Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry
286 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 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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Building Back Better - The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration with Kelly Hyman
August 23, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis year brought so many changes to America, most notably the arrival of the Joe Biden administration. We often look at the first 100 days of a new presidency as a measuring stick for how effective the president will be, and Joe Biden’s were impressive. To take a deep dive into what the early part of this presidency revealed, we’ve invited Kelly Hyman on the show. Kelly is a former actress turned lawyer, a frequent legal and news analyst, and the author of the new book Build Back Better: Th...
Dr. Myron Rolle, Neurosurgeon and Former NFL Safety on Saving Lives at Home and in the Caribbean
August 16, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 20 MBOur guest this week is Dr. Myron Rolle. Myron is a former NFL Safety, a Rhodes Scholar, and now a neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born in the Bahamas, he lost his aunt to a traumatic brain injury there which was exacerbated by her inability to receive fast, affordable neurosurgical care. He’s fighting to make sure that people in the Caribbean Community have access to neurologists and neurosurgery. He also weighs in on what the pro-football should be doing during the COVID pan...
Run 51 and Electing Women with Erin Vilardi of Vote Run Lead
August 09, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBOur guest this week is Erin Vilardi. Erin is the Founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead, an organization dedicated to training and empowering women to run for office. Vote Run Lead recently launched Run 51, an initiative to help women run for state legislatures. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
A Senate Of The People with Malcolm Kenyatta
August 02, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBOur guest this week is Malcolm Kenyatta. Malcolm is a member of the Pennsylvania State Assembly and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in 2022. He’s got an incredible personal story and an unparalleled commitment to justice. In 2016 and in 2020, he was elected as Delegate to the Democratic Convention, both times garnering the second-highest vote total of any delegate in the Commonwealth. He has also appeared on local and national media outlets t...
Fighting for the Soul of Democracy with Edward-Isaac Dovere of the Atlantic
July 26, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBDonald Trump and his regime posed a serious threat to the very soul of our nation. Beginning with Hillary Clinton's loss and continuing through Joe Biden's decisive victory, Isaac Dovere provides us with unprecedented behind-the-scenes reporting of the Democratic Party's fight to defeat Trump and restore America by retaking the White House. Edward discusses his new book Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaign to Defeat Trump, and the insights he gained while writing it. Praise...
#StopAAPIHate with Varun Nikore of the AAPI Victory Alliance
July 19, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBAs a direct result of the racist and hateful lies and rhetoric Donald Trump and his followers spread about COVID, violence and hate directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in this country is on a terrifying rise. We've invited Varun Nikore, Executive Director of the AAPI Victory Alliance on the show to discuss this rise and how we can fight back against this hate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Supernatural's Misha Collins on Acting, Activism, and What's Next
July 12, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBI first met my friend Misha Collins more than twenty years ago. Since then, we've become dear friends and have worked together on projects on and off screen. Now that Supernatural is over, he joined us to talk about his acting, his activism, and what's next on his plate. I hope you love it! xo, Alyssa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Fixing Our Courts with Tamara Brummer of Demand Justice
July 05, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThe Trump administration, with a complicit Senate, completely overhauled the United States judiciary-filling it unqualified and far-right extremist activist judges all the way to the Supreme Court. To discuss the impact of these appointments and what can be done about them, we’ve invited Tamara Brummer to the show. Tamara is the Senior Advisor for Engagement and Outreach for Demand Justice, an organization founded in 2018 with the goal of reforming and protecting the American judiciary. ---...
Senator Jeff Merkley on the For the People Act and Defending Democracy
June 28, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBRecently, the United States Senate failed spectacularly in its duty to protect democracy when every member of the GOP joined a filibuster against the For the People Act, a sweeping and incredibly important bill designed to protect our democracy. To talk about the bill, and what happens next, we’ve invited Senator Jeff Merkley to join us for a special live episode. Senator Merkley was the lead sponsor of the For the People Act in the Senate. He is a stalwart defender of democracy and a champ...
The Case for DC Statehood with Bo Shuff, Executive Director of DC Vote
June 21, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBThe nation’s capital has a population of nearly 700,000 people, and has no voting representation in Congress—because it’s not a state. But efforts to change this are heating up, and so we've invited Bo Shuff, the Executive Director of DC Vote on the show to discuss. About DC Vote The District of Columbia is just like any community you would find in any other part of America. As DC residents we raise our families, pay our taxes and serve on juries, we fight for our country in our nation's ...
