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Putin Is Using Chemical Weapons And Committing Genocide Against The Ukrainian People So What Does “Never Again” Really Mean?

Reel Political News - April 13, 2022 16:15 - 30 minutes
As Ukraine Fights To Save Its Democracy And European Elections Taking A Right Wing Turn, What Are Americans Doing To Save Our Democracy With Midterms Coming In November? It is now crystal clear that Putin is waging war against the US and all Western Democracies not just Ukraine. So where will ...

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Biden Shows Strength By Simply Telling The Truth About Putin Despite The Diplomatic Walk Back By His Staff

Reel Political News - March 31, 2022 15:52 - 28 minutes
The Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination Symbolizes Just Why We Are Fighting To Preserve Western Democracy At the end of his European Trip where Pres Biden simply stated the obvious that Putin, who he also previously called a war criminal, cannot continue in power in Russia. Perhaps it could have bee...

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"Persevere": Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Speaks

For The Win - March 31, 2022 12:36 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
On our latest SCOTUS episode, Abby and Jeremy speak with Brandi Colander, co-founder of #SheWillRise, about the racism and misogyny that marred Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, what it means for a Supreme Court in peril, and why progressives need to keep the pressure on until ...

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Are the US and NATO willing to sacrifice Ukraine to avoid a nuclear war?

Reel Political News - March 23, 2022 15:44 - 25 minutes
The GOP uses the historic nomination hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to try to score points with their Qanon base. This week President Biden goes to an Extraordinary NATO Summit, joins a meeting of the Council of Europe and to visits Poland. This is Biden’s most important trip of his Pr...

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Zelensky pleads Ukraine’s Case On The World Stage While Putin Pushes Forward On His Path Of Destruction.

Reel Political News - March 18, 2022 19:45 - 20 minutes
Can The US And NATO Find A Way To End This War Before It Is Too Late? The Ukrainian people have surprised the World with the strength and determination they have shown to save their nation. They have a true Champion in President Zelensky who has risen to the occasion to inspire his nation and ...

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Confirmation Bias?

For The Win - March 18, 2022 13:54 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
With Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings just days away, judicial expert Lena Zwarensteyn of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights joins Abby, Yochi, and Jeremy Paris to discuss how some senators will try to block Jackson’s nomination, how progressives ...

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How Can Biden And NATO Stop Putin Without Starting WWIII?

Reel Political News - March 10, 2022 20:35 - 24 minutes
How Putin Tries To Limit Access To Information While Zelensky Uses The Internet And Social Media To Gain Support For Ukraine. The US and NATO keep tightening their economic stranglehold on Putin and he is responding with even more diabolical and deadly force. So how much isolation and economic p...

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President Biden Uses His SOTU Address To Emphasize NATO Unity And Send A Message To Putin

Reel Political News - March 03, 2022 14:22 - 23 minutes
Surprisingly It Took Putin’s Aggression Against Ukraine To Unite Democrats and Republicans In Their Bi-Partisan Condemnation of Him. A Week Into This Deadly Invasion Of The Sovereign Nation Of Ukraine America & The NATO Allies Are Firm In Their Resolve To Isolate Russia And Damage Its Economy Un...

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SCOTUS, meet KBJ.

For The Win - February 28, 2022 19:56 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
With President Biden formally nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Abby and guest host Jeremy Paris spoke with Fatima Goss Graves, president of National Women’s Law Center, about what we need to know about the potential first Black woman justice in SCOTUS history, what pr...

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The SCOTUS with the mostest.

For The Win - February 16, 2022 14:52 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Being involved in one Supreme Court nomination fight is impressive. Our guest, Jeremy Paris, has been involved in eight of them. In the first of a three-part series, Paris — the executive director of the Committee for a Fair Judiciary — joins Abby and Yochi to talk about the impact of Biden’s hi...

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Putin Has Put Himself In A Dangerous Box-Can The US & NATO Offer Him A Way OUT?

Reel Political News - February 15, 2022 18:06 - 21 minutes
US & NATO Are More United Than Putin Ever Expected And Are Applying Maximum Pressure As Diplomacy Continues War in Europe is not in anyone’s interest! Putin has created this crisis but it is not clear what his end game is here. Much to his surprise the US & NATO are united and the consequences f...

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Election 2022 - Is American Democracy In Peril?

Reel Political News - February 08, 2022 17:20 - 19 minutes
Is American Democracy in peril and being dismantled piece by piece right in front of our eyes?  Are Americans aware of what is happening as we slowly slide towards authoritarianism?

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Education in the Time of COVID

For The Win - January 26, 2022 16:56 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Yochi, Elliot, and Abby were set to discuss the debate over when to send kids home from school because of COVID … and then Elliot's daughter was sent home from school because of COVID. On the newest episode of For the Win, Yochi and Abby talk about the strains school closures are putting on work...

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A Second Civil War?

For The Win - January 12, 2022 17:55 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Is the U.S. headed towards a second Civil War? On the newest episode of For the Win, Abby, Elliot, and Yochi talk about the politicization of January 6, why so many Americans are now openly endorsing violence against the U.S. government, and whether our deeply-divided country will actually break...

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Fighting for voting rights & risking her health: Un-PAC's Joseline Garcia

For The Win - December 20, 2021 18:23 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Do you care about voting rights enough to risk your health to protect them? On a special episode of For the Win, Yochi talks with Joseline Garcia, a young activist who has been on a two-week hunger strike designed to persuade senators to pass a federal voting rights bill. Garcia, co-founder & na...

