Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry
295 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★ - 3.5K ratingsSorry Not Sorry tackles social, political and cultural issues from the perspective of unapologetic guests while highlighting activists doing amazing things throughout the country.
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Anya Kamenetz on The Stolen Year
August 22, 2022 05:17 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBOur guest this week is Anya Kamenetz. Anya has covered education for many years including for NPR, where she co-created the podcast Life Kit: Parenting. She speaks, writes, and thinks about learning and the future. Her new book The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now is now available. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar Fights for Texas and You
August 15, 2022 05:26 - 34 minutes - 23.3 MBOur guest this week is Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. Congresswoman Escobar represents the 16th Congressional District in Texas, a position she’s held since 2019. When elected, she became one of the first two Latinas from Texas to serve in Congress. On July 19th, she and other members of Congress were arrested protesting at the Supreme Court against their evil decision removing the right to abortion from millions of Americans. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...
Victor Ray on Critical Race Theory
August 08, 2022 04:50 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBCritical Race Theory is widely maligned by those on the right, but poorly understood. Our guest for this episode, Dr. Victor Ray, can help us sort out the truth from the lies. Victor is nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. As an active public scholar, his social and critical commentary has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post, Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, and Boston Review. His new book, On Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters and Why You Should Care is no...
Oh Sh!t, Malcolm! Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance on his New Book They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency,”
August 01, 2022 05:11 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBThis is an episode you can't afford to miss. Malcolm Nance is a globally renowned expert on terrorism, extremism, and insurgency, and a multiple New York Times bestselling author. A 34-year, Arabic-speaking veteran of the US intelligence community's Combating Terrorism program, he is considered one of the Great African-Americans in Espionage by the International Spy Museum. He is counter-terrorism analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. And if that wasn’t enough, he’s just published a new book titled...
Bold Solutions
July 25, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBOver the years, this podcast has focused on highlighting those people who are not only experts in identifying the significant problems facing the United States and its institutions, but those who propose bold solutions to those problems. In the past weeks, those problems have expanded significantly. Once again, Joe Manchin—a single senator representing a single state—has blocked critical environmental legislation. Despite being a democrat, he’s tanked the Democratic majority in the senate, a...
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on Caretaking and Her New Book "This Is Not a Pity Memoir"
July 18, 2022 05:16 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBWhen you share your life with someone, you take on the idea of being a caretaker if something goes wrong, but only in the abstract. But when that idea becomes a reality, life changes in so many ways you may never expect. My guest this week is Abi Morgan. Abi is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter ("The Iron Lady") whose new book “This is Not a Pity Memoir” is now available. Editorial Reviews Review "With her trademark deadpan, trenchant wit, and a deeply soulful mindfulness, Abi ...
Stimulus Wreck with author Gaby Dunn, Host of the Podcast "Bad With Money"
July 11, 2022 05:24 - 45 minutes - 31 MBOur guest this week is Gaby Dunn. Gaby is a New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and LGBTQ advocate living in Los Angeles. They are the host and creator of the podcast Bad with Money with Gaby Dunn. Their new piece Stimulus Wreck: Rebuilding After a Financial Disaster is now available on exclusively on Scribd. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Keri Blakiniger, Author of Corrections in Ink
July 04, 2022 05:21 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBWe have a mass incarceration problem in America, with entire industries created to lock people up, keep them locked up, and make it difficult or impossible for many of the people they catch in their cycle to break free. Our guest this week learned this firsthand. Keri Blakinger is a Texas-based journalist and the author of the new book Corrections in Ink, a memoir tracing her path from figure skating to heroin addiction to prison and, finally, to life as an investigative reporter covering ma...
Reform SCOTUS with Congressman Hank Johnson
July 01, 2022 10:12 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBThe Supreme Court has gone rogue. It's radically reduced the right to privacy, the right to bodily autonomy, the right to hold rogue police accountable, the ability of the government to protect the environment, and significantly weakened the wall between church and state--all very much against the wishes of the American people. Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia has a plan to make the court more representative of the people. He joined us to discuss. --- Send in a voice message: https://podca...
