Latest 2020election Podcast Episodes
AI-pocalypse Now: Artificial Intelligence, Elections, and the Future of the World’s Most Revolutionary New Technology
For The Win - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsOn an all-AI episode, Yochi and guest host Andrea Nill Sánchez talk with media advocate Jessica J. González the co-CEO of Free Press, about how artificial intelligence can spread election disinformation, why tech companies can't be trusted to police themselves, and why lawmakers need to regulat...
Chaos on Capitol Hill: Navigating the Turmoil with Kevin Madden
For The Win - November 29, 2023 14:35 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCongress is a mess. From ongoing threats of government shutdowns to turmoil around picking a House Speaker, it's clear that the People's House is in disarray. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Elliot sit down with Kevin Madden, a longtime aide to House Republican leaders Tom DeLay and John Boeh...
Toni Newman on why HIV is hitting Black women disproportionately hard -- and how Republicans are trying to make the problem even worse.
For The Win - November 15, 2023 18:31 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNow that Republicans have a new speaker, they are going to try pushing through the harsh cuts to federal funding for HIV prevention and treatment that they've been threatening for months. Here’s the surprising thing: that would hit Black women harder than any other. On our newest episode, Jasmin...
Busy weeks in the world of unions with Faiz Shakir
For The Win - October 04, 2023 16:02 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThese have been busy weeks in the world of unions, with an ongoing actors strike in Hollywood stopping production of your favorite shows and movies and a strike by the United Auto Workers slowing production of our favorite cars. On our newest episode, Jasmine, Yochi, and guest host Andrea Nill S...
Damon Hewitt on right-wing push to get companies to abandon DEI efforts
For The Win - August 29, 2023 18:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsConservatives won their long legal fight to eliminate affirmative education in higher education — and now they've trained their sights on corporate America. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Elliot sit down with Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil ...
Gen Z Goes to Congress with Rep. Maxwell Frost
For The Win - August 08, 2023 18:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRep. Maxwell Frost is the first member of Gen Z to be elected to Congress — and the first lawmaker to publicly shout "f--k Ron DeSantis" at a rock concert. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Yochi sit down with Rep. Frost to talk about imposter syndrome, why far-right Republicans like Marjorie T...
Jonathan Eig on MLK Jr.'s lesser-known views
For The Win - July 24, 2023 18:07 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGenerations of Americans have studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s heroic civil rights work, but his more radical views on issues ranging from income inequality to war have been largely ignored. On our newest episode, Yochi and Jasmine speak with PEN America Literary Award winner and best-sell...
Wesley Lowery on journalist's impartiality while democracy is under attack
For The Win - July 05, 2023 13:54 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGenerations of journalists have been told to be impartial when reporting the news. But how can reporters remain objective when American democracy is under attack? On our newest episode, Elliot, Yochi, and Jasmine speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Wesley Lowery ...
Government lawyer by day and TikTok influencer by night: Elizabeth Booker Houston
For The Win - June 20, 2023 18:39 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsElizabeth Booker Houston is a government lawyer by day and massively popular TikTok influencer by night whose videos range from clips of her stand-up comedy routines to interviews with political stars like Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Yochi talk to Elizabe...
Reclaiming Religion: What Progressives need to do to take it back
For The Win - May 25, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsConservatives are using their hardline view of Christianity to justify banning abortion and waging war on the LGBTQ+ community. With faith increasingly shaping politics, Jasmine and Yochi sit down with Rachel Laser, CEO of Americans United For Separation of Church and State, and The Raben Group’...
From bathroom bans to Bud Light boycotts: Charlotte Clymer on GOP war on trans community
For The Win - May 01, 2023 14:20 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsFrom bathroom bans to Bud Light boycotts, Republicans have declared war on the transgender community. With red states passing new anti-trans bills by the day, Elliot, Jasmine, and Yochi sit down with trans activist Charlotte Clymer to talk about why Democrats need to fight back harder, how the b...
A war on “wokeism”? But what does being “woke” actually mean with Dr. Candis Watts Smith
For The Win - March 17, 2023 18:01 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRepublicans have declared war on "wokeism," but what does being “woke” actually mean? On our newest episode, Yochi and The Raben Group's Jasmine Burton sit down with Dr. Candis Watts Smith, a Duke University professor and author of the new book, “Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black L...
Testifying Before MAGA Republicans
For The Win - March 07, 2023 17:55 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsEver wonder what it's like to testify on Capitol Hill and face questions from MAGA Republicans like Matt Gaetz? On a special episode of For the Win, our own Elliot Williams takes us behind the scenes of his recent appearance before a House committee probing the alleged "weaponization" of the fed...
Is the GOP anti-big business?
For The Win - January 20, 2023 21:12 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThe GOP was once the party of big business. Now it’s attacking corporate America like never before — and reserving special scorn for so-called ESG investing. On our newest episode, Yochi talks with Robert Raben, founder and president of The Raben Group, about the growing ESG crackdown, how Rep...
Was January 6 inevitable? Historian Ruth-Ben Ghiat, author of "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present," discusses
For The Win - January 04, 2023 15:17 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHistorian Ruth-Ben Ghiat, author of "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present," joins Abby and Yochi to talk about the modern Republican Party's growing embrace of right-wing extremism and political violence, why January 6 may have been inevitable, and how the former president governed like an ...
Will The Criminal Referrals Of The January 6th Committee Provide The DOJ With Enough Evidence And The Confidence to Convict Former President Trump?
