Crooked Minis

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One side effect of our national addiction to Trump’s tweets and other news cycle garbage is that fascinating issues, brilliant books and important debates aren't getting the attention they deserve. With a rotating crew of your favorite Crooked Media hosts, contributors, and special guests, Crooked Conversations brings Pod Save America's no-b.s., conversational style to topics in politics, media, culture, sports, and technology that aren’t making headlines but still have a major impact on our world. 

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Introducing: Unholier Than ...

06.12.2020

Subscribe to Crooked's new podcast, Unholier Than Thou: apple.co/unholierthanthou - first two episodes available today. Award-winning journalist and editor Phillip Picardi is on a quest to better understand his relationship with spirituality by learning how faith plays a role in ...

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06.12.2020 Introducing: Unholier Than Thou Subscribe to Crooked's new podcast, Unholier Than Thou: apple.co/unholierthanthou - first two episodes available today. Award-winning journalist and editor Phillip Picardi is on a quest to better understand his relationship with spirituality by learning how faith plays a role in ...
02.11.2020 Dan Pfeiffer's Unsolicited Advice for the Nominee (UN-TRUMPING AMERICA, available February 18, 2020) In this excerpt from UN-TRUMPING AMERICA (on sale February 18, 2020), Dan Pfeiffer speaks candidly to our (forthcoming) Democratic nominee about the realities of winning, the fate of American democracy, and how to defeat Trump at the ballot box in ...
11.08.2019 Introducing 'Rubicon: The Impeachment of Donald Trump' Subscribe to Crooked Media's newest podcast Rubicon: The Impeachment of Donald Trump go.crooked.com/rubicon The impeachment of Donald Trump is one of the biggest political stories of our lifetimes. It’s a test of whether accountability, election integrity, and the rules of ...
10.30.2019 Bridging the Age Gap \| Me, My Self-Care and I In the final episode of Me, My Self-Care, and I Diosa and Mala talk about the role of women-based spaces in their lives and relationships. Then they chat with Claudia Mendoza, the founder of the Mami Chula Social Club. Mendoza ...
10.28.2019 Announcing: What A Day “What A Day,” Crooked Media’s new daily news podcast, is here! Hosted by comedian Akilah Hughes and politics reporter Gideon Resnick, “What A Day” cuts through the chaos and crimes to break down the biggest news of the day, help ...
10.23.2019 Community Care on the Web \| Me, My Self-Care & I This week, Mala and Diosa discuss how self-care in the digital age can simplify the movement to a hashtag. They discuss how the internet brought them together and how it has helped in their self-discoveries. Then, they are joined by ...
10.16.2019 Surviving to Thriving \| Me, My Self-Care & I This week, Diosa and Mala sit down with culturemakers and artists of the Cumbiaton Collective. This nationwide party collective is creating healing on the dancefloor and through their production, prioritizing and uplifting joy and movement as a tool for resistance. ...
10.09.2019 Self-Care as Community Care \| Me, My Self-Care, and I October's mini-series, hosted by Mala Muñoz and Diosa Femme, will explore the nuances and complexities of self-care, community care, healthy relationships, and the psychology behind it all. In the first episode the two hosts share their own experiences working with ...
09.25.2019 State of Conspiracy \| The QAnon Effect What happens when the President of the United States is the inspiration for today's most passionate group of conspiracy theorist? In the final episode of State of Conspiracy, Professor Olmsted talks to Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer to dissect the ...
09.18.2019 State of Conspiracy \| Covert Wickedness In this week's episode of State of Conspiracy Prof. Olmsted is joined by Jon Ronson. Jon is a journalist and filmmaker whose own passion for studying conspiracies has inspired him to infiltrate secret societies and come face to face with ...
09.11.2019 State of Conspiracy \| Fringe to Mainstream What happens when a conspiracy theory turns out to be true? This week on State of Conspiracy, Professor Kathryn Olmsted is joined by Kevin Kruse, professor of history at Princeton University. Together, they explore the ways the media and historical ...
09.04.2019 State of Conspiracy \| Conspirator in Chief Are lizard people real? Was 9/11 an inside job? Is the government really out to get you? We can't conclusively answer those questions, but we will be exploring these topics in September's series, State of Conspiracy. State of Conspiracy is ...
08.28.2019 Rigging North Carolina \| The Re-do In the final episode of Rigging North Carolina, Shaniqua McClendon is joined by Dan McCready. He shares what was going through his mind as the news of election fraud broke and a new election was called. We hear more about ...
08.21.2019 Rigging North Carolina \| The Hearing In February of 2019 the North Carolina State Board of Elections heard testimony from many of the people who played a key role in the election fraud that tainted Dan McCready and Mark Harris's historic midterm election. The three day ...
