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Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips — 215 episodes

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1

The Occupy Movement at 15 with Mila Atmos

2

The Reckoning: Cheyenne Hunt on Holding Powerful Men Accountable

3

A New Model for Black Politics with Jake Grumbach

4

The Myth of Electability with Maya Rupert

5

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

6

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

7

Part 3 - Draining the Money Management SWAMP

8

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

9

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

10

Part 2 - The History and Science of Inequality

11

Part 1 - The Myth of Meritocracy

12

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

13

Stacey Abrams on Defeating Authoritarianism

14

40 Years of the Rainbow Coalition (Rerelease)

15

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

16

Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg on Turning Outrage Into Organized Power

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

LIVE! Reframing the Narrative with Rebecca Solnit and Steve Phillips

22

The Power of Latino Voters

23

NYC’s Future and Zohran’s Race for Mayor

24

California’s Stand Against Trump

25

2025 Bellwether Elections

26

Texas Redistricting Showdown with Emmy Ruiz

27

Courage Over Fear with Immigration Activist Cristina Jiménez

28

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

29

Summer Reading Reset

30

How to Defeat Fascism with Deepak Bhargava

31

Understanding American Patriarchy with Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs

32

Philanthropy’s New Role with Ashindi Maxton

33

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

34

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

35

Trump’s Terrible Tariffs with Economist Thea Lee

36

The Future of the Democratic Party with Congressman Greg Casar

37

Advancing Reparations with Liberation Ventures’ Aria Florant

38

ACLU’s Cecillia Wang on the Legal Battle Against Trump

39

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

40

Virginia is for Lovers of Democracy

41

The End of the Trump Era with Maurice Mitchell

42

Looking Ahead to 2025

43

Building Solidarity with USC Professor Manuel Pastor

44

Self Care Is Radical Work with Somatics Coach Viveka Chen

45

Where We Go From Here: Post-Election 2024

46

All Eyes on Pennsylvania

47

Understanding the Black Male Vote with Perry Bacon Jr.

48

The Future: Changing the Trajectory

49

One Thing…Or More

50

The Present: This Moment Feels Urgent

51

“Obama States” in Play in 2024

52

The Past: We’re Not Going Back

53

60 Days Out

54

The Kamala Harris We Know (Rerelease)

55

VP Harris Picks Her VP

56

Rep. Ruben Gallego Is Fighting for Arizona

57

Reimagining the Future with Angela Glover Blackwell

58

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

59

LIVE! Building a Resilient Multiracial Democracy in 2024 and Beyond

60

Comedian and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kristina Wong Is No Joke

61

Transforming Arizona with Congressional Candidate Raquel Téran

62

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

63

Sweet Sixteen: The House Seats Democrats Can Flip

64

Lateefah Simon is Taking Up the Baton

65

Understanding the Michigan Vote with Outlier Media's Sarah Alvarez

66

The Fight Continues: How We Win the Civil War

67

Journalism in Color with The 19th News’ Errin Haines

68

Fighting Back Against the DEI Backlash with Lisa Neeley

69

Advancing MLK’s Dream with Michael Tubbs

70

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

71

2023 Recap: Our Year in Color

72

A Third Party on the Rise with Maurice Mitchell

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

Black People and the Green Transition with Rhiana Gunn-Wright

78

Top Races to Watch This Fall

79

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

80

40 Years of the Rainbow Coalition

81

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

82

Steve to the Class of 2023: Rise and Take Control

83

Going Viral with Former Buzzfeed EiC Ben Smith

84

Newbery Medal Author Amina Luqman-Dawson on Freewater

85

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

86

Not Your Grandparents’ Greenpeace with ED Ebony Twilley Martin

87

George Floyd’s America with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

88

Preview: California Senate Race 2024

89

The Lineup: Four Republicans Vying for White House in 2024

90

Rep. Jennifer McClellan Is Making Government a Force for Good

91

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

92

The 1619 Project’s Shoshana Guy Is On the Record

93

Doing Politics Differently with Justice Democrats’ Alexandra Rojas

94

Emmy Ruiz is in the House

95

On the Road to 2023

96

2022: A Year in Review

97

Giving in Color with Crystal Hayling

98

2022 Post-Game with Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali

99

Midterms 2022: It’s All About Voter Turnout

100

Live With Senator Cory Booker And Steve Phillips

101

Why I Wrote “How We Win The Civil War”

102

Sounding the Alarm with Ron Brownstein

103

Who Gets to Be an American with Historian Mae Ngai

104

Trump’s Ticking Time Bomb

105

Analyzing Elections in Living Color

106

Why Ohio Is Trending Red: Conversation with David Pepper

107

Lessons from the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement with Activist Julie Dorf

