"Redefining Freedom" with Host Sophia A. Nelson
171 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 22 ratingsHosted by award winning author, Political Commentator, and award winning Journalist Sophia Nelson. Nelson is a former Republican House Oversight Committee Counsel, CNN Opinion Writer, The Washington Post & Politico Magazine. This podcast keeps it real, honest and raw, just as Nelson does on TV.
It's about everything to do with Freedom: Politics, Race, Gender, Faith, The Bill of Rights and anything else the "We the People" talk about everyday.
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Episodes
Monday Motivation: Getting past the Monday Morning Blues
May 04, 2020 13:44 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBToday’s episode welcomes in a new month and a new Monday. Host Sophia Nelson helps us to fight the Monday Morning Blues! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Monday Motivation: Keeping Your Peace & Finding Purpose During the Pandemic
April 27, 2020 12:28 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBToday’s Monday motivation is all about keeping your peace during the pandemic. Host Sophia Nelson talks about the staggering death toll over the weekend. Coretta Scott King’s birthday and the moment we find ourselves in that we need to use unto purpose. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Wednesday Wisdom: How the Coronavirus is changing & shaping our lives.
April 22, 2020 14:36 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBToday’s episode is a powerful message from host Sophia Nelson on the impact the Coronavirus is having on our lives, our families, our hopes, and our futures. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Motivation Monday: The Power of Resilience
April 13, 2020 15:19 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIn this weekly Monday Motivation segment with host Sophia Nelson, she talks about the Power of Resilience. A virtue we all need right now. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Easter Sunday: A Conversation & Inspiration with Rev. Adriane Blair Wise of Metropolitan Baptist.
April 12, 2020 07:12 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBIn this final episode of our Pastors and Pundits week, host Sophia Nelson has a powerful Easter Sunday conversation with Rev. Adriane Wise. Author. Chaplain. Spiritual Formation expert. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Part III: A Conversation with MSNBC Contributor & Politico Michael Steele
April 11, 2020 15:22 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBIn this final part, guest Michael Steele wraps the interview with some encouragement on how we press through this time as Americans, he talks about prayer, faith, unity, and the gift of Easter. A great interview with a great American patriot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Part II Saturday Thoughts: Conversation with former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele--Politics & Covid 19
April 11, 2020 15:22 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBIn Part II of this special episode of the podcast, host Sophia Nelson and Michael Steele talk about the impact of the coronavirus on our already divided America politics and the intense exchanges of the President and the media, governors, etc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Saturday Thoughts: Part I-former RNC Chairman Michael Steele: Part I Reflections on Faith & The Priesthood (Who Knew!!!)
April 11, 2020 15:22 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MBToday's Saturday Thoughts is very special, host Sophia Nelson interviews her long-time friend and colleague Michael Steele. Former Lt. Governor of Maryland, former RNC Chairman, and current consultant and MSNBC Contributor. Part I of the interview they talk about how Steele wanted to become a priest and how he ultimately chose politics instead. Parts II & III will follow. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
A Good Word on Good Friday with Dr. Charlie Whitlow, Lead Pastor Community Church of Ashburn
April 10, 2020 14:02 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBToday is Good Friday. It is a sacred day for Christians worldwide as we enter the Easter weekend. Our host Sophia Nelson has a great spiritual conversation with Virginia Pastor Charlie Whitlow about our faith, the impact of the coronavirus on the modern day church, the need for the community to step up and help all around the nation, food insecurity, diversity and most of all the good news of the gospel. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-n...
Wednesday Wisdom with Pastor Michelle C. Thomas, NAACP Chair, Soil & Water Commission, Slavery Historian, Loudoun County, VA.
April 08, 2020 20:30 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn episode 2 of our Pastors, Politicos and Pundits week, our host Sophia Nelson get's some Wednesday Wisdom from Virginia Pastor and activist Michelle C. Thomas. They talk about the impact of the coronavirus, the health disparities between black and other citizens who get the COVID virus, and she gives a great word as we head toward Easter Sunday on America getting back up on the "third day". A must Listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angel...
