Sophia Bush on Surviving “Relentless” Harassment in Hollywood
Sophia Bush ruled the small screen in TV hits like “One Tree Hill” and “Chicago PD”—but on both those sets, the workplace abuse was real, she tells host Brittany Packnett Cunningham. Together, they un...
15 Apr 202134min
Alexis McGill Johnson on the “Dire” Landscape for Abortion Rights
Headlines are already calling 2021 “the year of anti-abortion legislation.” State lawmakers have so far introduced more than 500 bills restricting the procedure. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham spea...
8 Apr 202130min
Shannon Watts Believes We’re at a Tipping Point for Gun Reform
People may believe that gun violence went away during the pandemic because mass shootings slowed down—but in reality, gun violence overall hit a two-decade high in 2020, killing 20,000 Americans. On t...
1 Apr 202133min
Comedian Amber Ruffin Wants to “De-Gaslight” America
Amber Ruffin is breaking boundaries in late-night television with her witty and insightful takes on race, politics and history. She’s a writer and performer on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and ...
25 Mars 202136min
Rep. Cori Bush Is What “Keeping It Real” Looks Like
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush made history last fall when she became the first Black woman from Missouri to be elected to Congress. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham—a St. Louis native—talks to her Congresswoma...
18 Mars 202130min
Lisa Ling on Anti-Asian Violence—And the Rising Movement Against It
Lisa Ling, the award-winning CNN host, was sounding the alarm about anti-Asian threats long before the current rise in violence hit most headlines. Here, she unpacks the troubling issue with host Brit...
11 Mars 202134min
Padma Lakshmi on the New Food Revolution
With International Women’s Day coming up, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham talks to Padma Lakshmi, the “Top Chef” host and advocate for immigrants’ and women’s rights. And they go deep on the politic...
4 Mars 202132min
“The Squad is Big, Y’all”: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the Power of the People
To round out Black History Month, we turn to a woman making history of her own: U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, who’s holding Congress’s feet to the fire on issues from student-loan forgiveness t...
25 Feb 202134min
