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Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips — 211 episodes

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America at 250: Imagining a New Democracy with LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matters

2

LIVE! Ibram X. Kendi on Democracy and the Politics of Fear

3

Part 3 - Draining the Money Management SWAMP

4

The Billion-Dollar Funding War on Democracy with NCRP’s Aaron Dorfman

5

CNN’s Abby Phillip on How Jesse Jackson Transformed American Politics

6

Part 2 - The History and Science of Inequality

7

Part 1 - The Myth of Meritocracy

8

A Battle for the Future of Higher Education at New College of Florida

9

Stacey Abrams on Defeating Authoritarianism

10

40 Years of the Rainbow Coalition (Rerelease)

11

New York Times’ Erica Green on Covering the Trump White House

12

Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg on Turning Outrage Into Organized Power

13

From 2024 to 2026: What Comes Next, with CNN’s Ron Brownstein

14

Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Why I’m Running for Senate in Texas

15

Self Care Is Radical Work with Somatics Coach Viveka Chen (Rerelease)

16

Gender Is the Story with The 19th News’ Chabeli Carrazana

17

LIVE! Reframing the Narrative with Rebecca Solnit and Steve Phillips

18

The Power of Latino Voters

19

NYC’s Future and Zohran’s Race for Mayor

20

California’s Stand Against Trump

21

2025 Bellwether Elections

22

Texas Redistricting Showdown with Emmy Ruiz

23

Courage Over Fear with Immigration Activist Cristina Jiménez

24

White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney (Rerelease)

25

Summer Reading Reset

26

How to Defeat Fascism with Deepak Bhargava

27

Understanding American Patriarchy with Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs

28

Philanthropy’s New Role with Ashindi Maxton

29

Not Too Woke, Too Weak: Democrats’ Real Problem With Voters

30

From Grassroots to Governing with Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist

31

Trump’s Terrible Tariffs with Economist Thea Lee

32

The Future of the Democratic Party with Congressman Greg Casar

33

Advancing Reparations with Liberation Ventures’ Aria Florant

34

ACLU’s Cecillia Wang on the Legal Battle Against Trump

35

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson Is Excited for the Power of the People

36

Virginia is for Lovers of Democracy

37

The End of the Trump Era with Maurice Mitchell

38

Looking Ahead to 2025

39

Building Solidarity with USC Professor Manuel Pastor

40

Self Care Is Radical Work with Somatics Coach Viveka Chen

41

Where We Go From Here: Post-Election 2024

42

All Eyes on Pennsylvania

43

Understanding the Black Male Vote with Perry Bacon Jr.

44

The Future: Changing the Trajectory

45

One Thing…Or More

46

The Present: This Moment Feels Urgent

47

“Obama States” in Play in 2024

48

The Past: We’re Not Going Back

49

60 Days Out

50

The Kamala Harris We Know (Rerelease)

51

VP Harris Picks Her VP

52

Rep. Ruben Gallego Is Fighting for Arizona

53

Reimagining the Future with Angela Glover Blackwell

54

The Fight for Trans Liberation with Award-Winning Journalist Imara Jones

55

LIVE! Building a Resilient Multiracial Democracy in 2024 and Beyond

56

Comedian and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kristina Wong Is No Joke

57

Transforming Arizona with Congressional Candidate Raquel Téran

58

Building a Care Agenda with Care In Action’s Hillary Holley

59

Sweet Sixteen: The House Seats Democrats Can Flip

60

Lateefah Simon is Taking Up the Baton

61

Understanding the Michigan Vote with Outlier Media's Sarah Alvarez

62

The Fight Continues: How We Win the Civil War

63

Journalism in Color with The 19th News’ Errin Haines

64

Fighting Back Against the DEI Backlash with Lisa Neeley

65

Advancing MLK’s Dream with Michael Tubbs

66

2024 Election Watch: Off to the Races with New York Times’ Astead Herndon

67

2023 Recap: Our Year in Color

68

A Third Party on the Rise with Maurice Mitchell

69

News in the Digital Era with The Washington Post’s Alexi McCammond

70

“Latinos = the X Factor” with EquisLabs’ Stephanie Valencia

71

Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Beth Broderick on the Power of Storytelling

