Pod Save the People

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On Pod Save The People, host DeRay Mckesson explores social justice, culture, politics – and the various ways they all collide – with cohosts Myles E. Johnson and Sharhonda Bossier.

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March 19, 2024 The Left Will Win
Trump calls for a bloodbath, appeals court blocks Floridian 'Stop Woke Act', U.S. government scrambles for control of TikTok, and Regina King opens up about her son's death by suicide.

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In Ohio campaign rally, Trump says there will be a "bloodbath" if he loses November election
Regina King Opens Up About Son’s Death: “He Didn’t Want to Be Here”
Appeals court blocks Fla. ‘Stop Woke Act,’ says it’s a ‘First Amendment sin’
Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he’s putting together investor group to buy TikTok

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March 12, 2024 Jim Crow Makes a Return
DeRay, De'Ara and Myles chat Alabama Senator Katie Britt's sinister code switch, prison disciplinary fines, minority-business agencies forced to accommodate all races, and a new PBS doc on 'Reading Rainbow'.
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Listen to the difference between Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s natural voice and her speech voice.
How a New Hulu Doc Chronicles the Birth, Rise and Backlash of Black Twitter
Federal judge orders minority-business agency opened to all races
Prison disciplinary fines only further impoverish incarcerated people and families
‘Reading Rainbow’ Doc ‘Butterfly in the Sky’ Scores U.S. Theatrical Release From AMC Theaters

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March 05, 2024 The Epidemic of Trumpism
Trump advances on the ballot, Ghana criminalizes LGBTQ community at its own expense, and SF judges under scrutiny for ethical rulings. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero.
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Trump says he’s long worked ‘hand in hand’ with Black people. Let’s review.
Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal
Unanimous? Top takeaways from Supreme Court's ruling to keep Trump on the ballot
Ghanaian finance ministry warns against fallout from anti-LGBTQ law
In Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target Judges
Trump alludes to replacement conspiracy theory at Richmond rally

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February 27, 2024 Raquel Willis on Risk and Reward
Far right nazism, the conservative sneaker, national guard on high school grounds, and more election frenzy. Myles interviews Raquel Willis about her new book The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation.

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Trump Fraud Trial Penalty Will Exceed $450 Million
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Became One of Joe Biden’s Most Valuable Boosters
Fox News Star: Black People Will Vote for Trump Because ‘They Love Sneakers’
Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies
Unruly high school asks Massachusetts National Guard to restore order
U.S. Serviceman Dies After Setting Self on Fire Outside Israeli Embassy to Protest War in Gaza
Hydeia Broadbent, young activist for HIV/AIDS awareness, dies at 39

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February 13, 2024 Equity is Medicine with Uché Blackstock
Measles make a comeback, Black pastors pressure Biden for cease-fire, and none of these candidates please! Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews Dr. Uché Blackstock about her new book Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

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Measles making a comeback in US due to vaccine skepticism, says CDC
Black Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
Haley's loss to "none of these candidates" in Nevada primary was coordinated effort

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February 06, 2024 Poison On The Poll & The Blackest Book Club
Court scandals, unlikely political allies - here's your weekly download leading up to the November Primary. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero.
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Affirmative Tactics (with Donovan Ramsey)
Fani Willis admits relationship with prosecutor on Trump Georgia case
Black male voters tell MSNBC why Trump appeals to them: 'We're broke with Biden... with Trump, we had money'
‘The weirdest campaign’: South Carolina delivers a win, but Biden still faces an uphill path

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January 30, 2024 The Federal Crackdown
Pay up! Trump ordered to pay 83M in defamation damages, diversity blamed for defective airplanes, new federal regulations on Native museum displays, D'Angelo's creative journey, and did a Black woman teach you how to type?

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Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3M in defamation damages trial
How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds
‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’: The Wild Search for a Tech Icon Who Isn’t Real
Leading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules
Today In Hip Hop History: D'Angelo Dropped His Sophormore Album 'Voodoo' 24 Years Ago

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1h 7min
January 23, 2024 Cultured Election Coverage & Don Graves on Biden's Economic Impact
Ron Desantis, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, oh my! Republicans scramble for their chosen candidate, crime and inflation on a quiet decline, an uncanny publication merger, a timely inquiry into Watts Happening Cultural Center, and a historic donation to Atlanta's Spelman College. DeRay interviews U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves on the advancing economic initiatives within the Biden administration.
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Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name. It’s his latest example of attacking rivals based on race
The Great Normalization
Condé Nast Is Folding Pitchfork Into GQ, With Layoffs
A Trailblazing Campaign to Celebrate and Conserve Black Modernism
Atlanta's Spelman College receives historic $100 million donation

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1h 39min
January 16, 2024 What Would MLK Say?
DeRay, Kaya, and Myles celebrate MLK Day and cover the underreported news of the week — Black people screened out of clinical trials for new Alzheimer's treatment, Regina King set to play Shirley Chisholm in upcoming Netflix film, and vice president of a Missouri HBCU dies by suicide after colleague intimidation.
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Bernice King Says Her “Mother Wasn’t a Prop” After Jonathan Majors Compares Girlfriend to Civil Rights Icon
Promising new Alzheimer’s drugs may be less effective for Black patients
Regina King Wants Us to See Shirley Chisholm As the Superhero She Was
An HBCU administrator died by suicide. The school's president is now on leave.

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January 09, 2024 Comin' in HOT
In the first episode of 2024: DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles cover the underreported news of the week — sickle cell treatments advance with limited accessibility, Taraji. P. Henson criticizes 'The Color Purple' production, GOP active in Iowa but absent for the state's only minority-focused forum, Democrats begin election-time appeal to Black voters.

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The Right Is Dancing on Claudine Gay’s Grave. But It Was the Center-Left That Did Her In.
Thousands of Black children with sickle cell disease struggle to access disability payments
FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell, bringing hope to thousands with the disease
GOP candidates skip Iowa’s only minority-focused forum
In South Carolina, Democrats See a Test of Biden’s Appeal to Black Voters
Taraji P. Henson Criticizes 'The Color Purple' Production for Making Cast Drive Themselves to Set in Rental Cars

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FAQs about Pod Save the People:

How many episodes does Pod Save the People have?

The podcast currently has 427 episodes available.