Mondale Robinson and the Importance of Black Male Voters
June 14, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBOur guest this week is Mondale Robinson, my friend and a hero of electoral activism. Mondale is the founder and Principal of The Black Male Voter Project, an organization dedicated to overcoming systemic disenfranchisement of Black voters, and Black men in particular, in the electoral process. ABOUT THE BLACK MALE VOTER PROJECT Since the inception of the United States, Black men have been the recipients of inequitable treatment as it pertains to the ability to vote. And since the enactment...
After the Fall: Ben Rhodes on Authoritarianism and What It Means to Be An American
June 07, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBBen Rhodes is a former Senior National Security Staffer and speechwriter for Barack Obama, co-host of Pod Save the World, and author of the new book "After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made." He joined the podcast to discuss rising authoritarianism in the world, and what it means to be an American in the world we built. Praise For After The Fall: Being American In The World We've Made… Praise for The World as It Is “A classic coming-of-age story, about the journey from idea...
Julie Suk and the Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment
May 31, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBThe Equal Rights Amendment is on the cusp of being adopted into the Constitution, if the Senate gets its stuff together. It’s the product of more than a century of work of women and allies, and I’ve invited my friend Julie Suk, author of the new book “We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment” on the podcast to talk about the history of this movement. - Alyssa Praise For We The Women: The Unstoppable Mothers Of The Equal Rights Amendment… “We talk as if only men m...
Raising Joyful, Change-Making Girls with Janice Johnson Dias
May 24, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35 MBI’m so excited for this week’s episode. Raising girls in a way that empowers them to break barriers and change the world is one of the most important things we can do as parents. This week, I’m joined by Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, author of the new book Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls. - Alyssa Praise For Parent Like It Matters: How To Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls… “I keep a copy of the book by my bedside as a reference and as a reminder that I am workin...
Mutualism and the Next Economy With Sara Horowitz
May 17, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBThe economy has fundamentally changed, and workers have been left behind. To get into why and how, and what we can do about it, I’ve invited Sara Horowitz. Sara is the founder and executive director of the Freelancers Union and author of the new book Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up. After listening, learn more at Sara's website www.build-mutualism.net. Praise For Mutualism: Building The Next Economy From The Ground Up… “Horowitz gives us the model to build our next ...
Reforming the Financial System with Carter Dougherty
May 10, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBWall Street is one of the largest contributors to our political system, and that translates into political power which often benefits the rich over the rest of us. To discuss, we've invited Carter Dougherty to the show. Carter is the Communications Director of Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based, and civic and community groups working to create an ethical financial system for everyone in America. --- ...
Let the Lord Sort Them: Capital Punishment in America with Maurice Chammah
May 03, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBDespite the push for federal executions in the last days of the Trump regime, there is huge momentum for the elimination of the Death Penalty in America. Maurice Chammah joins the podcast this week to discuss the state of capital punishment, what it means for America, and his new book on the subject Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty. Praise For Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise And Fall Of The Death Penalty… “A searing history of the rise and fall of capital pun...
Fixing What We Broke with Former White Supremacist Christian Picciolini
April 26, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBOur guest this week is Christian Picciolini. Christian is an activist, author and speaker who is a former white supremacist but is doing the hard work of reconciliation and helping other people leave hate groups through his nonprofit The Free Radicals Project. His newest book Breaking Hate: Confronting the Culture of Extremism is now available. Praise For Breaking Hate: Confronting The New Culture Of Extremism… "This riveting narrative portrays on an intensely personal level the impacts of...
Disinformation and Misogyny Online with Nina Jankowicz
April 19, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBDisinformation is overwhelming our culture. From politics to medicine, investments to history, we’re drowning in it, and so we've invited our friend Nina Jankowicz back to the show. Nina is the disinformation fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Institute and author of How to Lose the Information war. She's the author of How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News and the Future of Conflict and a recent article in Wired titled Online Harassment Toward Women Is Getting Even More Insidious. -...
Racism in the Tax Code and the Whiteness of Wealth with Dorothy Brown
April 12, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBApril 15th is normally Tax Day in America, and while COVID has prompted the IRS to extend the deadline this year, we wanted to take a look at inequities in the tax code. Dorothy Brown, Law Professor at Emory College and author of the new book "The Whiteness of Wealth" studies exactly this issue, and joined Alyssa Milano to share her insights. Praise For The Whiteness Of Wealth: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It “This enlightening book is a vital compani...
