For The Win

In the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi speaks with Wade Henderson, the head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, about how the growing conservative crackdown on voting rights is bringing back the worst of the Jim Crow era, why lies about voter fraud pose an existential threat to our democracy, and how Congress is facing a moment of truth about whether to make it easier to cast a ballot — or whether to disenfranchise millions of voters.

In the latest episode of For the Win, recorded shortly before Neera Tanden’s nomination to be OMB director was withdrawn, Elliot spoke with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on how the three of President Biden's nominees who have faced the biggest headwinds in their paths to confirmation — Tanden, Vanita Gupta, and Kristen Clarke — are all women of color. Elliot and Ms. Lithwick talked about how double-standards, deceptive ad buys, and media failures helped get us here, and how it’s a myth that more civility will cure what ails American politics.

On the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi, Abby, and Elliot discuss the growing political debate over America’s student loan debt crisis, whether it should matter if someone went to an expensive private university or a cheaper public one, and how a system created to help students afford college has instead left millions of graduates saddled with debts they can’t afford to pay back.

In the latest episode of For The Win, Elliot and Yochi speak with Kathleen Sebelius, the former secretary of Health and Human Services during the Obama administration, about what she learned from fighting the H1N1 pandemic, what the Trump administration got wrong about its COVID-19 response (hint: a lot), the importance of leveling with the American public about the new vaccines, and how to talk to anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers without losing your cool. There’s also some good political trivia!

In the latest episode of For The Win, Elliot and guest host Audrey López speak with Charles Kamasaki, author of Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die, about reforming immigration after the Trump years — an issue that is even more pressing after the results in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff election on January 5.

In the latest episode of For The Win Abby, Yochi and Elliot speak with System Check podcast hosts Melissa Harris-Perry & Dorian Warren about the coup attempt at the Capitol, the country’s legacy of institutionalized racism and white supremacist violence, and how to move America forward — with or without Republicans.

In the latest episode of For The Win, Elliot Williams spoke with Margaret Huang, CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, about whether there’s a correlation between Trump’s presidency and the rise in hate crimes, whether to expect political violence around the Georgia Senate special election, and why kids are much more at risk of being exposed to all types of hate.

In the latest episode of For the Win, Abby & guest host Eduardo Soto spoke with Luis Davila, former deputy director and general counsel for the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, about D.C. & Puerto Rico Statehood, why it would be a long process, why Democrats believe it would help them gain seats, and how economic factors have impacted the vote.

On a special pre-election episode of For The Win, Yochi, Abby, and Elliot spoke with Robert Raben, a former Assistant Attorney General and the founder and president of The Raben Group, about how far Republicans may go to steal the presidency, the challenges of making sure every vote counts, and why the fight for the future of the courts won’t end on Election Day.

Washington Post contributing columnist and public health expert Dr. Leana Wen joins Elliot and Yochi to talk about why the Trump administration has given up on containing the pandemic, why distributing a vaccine will be harder than you think, and why truly showing your loved ones how much you care this holiday season may mean staying far away.