For The Win

How have Republicans managed to turn public education into a powerful political weapon, and can Democrats do anything about it? On the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi spoke with Sharhonda Bossier, CEO of Education Leaders of Color, about the weaponization of critical race theory, why public schools need to change how they teach about race, how HBO taught more Americans about the Tulsa Race Massacre than any textbook, and the glories of Chaka Khan.

Parents around the country will soon have the chance to get younger kids vaccinated against COVID. The question is how many will actually do so. On the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi speaks with Dr. Leana Wen — a Washington Post contributing columnist, CNN analyst, and former Baltimore health commissioner — about how the COVID fight is being slowed by a “pandemic of misinformation,” how the backlash to COVID mandates could lead parents to reject other vaccinations as well, and the cold reality that the pandemic may be with us well into the future.

In the latest episode of For The Win, Abby and Elliot spoke with Edgar Burch, the former director of government affairs for the NCAA and a Raben Group principal, about the new era of student-athletes being able to profit from marketing their own name, image, and likeness — and what that all means for race, gender, and sexual orientation in college sports.

In the latest episode of For The Win, Abby & guest host Estuardo Rodriguez spoke with Julie Rodriguez, the director of the White House's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, about how the Biden administration hopes to beat back the flood of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, the path forward for its massive but controversial infrastructure deal, and the complex set of challenges facing the Latino community, which has been disproportionately hard-hit by the pandemic. 

On the latest episode of For The Win, former RNC Chair Michael Steele sits down with Yochi and Abby to discuss his battles with former President Trump, what it’s like to be a high-profile Black conservative when the Republican Party is adopting ever more extreme policies, and why he thinks the party can still be saved.

Republicans used to be the party of big business. Now ... not so much. From threatening to break up social media giants to promising to revoke business-friendly tax breaks, Republicans are talking tough with corporate America like never before. But how much of that is real, and how much is just talk? On the latest episode of For the Win, Abby, Elliot, and Yochi talk about why big businesses are weighing in on controversial issues like voting rights, whether the long alliance between the GOP and corporate America may actually be splintering, and how that fissure could reshape the political landscape.

In a special episode of For The Win, Elliot talks with Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison about what it means to be a “Dirt Road Democrat,” why his party needs to do more for rural voters, and how a long-ago promise to his grandfather is fueling Harrison’s fight for voting rights today.      

On the latest episode of For the Win, Yochi and Abby sit down with Josh Leach of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to talk about the situation at the southern border, why the Biden administration is struggling to undo Trump’s damage to our immigration system, and why the phrase “Title 42” sounds benign but is actually threatening thousands of lives. 

In the latest episode of For the Win, Abby, Yochi, and Elliot dive into the political fight over “cancel culture,” look at its surprising origins in the Black community, and tackle the tough question of whether a canceled individual can (or should) ever be given a second chance. Plus, Abby considers if she should spearhead the movement to cancel both Elliot and Yochi ...