Pod Save the People

Updated: 11 Feb 2025 • 387 episodes
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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.

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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

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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. DeR

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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.    News Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought Meet Florence Pric

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21 Jan 2025 • EN

This is Not A Drill

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 Whis

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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.  Support California wildfire relief efforts with a donation to Vote Save America & Crooked Ideas Action FundDisplaced Black Families GoFundMe Directory News Behind the Curta

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07 Jan 2025 • EN

Back on that Bull

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.   News The Militia and the Mole Critically acclaimed Luther Vandross documentary now streaming: How to watch High Housing Costs For

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