Tuesday Thoughts: Candid Conversation with Political Strategist Cheri Jacobus on the State of Our Politics 2020
April 07, 2020 14:37 - 36 minutes - 34 MBDay #2 of Politics, Pastors and Pundits Week with host Sophia Nelson features former Political Strategists, Spokeswoman, Campaign Consultant, Cheri Jacobus. Ms. Jacobus is the Executive Producer of "American Reads the Mueller Report". She has over 40 years in politics at the highest levels and has run some of the nation's premiere congressional campaigns. Sophia and Cheri have a candid conversation about the impact of the coronavirus on the 2020 Elections, on the unity of politicians, on Tr...
Monday Motivation: America’s Cancel Culture. Time to Cancel our canceling of others.
April 06, 2020 15:15 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBThis week is Holy Week. Host Sophia Nelson kicks off our “Pastors & Politics” week with a great word about our obsession with “cancel culture”. Tune in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Saturday Thoughts: Coping with Coronavirus when it hits you.
April 04, 2020 17:22 - 16 minutes - 15 MBThis week host Sophia Nelson talks to us about keeping our faith as we all cope with the coronavirus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Motivation Monday: Protecting Your Mental health During The CoronaVirus Pandemic
March 30, 2020 17:46 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThis is a must listen to "Motivation Monday" segment. Host Sophia Nelson has a candid and helpful conversation with licensed Therapist Dr. Suzanne Nixon, who is based in Loudoun County, Virginia. Share this podcast with your friends, neighbors and your family. It has great practical tips on self-care and taking care of others during the shut-in, sheltering-in period all of us are facing now all over the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-an...
Saturday Thoughts: A Conversation with Maryland City Councilwoman Roxy Ndebumadu
March 28, 2020 18:21 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBToday's episode in our Corona Virus Resource Center is a conversation with newly elected Bowie Maryland Councilwoman Roxy Ndebumadu. This is a great update from an elected official on the fronts lines in the DC Metro region which now has over 1100 COVID infections, and a rising death toll daily. Tune in for a great inspirational candid conversation with a rising star in Maryland politics on how to get through what we are going through now as a nation and as citizens of the world. --- Send...
Motivation Monday: AMER-I-CAN. We are Americans. We will get through this.
March 23, 2020 14:10 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBToday’s Monday Motivation is dedicated to the spirit of America. And the men and women on the frontlines of this Corona Virus fight. We are Americans we will get through this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Thursday Thoughts: How to get through Corona Virus Cabin Fever.
March 19, 2020 15:35 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBHost Sophia Nelson gives us 10 tips to keep your sanity during the Corona Virus shut in. We will get through this! But you are going to need a strategy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Saturday Thoughts: What Is God Trying to Tell Us with the Global Pandemic Outbreak
March 14, 2020 14:50 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this 2nd episode of the new Saturday Thoughts segment our host Sophia Nelson offers some wonderful insights on what we should take away from this corona virus outbreak as human beings! Great encouragement in a time of great distress! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Monday Motivation: Taking Care of Each Other During the Corona Virus Epidemic
March 09, 2020 17:22 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBOn this week's Monday Motivation, host Sophia Nelson talks about how we can support each other during the Corona Virus Pandemic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Saturday Thoughts: Elizabeth Warren, Gender Politics and Angry Black Women.
March 07, 2020 15:28 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBWelcome to our new Saturday segment which recaps the week in politics. And muses about all things politics, culture, race, health, relationships and religion. Tune in weekly! You are gonna love it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Motivation Monday: Happy Women’s History Month 2020
March 02, 2020 15:04 - 12 minutes - 12 MBOur host gives us 5 things we can do in March to bless another woman as we honor and celebrate women’s history month. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Who Is Going to Win the Black Vote? Trump, Biden, Sanders or None of the Above?
February 29, 2020 05:25 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this final Black History Month episode, host Sophia Nelson talks about the all important black vote, the South Carolina primary, Joe Biden, Donald Trump and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Motivation Monday: A Conversation with Captain Treone Larvadain History Maker in Louisiana State Police
February 24, 2020 17:42 - 19 minutes - 18 MBOur special black history month feature this week is Captain Treone Larvadain of the State Police of Louisiana. She is the first black woman to head the protective services unit in Louisiana in its 82 year history. Our host Sophia Nelson was in Baton Rouge for a speech last week and had the chance to sit with the new commander at a breakfast meeting and talk history with her. Great listen. (forgive the background noise--they were with a live audience). --- Send in a voice message: https:/...
