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Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Mara S. Campo looks at the foundational role of Black Americans in country music, and the ba...

On this special episode of Our Body Politic produced in partnership with Level Forward, we highlight the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Wom...

Can the world of classical music become more inclusive given its history? On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Celeste Headlee, a...

Guest host Mara S. Campo, Anchor and Managing Editor at Revolt Black News, looks at the ongoing national mental health crisis and talks to p...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, Farai Chideya looks back at our conversations around Black Maternal health. First, she speaks with Afte...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Mara S. Campo looks at the idea of the “soft life” as a form of self care for Black women. M...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Mara S. Campo looks at the foundational role of Black Americans in country music, and the ba...

By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story. Many of the inves...

By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story. Many of the inves...

By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story. Many of the inves...

By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story. Many of the inves...

By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story. Many of the inves...

Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how wom...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya looks back on some of our favorite conversations with authors this past year. First...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya looks back on our best advice from guests about how to take care of our relationship...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Callie Crossley, who is a host and commentator for GBH Boston, looks back at the first 50 ye...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, Sayu Bhojwani, guest host and founder of Women’s Democracy Lab, speaks with Chris Melody Fields Figuere...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, Karen Attiah, guest host and Columnist for the Washington Post, speaks with labor journalist Kim Kelly...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya listens back to some of the conversations she is thankful for this year. First, is F...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya talks with Shannon-Janean Currie, vice president at Benenson Strategy Group, which c...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Sayu Bhojwani talks with Adriane Lentz-Smith, associate professor of history at Duke Univers...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Karen Grigsby Bates talks with Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of the League of Women Voters, abo...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya is celebrating the spooky season with Black women creators of horror. First we hear...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Hagar Chemali, Creator and Host of Oh My World! talks with SiriusXM Host and MSNBC columnist...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Karen Grigsby Bates talks about redistricting and newly redrawn maps in Alabama with Marina...

On this special episode of Our Body Politic, we highlight the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women’s (MMIW) crisis. Guest-host Andrea Ambam...

Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how wom...

We’re celebrating our third year anniversary at Our Body Politic! We started this journey covering the 2020 election, so let’s continue on t...

From redistricting to Governors acting against the will of the people, we explore, whose vote counts? On this episode of Our Body Politic, h...

One of the biggest threats facing Americans today…is extremism. What can be done to combat the rising danger of extremist events in the Unit...

Can the world of classical music become more inclusive given its history? On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Celeste Headlee, a...

Fall is on the way, and school is back in session. And THIS year, the summer heat and student loans are making big headlines. On this episod...

Tonya Mosley never expected to become a darling of public radio and podcasting; in fact, she had her heart set on becoming a print reporter....

This week, Our Body Politic host and creator Farai Chideya unpacks the latest indictment against former President Trump, with former Senior...

Hollywood is on strike. How will this historic double strike affect the already dwindling numbers of writers of color in television and feat...

This week on Our Body Politic, Farai Chideya revisits some of her favorite conversations with three authors. She starts with award-winning j...

America is in a time of unprecedented mental health challenges. Many different cultures developed mindfulness techniques over millennia, and...

On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against a long-standing college admissions practice: affirmative action. For many,...

This episode of Our Body Politic is a special on caregiving. We start the show with the voices of caregivers, lawmakers and advocates. Then,...

On this episode of Our Body Politic, we focus on two hot topics in the news: the wave of white supremacist sentiments that has taken hold in...

Transgender rights are increasingly under attack in the United States, despite studies showing that the majority of Americans don’t want law...

On June 19, 1865, enslaved people were finally freed in Texas – a day of joy that would become known and celebrated in Black communities as...

An elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A grocery store in East Buffalo, New York. A mall in Allen, Texas. The list of locations where mass s...

Between layoffs, show cancellations, downsizing and network shut-downs, some are calling the recent news about the news an all out “media ma...

In today’s image-obsessed world, the pressure from celebrities, beauty brands and pop culture toward changing and manipulating one’s body ca...

Our Body Politic was founded on a mission to give a platform to and uplift the voices of Black women and women of color. This week, we hand...

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the United States. And people of Indian descent make up the largest part o...

This week, an Our Body Politic encore: Farai interviews Steven Thrasher, LGBTQ scholar, journalist and author of “The Viral Underclass: The...

Guest host Mara S. Campo, Anchor and Managing Editor at Revolt Black News, looks at the ongoing national mental health crisis and talks to p...

More than fifty years after Title IX, we take a wider look at the treatment and coverage of female and transgender athletes. At the close of...