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The PoliticsGirl Podcast — 250 episodes

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1

We Can Do Better Than This

2

Fascism isn’t New to America: A Conversation with Joseph Kelly

3

I Don’t Recognize This Country: A Conversation with John Pavlovitz

4

States Rights Baby! A Conversation with the State’s Project’s Daniel Squadron

5

Hang On America: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

6

Let’s Get Our Country Back: A Conversation with Oath’s Brian Derrick

7

The Biggest Scandal…A Conversation with Heidy Torres

8

This Administration is a Joke: A Conversation with Timothy Snyder

9

Never Ending Election Lies: A Conversation with Marc Elias

10

Pass the Torch! : A Conversation with Run for Something’s Amanda Litman

11

We’re Giving These Guys Money?! : A Conversation about the Presidential Slush Fund with Liz Oyer

12

Can We Vote Our Way Out of This? : A Conversation with Authoritarian Expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat

13

I Don’t Understand What America is Doing! - A Conversation with Joanna Johnson

14

The Return of Jim Crow: A Conversation with the ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin

15

Impeach this Nut Job

16

Does America Hate Women? A conversation with Monte Mader

17

These People are Going to Kill US: With Dr. Anahita Dua

18

Why No Kings Matters: With Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

19

Is the News Killing You? : A Conversation with Michael Steele

20

Is this a Holy War? : A Conversation with former Evangelical Christian fundamentalist, Tim Whitaker

21

Trump’s War: A Conversation with Ken Harbaugh

22

The Hard Truths: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

23

How Do We Handle This?: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Dr. Brianna Migliore

24

Where are Our Leaders? A Conversation with Governor Josh Shapiro

25

How is this not Toppling the Government?

26

Live Free or Die

27

Minneapolis is the Tipping Point

28

ICE out for GOOD: A Conversation with the ACLU

29

Will We Have Elections in 2026? : A Conversation with Marc Elias

30

We Have To Do THIS for Another Year?

31

The Epstein Breakdown: A conversation with Tara Palmeri

32

Have you CRASHED OUT?

33

How Do You Fix a Broken System: A Conversation with Yasmin Radjy

34

You Call Yourself a Christian?! A conversation with John Fugelsang

35

2025, What a Year to Be Alive: A Thanksgiving Episode

36

What is the Future of the Democratic Party? With Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

37

American Military OR Trump’s Military? : A Conversation with Kristopher Goldsmith

38

Freedom For ALL? A Conversation with Professor Alex Zakaras

39

Are the Bad Guys Winning? A Conversation with Michael McFaul

40

NO KINGS! A Conversation with Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

41

HOW do we SAVE AMERICA?- A Conversation with Steve Schmidt

42

What Will the Military Do? : A Conversation with CEO of Vet Voice Janessa Goldbeck

43

We Want Our Rules Based Life Back: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

44

Two Separate Realities: A Conversation with former Evangelical Christian fundamentalist, Tim Whitaker

45

The Party of War?! A conversation with Heather Williams

46

Trump Keeps Losing: A conversation with Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman

47

This is America: A Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester

48

Is Putin Running the Show? - A conversation with international expert Jon Finer

49

WTF is HAPPENING America?!

50

Trump wants you Dumb & Mean: A Conversation with Ben Sheehan

51

I Feel That Way Too!: A Conversation with Michelle MiJung Kim

52

America’s $200 Billion Dollar Mistake: A Conversation with Garrett Graff

53

What If I Don’t Believe in the Supreme Court? A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick

54

Don’t Die: A conversation about American healthcare with Dr. Anahita Dua

55

How to Be a Good Person in a Bad World: A Conversation with Rutger Bregman

56

Hold the Line: with the ACLU’s Deborah Archer

57

Are We At War?