Our Abortion Stories
June 27, 2022 04:56 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThe extremist extreme court just stripped away the right to bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom from millions of Americans when it overturned Roe v. Wade. One in four women in the U.S. will have an abortion by the age of 45. But since the beginning of 2019, more than 250 bills restricting access to abortion care have been introduced in forty one states. Throughout this episode, you will hear from women who share why they decided to have an abortion - women who sent in their own stories,...
Senator Chris Murphy on the Bipartisan Historic Gun Violence Prevention Framework
June 20, 2022 05:12 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIt’s been nearly thirty years since the Congress passed meaningful gun violence prevention legislation despite overwhelming support for these measures from the American people. In those decades, more than a million people in America have died from gunshot wounds, and more than two million have been injured. After the latest high profile mass shootings in Buffalo New York and Uvalde, Texas, Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a leading figure in efforts to reduce gun violence, led a bipartis...
Bill McKibben on The Flag, The Cross, and The Station Wagon
June 13, 2022 09:48 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week, we’re welcoming Bill McKibben back to the show. Bill is the author of more than a dozen books, including the best sellers Falter, Deep Economy, and The End of Nature, which was the first book to warn the general public about the climate crisis. His new book “The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened” is now available. Guest hosted by Ben Jackson. Editorial Reviews Review “If we survive t...
Wil Wheaton - Still Just a Geek, But So Much More
June 06, 2022 05:07 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThere aren’t a lot of people who have a life which resembles Alyssa Milano's. As an actor from childhood who is still working on the cusp of fifty, our guest Wil Wheaton is one of the few. He joins us today to discuss his reappearance in Star Trek, his time on The Big Bang Theory, his time as a young actor and as a less-young actor, and his bestselling new book Still Just a Geek, which is now available. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sor...
Tajja Isen on Lip Service
May 30, 2022 05:06 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBOver the past several years, corporations and entire industries have quickly made statements and some policy changes in response to social and racial justice movements. Those statement and initiatives, however, often exist as feel-good marketing initiatives or sincere efforts with unintended consequences. In her new book “Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service,” Tajja Isen explores these efforts and the realities they mask and reveal. “[A] stellar debut collection...Some of My Best ...
Dr. Kermit Jones, Candidate for Congress
May 23, 2022 05:48 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBWe’re already into the midterm election season. California will host its primary elections on June 7th, and my guest this week is hoping to advance into the general. Kermit Jones is running for Congress in California’s 3rd Congressional District. He’s a doctor, a former White House Fellow, a former Navy Flight Surgeon, and a public policy expert. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Bestselling Author Angela Garbes On Her New Book Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
May 16, 2022 05:40 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBMothering is work. It’s creative, it’s exhausting, it can be financially crushing, and it is immeasurably rewarding. But always, it is work. Our guest this week is Angela Garbes, bestselling author of Like a Mother. Her new book, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change is now available. About Essential Labor From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change. The Covid-19 pand...
Dr. Thomas Fisher, Author of The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
May 09, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBIt’s almost impossible to quantify the problems with the way we approach healthcare in this country. For something which should be a human right, high-quality healthcare is often provided in unlimited amounts to the rich at the expense of the poor—especially people of color. In his new book “The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER,” our guest Dr. Thomas Fisher examines the injustices of our system through the eyes of a physician trying to do his best for his patients ...
The History of Abortion with Alyssa Milano
May 04, 2022 13:15 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBThe Supreme Court appears poised to rip bodily autonomy from millions of American women. The draft opinion written by Justice Alito relies heavily on historical rights. In this short film, Alyssa takes you through a primer of the history of abortion and the fight of pregnant people to control their own bodies and access essential reproductive healthcare despite a constant onslaught from an extreme religious right which does not represent the majority of Americans. --- Send in a voice mess...
Celeste Headlee on "You're Cute When You're Mad"
May 02, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBOur guest this week is Celeste Headlee. Celeste is award-winning journalist, professional speaker and best-selling author. In her 20-year career in public radio, Celeste has anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She is the author of a new piece available on Scribd called “You’re Cute When You’re Mad.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
From the Hood to the Holler with Charles Booker, Candidate for Senate in Kentucky
April 25, 2022 05:12 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBThe midterm elections are quickly approaching, and the stakes are so high. Our guest this week is Charles Booker, candidate for the United States Senate in Kentucky. His new book From the Hood to the Holler: A story of Separate World, Shared Dreams and the Fight for America's Future is now available. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
How to Be A Woman Online with Nina Jankowicz
April 18, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBThe internet is a cesspool of horrible people saying and doing horrible things. So much of the worst behavior is directed at women, in an effort to shame and silence us - and if you don't believe us, look at the the comments on every post our host Alyssa Milano makes or the trolling fake reviews of this podcast. So many men are abusive, hateful, and terrified of women who have the temerity to exist online. Our friend Nina Jankowicz’ new book “How to Be A Woman Online” is an essential toolkit...
