine@gmail.com.  Thank you for being here.  Now,  I hope you listen, learn, and act!  One of the best ways to act is to donate:  Here are the number of organizations you can donate to and learn from. Advocate for Policy to end police violence fully joincampaignzero.org Act for George Floyd https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2020/05/29/george-floyd-death-donations-resources-justice-petitions/5282539002/ Fight for Breonna Taylor Fightforbreonna.org Sign for Tony McDade https://www.change.org/p/black-lives-matter-activists-justice-for-tony-mcdade Volunteer as a Legal Observer https://www.nlg.org/legalobservers/ MORE RESOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIj0xvLAlelj1p2zwazRNNwQFMkKSlum-sgI1bce8aY/edit Please take a look and if you’re able, donate. If you’re not able, take a moment to listen, learn and perhaps find yourself in an uncomfortable conversation whether that’s with yourself or with a person of color...because it’s in that discomfort where we all grow.  And that is something positive we can all cling to. 

What are you doing to be apart of the change you want to see in this world ?!? Plant food, be a good human, care who grows your food and be nice to everyone. We are all human. If you are marching or if you not marching , are you registered to vote? Making systematic change starts with yourself and action you take everyday, so go smoke one but don't let that be the only thing that you get done today. Be productive potheads the world needs. Show notes: go listen to Pod Save The People, and Higher Learning - These two podcasts and many more that will help white people start to understand the injustice and inequality and police brutality happening in America and the constant fear our brother and sisters have to live and experience everyday. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Here are some great Black voices you can listen to this week (and in weeks to come): T1J “ON RIOTS”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smDMngLLg FOR HARRIET “LOOTING SHOULD BE THE LEAST OF YOUR CONCERNS”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GPdkXV2t2Y&t=10s AMANDABB “WE ARE EXHAUSTED.”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivthlc9nxLI&t=1723s KEEP IT https://crooked.com/podcast/law-and-disorder-with-bowen-yang/ POD SAVE THE PEOPLE https://crooked.com/podcast/keep-the-fight-with-justine-barron-and-amelia-mcdonell-parry/ JANAYA FUTURE KHAN “WHAT WHITE PEOPLE MUST KNOW”: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA3OB9fByeN/?igshid=f9dzjc4750m3 AMANDA SEALES “PSA: CONSIDER NO POLICE” https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA-gjIHptbQ/?igshid=1h0hoo2waelq6 SIGN UP FOR KIM CRAYTON’S WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION ON HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST https://ti.to/kim.crayton.llc/introduction-to-being-an-antiracist SUPPORT BE STEADWELL: https://www.patreon.com/besteadwell   Here are some great causes to give your money and time to: TRANSWOMEN OF COLOR COLLECTIVE https://www.twocc.us/donate/ GIANNA FLOYD GOFUNDME: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gianna-floyd-daughter-of-george-floyd-fund?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email_m_pd-5311-donation-receipt-wp-v5&utm_content=internal BLACK BUSINESS MINNESOTA FUNDRAISER: https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-business-minnesota-fundraiser?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-159129222186-3f7758bcef7b468e&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b MANY OTHER WAYS TO HELP: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# Black Lives Matter, today and every day.  SOLIDARITY!

DeRay Mckesson, co-founder of Campaign Zero, host of the podcast "Pod Save The People," and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope (Penguin Books 2019) talks about his longtime involvement with #BlackLivesMatter protests and offers advice.