58

Women’s Utility... Their Fertility - A Conversation with Planned Parenthood’s President, Alexis McGill Johnson

59

NO KINGS: A Conversation with Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

60

Bonus Content: A Quick Conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren

61

Pride & Prejudice: An American Story with GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis

62

Veterans Fighting Fascism: A Memorial Day Conversation with Kristopher Goldsmith

63

What if we Tried Something Different?: A Conversation with Joanna Johnson

64

The Corruption is Endless. A Conversation with Robert Reich

65

It’s OK to Feel Scared: A Conversation with Jocelyn Benson

66

Flip the Table. A Conversation with Alencia Johnson

67

Enemies: Both Foreign & Domestic. A Conversation with Janessa Goldbeck

68

How Are We All This Dumb?: A Conversation with David Pakman

69

Who Will Step Up To Lead? : A Conversation with Run For Something’s Amanda Litman

70

Cause a Frickin’ Rukus! A Conversation with David Rothkopf

71

Everyone Gets Left Behind: A Conversation with Commander Bobby R. Jones

72

Save Canada! A Conversation with Global Affairs Experts Andrea Chalupa & Marcus Kolga

73

Not Today Satan: A Conversation with Democracy’s Secret Weapon Skye Perryman

74

Who’s in Charge of this Shit Show? A Conversation with Simon Rosenberg

75

Go Home America, You’re Drunk: A Conversation with Michael Steele

76

Remaking the Democrats: A Conversation with DNC Chair, Ken Martin

77

What’s the End Game Here? A Conversation with Jessica Mackler, President of Emily’s List

78

What is Happening?! A Conversation with Dr. Allison Gill

79

None of this is Normal. A Conversation with Andrea Chalupa

80

What Now? A Conversation with Marc Elias

81

The Perspective You Need Right Now: A Conversation with David Bender

82

What Does It Mean? A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

83

How to Handle What’s Coming

84

Don’t Lose Your Spark: A Conversation with John Pavlovitz

85

What is Real Right Now: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

86

Pains in the Ass for Democracy: A Conversation with Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg

87

Inoculate Yourself From Fear: A Conversation with Global Affairs Expert Andrea Chalupa

88

Hope in the Dark

89

Do Not Become Hopeless: A Conversation with Robert Reich

90

What’s Next America?

91

Election Day 2024: What to Expect

92

Home Stretch: Pre-Election Reminders with David Pepper

93

Lucky Loser: The story of Donald Trump with Pulitzer Prize winning financial reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner

94

On Freedom: A Conversation with Timothy Snyder

95

BONUS EPISODE: Trump's Project 2025: Up Close and Personal - episode 4

96

What happened to the American Dream? A conversation with Thom Hartmann

97

Avoiding a Second Civil War: A Conversation with Vet Voice’s Janessa Goldbeck

98

Cheat to Win: A Conversation with Democracy Super Lawyer Marc Elias

99

A Return to Common Sense: A Conversation with Jason Alexander

100

Fed Up & Fired Up: A Conversation with Chamber of Mother’s Erin Erenberg

101

America: Built on Work - A Conversation Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su

102

Joyful Warriors: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

103

Get Married and Stay There! A Conversation with Julie Kohler

104

Shameless: A Conversation with Brian Tyler Cohen

105

The Right Side of History with historian Rutger Bregman

106

Steal the Vote: Protecting democracy with States United CEO Joanna Lydgate

107

And Now We Pivot: Switching the Democratic Candidate with former RNC Director Michael Steele

108

How to Make a Dictator: A Conversation with Strongman Expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat

109

The Court Makes a King: A Conversation with Supreme Court Expert Dahlia Lithwick

110

Kingdom of Rage: A Conversation with Counter Terrorism Expert Elizabeth Neumann

111

Compete in EVERY Race: Two Under-the-Radar WINNABLE Senate races Florida & North Dakota

112

Dictators Are Bad: A Conversation with Global Affairs Expert Andrea Chalupa

113

Our Government Does What?? A Conversation with Four-Star Admiral Rachel Levine

114

Christian Jesus v. Trump Jesus: A Conversation with the New Evangelicals’ Tim Whitaker

115

Build Your Own Army: A Conversation with the States Project’s Melissa Walker

116

Women are Furious: A Conversation with the new President of Emily’s List Jessica Mackler

117

Get Your House in Order America: A Conversation with Democratic congresswoman and Minority Whip Katherine Clark

118

College Campus Crisis: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

119

They Don’t Care if we Die: A Conversation with President of Reproductive Freedom for All Mini Timmaraju

120

The Goldilock’s Economy: A Conversation with economist Michael Mezzatesta

121

This is How Countries End: A Conversation about veterans taking up arms against America with Ken Harbaugh