The Color of Abolition with Linda Hirshman
April 11, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBWe know Frederick Douglass as a towering figure in America’s fight for the abolition of slavery in the United States. In the early days of his ascent, he was allied with and managed by publisher William Lloyd Garrison and “The Contessa,” Maria Weston Chapman. In her new book The Color Of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation, our guest Linda Hirshman reveals the details of the tumultuous relationship between the three, and how it changed history. Praise For The ...
Surviving Sex Trafficking
April 04, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBSex trafficking affects millions of women around the globe, generating billions of dollars for the criminals who traffick women. For the few women who escape, it can be extremely difficult to find safety and stability in society. Filmmakers Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti are Jain monks who created the new documentary Surviving Sex Trafficking, which Alyssa Milano executive produced. They joined us to discuss their film which is now in theaters and which will be available to stream...
ERA Fiftieth Anniversary
March 28, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 26.7 MBIt’s been more than a century since the Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted. And it’s been fifty years since the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states. In 2020, Virginia became the last state needed to ratify the ERA, and yet it is still not in the Constitution. It’s infuriating, and it’s bad for our country and dangerous for women. We’ve devoted extensive time over the years to covering the Equal Rights Amendment, and this week we’re revisiting some of th...
The Shame Machine With Cathy O'Neil
March 21, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBShame is everywhere. From advertising to the dinner table, and on every last inch of social media. To examine the origin and effect of this reality, we’ve invited Cathy O’Neil to join us this week. Cathy is the author of the bestselling Weapons of Math Destruction, which won the Euler Book Prize and was longlisted for the National Book Award. She received her PhD in mathematics from Harvard and has worked in finance, tech, and academia. Her new book The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New ...
The Marshall Plan for Moms with Reshma Saujani
March 14, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBThe pandemic has been devastating for everyone in America, but especially for women. We’ve seen our economic power set back years—maybe decades—by the changes to the labor market since the start of COVID. To discuss, we've invited Reshma Saujani on the show. Reshma is an attorney and activist who founded Girls who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms. She’s also the author of the soon to be released book “Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work and Why It’s Different Than You Think.” --- Send...
The Marshall Plan for Moms with Reshma Soujani
March 14, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBThe pandemic has been devastating for everyone in America, but especially for women. We’ve seen our economic power set back years—maybe decades—by the changes to the labor market since the start of COVID. To discuss, we've invited Reshma Saujani on the show. Reshma is an attorney and activist who founded Girls who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms. She’s also the author of the soon to be released book “Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work and Why It’s Different Than You Think.” --- Send...
LIVE SPECIAL on Voting Rights and Ethics at the Supreme Court with Rep. Hank Johnson
March 08, 2022 20:01 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBThe Supreme Court is supposed to be above partisan politics, but that has not been the case in the past several years. Recent in-depth reporting by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and The New Yorker confirmed our worst fears about Justice Thomas and his ideologue activist wife Ginni Thomas – that in the wake of the Big Lie the bright red lines that are supposed to protect the impartiality and integrity of the court by placing boundaries between extreme advocacy and cases be...
Live Ukraine Special with Andrea Chalupa
March 07, 2022 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has been devastating for the people of that country. It's also had ripple effects throughout the global economic and security systems, created an unfolding humanitarian and refugee crisis on a scale not seen in Europe since World War II, and united most of the world against Vladimir Putin. On March 3rd, we were joined by Ukraine expert Andrea Chalupa, cohost of the Gaslit Nation podcast for a special live episode to discuss the latest, including any new info...
How Civil Wars Start with Barbara F. Walter
February 28, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBIn January of 2020, we witnessed an attack on our capitol by American citizens. At the time, many of us said that we didn’t think it could happen here. But it did happen, and it was just one event on a timeline of events that has our guest—and should have each of us--concerned about the future of our country. This week, I’m joined by Barbara F. Walter. Barbara is a professor of International Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, a l...
