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The PoliticsGirl Podcast — 238 episodes

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1

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

2

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

3

Impeach this Nut Job

4

Does America Hate Women? A conversation with Monte Mader

5

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

6

Why No Kings Matters: With Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

7

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

8

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

9

Trump’s War: A Conversation with Ken Harbaugh

10

The Hard Truths: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

11

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

12

Where are Our Leaders? A Conversation with Governor Josh Shapiro

13

How is this not Toppling the Government?

14

Live Free or Die

15

Minneapolis is the Tipping Point

16

ICE out for GOOD: A Conversation with the ACLU

17

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

18

We Have To Do THIS for Another Year?

19

The Epstein Breakdown: A conversation with Tara Palmeri

20

Have you CRASHED OUT?

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

Freedom For ALL? A Conversation with Professor Alex Zakaras

27

Are the Bad Guys Winning? A Conversation with Michael McFaul

28

NO KINGS! A Conversation with Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

The Party of War?! A conversation with Heather Williams

34

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

35

This is America: A Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester

36

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

37

WTF is HAPPENING America?!

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

Hold the Line: with the ACLU’s Deborah Archer

45

Are We At War?

46

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

47

NO KINGS: A Conversation with Indivisible’s Ezra Levin

48

Bonus Content: A Quick Conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren

49

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

50

Veterans Fighting Fascism: A Memorial Day Conversation with Kristopher Goldsmith

51

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

52

The Corruption is Endless. A Conversation with Robert Reich

53

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

54

Flip the Table. A Conversation with Alencia Johnson

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

Cause a Frickin’ Rukus! A Conversation with David Rothkopf

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

None of this is Normal. A Conversation with Andrea Chalupa

68

What Now? A Conversation with Marc Elias

69

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

70

What Does It Mean? A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

71

How to Handle What’s Coming

72

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

73

What is Real Right Now: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

74

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

75

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

76

Hope in the Dark

77

Do Not Become Hopeless: A Conversation with Robert Reich

78

What’s Next America?

79

Election Day 2024: What to Expect

80

Home Stretch: Pre-Election Reminders with David Pepper

81

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

82

On Freedom: A Conversation with Timothy Snyder

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

A Return to Common Sense: A Conversation with Jason Alexander

88

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

89

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

90

Joyful Warriors: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

91

Get Married and Stay There! A Conversation with Julie Kohler

92

Shameless: A Conversation with Brian Tyler Cohen

93

The Right Side of History with historian Rutger Bregman

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

College Campus Crisis: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

Israel/Gaza: A Conversation with David Rothkopf

124

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

125

Stop Agreeing to Disagree: A Conversation with Pastor John Pavlovitz

126

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

127

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

128

Rigged: A Conversation with Robert Reich

129

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

130

From Homeless to Mayor: A Conversation with Konstantine Anthony

131

Broken Men Break Things: A Conversation with Mark Greene

132

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

133

America’s Disinformation War: A Conversation with Lee McIntyre

134

Working Class Solidarity: A Conversation with John Russell

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

The Ageless Agenda: A Conversation with Congressman Maxwell Frost

141

Unions: Giving Workers a Voice

142

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

143

UnJust Justice: A Conversation about SCOTUS with Dahlia Lithwick

144

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

145

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

146

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

147

Weaponized Nostalgia A PG:CC with Thomas Zimmer

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

A Better Way to Win with Yasmin Radjy

152

Trump Indictments: PG:CC with Thom Hartmann

153

The Rise of Christian Nationalism

154

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

155

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

156

How Can I Help: A Conversation with Mathew Littman

157

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

158

Michigan: The Anti-Florida

159

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

160

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

161

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

162

We Need to Talk About Florida

163

America or Extremism? A conversation with Billy Ray

164

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

165

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

166

The Good, The Bad & the Helpful with Pete Buttigieg

167

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

168

Ukraine: One Year Later

169

American Origin Stories…PG:CC with Matthew Cooke

170

Save democracy: Free Wisconsin with WisDem Chair, Ben Wikler

171

Hope for the Planet…PG:CC with Ali Zaidi

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

Pick a Side - PG:CC with Thomas Zimmer

179

Democracy’s Unsung Heroes PG:CC with David Rothkopf

180

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

181

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

182

After the Midterms, a PG:CC with Thom Hartmann

183

Midterms 2022: Final Thoughts

184

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

185

The Rise of Autocracy Redux

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

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

191

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

192

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

193

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

194

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

195

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

196

Union Strong! PG:CC with Mike Monroe

197

Justice Begins - PG: CC with Teri Kanefield

198

The Psychology of America - PG:CC with Nick Carmody

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

Election Integrity - PG:CC with Jennifer Cohn

203

The Problem with Men – PG:CC with Mark Greene

204

Independence Day 2022 - First Episode Redux

205

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

206

America at a Crossroad - PG:CC with David Rothkopf

207

Let’s Talk Messaging - PG:CC Dan Pfeiffer

208

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

209

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

210

The Great Replacement Theory

211

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

212

Abortion is Over: Overturning Freedom

213

The Attack on Public Education

214

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

215

Wondery Presents: Will Be Wild

216

Are Republicans in Bed with Russia?

217

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

218

A Brief History of How We Got Here

219

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

220

PG: CC with New York Governor Kathy Hochul

221

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

222

PG:CC with Congressman Adam Schiff

223

SCOTUS: A Question of Legitimacy

224

Making Sense of Inflation

225

PG:CC with American Strategist, Steve Schmidt

226

The Problem with the Media

227

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

228

PG:CC with Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary

229

The Rise of Autocracy

230

Democracy Must Be Protected

231

Protect our Vote

232

American Coup

233

The Art of Obstruction

234

The Death of Roe

235

Don’t Try to Out-Fascist the Fascists

236

The Republican Party You Knew Is Gone

237

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

238

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