America Has a Problem with Men: A Conversation with Sami Sage
In the past week, along with the horrendous Cornell 7, the news included: A man who jacked off to the woman next to him on a plane and Unite...
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American Democracy is not promised to us and, with all the forces working against it, saving it will take a level of work most people aren’t ready for. The Politics Girl Podcast is here to g...
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20 of 260 episodesWhy Are We Giving These Losers a Monopoly Over our Future? : A conversation with Ami Fields-Meyer
As today’s guest, Ami Fields Meyer, reminds us in order to take back our future in this era of authoritarianism we need to get in league wit...
I Disagree: A conversation with Jessica Tarlov
One of the things I’m known for is getting into it with right-wingers on CNN roundtables, but the OG woman of distinction who does this so b...
Find Hope While Not Ignoring Reality: A conversation with Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman
Are you feeling completely overwhelmed? Did you read that UN report about the climate, or you watching how badly the war is going, or afraid...
Survivor’s Guide to Earth: A Conversation with Matthew Cooke
It’s not our fault we feel helpless and isolated in this broken world. That’s by design. We’re the victims of the greatest information war i...
Save the Teachers. Save the World: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Rafferty
As we go back to school, we’ve got to remember teachers are the soil we plant our children in for 8 hours a day, so while the emotional well...
Last Line of Defense: A Conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta
The Attorney General’s job is to enforce the laws on behalf of their people, and state Attorney Generals are even more essential now that we...
We Don't Believe You: A Conversation with Anne Applebaum
There are plenty of groups that see this drastic change in the American political system as something that can work for them. If the goal is...
We Can Do Better Than This
We went away this summer and the trip reminded me that many of our peer nations live far better than we do. Not just with their universal he...
Fascism isn’t New to America: A Conversation with Joseph Kelly
America is once again in a battle over who we are and what we stand for. Does this country only belong to a privileged group, or is it for,...
I Don’t Recognize This Country: A Conversation with John Pavlovitz
John Pavlovitz reminds us that what’s happening in America isn’t independent of who we are. That any position of privilege we may hold in th...
States Rights Baby! A Conversation with the State’s Project’s Daniel Squadron
The power to really take back our country is most efficient, and the least expensive, through the states. We can work together with our peop...
Hang On America: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson
Our country is a mess. As Heather Cox Richardson says, we have a president doing everything he can, with the assistance of the Supreme Court...
Let’s Get Our Country Back: A Conversation with Oath’s Brian Derrick
We’re fired up and ready to get the country back, but what’s the most effective action to take for us to do that? In my opinion, donating to...
The Biggest Scandal…A Conversation with Heidy Torres
Latin American expert Heidy Torres sounds the alarm on HondurasGate, a scandal of epic proportions that no one is talking about. The leaked...
This Administration is a Joke: A Conversation with Timothy Snyder
America is a wreck. The question is what are we going to do about it? As today’s guest, Timothy Snyder reminds us, every action we take, eve...
Never Ending Election Lies: A Conversation with Marc Elias
Donald Trump and the Republicans, with an assist from the Supreme Court, seem willing to do anything they can to make sure they retain power...
Pass the Torch! : A Conversation with Run for Something’s Amanda Litman
We can no longer wait to be saved. It’s time to step up and save ourselves because Democratic leadership isn’t going to do it - if anything...
We’re Giving These Guys Money?! : A Conversation about the Presidential Slush Fund with Liz Oyer
Liz Oyer talks to us about the president’s outrageous corruption and the complete distain he and his allies have for the American people and...
Can We Vote Our Way Out of This? : A Conversation with Authoritarian Expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Ruth Ben Ghiat reminds us that unless we want America to become a white, christian ethno-state, we need to be engaging now. Now is the best...