Indivisible
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★ - 133 ratingsIndivisible is public radio’s national conversation about America in a time of change.
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Week 3: Can Protests Make A Difference?
February 08, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBSince inauguration day, thousands of Americans have hit the pavement in protest, from the women’s march in Washington, DC to airports around the country. And it’s not just average Americans either. On Wednesday afternoon, Congressional Black Caucus members joined House Democrats in a procession through the Capitol to the Senate Floor where Jeff Sessions’ confirmation vote is being held. But what do protests actually accomplish? In his latest articles “How to Build an Autocracy” and “What Ef...
Week 3: Can President Trump's Travel Ban Be Overturned?
February 07, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBThe fate of President Trump's travel ban is now in the hands of a federal appeals court. Oral arguments were heard Tuesday night on whether the immigration order is unconstitutional. The challenge was brought last week by Bob Ferguson, Attorney General for Washington state -- the first lawsuit after the President's executive order left about 60,000 refugees around the world in the lurch. More that 100 additional former AUSAs weigh in against Trump Exec Order: https://t.co/RqA8OcBP9S; https...
Week 3: Can President Trump's Travel Ban Be Overturned?
February 07, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWe hear the latest on how the controversial immigration order is moving through the federal courts. This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public Radio News, and The Economist. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and come back Mondays through Thursdays for new episodes. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more. The hosts include WNYC's Bria...
Week 3: Who Belongs in President Trump's America?
February 06, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWe talk about whether the idea of a multicultural America and what religious freedom really means to people. This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public Radio News, and The Economist. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and come back Mondays through Thursdays for new episodes. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more. The hosts include WN...
Week 3: Who Belongs in President Trump's America?
February 06, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBAnother week, another threat to immigration in America. President Trump's travel ban has been suspended — for now — and that's leaving refugees in the lurch. They flocked to airports Monday hoping to catch flights to their new home country. But whether they get to step foot on American soil is still up in the air. In this episode of Indivisible, WNYC's Kai Wright and John Prideaux from the Economist wade into the battle over who gets to belong in America. We'll talk about whether the idea...
Week 2: Are We Still a 'Land of Immigrants'?
February 02, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBMinnesota Public Radio News host Kerri Miller analyses how President Trump has changed the perception of America as the “land of immigrants.” This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public Radio News, and The Economist. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and come back Mondays through Thursdays for new episodes. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and...
Week 2: Are We Still a 'Land of Immigrants'?
February 02, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBCan we hang onto the ideal of America as a "land of immigrants," even as President Trump puts tighter limits on immigration? For centuries, people from all over the world have looked to the U.S. as a safe haven. They left behind their family, friends and belongings to start anew in search of the “American Dream.” But now, President Trump’s executive order creates new immigration standards that could close that door. In this episode of Indivisible, we delve deeper into how this new polic...
Week 2: Are We Losing Our Country?
February 01, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBIn his presidential campaign and beyond, Donald Trump vowed to make America great again, pulling at the heartstrings of supporters harboring nostalgia for a more idealistic time in the American narrative: economic prosperity, safe neighborhoods, and simpler times. These supporters feel that something has been lost, and that Donald Trump will be the man to bring them back. For a very different portion of the population, the worry about loss faces the future. With executive orders flying fast...
Week 2: Are We Losing Our Country?
February 01, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBIn his presidential campaign and beyond, Donald Trump vowed to make America great again, pulling at the heartstrings of supporters harboring nostalgia for a more idealistic time in the American narrative: economic prosperity, safe neighborhoods, and simpler times. These supporters feel that something has been lost, and that Donald Trump will be the man to bring them back. For a very different portion of the population, the worry about loss faces the future. With executive orders flying fast...
Week 2: President Trump Makes a Supreme Court Pick
January 31, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWe talk to Alberto Gonzales, former United States Attorney General and the former Counsel to President George W. Bush, and to WNYC host Jami Floyd, who is also an attorney, about Trump’s choice to succeed Antonin Scalia and what it means for the future of the court. They also visit President Trump's decision Monday night to fire Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for taking a critical stance against the travel ban. This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public...
Week 2: President Trump Makes a Supreme Court Pick
January 31, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBPresident Trump announces Colorado judge Neil Gorsuch as his choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by Antonin Scalia's sudden death last year. The decision is one of the most anticipated moves of the new administration with ramifications that will likely extend well beyond Donald Trump's presidency. Tonight's episode of Indivisible listens in on Trump's big reveal with analysis and audience reaction from across the country. Getting ready to deliver a VERY IMPORTANT DECISION! ...
Week 2: POTUS Travel Ban Stirs Public Outcry ... and Lots of Questions
January 30, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBOn this episode of Indivisible, we take your calls on the recent executive order by President Trump enacting a ban on travel to the United States from certain countries with heavy Muslim populations, resulting in a burst of protests over the weekend. "Let them in, no hate, no fear..." protesters are shouting at @GreaterMSP. Via @MPRnews #MuslimBan #ExecutiveOrder pic.twitter.com/5wBTW50CEo — Doualy Xaykaothao (@DoualyX) January 29, 2017 Law professor and director of the CLEAR project Ramz...