The Black Agenda with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
February 21, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week, we're joined by Anna Gifty Opoku-Ayeman. Anna is a is a researcher, writer, science communicator and activist. She is the co-founder of The Sadie Collective, the only nonprofit organization addressing the lack of Black women in economics and related fields, and the editor of The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System, a new book of essays on policy solutions to social problems written by black activists. Editorial Reviews Review "An expansive set of essays highlightin...
Ben Rawlence, Author of The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
February 14, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBWe’re at a last-gasp inflection point for the climate. Humans have so polluted the world that our entire climate is changing. We talk a lot about the human cost of this change, but what about the changes for other species? In his new book The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth, Ben Rawlence explores the northward migration of trees, and what it means for all of us. He joins us this week to discuss. About The Treeline: In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry L...
Mayor Bryan Osorio, Candidate for Congress
February 07, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MBThis week, we're joined by Bryan Osorio. Bryan is a Berkeley graduate, the 26 year old mayor of Delano, California, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for congress in California’s 21stCongressional District. We’ve got an election coming up this year, and there are truly impressive younger candidates like Bryan Osorio running. We challenge each of you to find emerging young candidates in your states, and help them change the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...
Luis Daniel Munoz, Candidate for Governor of Rhode Island
January 31, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBRhode Island is a small state, but one which is so reflective of so much of the country. It has a governor’s race this year, and Dr. Luis Daniel Munoz is running for the office. He's a medical doctor with a progressive vision for the future. He joins us today to discuss his campaign. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Wajahat Ali On His New Book "Go Back to Where You Came From"
January 24, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBThe last five years highlighted the racism, xenophobia, and islamophobia which exists in American society—but it didn’t start then. In his new book Go Back to Where You Came From And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American, my guest Wajahat Ali takes a clear-eyed and very funny look at this dark part of our American identity. "Wajahat Ali’s deeply personal and keenly perceptive memoir is a clear-eyed account of his American immigrant experience.… We are all fortunate to be o...
Path to the 2022: North Carolina Candidate Erica Smith
January 17, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBIf the Democrats want to increase their razor-thin majority in the Senate, allowing them the possibility of changing senate rules and passing voting rights legislation and other critical goals of the Biden Administration, the State of North Carolina is an essential pickup. Incumbent Republican Richard Burr is retiring, and the state has been trending more and more blue. Late last year, our producer Ben Jackson sat down with Erica Smith, a progressive rural Democrat and former state senator w...
Path to the Senate: North Carolina Candidate Erica Smith
January 17, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBIf the Democrats want to increase their razor-thin majority in the Senate, allowing them the possibility of changing senate rules and passing voting rights legislation and other critical goals of the Biden Administration, the State of North Carolina is an essential pickup. Incumbent Republican Richard Burr is retiring, and the state has been trending more and more blue. Late last year, our producer Ben Jackson sat down with Erica Smith, a progressive rural democrat running for the seat. ---...
Path to the 2022 Midterms: North Carolina Candidate Erica Smith
January 17, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIf the Democrats want to increase their razor-thin majority in the Senate, allowing them the possibility of changing senate rules and passing voting rights legislation and other critical goals of the Biden Administration, the State of North Carolina is an essential pickup. Incumbent Republican Richard Burr is retiring, and the state has been trending more and more blue. Late last year, our producer Ben Jackson sat down with Erica Smith, a progressive rural Democrat and former state senator w...
Stephanie Kelton on the Economy and The Deficit Myth
January 10, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBThe past several years shocked both our national and global economies. As the government undertakes massive spending programs to counteract the damage, the national debt, the deficit, and inflation have become issues of national debate. We’ve invited Stephanie Kelton, author of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy to take us behind the rhetoric and make the case for a different way of looking at the way we raise and spend money at the federal level. ...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Covid and Mental Health
January 03, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBThe United States is entering its third COVID winter, with no end to the pandemic in sight. There is a loud minority of vaccine-averse Americans, and a dangerous number of anti-science politicians cynically manipulating that for power. At the same time, the mental health of Americans is entering its own crisis from the stresses of pandemic life. Our guest today is the Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, whose job it is to help navigate these dangerous waters and k...