Chris and Jesse are joined by special guest, Sam Sinyangwe, co-founder of We The Protestors, an organization building a scalable digital infrastructure to advance policy solutions at every level of government to end police violence. Sam will be the keynote speaker at the 2020 John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation National (Virtual) Symposium, this year's theme being "Reconciliation and Technology: Neutral Resources for Social Good." This is a topic at the heart of Sam's work and his passion is evident as he discusses how difficult collecting data on difficult topics can be, enabling those trying to make change, and how to use these tools to end over-policing, restrict the use of force, and strengthen community oversight.To virtually attend Sam's keynote address on Wednesday, May 27th at 6pm, you just have to register for free for the Evening Community Remembrance Events, here: https://www.jhfnationalsymposium.org/registration-pageTo find out more and to register for the John Hope Franklin 2020 Virtual Symposium go to their website: https://www.jhfnationalsymposium.org/. Sam is also the co-host of the popular Pod Save The People podcast, which you can find anywhere podcasts can be found.To find out more about Sam and We The Protestors, check out their website: http://www.wetheprotesters.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During this time of social isolation, activist DeRay Mckesson (Pod Save The People) wants to inspire people to get involved and organize from home. This led to the creation of WhileAtHome.org, a regularly updated website that compiles all sorts of COVID-related resources and tools for American citizens of every demographic, including parents and students. “While you're at home, there are resources to help you get out of this mess, and we will make it out of this mess. While you're home, there is still something for you to do.”   Check out WhileAtHome.org. Follow DeRay on Twitter, Instagram, and listen to his podcast, Pod Save The People. Also check out: audible.com/goodkids kiwico.com/goodkids Brave Not Perfect Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/good-kids/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

During this time of social isolation, activist DeRay Mckesson (Pod Save The People) wants to inspire people to get involved and organize from home. This led to the creation of WhileAtHome.org, a regularly updated website that compiles all sorts of COVID-related resources and tools for American citizens of every demographic, including parents and students. “While you're at home, there are resources to help you get out of this mess, and we will make it out of this mess. While you're home, there is still something for you to do.”   Check out WhileAtHome.org. Follow DeRay on Twitter, Instagram, and listen to his podcast, Pod Save The People. Also check out: audible.com/goodkids kiwico.com/goodkids Brave Not Perfect Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/good-kids/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Pod Save The People’s DeRay Mckesson talks about the importance of both boundaries and rebellion in childhood. “Boundaries actually help young people think about how to make decisions and how to flex their own power in ways that make sense.” DeRay also covers the importance of imagination and showing kids how big the world really is. Pod Save the People with DeRay Follow DeRay on Instagram and Twitter.  Mercari TalkSpace To keep the conversation going about this episode, find us on Flick.  Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/good-kids/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Pod Save The People’s DeRay Mckesson talks about the importance of both boundaries and rebellion in childhood. “Boundaries actually help young people think about how to make decisions and how to flex their own power in ways that make sense.” DeRay also covers the importance of imagination and showing kids how big the world really is.   Pod Save the People with DeRay Follow DeRay on Instagram and Twitter.  Mercari TalkSpace To keep the conversation going about this episode, find us on Flick.  Transcriptions available shortly after air date at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/good-kids/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking elections! Whether it’s the 2020 candidates or the series finale of Game of Thrones, white males seem to be at the forefront. Maria and Julio are joined by Astead Herndon, national political reporter with The New York Times, and Brittany Packnett, activist and co-host of Pod Save The People, to discuss how the candidates approach POC voters, the notion of electability, and how similar issues of race, gender, and politics played out in the final season of Game of Thrones.ITT Staff Picks:Read Astead Herndon’s reporting on the ground of the 2020 campaign trail, via the New York Times.The Root dives into the long and seemingly ever-growing list of 2020 white male candidates.How Game of Thrones let down its female characters, from The Guardian. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 61, Quinn & Brian ask: How do we atone for poisoning generations of American minorities? Our guest is Dr. Michael Dorsey, a recognized expert on global energy, finance and sustainability matters. Dr. Dorsey holds Rotary International’s highest honor, The Paul Harris Medal for Distinguished Service to Humanity, and is a “full member” of the Club of Rome. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Yale, and Johns Hopkins University, he is currently Senior Program Officer for Sustainability at the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Dr. Dorsey is out there making change wherever he goes – which is just about everywhere, really – and today, he’s going to hold our hands and walk us through the history of environmental injustice in the United States (and beyond) – and how, ultimately, we can work together to make things better for future generations. We also have some BIG news to announce: we have been nominated as Best Podcast Host in the 2019 Webbys! We are so incredibly honored to be nominated with the likes of Serial, Conversations With People Who Hate Me, Ear Biscuits, and Pod Save The People. We’re the only independent podcast on the list, and with your help, maybe we won’t come in last! (Just kidding... kinda.) You can show us your support by going to importantnotimportant.com/vote! Trump’s Book Club: The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano: https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3R5XF4WMZE0TV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_2Gr8Ab6RS5WF3 Links: Dr. Dorsey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenHejira Detroit XPAC: Detroitxpac.org Watch Michael K. Dorsey discuss innovations in the energy sector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta46deJf1Nc Climate Working Group: http://apa.nyu.edu/climate-working-group/ Vote for us in the Webbys! importantnotimportant.com/vote Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com! Check out our Morning Show and other daily bite-size content on Instagram: instagram.com/ImportantNotImportant Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant Pin us on Pinterest: pinterest.com/ImportantNotImportant Tumble us or whatever the hell you do on Tumblr: importantnotimportant.tumblr.com Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media Support this podcast

Everything you always wanted to know about marijuana policy in Texas but were too stoned to ask. Plus, we write a love letter to Andrea Grimes and her "Texas is the last stop" Medium piece, we get inspired by DeRay McKesson of "Pod Save the People," and we explore whether telling the stories of asylum-seekers who are under attack by the Tr*mp administration amounts to "tragedy porn." PRESENTING SPONSOR: Austin School of Yoga. http://www.austinschoolofyoga.com/ Join the Austin School of Yoga team for a free class and info session at Castle Hill Fitness Downtown Austin on Saturday, March 30 at 3 p.m. Designed with the cornerstones of self-care, curiosity and compassion, the 200-hour teacher training starts this April. Discover your own voice, whether or not you plan to teach. And for a limited time, if you refer someone who signs up for the training, you'll receive a FREE 5-class pass to Castle Hill Fitness. So tell your friends. Go to http://www.austinschoolofyoga.com/ for more info. https://www.castlehillfitness.com/downtown-austin/events/1549/austin-school-of-yoga-meet-greet THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Heather Fazio, Director of Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/heather-fazio-director/ Petition: Ask Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to support sensible marijuana policy: http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/2019/03/19/petition-ask-lt-gov-dan-patrick-to-support-sensible-marijuana-law-reform/ Help fund Texans for Medical Marijuana's efforts to make changes to Texas marijuana policy: https://bit.ly/2CzxZJE SH*T TO DO: Tell your reps to #defundhate and stop the increase in spending on Tr*mp's anti-immigrant agenda. The latest budget proposes a number of increases in funding for ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (US Customs & Border Protection) and asks for a 300% budget increase for family detention. Click this link to sign up against this budget by Friday, March 22: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe82PWv8hS9yCYTkBF9mtaRN5j_sdfEBLSx7tuhuLkAS6La2A/viewform&source=gmail&ust=1553283435923000&usg=AFQjCNGuKdRxwgBBTnK-9dKFPi-C8-q4mw Read the full letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L4WggvZfURhmd1UUpvaDlweufDT3lLUL7dfbSuJ5uj4/edit Nerd out on the full budget analysis here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_A_vfx8JquHacNR0G_W_UMnpuAiBnrCJCojh83UX1o0/edit Follow the Detention Watch Network for the latest actions: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/defundhate https://twitter.com/detentionwatch https://www.facebook.com/DetentionWatchNetwork FOLLOW ROUSER: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RouserTX Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rousertx/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RouserTX?lang=en