108

His Name is Mandela: Wisconsin Senate Race and Relatability

109

Art & Activism with Saxophonist Francis Wong

110

PA’s Summer Lee Isn’t Backing Down

111

Where to Give: Your Political Dollars

112

How Georgia Flipped: Journalist Greg Bluestein on GA Politics

113

Talkin’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson

114

Michael Tubbs is the Anti-Poverty Czar

115

Aimee Allison on the Power of Women of Color

116

The First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

117

How to Win with Georgia’s Bee Nguyen

118

Redistricting 101

119

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

120

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

121

Don’t Call It a Mailbag: Questions from Listeners

122

Not a Nation of Immigrants

123

Who and Where to Watch in 2022 Midterms

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

A Nation in Color: 2020 Census and Our Future

128

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

129

Nina Turner Sees the Promise in the Problem

130

Summer, Summer, Summertime!

131

Pride: Hope, Struggle, and Taking Back Power

132

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

133

Tram Nguyen on How Virginia Turned Blue

134

Unapologetic and Authentic: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones

135

100 Days In: Is Biden Actually a Progressive?

136

Fighting the Same Beast: White Supremacy

137

Bold Asian American Activism and Its Roots

138

Beto O’Rourke on Racial Justice & Transforming Texas

139

Texas: Cowgirls, Colonias, and Climate Change

140

Black History, Black Futures: A Conversation with Jessica Byrd

141

Fast and Furious: Breaking Down Biden’s Executive Actions

142

Next: The First 100 Days

143

Who Is the Next Stacey Abrams?

144

Looks Like We Made It: The Silver Linings of 2020

145

Georgia: What Winning Looks Like

146

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

147

After the Election: America’s Road Ahead

148

Special Election Episode: The Next President

149

The Four Things to Watch on Election Night

150

Why Trump’s Health Matters to Democrats

151

What You Can Do Before Election Day

152

Are We Going To Win?

153

Pass or Fail?: Report Cards for Democratic Super PACs

154

The Kamala Harris We Know

155

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

156

Passing the Baton

157

Reparations 101

158

Trump Is In Trouble

159

Elizabeth Warren Talks Anti-Racism

160

The Whole World Is Marching

161

Rewriting the Story on Unemployment

162

Battleground Michigan: Saving Lives, Beating Trump

163

I Survived, But What About Georgia?

164

The Six Women Who Could Be Vice President

165

One Virus, Two Americas

166

We’re All In This Together

167

And the Winner Is...

168

Dear Left, You’re Missing The Mark

169

After the White States, What’s Next?

170

How to Flip the Senate in 2020

171

The White Man’s Bump

172

Top 10 Stories of Hope from 2019

173

Buttigieg’s Black Problem

174

The Thanksgiving Episode

175

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

176

How to Defeat a Racist: An Interview with Tim Wise

177

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

178

Iowa: How Democrats Win in a 90% White State

179

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

180

The Brown Girls Guide to Politics: Aimee Allison

181

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

182

Political Organizer Nse Ufot

183

Rising Political Power Couple Michael and Anna Tubbs

184

She the People Changes the Game for Women of Color

185

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

186

Kevin de León Is Ready for The Big Leagues

187

Why Rashida Tlaib Feels Like the Future

188

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

189

Congressman Ted Lieu Sets a Target for November Elections

190

Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum

191

S3 Trailer

192

Vien Truong — An Environmental Hero for Our Times

193

The Revolution of Love: Valarie Kaur

194

Ian Danley & One Arizona

195

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

196

Eric Liu Says You’re More Powerful Than You Think

197

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

198

In Conversation With Taz Ahmed, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim Co-Host

199

Rep. Jayapal Brings Her Organizing Chops to Congress

200

Wendy Carrillo--Out of the Shadows, into Congress

201

The Serum Is in the Venom: Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs

202

Senator Cory Booker: Making Our Future This Election

203

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

204

On Race, Millennials and Claiming the 80s

205

Jane Kim Takes the Fight to the California State Senate

206

S1E10 Milwaukee: Riot, Rebellion or Something Else?

207

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

208

A Fearless Conversation with Lucy #FierceFlores

209

Women of Color: Uniting the Party, Leading the Country

210

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

211

Best of Brown is the New White

212

S1E4 Nina Turner: America’s Progressive Future

213

Fighting for Ohio: The Swing State of Swing States

214

Why Are There No Black Women in the Senate?

215

S1E1 Why are Politicians Still Chasing White Swing Voters?