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Education as a Political Weapon?

For The Win - December 02, 2021 16:27 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
How have Republicans managed to turn public education into a powerful political weapon, and can Democrats do anything about it? On the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi spoke with Sharhonda Bossier, CEO of Education Leaders of Color, about the weaponization of critical race theory, why public...

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Leana Wen on the COVID Vaccine and Mandate Backlash

For The Win - October 21, 2021 14:32 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Parents around the country will soon have the chance to get younger kids vaccinated against COVID. The question is how many will actually do so. On the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi speaks with Dr. Leana Wen — a Washington Post contributing columnist, CNN analyst, and former Baltimore hea...

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Student-athletes & profits: What that means for college sports

For The Win - October 13, 2021 16:24 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
In the latest episode of For The Win, Abby and Elliot spoke with Edgar Burch, the former director of government affairs for the NCAA and a Raben Group principal, about the new era of student-athletes being able to profit from marketing their own name, image, and likeness — and what that all mean...

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Special Episode: Yochi reflects on his time in Afghanistan as war correspondent for WSJ

For The Win - September 15, 2021 17:53 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
On a special episode of For the Win, Elliot and Yochi talk about Yochi’s extensive time on the ground in Afghanistan as a war correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, what it was like to live alongside troops fighting America’s longest war, and tries to make sense of what Trump and Biden got ...

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The Work Ahead for the Biden Administration: A Conversation with Julie Rodriguez

For The Win - September 09, 2021 17:47 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
In the latest episode of For The Win, Abby & guest host Estuardo Rodriguez spoke with Julie Rodriguez, the director of the White House's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, about how the Biden administration hopes to beat back the flood of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, the path fo...

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Black & Republican: A conversation with Michael Steele

For The Win - August 12, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
On the latest episode of For The Win, former RNC Chair Michael Steele sits down with Yochi and Abby to discuss his battles with former President Trump, what it’s like to be a high-profile Black conservative when the Republican Party is adopting ever more extreme policies, and why he thinks the p...

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Is Big Business Shifting the Political Landscape?

For The Win - July 22, 2021 14:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Republicans used to be the party of big business. Now ... not so much. From threatening to break up social media giants to promising to revoke business-friendly tax breaks, Republicans are talking tough with corporate America like never before. But how much of that is real, and how much is just ...

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"Dirt Road Democrat" with DNC Chair Jaime Harrison

For The Win - May 27, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
In a special episode of For The Win, Elliot talks with Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison about what it means to be a “Dirt Road Democrat,” why his party needs to do more for rural voters, and how a long-ago promise to his grandfather is fueling Harrison’s fight for voting rights...

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Josh Leach on immigration

For The Win - May 20, 2021 14:50 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
On the latest episode of For the Win, Yochi and Abby sit down with Josh Leach of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to talk about the situation at the southern border, why the Biden administration is struggling to undo Trump’s damage to our immigration system, and why the phrase “Title...

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Bowing To Their Leader, Trump, The GOP Tosses Out One Of Their Own

Reel Political News - May 10, 2021 16:28 - 15 minutes
Only A Few Republicans Have The Courage To Speak Up Against The Trump Led Insurrection And The Big Lie Leader Of The Pack, Liz Cheney May Pay The Price This Week Or May Just Primary Trump In 2024, If He’s Still Around And Clean His Clock!

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Exploring "Cancel Culture"

For The Win - May 03, 2021 15:11 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
In the latest episode of For the Win, Abby, Yochi, and Elliot dive into the political fight over “cancel culture,” look at its surprising origins in the Black community, and tackle the tough question of whether a canceled individual can (or should) ever be given a second chance. Plus, Abby consi...

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Corporate America Responds To The GOP’s Attempt To Permanently Rig The System In Their Favor By Restricting The Right Of Minorities To Vote.

Reel Political News - April 14, 2021 18:05 - 17 minutes
Everyday Biden and Harris face another challenge from the long term damage the Trump Administration has left in its wake. The divisions among Americans that Trump exacerbated during his Presidency - including the continued senseless killings of innocent black Americans - make these divisions ver...

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How Far Can Joe Biden Go With His Plan To Reshape America?

Reel Political News - April 03, 2021 23:34 - 23 minutes
Joe Biden Promised Not Only A Transitional Presidency But Also A Transformational Presidency. Will Biden Be Successful In Using All His Skills To Find A Balance Between All The Competing Interests In Congress To Get This Piece Of Historic Legislation Passed?

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Biden The Conciliator May See Eliminating The Filibuster As A Bridge To Far But Is There Any Other Option?

Reel Political News - March 23, 2021 21:29 - 28 minutes
We Mourn Our Fellow Americans The Boulder Victims Of Preventable Gun Violence:  Denny Strong, 20 Neven Stanisic, 23 Rikki Olds, 25 Tralona Bartkowiak, 49 Teri Leiker, 51 Eric Talley, 51 Suzanne Fountain, 59 Kevin Mahoney, 61 Lynn Murray, 62 Jodi Waters, 65 Biden eyes a $3...

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Wade Henderson on "Jim Crow, Esq."

For The Win - March 23, 2021 02:43 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
In the latest episode of For The Win, Yochi speaks with Wade Henderson, the head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, about how the growing conservative crackdown on voting rights is bringing back the worst of the Jim Crow era, why lies about voter fraud pose an existential th...

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