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:

March 25, 2025 The Aunties on Self-Reparations
FDA targets popular gay party drug, majority-Black town starts armed protection group, and Dems draw thousands at 'Fighting Oligarchy' rally. Myles interviews filmmakers Charlyn Griffith-Oro and Jeannine Kayembe-Oro to explore their short film The Aunties which shares the story of Black land stewards & culture bearers Donna Dear and Paulette Greene.

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A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally
FDA crackdown on poppers prompts rush on popular gay party drug
AOC and Bernie Sanders draw thousands of people at 'Fighting Oligarchy' rally in Denver
Heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman dies aged 76

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1h 47min
March 18, 2025 Ebonee Davis on Collective Identity
White House ignores federal orders, Fulbright scholars left stranded internationally, and California cannabis contaminated with pesticides. Myles interviews world renowned artist and model Ebonee Davis about her journey toward authorship of her book titled Daughter.

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Exclusive: How the White House ignored a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration suspended their funding
Contamination fears drive push to remake state cannabis agency
Vulgar Rangers hat selling big on secondary market as other team hats removed from MLB online shop

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1h 27min
March 11, 2025 Nic Stone on Fiction vs. Reality
The dark history of retinol, the causal myth of bacterial vaginosis, and Abel Selaocoe crosses time and cultures in new album. DeRay interviews Nic Stone about her new book, Dear Manny.

News
Retinol: The Skin-Care Ingredient With a Horrifying History
A Third of Women Get This Infection. The Fix: Treat Their Male Partners.
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe fosters dialogue across time and cultures in a new album
House votes to censure Rep. Al Green with Democrats' help
Louisiana college student's death investigated as possible hazing incident

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1h 32min
March 04, 2025 Brian Benjamin on the Power of State
Dems veer right, Trump-Zelensky heated exchange, and Curry J. Hackett use of AI in art, design, and urban planning. DeRay interviews former Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin.

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Playbook: Democrats in despair
'It never should have happened': Americans frustrated by Trump-Zelensky spat
Curry J. Hackett has a vision for Black futurity that drives his work in art, design, and urban planning

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1h 45min
February 25, 2025 Michael Harriot on Histories Untold
Jury finds Alabama police force operated as a 'criminal enterprise', Joy Reid's MSNBC show canceled, Luigi Mangione's lawyer receives key evidence from HBO doc, and Voletta Wallace, mother of Notorious B.I.G., passes at 78. In the final week of Blackest Book Club, Kaya interviews author Michael Harriot about his book titled Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America.

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Alabama police force put on leave after grand jury says it operated like a "criminal enterprise"
Luigi Mangione's Lawyer: NYC Mayor Shared Key Evidence on HBO 'Before Defense Had Even Seen It'
Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dead at 78
Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up
MSNBC's Joy Reid addresses homophobic blog post controversy
Kennedy Center reeling from 'stunning' ticket sales collapse after Trump takeover: report

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1h 32min
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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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

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How many episodes does Pod Save the People have?

The podcast currently has 393 episodes available.

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