Latest Takeaway Podcast Episodes
Showing Appreciation to Our Senior Broadcast Engineer Vince Fairchild
The Takeaway - May 19, 2023 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOver the years, The Takeaway has seen a long list of rotating staff made up of outspoken journalists and producers. That list does not include Vince Fairchild who is a 'Takeaway veteran' in every sense of the word. Vince has worked as a broadcast engineer on the show since its first year on air...
Replay: Visiting the Prison at Angola
The Takeaway - May 18, 2023 21:21 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOriginal Air Date: August 30, 2022 More than 55,000 people across the U.S. are incarcerated with the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. This population been rising sharply in the past few decades, with an increase of 66% since 2003, according to research by The Sentencing Proje...
Replay: Visiting the Prison at Angola
The Takeaway - May 18, 2023 21:21 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsOriginal Air Date: August 30, 2022 More than 55,000 people across the U.S. are incarcerated with the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. This population been rising sharply in the past few decades, with an increase of 66% since 2003, according to research by The Sentencing Proje...
Showing Appreciation to Our Powerhouse Producer Shanta Covington
The Takeaway - May 18, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsOn Friday, June 2, we will broadcast our final episode. As we head into these final days, we are taking the time to pause and show a little gratitude for the extraordinary team of producers who make The Takeaway every day. Today, we are hailing our Senior Producer: Shanta Covington. Shanta a...
Showing Appreciation to Our Powerhouse Producer Shanta Covington
The Takeaway - May 18, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn Friday, June 2, we will broadcast our final episode. As we head into these final days, we are taking the time to pause and show a little gratitude for the extraordinary team of producers who make The Takeaway every day. Today, we are hailing our Senior Producer: Shanta Covington. Shanta a...
L.A. Strippers Win the Fight for a Union
The Takeaway - May 17, 2023 20:27 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsA group of dancers working at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, just won their battle to form the only current union for strippers in the country. Since being locked out on the job in March 2022, the dancers held a strike and picket for eight months before officia...
Black History and Afrofuture with Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter
The Takeaway - May 17, 2023 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRuth E. Carter made history when she became the first Black costume designer to win an Oscar, and the first Black woman to win two Oscars, both for her work on Marvel’s Black Panther franchise. She’s been the premier designer for movies that portray iconic Black characters and cultures for three...
Narcan: How To Save a Life
The Takeaway - May 17, 2023 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe mounting death toll from the opioid crisis in the United States continues to wreak havoc in cities, towns, and rural communities across the nation. Over the past two decades, the number of people dying from opioid overdoses in New York, and across the United States, are rising each year. B...
Black History and Afrofuture with Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter
The Takeaway - May 17, 2023 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsRuth E. Carter made history when she became the first Black costume designer to win an Oscar, and the first Black woman to win two Oscars, both for her work on Marvel’s Black Panther franchise. She’s been the premier designer for movies that portray iconic Black characters and cultures for three...
Narcan: How To Save a Life
The Takeaway - May 17, 2023 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsThe mounting death toll from the opioid crisis in the United States continues to wreak havoc in cities, towns, and rural communities across the nation. Over the past two decades, the number of people dying from opioid overdoses in New York, and across the United States, are rising each year. B...
L.A. Strippers Win the Fight for a Union
The Takeaway - May 17, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsA group of dancers working at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, just won their battle to form the only current union for strippers in the country. Since being locked out on the job in March 2022, the dancers held a strike and picket for eight months before officia...
The WGA Strike Enters Week Three
The Takeaway - May 16, 2023 20:43 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsThe Writers Guild of America, which has over 11-thousand members, is entering week its third week of a work stoppage. This is the first strike in 15 years, and comes at a time when the TV and film industry has seen some major changes in recent years. Amongst their demands, writers are seeking h...
The WGA Strike Enters Week Three
The Takeaway - May 16, 2023 20:43 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe Writers Guild of America, which has over 11-thousand members, is entering week its third week of a work stoppage. This is the first strike in 15 years, and comes at a time when the TV and film industry has seen some major changes in recent years. Amongst their demands, writers are seeking h...
Title 42 Ended. What Happens Now?
The Takeaway - May 16, 2023 20:40 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsUnder the covid era immigration policy, Title 42 had expelled and turned away 2.6 million people at the U.S. Southern border without question. But that has not stopped the tens of thousands of migrants from gathering along the Southern border, hoping to be allowed to remain in the United States ...
Title 42 Ended. What Happens Now?
The Takeaway - May 16, 2023 20:40 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsUnder the covid era immigration policy, Title 42 had expelled and turned away 2.6 million people at the U.S. Southern border without question. But that has not stopped the tens of thousands of migrants from gathering along the Southern border, hoping to be allowed to remain in the United States ...
