For The Win

For The Win

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For The Win episodes

  • From bathroom bans to Bud Light boycotts: Charlotte Clymer on GOP war on trans community
    From bathroom bans to Bud Light boycotts, Republicans have declared war on the transgender community. With red states passing new anti-trans bills by the day, Elliot, Jasmine, and Yochi sit down with trans activist Charlotte Clymer to talk about why Democrats need to fight back harder, how the bans will hurt Republican candidates in 2024, and what's behind President Biden's surprising evolution from trans skeptic to trans supporter.
    41 min
  • A war on “wokeism”? But what does being “woke” actually mean with Dr. Candis Watts Smith

    Republicans have declared war on "wokeism," but what does being “woke” actually mean? On our newest episode, Yochi and The Raben Group's Jasmine Burton sit down with Dr. Candis Watts Smith, a Duke University professor and author of the new book, “Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter," to talk about the forgotten history of the word, how conservatives are trying to make "woke" as politically toxic as critical race theory, and what progressives need to do to reclaim it before it's too late.

    24 min
  • Testifying Before MAGA Republicans

    Ever wonder what it's like to testify on Capitol Hill and face questions from MAGA Republicans like Matt Gaetz? On a special episode of For the Win, our own Elliot Williams takes us behind the scenes of his recent appearance before a House committee probing the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government — and the hate mail that followed.

    32 min
  • Is the GOP anti-big business?
    The GOP was once the party of big business. Now it’s attacking corporate America like never before — and reserving special scorn for so-called ESG investing. On our newest episode, Yochi talks with Robert Raben, founder and president of The Raben Group, about the growing ESG crackdown, how Republicans are using government power to punish allegedly “woke” companies, and why the fight will reshape the country’s economic and political landscape.
    27 min
  • Héctor Sánchez Barba on Spanish-language misinformation

    Unsubstantiated rumors and lies spread widely through immigrant communities before the 2020 election, and they're spreading again in the run-up to the midterms. On our newest episode, Abby and Elliot spoke with Héctor Sánchez Barba, the CEO and executive director Mi Familia Vota, about what’s unique about misinformation in Spanish-language media — and how to best fight it.

    27 min
  • An Inside Look at the Uprising of Iranian Women

    The midterms are dominating the news here at home — and obscuring the protests and civil unrest raging across Iran, where hundreds of thousands of Iranian women are protesting four decades of brutal government repression. On our newest episode, Abby and Yochi talk to The Raben Group's Parnian Abunasr-Shiraz, who was visiting family in Iran when the protests erupted and had a front-row seat for the historic uprising being led by brave young women fighting for their human rights.

    26 min
  • After Roe: what progressives must get right this time

    Three months after Dobbs, Abby speaks with Erika West, principal at The Raben Group and one of the creators of the After Roe newsletter, about the role progressives played in the fall of Roe, the persisting support for abortion legality, and the urgent need for businesses to be vocal about reproductive freedom.

    37 min
  • Jenifer Fernandez Ancona on the Dem's New Playbook
    With the midterms looming, progressives are rolling out a surprising new argument: "Trump Republicans" are trying to take away core freedoms, and Democrats are the only ones standing in their way. On our newest episode, Yochi talks with Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, the co-founder and vice president of Way to Win, about how the GOP crackdown on abortion and voting rights means that Democrats, not Republicans, are now the party of freedom — and why progressives are betting millions of dollars that the argument will stick.
    30 min
  • America’s kids are decidedly not alright

    School is right around the corner, but America’s kids – battered by COVID and the seemingly endless number of school shootings – are decidedly not alright. On the latest episode of For The Win, Elliot and Yochi spoke with Alison Malmon, executive director of Active Minds, about the mental health crisis facing our kids and how the suicide of her only brother led her to devote her life to persuading those who need help that its okay to not be okay.

    27 min

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