Can We Finally Build a Multiracial Democracy in 2020?
When the Civil War ended, America set out to do something no other country had tried before: to build the world's first multiracial democracy. More than 150 years later, we’re still trying to pull it ...
16 Jan 20202min
Welcome to 'The Stakes'
From host Kai Wright and the team that brought you The United States of Anxiety, a new show about what's not working about our society, how we can do better and why we have to. In episode one, we inve...
23 Apr 201929min
Kirsten Gillibrand's Path to Power
The junior senator from New York has quickly developed a reputation as a political firebrand - one who's willing to challenge men who abuse their power, even when they're among her closest allies. Thi...
15 Nov 201824min
¡Sí Se Puede!
Before “Yes we can!”, there was “¡Sí se puede!” – the workers’ rallying cry coined by lifelong activist Dolores Huerta. In this episode, Huerta (now 88) is interviewed by her daughter Juana about the ...
9 Nov 201825min
What Does the Right Kind of Woman Sound Like?
Shrill, strident, bossy. These are the misogynistic slurs women often face when they run for elected office. In this episode, we meet Rena Cook, a voice coach in Oklahoma who’s training progressive, f...
5 Nov 201829min
The Right Kind of Woman
Women running for office are often forced to play by different rules. We look at two candidates: Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Mikie Sherrill in suburban New Jersey. Both are Democrats fighting their w...
31 Okt 201835min
The Women of Texas's Secret Resistance
Rural Texas has a reputation as solid Republican territory, but hidden within those large swathes of red are small, individual flecks of blue. In this episode, we bring you the story of a group of pro...
25 Okt 201822min
Ida B. Wells
Journalist and activist Ida B. Wells is in some ways a forgotten figure, overlooked even in black civil rights history. But her reporting on lynchings across the South was unwavering in its mission: c...
18 Okt 201827min