Friday newsletter T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/ LINKS WE MENTIONED: Houston's Drag Queen Story Hour is no more, due to harassment: https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2019/3/19/drag-queen-story-time-houston-public-library-sylvester-turner-freed-montrose “Texas is the last stop” essay by Andrea Grimes: https://medium.com/@andreagrimes/texas-is-the-last-stop-5d724ff816a2 Austin Bat Cave: https://austinbatcave.org/ Alexa Ura, TX Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/ & https://twitter.com/alexazura Ann Gerhart, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/ann-gerhart/?utm_term=.5e4922a7ba24 & https://twitter.com/anngerhart Chris Harris, Just Liberty: https://twitter.com/chrisharris101 & https://justliberty.org/team-view/chris-harris/ DeRay McKesson, Crooked Media's “Pod Save the People”: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people/ & https://twitter.com/deray DeRay's book: On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/586471/on-the-other-side-of-freedom-by-deray-mckesson/9780525560326 DeRay testifying at 2017 Austin City Council Meeting on Police Union Contract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkindrvwUec About HR6, The Dream & Promise Act: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-03-21/sweeping-immigration-bill-won-t-pass-it-s-still-major-win Austin City Council Meeting Schedule (we gotta show up!): http://www.austintexas.gov/department/city-council/council-meetings Protestors rally around immigrants hiding in Austin churches: https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Protestors-rally-around-immigrants-hiding-in-13701320.php End Family Separation and Detention Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/endfamilyseparation/ Your daily reminder that seeking asylum is legal: https://www.facebook.com/michael.benavides1/posts/10219449881100176 Austin Sanctuary Network: https://austinsanctuarynetwork.org/ FAQ on ICE's “sensitive locations” policy: https://www.ice.gov/ero/enforcement/sensitive-loc Crystal City Internment Camp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_City_Internment_Camp Friends of Crystal City: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofCrystalCity/ March 30th event in Crystal City and Dilly. For those who cannot attend the March 30 event - asking volunteers to help gather 10,000 origami cranes to be strung together in chains on fences around the Dilly site. http://www.rafu.com/2019/03/through-the-fire-crystal-city-sparks-protest-at-south-texas-family-residential-center/?fbclid=IwAR0teH0PA5v_cibmLGlilpWA7Fy9jbW4h4rRE1Y1VRpcZWLLTnHjJGoaS6w How to fold a paper crane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnyopxdJXQ Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy: http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/ Texas Compassionate Use Act: http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/2015/06/01/texas_compassionate_use_act_2015/ National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: https://norml.org/ Pending marijuana legislation in Texas: http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/2019legislation/ Petition: Ask Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to support sensible marijuana policy: http://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/2019/03/19/petition-ask-lt-gov-dan-patrick-to-support-sensible-marijuana-law-reform/ Help fund Texans for Medical Marijuana's efforts to make changes to Texas marijuana policy: https://bit.ly/2CzxZJE The Farm Bill, hemp legalization and the status of CBD: An explainer: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/12/14/the-farm-bill-hemp-and-cbd-explainer/ Hemp descheduled in Texas: https://greenlotushemp.com/2019/03/06/hemp-descheduled-in-texas-paves-way-for-senate-bill1240/ Civil asset forfeiture nets Texas police millions: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/07/texas-civil-asset-forfeiture-legislature/ Tr*mp is putting refugee children in black sites: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/03/trump-is-putting-refugee-children-in-blacksites.html

Kendall Jenner is one of the most famous people on Earth. And so, it made sense for the global brand Pepsi to feature her in a commercial in 2017. But, the commercial faced a major backlash for co-opting the imagery of social-political movements. Who decided this was a good idea? This is the anatomy of a commercial gone terribly wrong. What Really Happened? Guests: Brad Jakeman (former President of PepsiCo Global Beverage Group), DeRay Mckesson (activist, author, and host of the "Pod Save The People" podcast), Ed Castillo (Brand Strategist and current owner of Brand Disposition, Inc.), Ephrat Livni (journalist and lawyer), and Charles R. Taylor (John A. Murphy Professor of Marketing, Villanova School of Business)