Week 2: POTUS Travel Ban Stirs Public Outcry ... and Lots of Questions
January 30, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBWe take your calls on the recent executive order by President Trump enacting a ban on travel to the United States from certain countries with heavy Muslim populations, resulting in a burst of protests across the country over the weekend. Law professor and director of the CLEAR project Ramzi Kassem clarifies the rules in place and who stands to be affected by them. We also talk to Betsy Fisher, policy director at the International Refugee Assistance Project, about the relation between resett...
Week 1: How Donald Trump Challenges What We Assume About One Another
January 26, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBHow can Americans get past what they think they know about one another? We may think we understand the guy in small town North Carolina who voted for Trump, or about the young woman protesting last weekend in Chicago. Social media makes it easy to paint whole groups as racist, heathen or unpatriotic without ever hearing about what really motivates them. Kerri Miller hosts a national conversation with Republican strategist Reed Galen and Metro State University anthropologist and social scie...
Week 1: How Donald Trump Challenges What We Assume About One Another
January 26, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBHow can Americans get past what they think they know about one another? We may think we understand the guy in small town North Carolina who voted for Trump, or about the young woman protesting last weekend in Chicago. Social media makes it easy to paint whole groups as racist, heathen or unpatriotic without ever hearing about what really motivates them. Kerri Miller hosts a national conversation with Republican strategist Reed Galen and Metro State University anthropologist and social scie...
Week 1: What's An 'Alternative Fact' and What Should We Do With Them?
January 25, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBCharlie Sykes makes his public radio hosting debut. He and conservative columnist George Will talk about shifting party lines and the relationship between the White House and the truth. Plus, what about that wall? This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public Radio News, and The Economist. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and come back Mondays through Thursdays for new episodes. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab,...
Week 1: What's An 'Alternative Fact' and What Should We Do With Them?
January 25, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBCharlie Sykes makes his public radio hosting debut. For more than two decades, he was one of the most listened to voices in the world of conservative talk radio, broadcasting out of Milwaukee. Now with Indivisible, Charlie will engage listeners each week on both sides of the aisle and delve into their differences and similarities. He’ll also bring you his perspective as a Wisconsinite, a state that has produced so many key players in the Republican party. On his first night in the hosting ...
Week 1: Donald Trump is President. Political Norms Are Dead. Where Does That Leave Us?
January 24, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBCNN host Fareed Zakaria and author Masha Gessen join the conversation this week to help establish a set of democratic norms against which the Trump Administration’s actions can be measured moving forward. Then, Academy-Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore talks about the newly scrambled political norms, in which labor populism bumps up against conservative culture. This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public Radio News, and The Economist. Subscribe wherever ...
Week 1: Donald Trump is President. Political Norms Are Dead. Where Does That Leave Us?
January 24, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBEach Tuesday on Indivisible, host Brian Lehrer will focus on evaluating how — and how quickly — American norms are changing in Donald Trump’s first 100 days in the White House. And are they changing for better or for worse? CNN host Fareed Zakaria and author Masha Gessen join the conversation this week to help establish a set of democratic norms against which the Trump Administration’s actions can be measured moving forward. Then, Academy-Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore talks about t...
Week 1: New President, New Show, New Normal
January 23, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBAmerica has a new president. It also has a new show that will zoom in closely on Donald Trump's first 100 days as commander-in-chief and how people from coast to coast are adjusting to the change in power. In this first episode, we invite listeners from all over to call in and talk about how different things feel on this first full day of the new presidency. We also talk to Pramila Jayapal, who's new to Beltway politics and recently made history in her own right with her election to Con...
Week 1: New President, New Show, New Normal
January 23, 2017 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBAmerica has a new president. It also has a new show that will zoom in closely on Donald Trump's first 100 days as commander-in-chief and how people from coast to coast are adjusting to the change in power. In this first episode of Indivisible, we invite listeners from all over to call in and talk about how different things feel on this first full day of the new presidency. You'll hear from people who attended the inauguration in celebration of Trump, as well as those who protested the fol...
Indivisible: The Trailer
January 18, 2017 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.49 MBIndivisible: Public radio’s national conversation about America in a time of change. For the first 100 days of the new presidential administration stations around the country are joining to bring you four nights a week of live participatory conversation. Each night has its own host. Each night has its own theme. The common thread is your participation. All of the shows are call-ins. Comment anytime using #IndivisibleRadio. The hosts include WNYC’s Brian Lehrer, Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerr...
Indivisible: The Trailer
January 18, 2017 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.42 MBWNYC, Minnesota Public Radio, and The Economist are joining forces on a new live call in show. It’s called Indivisible and it’s public radio’s national conversation about America in a time of change. Indivisible will air for the first 100 days of the new administration beginning on Monday, January 23rd and will air Mondays through Thursdays from 8-9pm ET for 14 weeks. The show will feature a different host and focus each night, bringing listeners across every divide together to weigh in and...