122

We’re Playing the Wrong Game: A Conversation with strategist David Pepper

123

RNC? More like the TNC: A Conversation with former RNC Chair Michael Steele

124

This is How You Fix the Climate: A Conversation with Sage Lenier

125

Trump’s America: AGENDA 47 A conversation with Ahmed Baba

126

It Doesn’t Have To Be Like This: A Conversation with Greg Jackson from the White House Office of Gun Prevention

127

Hit ‘Em Where it Hurts: A Conversation about Winning with Rachel Bitecofer

128

Police: Heroes or Villains? A Conversation with Michael Sierra-Arévalo

129

Election 2024 Do More. Worry Less: A Conversation Simon Rosenberg

130

A New Way to Get the News: A Conversation Courier’s Tara McGowan

131

It’s Not About Being Invited to the Cookout: A Conversation about Anti-Racist Work with Tony Nabors

132

How to Win 2024! A Conversation with Swing Left’s Yasmin Radjy

133

The Supreme Court is Doing What?! A Conversation with Strict Scrutiny’s Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw

134

This Will Help You Vote: A Conversation with Blue Voter Guide’s Wayne Liebman

135

Israel/Gaza: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

136

Is This the End of America?: A Conversation with Journalist Ahmed Baba

137

Stop Agreeing to Disagree: A Conversation with Pastor John Pavlovitz

138

One Person Can Make a Difference: A Conversation with David Bender

139

Trump in Court: End of Year Wrap Up with Teri Kanefield

140

Rigged: A Conversation with Robert Reich

141

Never Give AI the Nuclear Codes: A Conversation with Ross Andersen

142

From Homeless to Mayor: A Conversation with Konstantine Anthony

143

Broken Men Break Things: A Conversation with Mark Greene

144

Protect our Votes: A Conversation with Nevada Secretary of State, Cisco Aguilar

145

America’s Disinformation War: A Conversation with Lee McIntyre

146

Working Class Solidarity: A Conversation with John Russell

147

Using the Law to Protect the Law: A Conversation with Democratic Super Lawyer Marc Elias

148

The Battle for the Senate: A Conversation with Michigan Candidate & Current Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin

149

The 2nd Amendment “Solution” : A Conversation with the Fred Guttenberg

150

3rd Party = TRUMP: A Conversation with the Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson

151

Register Democrats, Save the World: a conversation with Jason Berlin from FieldTeam6

152

The Ageless Agenda: A Conversation with Congressman Maxwell Frost

153

Unions: Giving Workers a Voice

154

The Next BIG Election: A Conversation about Virginia with Danica Roem & Jessica Anderson

155

UnJust Justice: A Conversation about SCOTUS with Dahlia Lithwick

156

Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. A Conversation with Dr. Allison Gill

157

Hollywood Fights for the Humans. A PG:CC with Billy Ray

158

What’s that you say, the Economy is Doing Well? A PG:CC with White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt

159

Weaponized Nostalgia A PG:CC with Thomas Zimmer

160

Saving the Country from Stupid. A PG:CC with Michael Steele

161

How Did Conservatism Become So Toxic? A PG:CC with Dara Starr Tucker

162

Happy 4th of July! & “Ask Me Anything” Sneak Peak

163

A Better Way to Win with Yasmin Radjy

164

Trump Indictments: PG:CC with Thom Hartmann

165

The Rise of Christian Nationalism

166

WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? PART II : A conversation with Ben Sheehan

167

Who Are You Going To Be In This Moment: A Conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

168

How Can I Help: A Conversation with Mathew Littman

169

Gen-Z Rising: Democracy’s New Dawn with Victor Shi

170

Michigan: The Anti-Florida

171

The right place, at the right time, doing the right thing: a conversation with Laphonza Butler

172

Stop The Bad Laws!: A Conversation with Melissa Walker from The States Project

173

WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? A conversation with Ben Sheehan

174

We Need to Talk About Florida

175

America or Extremism? A conversation with Billy Ray

176

Weaponized Motherhood: The Rise of Mom’s For Liberty with Julie Kohler

177

Hope for the Homeless: Big City Leadership with LA Mayor Karen Bass

178

The Good, The Bad & the Helpful with Pete Buttigieg

179

Start Early: Win Big…Road to 24 with Congressman Ruben Gallego

180

Ukraine: One Year Later

181

American Origin Stories…PG:CC with Matthew Cooke

182

Save democracy: Free Wisconsin with WisDem Chair, Ben Wikler

183

Hope for the Planet…PG:CC with Ali Zaidi

184

How the Republican Party Went Crazy…PG:CC with David Corn

185

Justice, the Law & the Battle to Save America…PG:CC with Dahlia Lithwick

186

The Weaponization of American Christianity…PG:CC with Professor Anthea Butler

187

A Case for Optimism…PG:CC with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