Man o Man o Man... o MAN! We got a show for you guys!!! We got the amazing host of Pod Save The People, DeRay McKesson on the show! Can you even believe?! But before we get to the interview we have an update on the story from Episode 6 about Tiger Mandingo aka Michael Johnson who was convicted to prison for spreading HIV, but the story is much more complicated than just that... We also send our pal Scandal off into the great blue yonder and chat about the Finale. We also cover the potential change in abortion laws for Argentina, which leads us to take a closer look at the laws from around the world and what status various countries hold on legality of it. Thank you for listening!!   Links! http://feministing.com/2018/04/18/in-potential-feminist-win-argentina-considers-legalizing-abortion/   https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/opinion/chile-abortion-ban.html https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/AbortionMap2014.PDF   https://www.queerty.com/college-wrestler-faced-30-years-prison-hiv-case-gets-parole-theres-catch-20180410   https://www.buzzfeed.com/steventhrasher/how-college-wrestling-star-tiger-mandingo-became-an-hiv-scap?utm_term=.rnqEn2wo9#.gsjOwPRaj   Watch the Black Panther Red Carpet Coverage with co-host James: http://marvel.com/blackpantherlive Minority Korner Store: https://teespring.com/minority-korner-t-shirt#pid=369&cid=6513&sid=front Twitter: @minoritykorner Email: minoritykorner@gmail.com Like Us On Facebook: Minority Korner

Activist Deray Mckesson has been creating the digital blueprint on how to end police violence in the U.S. since 2014, from live-documenting Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson, to launching the Mapping Police Violence database, to creating his Webby-Nominated podcast on social justice and politics—Pod Save The People, and beyond. He joins host David-Michel Davies for a download on the early days of using the Internet for activist work, his team's Campaign Zero initiative, and more. Follow DeRay @deray. Listen to Pod Save the People at crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people. And be sure to check out Mapping Police Violence at mappingpoliceviolence.org.Follow us on social @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Sebastian AdeOur Editorial Director is Nicole FerraroResearch and writing by Jordana Jarrett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gyasi is solo for the night. After a great interview on Deray McKesson's Pod Save the People, Gyasi sits down in Studio 212 to reflect on the way he navigates with different audiences. Then we jump into our airing of the interview. It's a discussion about issues important to Native people's told to people without the same perspective.

Radio 4 Extra explores the world of podcasts and finds the best on offer. Each week, Amanda Litherland and a guest presenter recommend one or two podcasts from the BBC and beyond. From some of the most popular series, to lesser-known hidden gems, they feature their favourite finds and speak with the people who make them. This week's guest is presenter, Ben Hunte. Podcasts featured: Stance, and a chat with its presenters Heta Fell and Chrystal Genesis - and activist DeRay McKesson talks about his podcast Pod Save The People.

The Black Lives Matter activist and "Pod Save The People" host stops in to drop knowledge about revolution, combating homophobia, and hashtag activism. Plus, Joanie Mitch loves "Seinfeld"! 

If you’re interested in my post-college story, I want to let you know I’m sharing all of my tips on the post-college job search, nailing informational interviews, and more on the Bri Books Podcast Newsletter. @BriBooksPod - Instagram @BriBooksPod - Twitter What are you reading?! Show and tell using #bribooks Editor’s Note: "Welcome to Bri Books podcast! I knew that reading Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery’s book “They Can’t Kill Us All:Ferguson, Baltimore and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement” would knock me off my feet, but I wasn’t expecting that on the day this episode was recorded, (8/11/17), exactly two days to the date of Michael Brown’s murder in my hometown (Ferguson, MO), that same evening hundreds of grown men and women in Charlottesville, VA would march on a college campus in the name of white supremacy and racism. That reality is hanging over this episode, and I hope the book we discuss, “They Can’t Kill Us All,” encourages and challenges you. I can’t recommend the book enough. Let’s get into it.  Resources: Ju-Hyun Park’s essay on thefader.com, “Love Needs Fury to Defeat Hate” DeRay McKesson’s podcast “Pod Save The People,” “BONUS: CHARLOTTESVILLE”   @wesleylowery – Twitter, Washington Post  SHOW NOTES    As I prepared to read Wesley’s book, I first read “Wars of Reconstruction” by Douglas Egerton, to remind myself of the systemic obstruction of police and black self-advocacy that immediately followed Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s assassination. The book talks about how the time post-Emancipation Proclamation was the most violent yet politically progressive time in America’s history for freed blacks, as literacy rates and involvement in political and social office grew exponentially. The inclusion of African-Americans in the Union Army definitively helped the Union clinch the war. I wanted to read “The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era,” by Douglas Egerton. 