Story Not Sorry 2: "Cat Person"
In the second of our "Story Not Sorry" episodes, writer Kate Tell shares something so many of us dread and must still experience: the hole i...
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Sorry Not Sorry tackles social, political and cultural issues from the perspective of unapologetic guests while highlighting activists doing amazing things throughout the country.
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20 of 353 episodesNEW Seasonal Series - Story Not Sorry "My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord" - Ben Jackson
Friends, we took a little break, as you may have noticed. We used the downtime to put together something special: we asked writers to submit...
Texas and California Redistricting
Alyssa and Ben have some rare disagreements as we discuss Texas' redistricting nonsense and California Governor Gavin Newsom's response to i...
Trump, Immigrants, and Grocery Prices with Alice Driver
Recently, Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman warned that Trump's deportation policies could crush the economy, bringing more pain th...
News Roundup August 2025
It’s been a minute–Alyssa was away on vacation with her family and doing some cool political and creative work. But she didn’t miss anything...
Fascism and Trump's Own Words - Part 1
Is Trump a fascist? Is MAGA a fascist movement? Give a listen to the first half of this two-parter and decide for yourself. In the 1990s, Um...
Best of Alyssa Milano on Sorry Not Sorry
It’s been a minute since Alyssa’s been here–she’s been on a vacation and doing some really cool stuff in the entertainment world, but I’m su...
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
In recent weeks, Jeffrey Epstein has burst from the grave and back into the news. Trump made much of his campaign identity about releasing t...
Keeping up with the Creatives
A couple of weeks ago, Alyssa and Ben had a conversation about the challenges of creativity in times like we’re living in. Since t’s the las...
Revolutionary Thinking - Bastille Day 2025
It’s Bastille Day - the " F ê te Nationale " in France. Its a day of liberation, of revolution, of oppressive systems coming down and libera...
June 2025 News Roundup
Well, it’s been a month. June has seen so much happening–the protests across the country, Trump deploying the national guard, big supreme co...
Know Your Rights - Attorneys Confronting Authoritarianism
The rule of law is the foundation of our society, and yet the Trump regime is shamelessly trying to undermine that rule at every turn. We've...
Barbara F. Walter on the Dangers of Authoritarianism and Civil War
This episode was recorded on June 12, 2025. It has been 236 years, 3 months, and one week since the United States Constitution came into eff...
Gretchen Sisson on The Adoption Industry and the Privilege of Motherhood
It’s been nearly three years since the Dobbs decision, which the Supreme Court used to strip women of the right to control our own bodies. I...
News Roundup May 2025
Memorial Day is past us, and we’re barrelling into Summer. So much has been happening over the past month, and so much is going to happen in...
Dreaming of Home with Author and Immigration Activist Cristina Jimenez
Watching the news has been especially horrifying lately. We’re drowning in video of armed, masked ice agents charging into neighborhoods, re...
Nicole Graev Lipson, author of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters
The archetype of “mother” is a weight many women carry-but it’s certainly not our whole story, or necessarily an accurate one. In fact, the...
Andre Perry on Black Power Scorecard
The early part of this decade seemed like it might signify a realignment of the social and cultural power of Black Americans. But the realit...
Edge of the World: Alden Jones on Queer Travel Writing
The Trump regime built much of its identity–and certainly campaigned around–its hatred of LGBTQ Americans. Unfortunately, the success of tha...
Laura Packard on the Health Nightmare of the Second Trump Regime
It’s hard to overstate the danger the Trump regime is posing to Americans. This is especially true for Americans who rely on our healthcare...