Reel Political News - December 20, 2022 18:50 - 20 minutesTrump’s Back Is AGAINST A WALL! Will he Spin More Lies Assisted By The New GOP Majority In Congress To Save Himself From Prosecution? Or Will The GOP Break With Him To Save Themselves? As Trump’s Legal Peril Continues To Grow With Four Criminal Referrals About His Conduct On January 6, Will H...
Héctor Sánchez Barba on Spanish-language misinformation
For The Win - November 07, 2022 20:57 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsUnsubstantiated rumors and lies spread widely through immigrant communities before the 2020 election, and they're spreading again in the run-up to the midterms. On our newest episode, Abby and Elliot spoke with Héctor Sánchez Barba, the CEO and executive director Mi Familia Vota, about what’s un...
An Inside Look at the Uprising of Iranian Women
For The Win - October 27, 2022 17:24 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThe midterms are dominating the news here at home — and obscuring the protests and civil unrest raging across Iran, where hundreds of thousands of Iranian women are protesting four decades of brutal government repression. On our newest episode, Abby and Yochi talk to The Raben Group's Parnian Ab...
Will the latest revelations from the Last Jan 6 hearing before the mid-term election persuade enough independents to make a difference in the outcome?
Reel Political News - October 16, 2022 22:35 - 23 minutesDonald Trump faces many forms of legal jeopardy: will A.G. Merrick Garland follow through to ensure the Trump is “Not above the law?” As Donald Trump continues to damage our democratic institutions, will the American people finally say ‘Enough Is Enough!’ and turn out en masse to defeat him an...
After Roe: what progressives must get right this time
For The Win - October 11, 2022 16:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThree months after Dobbs, Abby speaks with Erika West, principal at The Raben Group and one of the creators of the After Roe newsletter, about the role progressives played in the fall of Roe, the persisting support for abortion legality, and the urgent need for businesses to be vocal about repro...
Jenifer Fernandez Ancona on the Dem's New Playbook
For The Win - October 07, 2022 13:24 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWith the midterms looming, progressives are rolling out a surprising new argument: "Trump Republicans" are trying to take away core freedoms, and Democrats are the only ones standing in their way. On our newest episode, Yochi talks with Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, the co-founder and vice president...
Natural Disaster on the home front with the Midterms just weeks away and the control of Congress hanging in the balance
Reel Political News - September 30, 2022 15:06 - 25 minutesPutin is cornered: no way out his threat to use nuclear weapons grows It is hard to imagine more extreme forces colliding at the same time. Florida has experienced first hand the devastation of climate change with superstorm Ian. Is this the shape of things to come? The sanctions against Putin...
The World Says Goodbye To Queen Elizabeth II Great Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch - A Symbol of Service, Stability, Duty And Continuity
Reel Political News - September 19, 2022 19:02 - 32 minutesThe GOP continues to follow Trump’s outrageous playbook of hatred and lies which threatens our Democracy. As we observe the passing of Queen Elizabeth ll and the peaceful ascension of King Charles lll, a hallmark of a constitutional monarchy, we cannot help but wonder how peaceful our possible...
America’s kids are decidedly not alright
For The Win - August 03, 2022 17:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSchool is right around the corner, but America’s kids – battered by COVID and the seemingly endless number of school shootings – are decidedly not alright. On the latest episode of For The Win, Elliot and Yochi spoke with Alison Malmon, executive director of Active Minds, about the mental health...
The Bravery Of Not So Average Americans - Cassidy Hutchinson-May Have Saved Our Democracy
Reel Political News - June 29, 2022 02:18 - 27 minutesJust When You Thought You Could Not Be Surprised Anymore…Trump Continues To Shock Our Conscience! This week we learned there is no bottom to the evil Trump will engage in to retain or regain power!
Is Christian nationalism a threat to democracy?
For The Win - June 23, 2022 13:28 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsChristian nationalists are defending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and openly embrace the use of violence against political opponents here at home. In our newest episode, Yochi and Abby talk to Rev. Pamela Cooper-White, the author of a new book on Christian nationalism, about why the movement i...
The Jan 6 Committee Lays Out A Compelling Case For Trump’s Personal Involvement In A Systematic Coup To Overturn The Election.
Reel Political News - June 23, 2022 01:11 - 28 minutesIt Is Now Clear That American Democracy Only Survived This Onslaught Due To The Personal Integrity Of Some “Not So Average” Americans! Here is where we are after the first 4 Jan 6 hearings: Will these revelations change the thinking of independent and open-minded voters? And will Donald Trum...
Abortion’s new geography
For The Win - May 17, 2022 21:54 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWith a leaked decision showing that the Supreme Court will soon gut abortion rights, Abby spoke with Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, about the mechanics of getting an abortion in a post-Roe world, how abortion providers in Illinois are already preparing for a ...
The War on LGBTQ
For The Win - April 28, 2022 19:19 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWith an array of states considering their own versions of Florida's controversial "don't say gay" bill, Raben Group Founder Robert Raben sits down with Elliot to discuss the true dangers of the new legislation, why conservatives are weaponizing the LGBTQ issue, and why sexuality may again be a m...
The US And NATO Commit to Long Term Support Of Ukraine’s Struggle For Democracy
Reel Political News - April 27, 2022 19:04 - 27 minutesThe US And NATO Commit to Long Term Support Of Ukraine’s Struggle For Democracy At Home, In The US Will Enthusiasm Or Fear Inspire Americans To Protect Our Democracy In The Mid Terms? After two months of war in Ukraine, US and NATO policy has shifted to acknowledge reality. Russia is engaged...
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