1:03 – Wesley’s first book is a reporter’s notebook of sorts, chronicling his work as a reporter dispatching from Ferguson, MO at the height of the shooting death of Mike Brown. From there he found himself flying to Cleveland, Baltimore, and too many cities to cover too many people who had become hashtags in the light of police violence and the death of black men and women at the hands of police 1:30 I knew Wesley’s book would knock me off my feet but I wasn’t expecting that on the day we recorded, 3 years and 2 days to the date of Brown’s death, hundreds of men and women would march on a college campus in the name of white supremacy and racism. That very real pall is hanging over this episode, and I hope our conversation encourages and challenges you. 2:00 – Resources: Ju-Hyun Park’s essay on thefader.com, “Love Needs Fury to Defeat Hate” DeRay McKesson’s podcast “Pod Save The People,” “BONUS: CHARLOTTESVILLE” 3:15 – This episode has special place in my heart because Ferguson is my family hometown. My mom grew up there at a time when her own mom was the first black person to live on the block. By the time my grandmother died when I was 18, there were no white people left in the entire neighborhood. 3:55 – Wesley thanks for being on this episode. Watching my hometown become a hashtag was interesting for me. Tell us about where you grew up. 4:10 – Thank you! It’s important to me, as someone who writes about places I’m not from to really listen and learn the context of those places. I was fortunate enough to spend a lot of time in STL and Ferguson before having to write about it in a longform way. I had dozens, then hundreds, of conversations that hopefully help me portray things that are accurate and right true to the people who lived the lives I’m depicting. 4:45 – Wesley spent his childhood in 2 places, first in a Jersey suburb until his early teens. At 13, moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb on the East Side of Cleveland. It used to be held to be true that the East side is where blacks lived, west is where ethnic whites, Slavic, Italian, city workers, cops and firefighters on the west side. East side was where black families lived. “Shaker Heights was one of 2-3 cities that began instituting public school bussing before the supreme court order. It’s a hyper-progressive community, has always ben extremely diverse. I grew up in a place where we were constantly having conversations about race, racism, prejudice, stereotyping. I was in programmers as a high schooler focused on mentorship and achievement. And having tough conversations. It prepared me for the work now.” 6:35 – I love that your book really humanizes protestors. It adds color and dimension to their lives outside of moment they became known as protestors with capital P. what did you learn from the act of protesting, when you were reporting in Ferguson, that you brought back to newsroom in terms of how you tell stories. 7:02 – “One of the things I still think of a lot, that is how those of us in the media and who haven’t protested, want to subscribe and ascribe solutions/ motives to protests. Most of us who work in media have never attended a protest we were participating in. many of our decision makers like in DC have never themselves felt like this is how they’re going to petition the government. 7:45 – “The reality was in Ferguson, Baltimore, charlotte, Milwaukee, this was an organic overflow of pain and anger. no one was calling the residents of Ferguson saying come outside and be upset. They were looking out their window and seeing the body of a teenager and saying this is where I draw the line I deserve better for my government. 8:07 – “We hear of people very often who are dismissive of protest, is why don’t they why don’t they go vote? Write a letter to congressman? That type of mindset fundamentally misunderstands protests. People who take to the street do so because their government has otherwise not listened to them when they’ve petitioned them in other spaces. Protest is in many ways, a means of voicing and demanding an audience for otherwise unheard needs. I think that’s not something that those of us who often have our needs heard that people can appreciated. 8:50 – “There’s this deep skepticism sometimes, and we always hear these conversations, people who say, “If you want to win me over, why did you block the highway?” It fundamentally.it fundamentally misunderstands point of disobedient protests, and why they’re taking to the streets. 5:29 – “People aren’t taking to street to convince you in your house they’re right about something. They don’t care about you. That’s not the point of this. They’re directly communicating what the powers that oversee their government, etc., and they’re saying, you value order. 