2021 Year in Review
December 27, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBThis year started in an attempted coup and an attack on our capitol. It’s ending with criminal indictments for some of those who took part in the planning and execution of that attack—but so much more happened this year. We’ve now lost more than 800,000 to COVID, but the arrival of safe and effective vaccines offers hope. A new president and new government has made progress on important issues, but obstructionists are getting in the way of desperately needed reforms. And all along the way, s...
Michael Tubbs, Former Stockton Mayor, on his new book "The Deeper The Roots"
December 20, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBOur guest this week is Michael Tubbs. Michael served as the mayor of Stockton, CA. He was the city’s first Black mayor and the youngest ever mayor of a major American city. He is the founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and Ending Poverty in California, a Special Advisor to California Governor Newsom on Economic Mobility, and a commentator for MSNBC. His new book “The Deeper the Roots” is now available. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milan...
Congressman Conor Lamb on Running for Senate in Pennsylvania
December 13, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBIf the Democrats want to retain control of the Senate in 2022, the path goes through Pennsylvania. With a retiring republican incumbent and a state that voted for President Biden, it’s seen as one of the most likely pickups. Our guest this week is Congressman Conor Lamb. He’s a Marine Corps veteran, currently the Representative from Pennsylvania’s 17th District, and a candidate for the United States Senate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano...
Tony Messenger, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist and Author of Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
December 06, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBThe wealth gap in America creates any number of problems—but perhaps the most pressing is its expansion of poverty. When this poverty intersects with a broken criminal justice system, it becomes criminalized. The cycles of poverty and incarceration can span generations, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post Dispatch has spent years covering the stories of the people affected. In his new book Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the ...
Climate Scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe on #ClimateChange, #COP26 and Courageous Conversations
November 29, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 29.7 MBIt seems like we live in a world where every issue divides us on the extremes, and Climate Change is no exception. It’s killing people and economies, and yet it seems like all we can do is yell at each other about it. Our guest this week is trying to change that, one conversation at a time. Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy and author of the new book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. NATIONAL BESTSELLER “An optimis...
Stories of Gratitude
November 22, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBThanksgiving is an American holiday with, at best, a complicated history. Rooted in colonization and stolen land, it is also a time when families often come together and many of us reflect on the things for which we are grateful. It is this gratitude that we’ll focus on today—not Thanksgiving the holiday, but gratitude the emotion. We asked you, our listeners to submit stories of gratitude, and you came through. In this episode, we’ll hear from a variety writers and poets and every day peopl...
Adam Schiff on his new book Midnight in Washington
November 15, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBThere is no doubt that our democracy remains threatened. Donald Trump and those who supported his election lies and other corruption continue to exert influence over our political system, and the rise of authoritarianism in America risks everything we hold dear. In his new book Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could, Adam Schiff examines this threat and shares his behind-the-scenes story of confronting it. Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Au...
Congressional Hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment - #ERANow
November 08, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBIn October of 2021, Alyssa Milano joined other advocates and activists in the first hearing about the Equal Rights Amendment in Congress in decades. This episode is the unedited (safe to remove some dead air during a technical difficulty at the hearing) and uninterrupted. It will sound a little different than our usual episodes as a result. We've included the opening statements of all witnesses and Committee leadership, even those which disagree with Alyssa's to provide a comprehensive vie...
Tim Mak, Author of Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA
November 01, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBIn the view of this podcast, the National Rifle Association is one of the most evil organizations in America. Through its financial influence, it’s allowed the wholesale slaughter of 40,000 Americans a year so that its funders can keep making money. But things are not all rosy at the NRA, and we’ve asked Tim Mak, NPR’s Washington Investigative Correspondent and author of the new book “Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA” to join us to discuss. Praise For Misfire: Inside The Downfall Of ...
Alyssa Milano on Being Unapologetic and Her New Book "Sorry Not Sorry"
October 25, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBFor a special episode of Sorry Not Sorry, Alyssa Milano leaves the host's microphone and takes the guest chair to discuss her new book "Sorry Not Sorry," which releases October 26th. She discusses the process of writing, her life as an activist, her family, and her recent trip to Washington DC to advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment. Praise for Sorry Not Sorry “Actor Milano puts her political activism center stage in these resonant and hopeful essays that grapple with systemic racism, ...