Pod Save the People

By Crooked Media

Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Kaya Henderson, De’Ara Balenger, and Myles Johnson. Then he sits down for deep conversatio... more

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Pod Save the People episodes:

February 11, 2025 Dr. Brittany Friedman on the Racial Divide
AI program jails innocent man for 17 months, Katt Williams imperialist rant, Congress members denied access to Department of Education. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Dr. Brittany Friedman about her new book titled Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons.

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Man jailed over police AI program, then freed 17 months after victim raised doubts
Trump says he'd deport US citizens convicted of crimes 'in a heartbeat' if legal
Members of Congress denied access to Department of Education
Musk to rehire DOGE staffer with history of racist tweets
Katt Williams Imperialist Rant
Akilah Hughes on non-voters

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1h 57min
February 04, 2025 Aaron Robertson on Building Black Utopia
Trump rewrites history on White House website, study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, or related to donors/staff, and the rise of Black educators on TikTok. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Aaron Robertson about his new book titled The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America.

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The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go
Study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff
HillmanTok: The rise of Black educators on TikTok
Trump pauses 25% tariffs on Canadian goods after deal will Trudeau

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1h 36min
January 28, 2025 The Performance Art of Politics
Automated grocery prices increase depending on the shopper, Target follows suit in abandoning DEI initiatives, ICE officers issued an arrest quota, and the legacy of Florence Price - the first Black women to premiere works by a US orchestra.

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Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought
Meet Florence Price, the first Black woman to have her work premiered by a US orchestra
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat
Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests

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January 21, 2025 This is Not A Drill
Whistleblower exposes Russian political interference operation, Louisiana governor evicts homeless people ahead of Super Bowl, Mississippi infrastructure neglect leads to parasites in impoverished residents, and Doechii stuns in Black sitcom inspired music video. DeRay interviews Andrew Bakaj and Naomi Seligman of Whistleblower Aid.

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The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain
Governor forces removal of homeless people by New Orleans Superdome before Super Bowl
Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to parasites in the Mississippi Delta
Watch Doechii’s life literally blow up on ‘Denial is a River Show”

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1h 40min
January 14, 2025Make Government Boring Again
Meta makes up with MAGA, Black students barred from empowerment clubs, tow companies allowed to sell people's cars, and the legacy of Dada Masilo.
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Displaced Black Families GoFundMe Directory
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Behind the Curtain: Meta's make-up-with-MAGA map
Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars
World of dance mourns death of ‘brilliant light’ Dada Masilo at age of 39
DC Public Schools hit with federal civil rights complaint over 'student affinity group'
‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
I talked to Meta’s Black AI character. Here’s what she told me.
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1h 26min
January 07, 2025 Back on that Bull
An inside look into a white supremacist militia, GOP Congress member goes missing, housing costs force employed people into homelessness, and a new documentary on the late Luther Vandross.

News
The Militia and the Mole
Critically acclaimed Luther Vandross documentary now streaming: How to watch
High Housing Costs Force Many Employed People Into Homelessness
Driver who exploded Tesla Cybertruck at Trump hotel in Las Vegas was an active-duty Army Green Beret, source says
Texas Rep. Kay Granger, 81, who missed six months of key House votes — found living at retirement community that specializes in memory care
Republican congresswoman, 81, falls down marble stairs at the Capitol

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1h 25min
December 17, 2024 Here Comes The Circus
Trump rolls back on campaign promises, Black feminist artist Lorraine O'Grady becomes an ancestor, and a debate on the future of the Democratic Party.

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Lorraine O’Grady, Conceptual Artist Who Advocated for Black Women’s Perspectives, Dies at 90
Why aren’t Black women in the conversation to lead the Democratic Party?
Trump now says bringing down grocery prices, as he promised, will be 'very hard'
Comcast Plans Massive Cable Spin-Off, Separating USA, MSNBC and More From NBC, Theme Parks
Luigi Mangione Isn’t The Brilliant Thirst Trap Y'all Made Him Out to Be

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1h 20min
December 10, 2024 Conspiracies Unfold
Conspiracies unfold as Florida prosecutors vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office, Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump presidency, and the most-known cause for depression debunked.

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Florida prosecutor seeks to clear records of people charged with buying police-made crack in 1980s
Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump takes office
Depression Is Not Caused by Chemical Imbalance in the Brain

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1h 25min
December 03, 2024 I Beg Your Pardon!
A deep dive into the self harm occurring within a Virginia Supermax prison, Putin's efforts to market Russia to Africans, and the declining reputation of the Black church.

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Prisoners Intentionally Burned Themselves at Troubled Virginia Supermax
The Black Church is Cooked
Joe Biden Pardons His Son Hunter
Inside the Effort to Market Russia and Putin To Africans
Cynthia Erivo on Bringing Her Black Queer Identity to ‘Wicked’: ‘It’s a Love Letter to Everyone Who Feels Different’

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1h 34min
November 19, 2024 Same Goal, New Path
Schools eerily quiet about election results, Bernice King 2017 election advice resurfaces, an ode to Ella Jenkins legacy in children's music and Malcolm Peacock uses art to push boundaries.

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Schools Are Eerily Quiet About the Election Results, Educators Say
Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100
Malcolm Peacock Asks, “When Is the Last Time You Trusted Yourself?” | Studio Museum in Harlem
Bernice King: Post-Election Advice

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1h 17min

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How many episodes does Pod Save the People have?

The podcast currently has 388 episodes available.

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