Pod Save the People

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

April 29, 2025 120 mins

Wisconsin judge arrested by the FBI, Kehlani performance cancelled by Cornell University due to anti-war stance, and Mexico's president bans U.S. ads targeting migrants. Myles interviews Alphonzo Terrell, CEO of Black-owned social media platform SPILL.

 

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Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest

Mexico’s president wants to ban U.S. ads warning against migration

Kehlani Responds After Having Cornell ...

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DOGE places AmeriCorps staff on administrative leave, Google in the hot seat for its search engine monopoly, 'Sinners' dominates the box-office with $45M on opening weekend, and lab-grown chicken nuggets make its way in rotation.

 

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DOGE comes for AmeriCorps staff in Washington and across the country

This week in science: Drumming crabs, lab-made nuggets and LSD without the trip

'Sinners' is a box-office winner, making $45 million o...

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April 15, 2025 108 mins

DOJ ends agreement to address wastewater problems in rural Alabama, elevated blood levels of mercury and lead found in Palisades firefighters, and mixed feelings on the Dems recent public appearances. Myles interviews actor, performer, and New York Times Best Selling Author Bob The Drag Queen about their new book Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

 

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DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county citing Trump

Palisades a...

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April 8, 2025 82 mins

NC Supreme Court blocks order to throw out 60,000 ballots, Barack Obama doubles down on criminalization of Assata Shakur, and a debate on the ethics of genetically screened embryos.

 

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NC Supreme Court temporarily blocks court order to throw out 2024 ballots in Riggs-Griffin race

Why Assata Shakur was suddenly promoted to terrorist

Should human life be optimized?

The Rise and Fall of 'the Resistance'

 

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Louisiana voters reject far-right constitutional amendments, sudden influx in foreign recruitment of American scientists, Black expats share why they're happier living outside the U.S. DeRay interviews author and law professor Derek W. Black about his new book Dangerous Learning: The South’s Long War on Black Literacy.

 

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Louisiana voters reject all four constitutional amendments, despite Gov. Jeff Landry's support

Countries boost ...

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March 25, 2025 106 mins

FDA targets popular gay party drug, majority-Black town starts armed protection group, and Dems draw thousands at 'Fighting Oligarchy' rally. Myles interviews filmmakers Charlyn Griffith-Oro and Jeannine Kayembe-Oro to explore their short film The Aunties which shares the story of Black land stewards & culture bearers Donna Dear and Paulette Greene.

 

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A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally

FDA cra...

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March 18, 2025 86 mins

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.

 

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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...

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March 11, 2025 91 mins
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March 4, 2025 104 mins

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

Curry J. Hackett has a vision for Black futurity that drives his work in art, design, and urban planning

 

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February 25, 2025 91 mins

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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Alabama police force put on leave after grand jury...

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February 11, 2025 116 mins

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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Man jailed over police AI pr...

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February 4, 2025 95 mins

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...

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January 28, 2025 59 mins

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

Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big ...

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January 21, 2025 99 mins

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...

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January 14, 2025 85 mins

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’...

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January 7, 2025 84 mins

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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The Militia and the Mole

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-...

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December 17, 2024 79 mins
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December 10, 2024 84 mins

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

Depression Is Not Caused by Chemica...

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December 3, 2024 93 mins
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November 19, 2024 76 mins

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

Bernice King: P...

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