Buffalo, One Year Later
The Takeaway - May 15, 2023 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsSunday marked one year since the racist mass shooting in Buffalo. Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to reflect on the tragedy and discuss how the city is coping right now. The tragic shooting is one of several disturbing massacres motivated by hate that have occurred ...
Buffalo, One Year Later
The Takeaway - May 15, 2023 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSunday marked one year since the racist mass shooting in Buffalo. Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to reflect on the tragedy and discuss how the city is coping right now. The tragic shooting is one of several disturbing massacres motivated by hate that have occurred ...
Journey to Mount Sinai Pt 2 with Tim Mahoney 128
AlongTheWay - May 15, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsTim Mahoney's quest to discover @PatternsOfEvidence that confirms the Bible continues with his Journey to Mount Sinai. In this interview, he discusses strange rock formations that could be the split rock where God caused water to come from when Moses hit the rock, strange rock carvings and even ...
Journey to Mount Sinai Pt 2 with Tim Mahoney
AlongTheWay - May 15, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsTim Mahoney's quest to discover @PatternsOfEvidence that confirms the Bible continues with his Journey to Mount Sinai. In this interview, he discusses strange rock formations that could be the split rock where God caused water to come from when Moses hit the rock, strange rock carvings and even ...
Replay: Policing the Womb
The Takeaway - May 12, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOriginal Air Date: May 6, 2022 Motherhood and its many meanings and expectations are created and experienced within the particular realities of our society and history. And to better understand some of our shared national history with mothering we sat down with Professor Michele Goodwin of the ...
Replay: What Does It Mean to Mother Across Borders?
The Takeaway - May 12, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe discuss what motherhood looks like when mothers and children are separated by borders, and how these families challenge Western stereotypes about what "good" motherhood is. We speak with Gabrielle Oliveira, associate professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and the author of "Moth...
Replay: What Does It Mean to Mother Across Borders?
The Takeaway - May 12, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsWe discuss what motherhood looks like when mothers and children are separated by borders, and how these families challenge Western stereotypes about what "good" motherhood is. We speak with Gabrielle Oliveira, associate professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and the author of "Moth...
Replay: Policing the Womb
The Takeaway - May 12, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsOriginal Air Date: May 6, 2022 Motherhood and its many meanings and expectations are created and experienced within the particular realities of our society and history. And to better understand some of our shared national history with mothering we sat down with Professor Michele Goodwin of the ...
Talking Change with Dorian Warren
The Takeaway - May 11, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsOn May 8th, 2023, Community Change Action, a nonprofit organization that aims to “dramatically improve material conditions for people struggling to make ends meet in the United States,” launched its “A Day Without Childcare” action. Thousands of parents, families and childcare providers came tog...
Music In Their Own Words: Harpist Ashley Jackson
The Takeaway - May 11, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsHarpist Ashley Jackson seeks to shatter the traditionally narrow definition of "classical music," highlight Black history and pay homage to Black composers. Jackson, an Assistant Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Music Department at Hunter College, views the harp as a ...
Governor Jay Inslee on Washington's Assault Weapons Ban
The Takeaway - May 11, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 708 ratingsWashington state has long led on progressive policies and reform. In late April, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a package of bills to address gun violence. House Bill 1240 prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of assault-style weapons in Washington. Two additiona...
Talking Change with Dorian Warren
The Takeaway - May 11, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn May 8th, 2023, Community Change Action, a nonprofit organization that aims to “dramatically improve material conditions for people struggling to make ends meet in the United States,” launched its “A Day Without Childcare” action. Thousands of parents, families and childcare providers came tog...
Music In Their Own Words: Harpist Ashley Jackson
The Takeaway - May 11, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHarpist Ashley Jackson seeks to shatter the traditionally narrow definition of "classical music," highlight Black history and pay homage to Black composers. Jackson, an Assistant Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Music Department at Hunter College, views the harp as a ...
Governor Jay Inslee on Washington's Assault Weapons Ban
The Takeaway - May 11, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWashington state has long led on progressive policies and reform. In late April, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a package of bills to address gun violence. House Bill 1240 prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of assault-style weapons in Washington. Two additiona...
Nebraska Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh On Her 11-Week Filibuster
The Takeaway - May 10, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsNebraska state senator from Omaha, Machaela Cavanaugh, promised to filibuster every bill that comes before the legislature this year — even those she supports. Why? She’s trying to stop a bill intended to outlaw gender-affirming care for people 18 and under. Senator Cavanaugh has been filibuste...