72

Why I Wrote “How We Win the Civil War”(Rerelease)

73

Black People and the Green Transition with Rhiana Gunn-Wright

74

Top Races to Watch This Fall

75

White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney

76

40 Years of the Rainbow Coalition

77

Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Restorative Justice for the Classroom and Beyond

78

Steve to the Class of 2023: Rise and Take Control

79

Going Viral with Former Buzzfeed EiC Ben Smith

80

Newbery Medal Author Amina Luqman-Dawson on Freewater

81

Reporting on Trans Rights with The 19th News’ Orion Rummler

82

Not Your Grandparents’ Greenpeace with ED Ebony Twilley Martin

83

George Floyd’s America with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

84

Preview: California Senate Race 2024

85

The Lineup: Four Republicans Vying for White House in 2024

86

Rep. Jennifer McClellan Is Making Government a Force for Good

87

Heather Booth: When We Organize, We Can Change the World

88

The 1619 Project’s Shoshana Guy Is On the Record

89

Doing Politics Differently with Justice Democrats’ Alexandra Rojas

90

Emmy Ruiz is in the House

91

On the Road to 2023

92

2022: A Year in Review

93

Giving in Color with Crystal Hayling

94

2022 Post-Game with Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali

95

Midterms 2022: It’s All About Voter Turnout

96

Live With Senator Cory Booker And Steve Phillips

97

Why I Wrote “How We Win The Civil War”

98

Sounding the Alarm with Ron Brownstein

99

Who Gets to Be an American with Historian Mae Ngai

100

Trump’s Ticking Time Bomb

101

Analyzing Elections in Living Color

102

Why Ohio Is Trending Red: Conversation with David Pepper

103

Lessons from the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement with Activist Julie Dorf

104

His Name is Mandela: Wisconsin Senate Race and Relatability

105

Art & Activism with Saxophonist Francis Wong

106

PA’s Summer Lee Isn’t Backing Down

107

Where to Give: Your Political Dollars

108

How Georgia Flipped: Journalist Greg Bluestein on GA Politics

109

Talkin’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson

110

Michael Tubbs is the Anti-Poverty Czar

111

Aimee Allison on the Power of Women of Color

112

The First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

113

How to Win with Georgia’s Bee Nguyen

114

Redistricting 101

115

One Year Later: The Attempted Coup That Couldn’t Stop The Rise

116

NBC.com’s Suzanne Gamboa on Latinos, Politics and Race

117

Don’t Call It a Mailbag: Questions from Listeners

118

Not a Nation of Immigrants

119

Who and Where to Watch in 2022 Midterms

120

Hispanic, Latino, Latinx — What’s in a name?

121

News Roundup: How We’re Responding to the Texas Abortion Ban and More

122

Keep Cali Blue: California Recall and What’s At Stake

123

A Nation in Color: 2020 Census and Our Future

124

Washington Post’s Perry Bacon Jr. on America’s Uncivil War

125

Nina Turner Sees the Promise in the Problem

126

Summer, Summer, Summertime!

127

Pride: Hope, Struggle, and Taking Back Power

128

New York Times’ Astead Herndon on the Politics of Racial Reckoning

129

Tram Nguyen on How Virginia Turned Blue

130

Unapologetic and Authentic: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones

131

100 Days In: Is Biden Actually a Progressive?

132

Fighting the Same Beast: White Supremacy

133

Bold Asian American Activism and Its Roots

134

Beto O’Rourke on Racial Justice & Transforming Texas

135

Texas: Cowgirls, Colonias, and Climate Change

136

Black History, Black Futures: A Conversation with Jessica Byrd

137

Fast and Furious: Breaking Down Biden’s Executive Actions

138

Next: The First 100 Days

139

Who Is the Next Stacey Abrams?