The Power of Nonviolence with Jamila Raqib
April 05, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBNonviolence and peace are not the same thing. Nonviolent action is action. It’s not passive. It requires courage and dedication and perseverance and being very, very smart and even more strategic. It is an act of destruction, but not an act of bloodletting. It is the path we need to take to tear down the systems of oppression that are so very evident in America today and build something better and more equitable for all of us. This week we're honored to be joined by Jamila Raqib. Jamila is ...
Good to Vote with Ben Relles and Tess Finkle
March 29, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBOur guests this week are Ben Relles, Head of Innovation for Youtube Originals, and Tess Finkle, Founder of Metro Public Relations. Together, they lead #GoodToVote, a non-partisan voter registration and engagement initiative featuring celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson, David Dobrik and many more rewarding fans for registering to vote. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Ending the Filibuster to Save America with Adam Jentleson
March 22, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBCritical legislation on issues ranging from racial justice, the Equal Rights Amendment, gun violence prevention, economic justice, LGBTQIA rights, and so much more are at risk of dying in the senate because of the tyranny of the minority. The filibuster, an accident of the senate rules, is holding the chamber hostage, turning a majority-rule body into an arena of obstructionism. To discuss the filibuster and efforts to do away with it, we invited Adam Jentleson on to the show. Adam served ...
The Black Panther Party with David F. Walker
March 15, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35 MBOur guest this week is David F. Walker. David is an award-winning writer known primarily for his work in comics including Luke Cage and Bitter Root. He is the co-creator, with illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson, of the new graphic novel history “The Black Panther Party.” ABOUT THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party. Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political...
The People's Vaccine With Gina Cummins and Dr. Vanessa Kerry
March 08, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIt's been a year since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. As bad as COVID is in the United States, we have the resources to confront it head on. But what about people in poorer countries around the world? Americans spent billions of dollars to develop the COVID vaccine, and now drug companies are selling it to the highest bidder. To examine the state of the global pandemic and what we can do to fight it equitably, we've invited Gina Cummins of Oxfam America and Dr. Vanessa Kerry...
The People's Vaccine With Gina Cummings and Dr. Vanessa Kerry
March 08, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBIt's been a year since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. As bad as COVID is in the United States, we have the resources to confront it head on. But what about people in poorer countries around the world? Americans spent billions of dollars to develop the COVID vaccine, and now drug companies are selling it to the highest bidder. To examine the state of the global pandemic and what we can do to fight it equitably, we've invited Gina Cummings of Oxfam America and Dr. Vanessa Kerr...
Congressman John Sarbanes on H.R. 1 - the "For the People Act"
March 01, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBOn February 23rd, 2021, Alyssa Milano hosted a special live episode of Sorry Not Sorry with Congressman John Sarbanes of Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District. He’s the lead sponsor of H.R. 1, the “for the people act.” This act corrects so many critical shortcomings and vulnerabilities in our election system, and is one of the most important pieces of legislation in the Congress in a very long time. This is a rebroadcast of that live episode. About Rep. Sarbanes Congressman John Sarbanes h...
Heather McGee on the Solidarity Dividend and The Sum of Us
February 22, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBOur guest this week is Heather McGhee. Heather is the Chair of the Board of Directors for Color of Change, America’s largest racial justice organization. She’s also the author of the new book “The Sum of Us,” now available in bookstores across the country. ABOUT THE SUM OF US One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people...
Scott Budnick Produces Criminal Justice Reform
February 15, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBAfter producing The Hangover and its sequels, Scott Budnick took the incredibly rare step of leaving Hollywood to work full-time on sentencing reform and keeping young people out of jail. Through his work with the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, he was instrumental in passing sentencing reform and other key social justice measures in California. He's continuing in this work and is now pack in Hollywood with One Community, a production company making socially-minded entertainment. --- Send in a...
Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene with Rep. Jimmy Gomez
February 08, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBMarjorie Taylor Greene has been stripped of her committee assignments in Congress, but California Congressman Jimmy Gomez doesn't think that's enough. In this week's episode, he joins Alyssa Milano to discuss why he wants to expel the QAnon-supporting, gun-toting, victim-blaming conspiracy theorist from the halls of American government. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Restoring Felon Voting Rights with Desmond Meade
February 01, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBOur guest this week is Desmond Meade. When Desmond was sentenced on felony charges, he lost his right to vote. After completing his sentence, on the other side of addiction and the recipient of a law degree, Desmond was the driving force behind Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment which restored voting rights to those in Florida who served their sentences and were back in society. He joined Alyssa Milano to discuss his successes and the current state of voter reinfranchisement in Florida...
Saving the Affordable Care Act with Laura Packard
January 25, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBOur guest is Laura Packard. Laura is a Stage 4 cancer survivor, a national co-chair of Health Care Voter, and an advocate for effective and affordable health care for everyone. In 2017, just as the Congress was trying to end the Affordable Care Act, Laura was diagnosed with cancer. Like millions of Americans, losing access to affordable healthcare would have been a death sentence, and it inspired a life of activism for Laura. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...
Marc Elias Saves Democracy, One Court Victory At A Time
January 18, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBOur guest this week is Marc Elias. Marc is an election law attorney who has been at the forefront of protecting voting rights and stopping political interference in elections. Marc is also the founder of Democracy Docket, a website and newsletter that highlights voter suppression efforts and his actions to stop them from taking effect. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
A Light for the World to See: Kwame Alexander on Race, Justice, Poetry, and Hope
January 11, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes - 28.9 MBIn the week before this episode airs, the sickness and violence in our country again came into harsh focus. An insurrection, spurred by the delusional, hateful, and outgoing President of the United States resulted in five deaths and the desecration of the seat of our government. This episode has healing. This episode has magic. This episode has Kwame Alexander. Kwame Alexander is the New York Times Bestselling author of 32 books, including THE UNDEFEATED, HOW TO READ A BOOK, THE WRITE THI...
SPECIAL - Full Audio of Trump's Shocking Phone Call Trying to Steal Election in Georgia
January 04, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 24.9 MBOn January 3rd, 2020, the Washington Post broke news of a truly shocking phone call between Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Since then, multiple media outlets have obtained the full recording of that call. We're providing it here, unedited and in its entirety, and reminding you that on January 5th Georgia has a special election. Republicans in the Senate are trying to overturn the will of Georgia voters, and the will of the American voters. Keep that in min...
Trump's Folly: D.W. Gibson on Building the Border Wall
January 04, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 35.7 MBOur guest this week is D.W. Gibson. D.W. is an awarding-winning writer who shared a National Magazine Award for his work on “This is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn” for New York magazine. His work has also appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Nation. He joins us to discuss his new book 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
2020 Year in Review
December 28, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 43.2 MB2020 was one hell of a year. On January 1st, none of us could have imagined that a pandemic would completely change the way we interacted with one another and that our government would be so very bad at managing it. We experienced a popular uprising for justice, an economic collapse, and, of course, a presidential election. Along the way we had so many important conversations about so many critical issues. This week, we’re taking a look back at just a few of my favorite moments from Sorry No...
Surviving Prostate Cancer and What it Means to Be a Man with Mark Shanahan, Host of Mr. 80%
December 21, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 25.6 MBMark Shanahan is a writer and reporter for the Boston Globe. He’s also a prostate cancer survivor who developed the podcast Mr. 80 percent for the globe detailing his experience with prostate cancer. After his diagnosis and during treatment, Mark had to re-examine and rebuild relationships and consider what it means to be a man if your sexual function is at risk. Be forewarned, this episode has very frank discussions about sex and anatomy, so if you haven’t had the birds and bees chat with ...
Why Good Sex Matters with Neuroscientist Dr. Nan Wise
December 14, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 30.7 MBSex is the elephant in the room that most people can’t stop thinking about but also which most of us have no good language to discuss. We hide it, or we flaunt it, and far too many learn from porn, which is so rarely a good teacher about good sex. We owe it to ourselves to be better. We deserve the ability to talk about sex without hiding from it, to have clear and honest discussions of what we want—assuming those conversations are with partners who also want to have these discussions and n...
Everyone Gets a Say: Teaching Kids about Voting with Jill Twiss, Bestselling Author and Former Writer for "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
December 07, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBOur guest this week is Jill Twiss. Jill is a former writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where she won Emmy and Peabody awards and wrote “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.” She’s the author of the new children’s book about voting called “Everyone Gets a Say.” About Everyone Gets a Say: Don't miss this picture book about voting from the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo and The Someone New. Pu...