9:40 – Chris Hayes’ book “A Colony in the Nation” talks about this idea of order. That we, in the majority, what we care about is traffic lights that at work, busses that run on time, no traffic jam, my street being clean. In many ways, we prioritize the order of our spaces or the rights and liberties of other people. That we care about things seems peaceful and calm, and the way you made my street orderly is by stopping and frisking every black person on my street or harassing them for their music, I don’t care about that because t’s orderly. It’s my comfort.” 10:30 – With conversations about highway, its people saying, why would you disrupt my order with your silly concerns about your lives? You see drastic disconnect in priority. And like I said earlier, there’s a standard misunderstanding of the point of these protests. 11:00 – In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King, Jr. says this isn’t about negotiating or gaining a seat at a table. It’s not about winning allies or friends. It’s about making the conditions of this political problem so untenable that it makes it impossible for the powers to be to do nothing. Not only are we upset with you, but these people who have been inconvenienced are calling your office. It’s calling you to do “something,” which means you’re gonna call and say, “what is it you really want?” 11:45 – “For those of us who value order, we can often underestimate the power of political disorder as a tactic. 11:55 – Part of the currency that helped Wesley report so deeply is that you could’ve even classmates of protestors or the young brother of any of the young boys who got killed. How did you take it from reporter’s notebook to workable manuscript? 12:35 – “Procedurally it started by me sitting back and looking at the first anniversary, and tracing back my previous year. Where’d I gone? Ferguson, Cleveland, New York City, Charleston, Baltimore. How did pit stops tell the story of what was going on and tell the story of what became a protest movement? 13:15 – “I sat down and would begin with stories I’d written from city, and grabbing.in the emails, grabbed, all the unedited feeds id sent in from protests, people I’d interviewed previously. 13:40 – “In one case I’d interviewed Jonathan Butler in Ferguson. I literally just man-on-the-street interviewed him. The next year, he launches hunger strike and university of Missouri. Before he was hunger strike student. I’d take all the material from take period of time, copy and paste the articles and drafts back in, and say, how do I convert this whole thing into first person? How’d I get there? I’d write it long, whittle it down, and convert it into a guide into how I did some of the reporting. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t always the most comfortable with writing in first person I’m not someone who came up writing in 1st I was always doing 3rd persons. I was hesitant to insert myself in the story that way. 15:00 - “In a way, especially when people don’t understand he media and literacy is low…there’s real value in showing people how we do what we do—woke up. Story happening. People don’t assume that reporting process for everything they rad anymore…I think there’s real value in walking people through these processes of how we get these stories how we see them, how we choose the story. 16:00 - “If I tell you how I got here, why seeing, what I was seeing, could help you understand the subjective decisions that were made. That’s part of what I was trying to do. 16:20 – You succeed at that. Your book knows you’re in the story but not the subject of the story. In the first chapter, you say there’s a moment when I became a thing. But you moved past it. Was that a strategic decision? 17:00 – “That was a purposeful decision. 2 days after arriving in Ferguson, my friend Ryan and I were arrested covering the protest. We were first of dozens of journos who would find themselves arrested. Eric holder commented on it, we became these political footballs… 17:35 – I knew to write this book there would be people saying you got this because fame. No, no, I helped cover Boston Marathon bombings for Boston Globe before this. Got a lot of blowback from people ho didn’t know me or work. By writing this, I wanted to dispense of my moment of fame at the very beginning. I wanted to say yes, I’m that guy, let’s deal and never talk again. This book isn’t’ about me. Its’ about all these young people and these families who lost loved ones and had been so gracious as to allow me to tell me their stories. 19:00 – “I really wanted to, through this book, tell the story of the young people who stepped into the streets. From someone whose covered this protest movement from close to the beginning, I find myself frustrated. I spent time talking to activist’s demonstrators, I found almost all of them to be thoughtful, intelligent, deliberate. But I’d see this caricature of many of them in the media by and large especially in conservative media….and I’d hear this from my colleagues, editors, and also my readers. And I felt frustrated. I knew all these people personally at this point, and for whatever reason, it wasn’t being communicated to a broader audience. 