Motivation Monday with Chair at Large Phyllis J. Randall
February 17, 2020 03:16 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBThis 3rd installment of our Black History Month series features the Chair of the Loudoun County Virginia Board of Supervisors, Phyllis Randall who was re-elected in a landslide in 2019. Randall is the first African American and woman of color elected to this position in the Commonwealth of Virginia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
What is the Lincoln Project? Where is the Republican Party Headed? Why the Impeachment of Donald Trump May be Make or Break for the GOP.
February 14, 2020 08:12 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this episode our host Sophia Nelson goes one on one with longtime former Republican strategist Reed Galen. They talk about the launch of the new "Lincoln Project" of which Nelson is a Sr. Advisor as well as why Galen left the GOP, what they want to see happen in 2020, and why the very REPUBLIC may be at stake if the Impeachment of President Trump does not honor the guardrails that the founding fathers put in place in the late 1700's with the US Constitution. --- Send in a voice message...
New Hampshire Primary Shake-Up: The State of the Democratic Race 2020
February 12, 2020 20:07 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBOur host Sophia Nelson gives us a Democratic Primary update, post--the New Hampshire primary shake-up. Nelson writes for Politico as a political analyst, she is a USA TODAY Opinion writer, and a Daily Beast Columnist. This is a great overview of where we are in the 2020 Race to be President. Must listen to podcast with one of the best pundits in the business. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Motivation Monday: Why We Still Honor Black History Month: Civil Rights Icons & How Americans Can Come Together with Guest Chelle Luper Wilson
February 10, 2020 19:26 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBIn honor of our month long celebration of Black History Month, host Sophia Nelson has a candid and courageous conversation with the daughter of Oklahoma Civil Rights Icon, Clara Luper Wilson, Mrs. Chelle Luper Wilson of Dallas, Texas. Wilson is on the Board of Directors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., she is a historian of issues related to black women and civil rights. They talk about the Gayle King controversy with Snoop Dogg. The future of race relations. And what inspiration we can ...
Black History Month 2020
February 03, 2020 18:15 - 12 minutes - 12 MBFebruary is Black History Month. Our host Sophia Nelson introduces the month with a Monday Motivation quote from Booker T. Washington. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Lessons We Can All Learn from the Life & Death of NBA great Kobe Bryant,
January 27, 2020 20:31 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBToday’s Monday Motivation is dedicated to the memory of Kobe & Gigi Bryant. Whose life inspired us. Whose death wounded us. Whose legacy calls us to be better! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Virginia. Guns. And the MLK DAY 2020 Holiday!
January 20, 2020 22:29 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThis is a special Monday Motivation in honor of Dr. King. Sophia talks about the intensity of the day and the Virginia Gun Rally. What Dr. King’s Dream means and why we need it now more than ever. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Speaker Pelosi to appoint House Managers and send Articles of Impeachment to Senate
January 14, 2020 14:06 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBIn this new episode host Sophia Nelson breaks down where we are on impeachment as the Congress returns from recess. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Happy New Year: 10 Things We As Americans Need to STOP in 2020
January 08, 2020 17:42 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBThis is the first episode of season #2 of the podcast. Host Sophia Nelson starts us off with a great checklist of things we can do in our individual lives that will help us to build more unified communities, conversations and dare we say a country! It's a MUST LISTEN. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Final Episode of Season 1: Let’s Roar into the Roaring 2020’s.
December 30, 2019 16:57 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBIn the final episode of 2019. Host Sophia Nelson offers some reflections and wisdom on how we need to enter the new decade ahead. Great listen. Happy New Year! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
America is in a fight for her soul: The Christian Case to Remove Pres. Donald Trump
December 23, 2019 15:17 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBAs we end 2019, host Sophia Nelson discusses the Christianity Today editorial calling for the removal of President Trump and why it matters so much right now! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
The Impeachment of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States.
December 18, 2019 14:49 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBHost Sophia Nelson walks us through today’s historic Impeachment Vote in the House of Representatives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Breaking News: For only the 4th time in US History, Articles of Impeachment have been filed.