Jim Sciutto on Donald Trump and the Madman Theory
November 30, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBAs the Trump presidency winds to its chaotic end, we examine Trump's approach to the world stage with our guest Jim Sciutto. Jim is an Emmy-award wining journalist, Senior National Security Correspondent for CNN, a former diplomatic Chief of Staff during the Obama Administration, and the author of the new book The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
We Gather Together - Creating an American Thanksgiving with Denise Kiernan
November 23, 2020 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBIt’s Thanksgiving week, and we have an episode for you that will change the way you see the holiday. Our guest today is Denise Kiernan. Denise is an author, journalist and producer. Her books, The Last Castle, and The Girls of Atomic City were national bestsellers. She joins us to discuss her new book We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, A President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aly...
Fighting Infertility with Samantha Busch
November 16, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 23.1 MBOur guest this week is Samantha Busch. Samantha is a lifestyle blogger, writer, business owner, and infertility activist. Her husband, Kyle Busch, is a two-time NASCAR cup champion. The pair founded the Bundle of Joy Fund to help couples struggling with infertility to afford their treatments. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
LIVE Election Roundup with EJ Dionne, Jesse Wegman, Po Murray, Laura Packard, and Hassan Ahmad
November 09, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBSo the 2020 election is in the history books. On Thursday, November 5th – two days after the polls closed – we hosted the first ever live episode of Sorry Not Sorry to put it in perspective. Our guests had such great information, and so many smart things to say that I know you’ll forgive the slightly less than perfect audio that comes from a live streamed event. At the time, it was clear that Biden has a significant popular vote margin, and was then about four million votes ahead of Donal...
Angela Glover Blackwell on Building Equity by Lifting Up What Works
November 02, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBAngela Glover Blackwell is an attorney and founder in residence of PolicyLink, a national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by lifting up what works. Her work changes lives and changes hearts, and our conversation was so enlightening. Please listen to her words, take them in, and channel them into action. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Prom at the Polls - Young Voters Taking Charge
October 26, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSantiago Mayer, Randi Garcia, Jerome Foster, Sophia Shapiro, and Matthew Weinstein are young voters and activists attending colleges across America. They—and their generation—lost so much this year when COVID struck and schools closed. Graduations, summer vacations, and other important rites of passage, like their Proms. And so, they came together to form Prom at the Polls—an incredible initiative designed to bring young voters to the polls in massive numbers. They inspire us, and we're sure ...
Bringing Democracy to the People: Amanda Litman and Kat Calvin
October 19, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBThis episode features two amazing women doing hugely important things for our democracy. Our first guest is Amanda Litman. Amanda is the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, an organization supporting young candidates running in state and local elections. Later in the program, we hear from Kat Calvin, founder and executive director of Spread the Vote, a non-profit dedicated to clearing obstacles that keep poor people from getting the IDs needed to vote. Have you made your...
Cassandra Speaks and the Power of Women as Storytellers with Elizabeth Lesser
October 12, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBElizabeth Lesser is a bestselling author and the cofounder of Omega Institute, the renowned conference and retreat center located in Rhinebeck, New York. Elizabeth’s first book, The Seeker’s Guide, chronicles her years at Omega and distills lessons learned into a potent guide for growth and healing. Her New York Times bestselling book, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, has sold almost 500,000 copies and has been translated into 20 languages. Her newest book Cassandra Speaks:...
Our America with Julian Castro, Obama's HUD Secretary and 2020 Presidential Candidate
October 05, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBJulian Castro has been many things: Mayor of San Antonio, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Obama Administration, Author of An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream, 2018 presidential candidate, and now is hosting the new podcast "Our America." He’s a brilliant advocate for making sure everyone who is searching can find the American Dream --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message
Children of Incarcerated Parents with Ebony Underwood
September 28, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes - 30.2 MBOur guest this week is Ebony Underwood. Ebony is a Soros Justice Fellow and the daughter of William Underwood, who has served decades of a cruel and unnecessarily harsh mandatory life sentence without parole. As the founder and CEO of We Got Us Now, Ebony is an advocate for children impacted by parental incarceration and keeping families connected and doing incredible and important work. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/mes...