20:12 – “I’d written dozens, maybe over a hundred articles about Black Lives Matter, about protests, police shootings. And I’d still get emails from subscribers saying I don’t get this. 20:29 – “For me, I think that to be a reporter writer is to be a translator. I’m dispatched to a place. I’m witnessing something that’s happening. It’s my job to translate what has happened to a bunch of people who can’t be there, to explain it to them. I’m writing articles about a protest, and you send me an email saying I don’t understand what this protest is about, it means that at some point in my translation I have failed you. 20:52 - “So, the goal of writing a book was to say, what if I can do it in a longer form? What if I can write everything I know about this down? And if I do that someone who is genuinely interested can sit down and read all the stuff I know, see all these different people and places, and then maybe if they don’t agree with the politics of the protestors, maybe they can understand. That’s the goal of what I was doing.” 21:20 – I sometimes wonder, if I’d be going home…I always wonder, how would I have served that community? Would I be protestor? Organizer? Religious sense? 21:46 – For you, in Cleveland, do you ever wonder how, if you’d been home and been a civilian, how you would’ve voiced your frustration? 22:00 – “I think that’s something a lot of us think about. Is, if this happened where I live what would I do? If I’d been there what would’ve I do? There’s this feeling, every time we hear of new case, see a new video, there’s a moment where everyone simultaneously has a guttural need to do something. You watch Philando Castile video, the Eric Garner video, you say that’s wrong I want to do something about it. You hear it all the time. 22:40 – “I thought a lot about how if I’d made one or two different decisions in life, how I very likely would’ve been on a different side of these protests. I think of how if I’d gone student government instead of student newspaper. Or if I’d stuck with political science major instead of barely getting my journalism degree. I wonder if those would’ve changed any of these moments. And I don’t know the answer to that. 23:10 – “I’ve always been an inside the room at the table type. But I do wonder, had I stayed out of journalism, had I not been a writer and reporter tethered to this idea of fairness and distance (not personally involved,) if the events of the past few years would’ve been enough, for someone like me, who valued respectability politics who valued working through systems, would it have been enough for someone like me to step in the streets. I don’t completely know the answer to that, but I see a lot of people for whom it was enough, and I think I might’ve been in the same boat. I see peers and colleagues of mine. And for them, the crisis in front of them was enough to demand a new tactic. 24:40 – “I like to think that if I’d been in another field at another time, that would’ve been enough for me too. 24:50 – That said. What I like about the field I’m in is that in that moment of crisis, pain and trauma, when new names start trending and there’s a new hashtag, I have something I can do every single time. When I see Michael Brown, Jordan Edwards…I don’t have to sit in this moment of pain and trauma. I don’t have to sit here and wonder what I can do. I pick up the phone I start calling people. I start writing things down. And I start collecting the information that hopefully will allow other people to process what has happened. And empower them, to if they so desire, act and do something themselves. 25:33 - So, I think the role of the journalist and reporter is important. Especially at times when the federal government may not be so inclined to address the systemic issues that still exist in our CJS, I think it’s more important than ever for journalists to write down true things so in the future we can write down what was happening in the summer of 2014 2015 2016 2017. And that’s what I think of when I wake up wondering, I have something I can do.

Pod Save America, Pod Save The World, With Friends Like These, Pod Save The People, and Lovett Or Leave It audio review.

The crew kicks it off with Edgar revealing he's a conspiracy theorist and doesn't believe we landed on the moon. Then we jump into a conversation about standing up for black folks doing the most. After discussing the outrage some had with Deray McKesson, a Black Lives Matter Activist, after he had Katy Perry on his podcast to talk about cultural appropriation, the question is posed if you're labeled as woke, will those you gave you that label let you make mistakes, and hold you to a different and unfair standard. After all that, we all give our top 5 lists of anything we want to. Edgar talks movies, Jacquis talks TV, and Carl talks music. Then we close out with a segment that was too good to die, Queen of the Week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson takes you inside conversations about culture, social justice, and politics by exploring the history, language, and people who are shaping the struggle for progress — and talking about the steps that each of us can take to make a difference.