December 10, 2019 14:40 - 6 minutes - 6.19 MBHost Sophia Nelson breaks down the two articles of impeachment filed by Congress against President Donald J. Trump. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Speaker of the House: I have asked the Congress to move forward with Articles of Impeachment
December 05, 2019 15:19 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBDecember 5, 2019: Speaker Pelosi informs the nation on the Articles of Impeachment. Host Sophia Nelson breaks it all down for us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Thanksgiving Day in IRAQ: Interview with OIR Spokesman Myles B. Caggins, USARMY in Baghdad.
November 28, 2019 14:34 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this special holiday episode our host Sophia Nelson has a Thanksgiving Day conversation about America’s mission to destroy ISIS. About women in combat. About what our Troops seeding abroad do on thanksgiving day. And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Nov. 22nd, 1963. Remembering JFK on the 56th anniversary of his Assassination.
November 22, 2019 15:07 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBToday’s podcast is dedicated to the memory of America’s 35th President. John F. Kennedy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Impeachment Day 4: Remembering Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 156 years ago.
November 20, 2019 13:27 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBToday’s episode forecast the 4th day of impeachment hearings and where we find ourselves as a nation deeply divided. Host Sophia Nelson talks about the Gettysburg Address. And why it rings so true to us today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
It’s an historic and somber day. Congress undertakes formal impeachment hearings
November 13, 2019 18:02 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBHost Sophia Nelson walks us through the impeachment hearings process and what it means for America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Reflections of an Army Brat. Veteran’s Day 2019: We Honor Those Who Serve.
November 11, 2019 22:48 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBToday host Sophia Nelson honors our men and women in the Military. Great reflections from her on service, freedom and America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Republicans and Americans need to learn the lessons of the 2019 Campaign
November 07, 2019 16:40 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBHost Sophia Nelson breaks down the 2019 campaign and election results. A great motivational and informational podcast on the power of voting, running for office and where we need to go as a nation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Monday Motivation: Will you step into the arena called life and dare to truly live!
November 04, 2019 14:25 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBToday’s Monday Motivation is an inspirational conversation about the famous Teddy Roosevelt man in the arena quote. Sophia challenges us to reach higher. To live. To serve. And to step into the arena! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Let’s Talk About Breast Cancer. And how we “fight” this Disease like a Girl!!!
October 31, 2019 13:24 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBToday we honor and talk about Breast Cancer and how it impacts American women and men! We talk to 2x Breast Cancer Survivor Tanja Thompson author and foundation CEO. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Monday Motivation: Can We The People be Reconciled at such a time as this?
October 28, 2019 10:56 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this week’s Monday Motivation host Sophia Nelson delves into the power of RECONCILIATION. And the booing of President Trump at the Nationals World Series game. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Monday Motivation--How Free Should Free Speech be in America?
October 21, 2019 18:38 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this week's Monday Motivation, host Sophia Nelson delves into the hot topic of "free speech" and when does it go too far on our social media networks, in political campaigns and beyond. A great discussion given the debate around Facebook and Elizabeth Warren's campaign. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Special Guest Interview: Princeton U. Professor & MSNBC Contributor Eddie Glaude, Jr.
October 17, 2019 04:18 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBA powerful must listen to podcast for our time. Author, Thought Leader, and Princeton University Professor of African American Studies Eddie Glaude, Jr. and host Sophia Nelson engage in a provocative, candid conversation on the hot topics of the day: The 2020 Democratic Primary, Impeachment and the state of American race relations, economic security and tribal fears. Will we just SURVIVE this dark moment or will we learn our lesson, together, and THRIVE as one United America? Listen and refle...
Monday Motivation: 10 Things YOU can do to Help Preserve, Protect & Defend American Democracy
October 14, 2019 15:46 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBIn today's episode, host Sophia Nelson gives us some action items that "we the people" can take to move our democracy forward in challenging and divided times. Great listen on Columbus Day 2019. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message
Monday Motivation: It’s Time for A Courageous Conversation
October 07, 2019 12:26 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBThis episode challenges us as American Citizens in a time of great division embrace the power of conversation at our jobs, in our communities, and in our personal lives. A critical must listen in this day and time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophia-angeli-nelson/message