Doing the Work with W. Kamau Bell

Alicia Garza welcomes back comedian, author & host of the Emmy Award-winning CNN docu-series, United Shades of America, W. Kamau Bell. Garza asks Bell about the making of new Showtime docu-series, We Need To Talk About Cosby, premiering on January 30th. Plus, Garza delivers all the news you can use in her weekly roundup. 

W. Kamau Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook

Janet Cheatham Bell on Instragram

Lady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook

Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & YouTube

This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab

Production by Phil Surkis

Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx

Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.