08.14.2019 Rigging North Carolina \| Republican Chokehold North Carolina has a long history of silencing African American voters, more recently sustained by Republicans in the state that have passed laws with the sole purpose of eliminating their votes. In this episode, Shaniqua McClendon discusses the Republicans' blatant ...
08.07.2019 Rigging North Carolina \| Stolen Ballots Leslie McCrae Dowless is a Republican consultant desperate to win. So he did what no one would do: he stole ballots for GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris, creating a scandal in North Carolina's 9th district and one of the biggest ...
07.24.2019 Reclaiming Patriotism \| Service (ft. Pete Buttigieg & Becky Margiotta) In the final episode of the series, Ken Harbaugh explores the role of service in our understanding of patriotism. He sits down with Mayor Pete Buttigieg to explore what service means to him and the responsibilities that elected officials have ...
07.17.2019 Reclaiming Patriotism \| Reckoning (ft. Gen. Stanley McChrystal & Mike Washington) This week, Ken Harbaugh sits down with two people who have had to reckon with both the historical and personal implications of patriotism. His first guest, Mike Washington, has had to make sense of his patriotism as both a veteran ...
07.10.2019 Reclaiming Patriotism \| Dissent (ft. Reps Barbara Lee & Max Rose) In the second episode of Reclaiming Patriotism Ken Harbaugh reflects on the role of dissent in our understanding of patriotism. Ken talks to Representative Barbara Lee who was the sole vote against the Authorization for Use of Military Force after ...
07.03.2019 Reclaiming Patriotism \| Intro (ft. Jon Favreau & Tammy Duckworth) For July's Crooked Mini series "Reclaiming Patriotism", former Navy pilot and Congressional candidate Ken Harbaugh will be sitting down with a range of guests to discuss what patriotism means in the United States in 2019. In the first episode, Ken ...
06.26.2019 Pride on Screen \| Trans Visibility In the fourth and final episode of Pride on Screen we break down how the media depicts trans folx. Tre’vell Anderson is first joined by Nick Adams, GLAAD’s director of Transgender Representation. Nick provides fascinating updates of the numbers of ...
06.19.2019 Pride on Screen \| Bi+ Visibility For the third installment of June's Pride on Screen series Tre’vell Anderson is joined by writer Clarkeisha Kent and Derrick Lemos, host of the podcast Mansplain Yourself. They share the characters in film and TV that have brought nuance to ...
06.12.2019 Pride on Screen \| Lesbian Visibility As part of June’s Pride on Screen series Tre’vell Anderson is sitting down with some of the great minds in the LGBTQ+ community to talk about iconic moments in film and TV that changed the course of representation on screen. ...
06.05.2019 Pride on Screen \| Gay Visibility Tre’vell Anderson, Director of Culture and Entertainment for Out Magazine, kicks off the first episode in a new series looking back at notable LGBTQ+ moments in film and television. Tre'vell is first joined by Jon Lovett. They discuss a moment ...
06.03.2019 Introducing: Crooked Minis June's series, "Pride on Screen", hosted by Tre’vell Anderson, director of culture and entertainment at Out Magazine, launches Wednesday, 6/5. Crooked Minis takes a step back from the chaotic breaking news to offer a new series every month that explores ...
03.27.2019 On The Brink: Changing The Face of Politics In the last episode of On The Brink, Julissa is joined by Sayu Bhojwani, Founder and President of New American Leaders. New American Leaders works to build the power and potential of first and second generation Americans to run for ...
03.20.2019 On The Brink: Revolutionizing Fitness for Adaptive Athletes As part of her ongoing series for Women’s History Month, Julissa Arce talks to Stephanie Hammerman. Hammerman is the owner of Hammer Driven Fitness, a functional fitness-focused gym. They talk about how best to demystify the myths surrounding Cerebral Palsy ...
03.13.2019 On The Brink: Winning a Nobel Peace Prize Julissa Arce sits down with Amanda Nguyen to discuss her work with Rise, a non-profit fighting for the civil rights of sexual assault survivors. Amanda shares how the organization has helped pass 20 laws and what it means to her ...
03.06.2019 On the Brink: Running a Presidential Campaign To celebrate Women’s History Month, Crooked contributor Julissa Arce is sitting down with women on the brink of making history. This week she is joined by Maya Rupert. Rupert is only the 3rd black woman to run a presidential campaign, ...
02.27.2019 What did Alyssa Mastromonaco learn from trusting her gut? Jon Favreau talks to Alyssa Mastromonaco about her new book “So Here’s The Thing…“, a book of reflections, essays and interviews on everything from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood and making relationships in the age of social media. Alyssa ...
02.20.2019 How can we stop the rise of antisemitism? This week Rabbi Brous, senior rabbi at IKAR, is joined by Eric Ward, the Executive Director of Western States Center, to discuss the rise of antisemitism and its ties to white nationalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.15.2019 What is the influence of Black voices in media and television? Winter Minisee sits down with Louis Carr, President of Media Sales for BET Networks, to discuss what inspired him to work in the world of media and advertising and what the future of BET looks like within the changing media ...