140

Looks Like We Made It: The Silver Linings of 2020

141

Georgia: What Winning Looks Like

142

Politically, We Need To Respect The Chitlins - A Thanksgiving Special

143

After the Election: America’s Road Ahead

144

Special Election Episode: The Next President

145

The Four Things to Watch on Election Night

146

Why Trump’s Health Matters to Democrats

147

What You Can Do Before Election Day

148

Are We Going To Win?

149

Pass or Fail?: Report Cards for Democratic Super PACs

150

The Kamala Harris We Know

151

Veepstakes! - The women who could be vice president (Part 2)

152

Passing the Baton

153

Reparations 101

154

Trump Is In Trouble

155

Elizabeth Warren Talks Anti-Racism

156

The Whole World Is Marching

157

Rewriting the Story on Unemployment

158

Battleground Michigan: Saving Lives, Beating Trump

159

I Survived, But What About Georgia?

160

The Six Women Who Could Be Vice President

161

One Virus, Two Americas

162

We’re All In This Together

163

And the Winner Is...

164

Dear Left, You’re Missing The Mark

165

After the White States, What’s Next?

166

How to Flip the Senate in 2020

167

The White Man’s Bump

168

Top 10 Stories of Hope from 2019

169

Buttigieg’s Black Problem

170

The Thanksgiving Episode

171

My Deepest Hope Is This Is An Inflection Point: A Conversation With Neera Tanden

172

How to Defeat a Racist: An Interview with Tim Wise

173

Impeachment: What’s Race Got to Do With It?

174

Iowa: How Democrats Win in a 90% White State

175

Stacey Abrams: ”We Have Always Found a Way Forward”

176

The Brown Girls Guide to Politics: Aimee Allison

177

Midterm Elections 2018: Not a Blue Wave, But a Brown One

178

Political Organizer Nse Ufot

179

Rising Political Power Couple Michael and Anna Tubbs

180

She the People Changes the Game for Women of Color

181

Political Writer Julie Kohler Has a Message for Her Fellow White Women

182

Kevin de León Is Ready for The Big Leagues

183

Why Rashida Tlaib Feels Like the Future

184

David Garcia says ”Somebody with my last name needs to win.”

185

Congressman Ted Lieu Sets a Target for November Elections

186

Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum

187

S3 Trailer

188

Vien Truong — An Environmental Hero for Our Times

189

The Revolution of Love: Valarie Kaur

190

Ian Danley & One Arizona

191

Power to the People— In Conversation with Arisha Hatch of Color of Change

192

Eric Liu Says You’re More Powerful Than You Think

193

The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb on White Supremacy and the White House

194

In Conversation With Taz Ahmed, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim Co-Host

195

Rep. Jayapal Brings Her Organizing Chops to Congress

196

Wendy Carrillo--Out of the Shadows, into Congress

197

The Serum Is in the Venom: Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs

198

Senator Cory Booker: Making Our Future This Election

199

Beating Trump for Good: Love, Imagination, Empathy w/ Jeff Chang, David Kim and Rebecca Solnit

200

On Race, Millennials and Claiming the 80s

201

Jane Kim Takes the Fight to the California State Senate

202

S1E10 Milwaukee: Riot, Rebellion or Something Else?

203

Lateefah Simon: On BART, Social Justice and Her Run for Office in Oscar Grant’s Memory

204

A Fearless Conversation with Lucy #FierceFlores

205

Women of Color: Uniting the Party, Leading the Country

206

The War Is Home: On the Shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge

207

Best of Brown is the New White

208

S1E4 Nina Turner: America’s Progressive Future

209

Fighting for Ohio: The Swing State of Swing States

210

Why Are There No Black Women in the Senate?

211

S1E1 Why are Politicians Still Chasing White Swing Voters?