Honestly Speaking

We are over two weeks removed from the election so while the exit polls aren’t fully updated, we dig into the numbers. Joining us in the booth, is Michael Hardaway, Obama alum and former senior advisor to Congressman Hakeem Jeffries to help us make sense of it all. We talk the legacy of Obama with the black community. What’s really going on with the media hype around moderates and progressives. Biden is giving us LBJ vibes, should we believe our own hype? And what we think could be possible in the first 100 days.

This week we’ve got two heavy hitter politico guests. We kick it off with returning candidate for Manhattan DA, Eliza Orlins, (.50 - 23.34) covering all things the courts. We also are joined by NY State Senator Alessandra Biaggi (23.34 - 56.50) and cover the difference between state and federal responsibilities, Governor Cuomo’s handling of Covid-19, and how we are feeling in the final days ahead of election day.

Republican voters edition w/Mike Ponticelli and “Q.” We bring back friend of the pod Mike Ponticelli to see where his vote stands in the lead up along with new guest “Q” who was a Obama voter in 2008, non voter in 2016, and now voting for Trump in 2020. 

We are in the home stretch of the 2020 campaign. We chop up the latest, plus an update from Farb still on the road.  

We analyze the debate from the perspective of each camp, discuss the infamous Trump tax records, and the big question being thrown around: are you racist if you vote for Trump?

Farb is on a road trip through trump country and his faith in Biden is being tested. Plus we chop up the legacy of RBG and what comes next, Bloomberg and Desmond Meade’s work in Florida, plus our new found appreciation for the word caste along with our general love for Isabel Wilkerson's new book. 

Jim is finally back for our first ever live show. We tap in with our audience on what’s happening in their communities across the country. We even sneak in a few of our favorite guests into the mix. 

We got in the booth with the defacto Poet Laureate of Baltimore, Kondwani Fidel, to talk his new book the Anti-Racist. We also talk about the Black experience growing up in Baltimore, Black Liberation strategies, twitter buck shots, and the nuance of rebellion.

With everything happening in Kenosha, Portland, and across the country we had to dip back into the history of policing. We bring on Field Advisor for the National Network of Safe Communities, Danneile Davis, to set the record straight. We also dive into her work in intimate partner violence prevention and the gender double standards when it comes to policing today.

We welcome democrat operative Rania Batrice this week. We learned about her story of growing up in Lubbock Texas as a Palestinian immigrant, lessons from the Bernie 2016 campaign, and her work with a coalition of organizations pushing HR 40 including the NAARC (National African American Reparations Commission).