02.13.2019 What did the media get wrong about 21 Savage’s detention by ICE? This week, Julissa Arce discusses the detention of Atlanta rapper 21 Savage. She is joined first by immigration activist Astrid Silva who breaks down the recent developments in the case. Then, Julissa sits down with Jonathan Jayes-Green, co-founder and director ...
01.30.2019 How do we get dark money out of politics? Kiran Deol, co-host of Crooked’s Hysteria, talks to documentary filmmaker Kim Reed about the making of the Oscar short-listed film Dark Money, a political thriller which explores the impact of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and the influence of ...
01.23.2019 Why aren't there more women of color in fine arts? Julissa Arce is joined by Jazmín Morales, a classical musician based in Los Angeles who runs the Fortissima fellowship for young female musicians of color. Together they discuss the lack of diversity currently found in fine arts and the classical ...
01.16.2019 How do we address inequality in cities like San Francisco? Mayor Michael Tubbs is joined by Matt Haney, Supervisor-Elect to San Francisco’s 6th District, to discuss Haney's decision to run for office, his work as a San Francisco Unified School Board member, and what it means to enact change on ...
01.09.2019 What is the impact of Trump’s presidency on Dreamers? In a two-part conversation, Julissa Arce is first joined by Jin Park. Park is a recent Harvard graduate and a DACA recipient, the first undocumented student to win the Rhodes Scholarship. They discuss their shared experience of being undocumented in ...
12.26.2018 What’s it like to work on a campaign? Priyanka Aribindi is joined by Tommy Vietor, Crooked Media founder and former Obama National Security Council Spokesman, to discuss how a campaign really works, what it was like to work on President Obama’s senate and presidential campaigns, and how to ...
12.19.2018 Can we beat the right without sacrificing our values? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) explains why Democrats lose winnable fights with Republicans and what steps they should take to turn things around—the topic of his new essay for Crooked.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
12.12.2018 How are Republicans weaponizing voting? DeRay Mckesson, activist and host of Pod Save the People, sits down with Ari Berman, senior reporter for Mother Jones and author of Give Us The Ballot, to discuss midterm results, where the country currently stands as it pertains to ...
12.05.2018 What can a company do about gun violence? Winter Minisee sits down with TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie to discuss a recent initiative by the company to send over 700,000 postcards to representatives in Washington DC urging them to support universal background checks to help eradicate gun violence. The ...
11.28.2018 How much have things really changed since the Civil Rights Movement? Julissa Arce is joined by D. Watkins, activist, professor and Editor at Large for Salon, to discuss how civil rights have shifted over time and more recently since President Trump and his administration took office. Learn more about your ad ...
11.21.2018 How does art affect policy? Winter Minisee sits down with artist and activist Cleo Barnett of the We The People Campaign and Amplifier to talk about how she uses art to shift public policy and the art that has moved her to take action. Learn ...
11.14.2018 Why are we scared to talk about periods? Julissa Arce is joined by Nadya Okamoto, author of the book Period Power, to discuss stigmatization around menstruation and the various ways in which policies surrounding access to tampons & pads could help change the ways women and those who ...
11.07.2018 Who is the Millennial Mayor Reinventing Stockton? Michael Tubbs joins Symone Sanders to discuss his plan to implement a universal basic income as mayor of Stockton, California. They also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being elected mayor at age 27. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
10.31.2018 What can hospitality teach politics? Priyanka Aribindi interviews Danny Meyer, the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group (Shake Shack, Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Maialino, and more), and the author of “Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business,” to discuss hospitality and ...
10.24.2018 How do we hold corporations more accountable? Activist Winter Minisee is joined by Bozoma Saint John, Chief Marketing Officer at Endeavor, to discuss how she's been able to balance her interest in social justice with the mission of the companies she's worked for from Uber to Apple ...
10.17.2018 Restore the Vote Brian Beutler speaks to five inmates at San Quentin State Prison about why they and prisoners across the country are forbidden from voting, what the right to vote means to them, and what it should mean to the rest of ...
10.10.2018 Defining Us: What is Latinx power actually like in America? In the last episode of their special series, Julissa Arce and Grace Parra discuss what it means to be nearing majority status but not hold majority power. They sit down to talk to Ana Valdez from the Latino Donor Collaborative ...
10.03.2018 Defining Us: Why does Latinx representation matter? Contributors Julissa Arce and Grace Parra explore the role of Latinos in media and entertainment. Then they're joined by prolific journalist Jorge Ramos to discuss his reporting and what he believes is the social responsibility of journalists. Learn more about ...