188

Democracy Needs a Hero…A PG:CC with Marc Elias

189

Did you Know…A PG:CC with Dr. Allison Gill

190

Pick a Side - PG:CC with Thomas Zimmer

191

Democracy’s Unsung Heroes PG:CC with David Rothkopf

192

Less Hate, More Humanity a PG:CC with Alexandra Billings

193

So That Went Well, PG:CC with White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klain

194

After the Midterms, a PG:CC with Thom Hartmann

195

Midterms 2022: Final Thoughts

196

Candidate Conversations with AG Candidates Jen Jordan for Georgia and Rochelle Garza for Texas

197

The Rise of Autocracy Redux

198

1/6 Committee: What Comes Next? PG:CC with Congressman Jamie Raskin

199

Candidate Conversations with Jeff Ettinger, Democratic Congressional candidate for Minnesota’s 1st District

200

Candidate Conversations with Gubernatorial Candidates Chris Jones for Arkansas and Nan Whaley for Ohio

201

Candidate Conversations with Lt. Col. Brian Bengs, Democratic candidate for Senator for South Dakota

202

What’s at Stake November 8th - PG:CC with NARAL: Pro-Choice America’s Mini Timmaraju

203

Candidate Conversations with Brad Pfaff (WI-03) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)

204

The Good Karen PG:CC with LA Mayoral Candidate Congresswoman Karen Bass

205

We went to the White House!! PG:CC with Brett & Jordy Meiselas

206

Candidate Conversations with Christy Smith (CA-27) and Dr. Annie Andrews (SC-1)

207

Reproductive Freedom - PG:CC with Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson

208

Union Strong! PG:CC with Mike Monroe

209

Justice Begins - PG: CC with Teri Kanefield

210

The Psychology of America - PG:CC with Nick Carmody

211

Strongmen in America - PG:CC with Ruth Ben-Ghiat

212

What's up with the economy? PG:CC with Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council, Bharat Ramamurti

213

1/6 Hearings & What Comes Next - PG:CC with David Bender

214

Election Integrity - PG:CC with Jennifer Cohn

215

The Problem with Men – PG:CC with Mark Greene

216

Independence Day 2022 - First Episode Redux

217

When they Go Low, We Go Toe to Toe - PG:CC with Laphonza Butler

218

America at a Crossroad - PG:CC with David Rothkopf

219

Let’s Talk Messaging - PG:CC Dan Pfeiffer

220

Who is Democracy For?- PG:CC w/ Thomas Zimmer

221

Want to Win? Start With The States (PG:CC with Melissa Walker from The States Project)

222

The Great Replacement Theory

223

Let’s Talk Politics and Religion (PG:CC with John Pavlovitz)

224

Abortion is Over: Overturning Freedom

225

The Attack on Public Education

226

What Can We Do About Guns? – PG:CC with Shannon Watts

227

Wondery Presents: Will Be Wild

228

Are Republicans in Bed with Russia?

229

Is Merrick Garland screwing up? (PG:CC with appellate lawyer Teri Kanefield)

230

A Brief History of How We Got Here

231

PG:CC with Public Health Expert Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding

232

PG: CC with New York Governor Kathy Hochul

233

Trump/Russia/Ukraine: All Pieces of the Same Puzzle

234

PG:CC with Congressman Adam Schiff

235

SCOTUS: A Question of Legitimacy

236

Making Sense of Inflation

237

PG:CC with American Strategist, Steve Schmidt

238

The Problem with the Media

239

PG:CC with Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman and Rachel Vindman

240

PG:CC with Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary

241

The Rise of Autocracy

242

Democracy Must Be Protected

243

Protect our Vote

244

American Coup

245

The Art of Obstruction

246

The Death of Roe

247

Don’t Try to Out-Fascist the Fascists

248

The Republican Party You Knew Is Gone

249

Introduction to Politics Girl: Why you should get in the fight

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