Pod Save the People
Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Kaya Henderson, De’Ara Balenger, and Myles Johnson. Then he sits down for deep conversations with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders. New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
White House ignores federal orders, Fulbright scholars left stranded internationally, and California cannabis contaminated with pesticides. Myles interviews world renowned artist and model Ebonee Davis about her journey toward authorship of her book titled Daughter.
News
Exclusive: How the White House ignored a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration...
The dark history of retinol, the causal myth of bacterial vaginosis, and Abel Selaocoe crosses time and cultures in new album. DeRay interviews Nic Stone about her new book, Dear Manny.
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Retinol: The Skin-Care Ingredient With a Horrifying History
A Third of Women Get This Infection. The Fix: Treat Their Male Partners.
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe fosters dialogue across time and cultures in a new album
Dems veer right, Trump-Zelensky heated exchange, and Curry J. Hackett use of AI in art, design, and urban planning. DeRay interviews former Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin.
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Playbook: Democrats in despair
'It never should have happened': Americans frustrated by Trump-Zelensky spat
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Jury finds Alabama police force operated as a 'criminal enterprise', Joy Reid's MSNBC show canceled, Luigi Mangione's lawyer receives key evidence from HBO doc, and Voletta Wallace, mother of Notorious B.I.G., passes at 78. In the final week of Blackest Book Club, Kaya interviews author Michael Harriot about his book titled Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America.
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AI program jails innocent man for 17 months, Katt Williams imperialist rant, Congress members denied access to Department of Education. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Dr. Brittany Friedman about her new book titled Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons.
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Trump rewrites history on White House website, study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, or related to donors/staff, and the rise of Black educators on TikTok. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Aaron Robertson about his new book titled The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the P...
Automated grocery prices increase depending on the shopper, Target follows suit in abandoning DEI initiatives, ICE officers issued an arrest quota, and the legacy of Florence Price - the first Black women to premiere works by a US orchestra.
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Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought
Meet Florence Price, the first Black woman to have her work premiered by a US orchestra
Whistleblower exposes Russian political interference operation, Louisiana governor evicts homeless people ahead of Super Bowl, Mississippi infrastructure neglect leads to parasites in impoverished residents, and Doechii stuns in Black sitcom inspired music video. DeRay interviews Andrew Bakaj and Naomi Seligman of Whistleblower Aid.
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The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Bri...
Meta makes up with MAGA, Black students barred from empowerment clubs, tow companies allowed to sell people's cars, and the legacy of Dada Masilo.
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Behind the Curtain: Meta's make-up-with-MAGA map
Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’...
An inside look into a white supremacist militia, GOP Congress member goes missing, housing costs force employed people into homelessness, and a new documentary on the late Luther Vandross.
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Critically acclaimed Luther Vandross documentary now streaming: How to watch
High Housing Costs Force Many Employed People Into Homelessness
Driver who exploded Tesla Cybertruck at Trump hotel in Las Vegas was an active-...
Trump rolls back on campaign promises, Black feminist artist Lorraine O'Grady becomes an ancestor, and a debate on the future of the Democratic Party.
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Lorraine O’Grady, Conceptual Artist Who Advocated for Black Women’s Perspectives, Dies at 90
Why aren’t Black women in the conversation to lead the Democratic Party?
Trump now says bringing down grocery prices, as he promised, will be 'very hard'
Conspiracies unfold as Florida prosecutors vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office, Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump presidency, and the most-known cause for depression debunked.
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Florida prosecutor seeks to clear records of people charged with buying police-made crack in 1980s
Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump takes office
A deep dive into the self harm occurring within a Virginia Supermax prison, Putin's efforts to market Russia to Africans, and the declining reputation of the Black church.
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Prisoners Intentionally Burned Themselves at Troubled Virginia Supermax
Joe Biden Pardons His Son Hunter
Inside the Effort to Market Russia and Putin To Africans
Cynthia Erivo on Bringing Her Black Queer Identity to ‘Wicked’: ‘It’s a L...
Schools eerily quiet about election results, Bernice King 2017 election advice resurfaces, an ode to Ella Jenkins legacy in children's music and Malcolm Peacock uses art to push boundaries.
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Schools Are Eerily Quiet About the Election Results, Educators Say
Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100
Malcolm Peacock Asks, “When Is the Last Time You Trusted Yourself?” | Studio Museum in Harlem
Hosts gather for a post-election reflection episode. Myles interviews author Brit Barron about her new book Do You Still Talk to Grandma?.
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Election day is here: Kamala Harris makes SNL appearance, jury convicts former officer Brett Hankison of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor, a debate on celebrity in politics, and an ode to late music icon Quincy Jones. Kaya interviews Cassandra Welchlin, executive director of Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable.
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2024 Pre-Election Cold Open - SNL
Quincy Jones, musical titan and entertainment icon, dead at 91
Tensions high as the presidential election draws near, personal phones lawfully tracked to abortion clinics, and influential hip-hop producer Clark Kent passes from colon cancer. Myles interviews award winning author and producer George Johnson about their newest book titled Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known.
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DJ Clark Kent, influential hip-hop producer, reportedly dies after battle with colon cancer
Death row inmate receives life-saving subpoena, member of the school-integrating Little Rock Nine passes at 83, and Black US surfers reclaim the waters. DeRay interviews Ohio Congresswoman Emilia Sykes about her ongoing advocacy around issues related to Black maternal health, domestic violence, abortion, and more.
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Robert Roberson set to testify before Texas lawmakers days after they saved him from execution
Alaska exposed as state with the highest rate of women killed by men in the nation, Harris releases campaign agenda for Black men, pushback against racism's classification as health threat, and the resurfaced story of the soul group Superiors. DeRay interviews New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie about his ongoing Congressional efforts and NYC mayoral campaign.
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Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and DUI Cases Are Being Dismissed e...
Elite college students struggle with literacy, U.S. Supreme Court kicks off a new term, Mississippi voter suppression, and Israel marks one year since Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Myles interviews Herb Murrell of the Stylistics about their October 11th return to Carnegie Hall.
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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
Call her Daddy Podcast with VP Kamala Harris
‘Voting feels like a battle’: In Mississippi, a group of Black women is...
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