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Crooked Minis episodes:

Introducing: Unholier Than Thou

Dan Pfeiffer's Unsolicited Advice for the Nominee (UN-TRUMPING AMERICA, available February 18, 2020)

Introducing 'Rubicon: The Impeachment of Donald Trump'

Bridging the Age Gap | Me, My Self-Care and I

Announcing: What A Day

Community Care on the Web | Me, My Self-Care & I

Surviving to Thriving | Me, My Self-Care & I

Self-Care as Community Care | Me, My Self-Care, and I

State of Conspiracy | The QAnon Effect

State of Conspiracy | Covert Wickedness

State of Conspiracy | Fringe to Mainstream

State of Conspiracy | Conspirator in Chief

Rigging North Carolina | The Re-do

Rigging North Carolina | The Hearing

Rigging North Carolina | Republican Chokehold

Rigging North Carolina | Stolen Ballots

Reclaiming Patriotism | Service (ft. Pete Buttigieg & Becky Margiotta)

Reclaiming Patriotism | Reckoning (ft. Gen. Stanley McChrystal & Mike Washington)

Reclaiming Patriotism | Dissent (ft. Reps Barbara Lee & Max Rose)

Reclaiming Patriotism | Intro (ft. Jon Favreau & Tammy Duckworth)

Pride on Screen | Trans Visibility

Pride on Screen | Bi+ Visibility

Pride on Screen | Lesbian Visibility

Pride on Screen | Gay Visibility

Introducing: Crooked Minis

On The Brink: Changing The Face of Politics

On The Brink: Revolutionizing Fitness for Adaptive Athletes

On The Brink: Winning a Nobel Peace Prize

On the Brink: Running a Presidential Campaign

What did Alyssa Mastromonaco learn from trusting her gut?

How can we stop the rise of antisemitism?

What is the influence of Black voices in media and television?

What did the media get wrong about 21 Savage’s detention by ICE?

How do we get dark money out of politics?

Why aren't there more women of color in fine arts?

How do we address inequality in cities like San Francisco?

What is the impact of Trump’s presidency on Dreamers?

What’s it like to work on a campaign?

Can we beat the right without sacrificing our values?

How are Republicans weaponizing voting?

What can a company do about gun violence?

How much have things really changed since the Civil Rights Movement?

How does art affect policy?

Why are we scared to talk about periods?

Who is the Millennial Mayor Reinventing Stockton?

What can hospitality teach politics?

How do we hold corporations more accountable?

Restore the Vote

Defining Us: What is Latinx power actually like in America?

Defining Us: Why does Latinx representation matter?

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